A. How much work is being done to hold the beam in place?
Work is the product of Force and Displacement. Since there
is no Displacement involved in just holding the beam in place, hence the work
is zero.
B. How much work was done to lift the beam?
In this case, force is simply equal to weight or mass
times gravity. Hence the work is:
Work = weight * displacement
Work = 500 lbf * 100 ft
Work = 50,000 lbf * ft
C. How much work would it take if the steel beam were
raised from 100 ft to 200ft?
The displacement is still 100 ft since 200 – 100 = 100 ft,
hence the work done is still similar in B which is:
<span>Work = 50,000 lbf * ft</span>
Answer:
An object's acceleration is the rate its velocity (speed and direction) changes. Therefore, an object can accelerate even if its speed is constant - if its direction changes.
Explanation:
Answer: 24.4 degrees to the vertical
Explanation:
Vertical component of raindrop speed = 11m/s
Horizontal component of wind = 5m/s
In this case, all we have to do is to use trigonometric ratios of angles to sides as in a triangle
Doing this, we see that
tan (theta) = 5/11
(Where theta is the angle made with the vertical by the rain after impact)
Tan being opposite/adjacent
Arc sin (5/11) gives us 24.44 degrees to the vertical
You haven't told us anything about the detectors being used. We don't know how the sensitivity of the detector is related to the total number of photons absorbed, and we don't even know whether you and your friend are both using the same type of detector.
All we can do, in desperation, is ASSUME that the minimum time required to just detect a star is inversely proportional to the total number of its photons that strike the detector. That is, assume . . .
(double the number of photons) ===> (detect the source in half the time) .
-- The intensity of light delivered to the prime focus of a telescope is directly proportional to the AREA of its objective lens or mirror, which in turn is proportional to the square of its radius or diameter.
So your telescope gathers (0.18/0.05)² = 12.96 times as much light as your friends telescope does.
-- So we'd expect your instrument to detect the same star in
(119.5 min) / (12.96) = <em>9.22 minutes .</em>
We're simply comparing the performance of two different telescopes as they observe the same object, so the star's magnitude doesn't matter.
Answer:
If we put pressure on a solid or a liquid, there is essentially no change in volume. ... The kinetic-molecular theory explains why gases are more compressible than either liquids or solids. Gases are compressible because most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles.
Explanation:
