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3 years ago

What are the primary characteristics of the inner planets?

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2 answers:

Phantasy [73]3 years ago

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The four inner planets share several features in common.

(Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars)

They are called terrestrial planets because they have solid, rocky surfaces roughly similar to desert and mountainous areas on the earth.

Paul [167]3 years ago

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Three Major Characteristics of the Inner Planets. The four inner planets -- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars -- share several features in common. Astronomers call them the “terrestrial planets” because they have solid, rocky surfaces roughly similar to desert and mountainous areas on the earth.

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Answer:

0.775 m

Explanation:

As the car collides with the bumper, all the kinetic energy of the car (K) is converted into elastic potential energy of the bumper (U):

$U=K\\frac{1}{2}kx^2 = \frac{1}{2}mv^2$

where we have

$k=2\cdot 10^6 N/m$ is the spring constant of the bumper

x is the maximum compression of the bumper

$m=30\cdot 10^4 kg$ is the mass of the car

$v=2.0 m/s$ is the speed of the car

Solving for x, we find the maximum compression of the spring:

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A 1900 kg car rounds a curve of 55 m banked at an angle of 11 degrees? . If the car is traveling at 98 km/h, How much friction f

Nat2105 [25]

Answer:

22000 N

Explanation:

Convert velocity to SI units:

98 km/h × (1000 m / km) × (1 h / 3600 s) = 27.2 m/s

Draw a free body diagram. There are three forces acting on the car. Normal force perpendicular to the bank, gravity downwards, and friction parallel to the bank.

I'm going to assume the friction force is pointed down the bank. If I get a negative answer, that'll just mean it's actually pointed up the bank.

Sum of the forces in the radial direction (+x):

∑F = ma

N sin θ + F cos θ = m v² / r

Sum of the forces in the y direction:

∑F = ma

N cos θ - F sin θ - W = 0

To solve the system of equations for F, first solve for N and substitute.

N = (W + F sin θ) / cos θ

Substituting:

((W + F sin θ) / cos θ) sin θ + F cos θ = m v² / r

(W + F sin θ) tan θ + F cos θ = m v² / r

W tan θ + F sin θ tan θ + F cos θ = m v² / r

W tan θ + F (sin θ tan θ + cos θ) = m v² / r

W tan θ + F sec θ = m v² / r

F sec θ = m v² / r - W tan θ

F = m v² cos θ / r - W sin θ

F = m (v² cos θ / r - g sin θ)

Given that m = 1900 kg, θ = 11°, v = 27.2 m/s, and r = 55 m:

F = 1900 ((27.2)² cos 11 / 55 - 9.8 sin 11)

F = 21577 N

Rounding to two sig-figs, you need at least 22000 N of friction force.

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What are earths two internal sources of heat energy?

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2 years ago

Please help me with this (with explanation)

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Suppose the cyclist travels for a total time of t hours.

For 20 min = 1/3 hr, the cyclist does not move.

Over the remaining (t - 1/3) hr, the cyclist is moving at a constant speed of 22.0 km/hr, so that the cyclist would travel a distance of

x = (22.0 km/hr) • ((t - 1/3) hr) ≈ (22.0 km/hr) t - 7.33 km

If the cyclist's average speed over the total time t was 17.5 km/hr, then by the definition of average speed,

17.5 km/hr = x / t

Replace x with the distance expression from earlier:

17.5 km/hr = ((22.0 km/hr) t - 7.33 km) / t

Solve for t :

17.5 km/hr = 22.0 km/hr - (7.33 km) / t

(7.33 km) / t = 4.5 km/hr

t = (7.33 km) / (4.5 km/hr)

t ≈ 1.62963 hr

Then the distance the cyclist traveled must have been

x ≈ (22.0 km/hr) (1.62963 hr) - 7.33 km ≈ 28.5 km

and so the answer is A.

Alternatively, as soon as you arrive at

17.5 km/hr = x / t

you can instead solve for t in terms of x, then plug that into the distance equation.

t = x / (17.5 km/hr)

then

x ≈ (22.0 km/hr) (x / (17.5 km/hr)) - 7.33 km

x ≈ 1.25714 x - 7.33 km

0.25714x ≈ 7.33 km

x = (7.33 km) / 0.25714 ≈ 28.5 km

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