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The Coriolis effect

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The coriolis effect is due to the rotation of the earth. Look up youtube videos on it, its pretty cool. If we didn't have coriolis effect then hurricane's wouldn't even form! Also it affects the trajectory of hurricanes. If you look at a path a hurricane takes it always curves quite a bit. That's also because of the coriolis affect. Imagine you're on a merry go round or on some spinning disk. You throw a ball towards the center. The ball will seem to curve away from your target because you're spinning. Now its not because the ball curved and you missed, the ball goes in a straight line but because of the spinning the target you aimed at shifted.

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Answer: The person was not at a position of "0" at any time. The person started at 10 metres from the starting line. The explanation below shows how to use the standard formula for position when the initial position is not "0". It is noteworthy that the standard expression of the formula for distance travelled does not include a variable (e.g. "d") for distance at the start (when t(time) = 0)

Explanation: At time = 0, the start, the person was at 10m distance from the starting line. Therefore, to use the standard equation, "s + ut + 1/2att (t squared, that is), distance from starting line = 10 + s, that is, total distance from starting line equals initial position, 10 metres, plus "s" (distance travelled from t = 0 to t = 1) in metres.

for the section of the graph from "0" seconds (t = 0) to 1 second (t = 1):

s = ut + 1/2att

the initial position is 10 metres.

s = 10

the distance is constant from t = 0 to t = 1, therefore the velocity for the whole of that section of graph must be 0.

u = 0

there is no change in the velocity from t = 0 to t= 1, therefore the acceleration for the first section of the graph must be 0.

a = 0

s = ut + 1/2att

= (0 x 1) + 1/2 (0 x 1 x 1)

= (0) + 1/2 (0)

= 0

total distance from starting line (position) equals initial position plus change in position (distance travelled).

at t = 1,

position = 10 + 0

= 10 metres

The whole of the graph can be analysed using this process for each straight section of the graph separately, adding "s" for each section to the previous total of distance from starting line.

using "d" for initial distance from starting line ( position ), d1 for distance from starting line at t = 1, d2 for distance from starting line at t = 2, etcetera:

section 1, t = 0 to t = 1:

d1 (t=0 to t=1) = 10 + s (t=0 to t=1).

section 2, t= 1 to t = 2:

d2 (t=0 to t=2) = 10 + s (t=0 to t=1) + s (t=1 to t=2).

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3 years ago

A 30 ohm resistor and a 20 ohm resistor are

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The current that would pass through the 30 ohms resistor is 2 A.

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Electric current is the rate of flow of electric charge round a conductor.

To calculate the electric current that would pass through the 30 ohms resistor, we use the formula below

Formula:

I = V/Rt........... Equation 1

Where:

I = Electric current passing through the 30 ohms resistor
V = Voltage
Rt = Total or effective resistance of the resistors.

From the question,

Given:

V = 100 volts
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Rt = 50 ohms

Substitute these values into equation 1

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a) Calculate the magnitude of displacement of the car in 40 seconds. b) During which part of the journey was the car acceleratin

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a) 600 meters

b) between 0 and 10 seconds, and between 30 and 40 seconds.

c) the average of the magnitude of the velocity function is 15 m/s

Explanation:

a) In order to find the magnitude of the car's displacement in 40 seconds,we need to find the area under the curve (integral of the depicted velocity function) between 0 and 40 seconds. Since the area is that of a trapezoid, we can calculate it directly from geometry:

$Area \,\,Trapezoid=(\left[B+b]\,(H/2)\\displacement= \left[(40-0)+(30-10)\right] \,(20/2)=600\,\,m$

b) The car is accelerating when the velocity is changing, so we see that the velocity is changing (increasing) between 0 and 10 seconds, and we also see the velocity decreasing between 30 and 40 seconds.

Notice that between 10 and 30 seconds the velocity is constant (doesn't change) of magnitude 20 m/s, so in this section of the trip there is NO acceleration.

c) To calculate the average of a function that is changing over time, we do it through calculus, using the formula for average of a function:

$Average\,of\,f(x)=\frac{1}{b-a} \int\limits^b_a {f(x)} \, dx$

Notice that the limits of integration for our case are 0 and 40 seconds, and that we have already calculated the area under the velocity function (the integral) in step a), so the average velocity becomes:

$Avearage=\frac{600\,\,m}{40\,\,s}= 15\,\,\frac{m}s}$

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