Answer: The height of the cloud = 394.55 m
Explanation:
The observer is 500m away from the spotlight.
Let x be the distance from the observer to the interception of the segment of the height, h with the floor. The equations are thus:
Tan 45° = h/x ... eq1
Tan 75° = h/(500- x ) ... eq2
From eq 1, Tan 45° = 1, therefore eq1 becomes:
h = x ... eq3
Put eq3 into eq2
Tan 75° = h/(500- h)
h = ( 500 - h ) Tan 75°
h = 500Tan 75° - hTan75°
h + h Tan 75° = 500 Tan 75°
h ( 1 + Tan 75° ) = 500 Tan75°
h = 500Tan75°/ (1 + Tan 75°)
h= 1866.02 / 4.73
h = 394.55m
Question:
A spaceship enters the solar system moving toward the Sun at a constant speed relative to the Sun. By its own clock, the time elapsed between the time it crosses the orbit of Jupiter and the time it crosses the orbit of Mars is 35.0 minutes
How fast is the spaceship traveling towards the Sun? The radius of the orbit of Jupiter is 43.2 light-minutes, and that of the orbit of Mars is 12.6 light-minutes.
Answer:
S = 5.508 × 10¹¹m
V = 2.62 × 10⁸ m/s
Explanation:
The radius of the orbit of Jupiter, Rj is 43.2 light-minutes
radius of the orbit of Mars, Rm is 12.6 light-minutes
Distance travelled S = (Rj - Rm)
= 43.2 - 12.6 = 30.6 light- minutes
= 30.6 × (3 ×10⁸m/s) × 60 s
= 5.508 × 10¹¹m
time = 35mins = (35 × 60 secs)
= 2100 secs
speed = distance/time
V = 5.508 × 10¹¹m / 2100 s
V = 2.62 × 10⁸ m/s
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