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victus00 [196]
4 years ago
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Suppose you wanted to start a fire using sunlight and a mirror. Which of the following statements is most accurate? A) It would

be best to use a plane mirror. B) It would be best to use a concave mirror, with the object to be ignited positioned halfway between the mirror and its center of curvature. C) It would be best to use a concave mirror, with the object to be ignited positioned at the center of curvature of the mirror. D) It would be best to use a convex mirror. E) One cannot start a fire using a mirror, since mirrors form only virtual images.
Physics
1 answer:
Maru [420]4 years ago
6 0
<h2>Answer: B) It would be best to use a concave mirror, with the object to be ignited positioned halfway between the mirror and its center of curvature. </h2>

Explanation:

To start a fire it is more optimal to use a concave mirror than a plane mirror. This is because the concave mirror allows concentrating sunlight at a point (the focal point) on an object that acts as fuel and ignite the fire there.

For this it is necessary the object to be  positioned between the center of curvature of the mirror and the mirror (its focus). Thus the rays of the Sun, when converging on the focus, will heat the object and make it burn.

Hence, the correct option is B.

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Answer:

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c

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d

The magnitude of the electric field is  E= 2641.3 V/m

e

The velocity is   v= 1.76 *10^{14} m/s

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

     The potential is V_1 = 832 V

       The radial distance from the sphere is d = 21.0cm = \frac{21}{100} = 0.21m

       The potential at the radial distance is V_2 = 499V

The potential at the surface of the sphere is mathematically represented as

                     V = \frac{kQ}{r}

                    Vr = kQ

Where kQ is  a constant what this means that the the charge Q and the coulomb constant do  not change

  This means that

              V_1 r_1 = V_2 r_2

Where r_1 is the radius of the sphere

     and r_2 is the distance  from that point where the second potential was measured to the center of the sphere which is mathematically represented as

             r_2 = r_1 + d

Substituting  this into the equation

                      v_1 r_1 = V_2 (r_1 +d)

 Now substituting value

                   832 * r_1 = 499 * (r_1 + 0.21)

                   832r_1 - 499r_1 = 104.79

                   333r_1 = 104.79

                       r_1 = \frac{104.79}{333}

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          V = \frac{kQ}{r_1}

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        Q = \frac{V r_1 }{k}

k has a values of k = 9*10^9 \ kg\cdot m^3 \cdot s^{-4} \cdot A^{-2}

       Substituting into the equation

            Q =\frac{832 * 0.315}{9*10^9}

               Q= 2.912*10^{-8}C

According to  Gauss law  the electric field from  outside a sphere is taken to be an electric field from a point charge this mean that the potential outside a sphere is also taken as electric potential inside a sphere

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Substituting values

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Where is e is an electron

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From the statement above

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But from the question we can deduce that the potential at the surface is zero

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