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4 years ago

What force is most responsible for the path of an object during projectile motion?

1 answer:

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The gravitational force.

In fact, the motion of the projectile is composed by two independent motions:
- on the horizontal direction, it is a uniform motion (with constant speed)
- on the vertical direction, it is a uniformly accelerated motion, where the vertical acceleration g is given by the gravity exerted by the Earth on the projectile.

For this reason, the composition of the two motions results in a parabolic trajectory.

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What do you mean by kinetic energy and potential energy ?

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2 years ago

Part 1: Use complete sentences to explain why solar winds occur. Part 2: Give two examples in which solar winds impact Earth.

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Part 1

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Part 2

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3 years ago

An airplane awaiting departure is cleared to takeoff, its accelerates down a runway at 3.20m/ s2 for 32.8s until it finally lift

stich3 [128]

The final velocity before takeoff is 104.96 m / s.

<u>Explanation:</u>

The last velocity of a given object over some time defines the final velocity. The final velocity of the object is given by the product of acceleration and time and adding this product to the initial velocity.

To calculate the final velocity,

V = u + at

where v represents the final velocity,

u represents the initial velocity,

a represents the acceleration

t represents the time taken.

$v = 0 + (3.20)\times( 32.8)$

v = 104.96 m / s.

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3 years ago

The electrons in the beam of a television tube have a kinetic energy of 2.20 10-15 j. initially, the electrons move horizontally

dalvyx [7]

(a) The electrons move horizontally from west to east, while the magnetic field is directed downward, toward the surface. We can determine the direction of the force on the electron by using the right-hand rule:
- index finger: velocity --> due east
- middle finger: magnetic field --> downward
- thumb: force --> due north
However, we have to take into account that the electron has negative charge, therefore we have to take the opposite direction: so, the magnetic force is directed southwards, and the electrons are deflected due south.

b) From the kinetic energy of the electrons, we can find their velocity by using
$K= \frac{1}{2}mv^2$
where K is the kinetic energy, m the electron mass and v their velocity. Re-arranging the formula, we find
$v= \sqrt{ \frac{2K}{m} }= \sqrt{ \frac{2 \cdot 2.20 \cdot 10^{-15} J}{9.1 \cdot 10^{-31} kg} }=6.95 \cdot 10^7 m/s$

The Lorentz force due to the magnetic field provides the centripetal force that deflects the electrons:
$qvB = m \frac{v^2}{r}$
where
q is the electron charge
v is the speed
B is the magnetic field strength
m is the electron mass
r is the radius of the trajectory
By re-arranging the equation, we find the radius r:
$r= \frac{mv}{qB}= \frac{(9.1 \cdot 10^{-31} kg)(6.95 \cdot 10^7 m/s)}{(1.6 \cdot 10^{-19} C)(3.00 \cdot 10^{-5} T)}=13.18 m$

And finally we can calculate the centripetal acceleration, given by:
$a_c = \frac{v^2}{r}= \frac{(6.95 \cdot 10^7 m/s)^2}{13.18 m}=3.66 \cdot 10^{14} m/s^2$

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