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3 years ago

What is the meaning of critical angle in physics

Physics

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bonufazy [111]3 years ago

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Answer:

It's an Angle of incidence that provides a 90° angle but is also refracted at the same time. it's used to find the water-air boundary (which is 48.6 degrees). in addition, its an angle of incidence value.

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A blue car pulls away from a red stop-light just after it has turned green with a constant acceleration of 0.2 m/s2. A green car

jolli1 [7]

Answer:

After 15 seconds, the green car will catch up with the blue car

Explanation:

Let the time for the green car to catch up with the blue car be T

When the green car catches up to the blue car, the distances covered by each car after time T will be equal. Also, their velocities at that instant will be equal

Distance covered by blue car after time T is given by: s = ut + 0.5 at²

Where u = 0, a = 0.2 m/s², t = T

S = 0.5 × 0.2 × T² = 0.1 T²

Velocity of blue car, v = u+ at

v = 0.2T

Distance covered by green car at T is given as: S = Velocity × time

Where v = 0.2T, t = T - 7.5 (since the blue car started 7.5 seconds earlier)

S = 0.2T (T - 7.5)

S = 0.2 T² - 1.5T

Equating the distance covered by the two cars

0.2T² - 1.5T = 0.1T²

0.1T² - 1.5T = 0

T(0.1T - 1.5) = 0

T = 0 or

T = 1.5/0.1 = 15 secs

Therefore, after 15 seconds, the green car will catch up with the blue car

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3 years ago

how much power is needed to lift a box with a force of 780 newtons over a distance of 2 meters in 45 seconds

-BARSIC- [3]

Answer:

Explanation:

Power is the rate at which work is done and can be found by using the formula

$p = \frac{w}{t} \\$

p is the power in Watts (W)

w is the workdone in joules

t is time in s

but workdone = force × distance

From the question

force = 780 N

distance = 2 m

workdone = 780 × 2 = 1560 N

Since we now have the value of workdone we can find the power

We have

$p = \frac{1560}{45} = 34.6666666... \\$

We have the final answer as

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3 years ago

ALWAYS use significant figure rules. Remember that these rules apply to all numbers that are measurements. A person walks along

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Now, to find the accurate number of significant figures when adding measurements, the basic rule for addition is to use the least number of decimal places when reporting the result.

Now, since 3.0 has the least number of decimal places, we report the sum with 1 decimal place and have 12.0 miles as the total distance traveled by the person to reach his destination.

Answer: 12.0 miles

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4 years ago

Describe the orbit in which planets revole around the sun

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2 years ago

The critical angle for a liquid in air is 520, What is the liquid's index of refraction? 0.62 0.79 1.27 1.50

sammy [17]

Answer:

Liquid's index of refraction, n₁ = 1.27

Explanation:

It is given that,

The critical angle for a liquid in air is, $\theta_c=52^o$

We have to find the refractive index of the liquid. Critical angle of a liquid is defined as the angle of incidence in denser medium for which the angle of refraction is 90°.

Using Snell's law as :

$n_1sin\theta_c=n_2sin\theta_2$