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3 years ago

Why can we never prove that a hypothesis is true?

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A theorem can be proven (from axioms or prior theorems), using logic.

A hypothesis can be supported by evidence. The more evidence in support of the hypothesis, the more likely the hypothesis is to be correct. However, you’re always at the mercy of contrary evidence appearing in the future, to reduce the likelihood or even invalidate a hypothesis.

A (mathematical) proof suffers no such vulnerability to future evidence, as long as you hold the axioms of the theory to be true, and as long as there was no flaw in the construction of the proof.

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Answer:

w = 0.173 N

Explanation:

The weigh of any object is computed by multiplying its mass to the acceleration of gravity, so we need to find the gravity on that planet in order to compute the weigh we want.

The ball has a mass of 0.1 kg and its released from a height of 10 m, therefore it is in a free fall motion with gravity acting as a constant acceleration on the body, we can use the equations for free fall movement in order to determine the value for this acceleration:

y(t) = v_0 * t + y_0 - 0.5 * g * t^2

y(t) is the position in the end of the movement, when t = 3.4 s, so y(t) = 0 m.

v_0 is the initial velocity, in this case v_0 = 0 m/s.

y_0 is the initial position of the ball, in this case it is 10 m.

g is the gravity that we want to know.

Applying these values in the equation we have:

0 = 0*(3.4) + 10 - 0.5*g*(3.4)^2

0 = 10 - 0.5*11.56*g

0 = 10 -5.78*g

5.78*g = 10

g = 1.73 m/s^2

Then we can use this value to find out the weigh of the ball in that planet:

w = g*m = 0.1*1.73 = 0.173 N

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3 years ago

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2 years ago

The equation of a transverse wave traveling along a very long string is y 6.0 sin(0.020px 4.0pt), where x and y are expressed in

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given

y=6.0sin(0.020px + 4.0pt)

the general wave equation moving in the positive directionis

y(x,t) = ymsin(kx -?t)

a) the amplitude is

ym = 6.0cm

we have the angular wave number as

k = 2p /?

? = 2p / 0.020p

=1.0*102cm

the frequency is

f = ?/2p

= 4p/2p

= 2.0 Hz

the wave speed is

v = f?

= (100cm)(2.0Hz)

= 2.0*102cm/s

since the trignometric function is (kx -?t) , sothe wave propagates in th -x direction

the maximum transverse speed is

umax =2pfym

= 2p(2.0Hz)(6.0cm)

= 75cm/s

we have

y(3.5cm ,0.26s) = 6.0cmsin[0.020p(3.5) +4.0p(0.26)]

= -2.0cm

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