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3 years ago

Does the speedometer of a car measure speed or velocity? Explain.

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Car speedometer only measures speed and doesn't give any information about direction. So yes to speed, no to velocity. ... Therefore the object CANNOT have a varying speed if its velocity is constant.

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What is the acceleration of an object that goes from 45m/s to 10 m/s in 5 seconds?

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Answer:

$\boxed {\boxed {\sf a= -7 \ m/s^2}}$

Explanation:

Acceleration is the change in velocity over time.

$a= \frac {v_f-v_i}{t}$

The object accelerates from 45 meters per second to 10 meters per second in 5 seconds. Therefore,

$v_f=10 \ m/s \\v_i= 45 \ m/s \\t= 5 \ s$

Substitute the values into the formula.

$a= \frac{ 10 \ m/s - 45 \ m/s}{5 \ s}$

Solve the numerator.

$a= \frac { -35 \ m/s}{5 \ s}$

Divide.

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$a= -7 \ m/s^2$

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A parallel-plate capacitor has square plates that have edge length equal to 1.20×102cm and are separated by 1.00 mm. It is conne

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b. 460.8 m/s

Explanation:

The relationship between the speed of the wave along the string, the length of the string and the frequency of the note is

$f=\frac{v}{2L}$

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c. 18,000 m

Explanation:

The relationship between speed of the wave, distance travelled and time taken is

$v=\frac{d}{t}$

where

v = 6,000 m/s is the speed of the wave

d = ? is the distance travelled

t = 3 s is the time taken

Re-arranging the formula and substituting the numbers into it, we find:

$d=vt=(6,000 m/s)(3 s)=18,000 m$

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