When you ask for "joules per second", you're asking for "watts".
The rate of energy "transfer" is 'power'. In this case, the light bulb
transfers energy out of the electrical circuit and into the space
around it, in the form of light and heat radiation.
Electrical power = (voltage) x (current) =
(6 volts) x (0.5 ampere) =
3 watts = 3 joules per second.
<span>The mechanical energy is conserved.
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Answer:
8. 2.75·10^-4 s^-1
9. No, too much of the carbon-14 would have decayed for radiation to be detected.
Explanation:
8. The half-life of 42 minutes is 2520 seconds, so you have ...
1/2 = e^(-λt) = e^(-(2520 s)λ)
ln(1/2) = -(2520 s)λ
-ln(1/2)/(2520 s) = λ ≈ 2.75×10^-4 s^-1
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9. Reference material on carbon-14 dating suggests the method is not useful for time periods greater than about 50,000 years. The half-life of C-14 is about 5730 years, so at 65 million years, about ...
6.5·10^7/5.73·10^3 ≈ 11344
half-lives will have passed. Whatever carbon 14 may have existed at the time will have decayed completely to nothing after that many half-lives.
If the motorcycle can go from 0 to 50mph in 3 seconds the person is describing the motorcycle's acceleration.
