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3 years ago

Sound travels faster through rigid material like steel rather than through spongy materials like rubber. Why?

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since sound travels using mechanical waves and needs a material medium to propagate and since mechanical waves spread through vibrations ...and since hard materials have their atoms packed closely....they need to vibrate with a smaller amplitude to pass on the wave....thus sound travels faster in a denser medium than a less dense one.

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Answer:

The centripetal acceleration of the child at the bottom of the swing is 15.04 m/s².

Explanation:

The centripetal acceleration is given by:

$a_{c} = \frac{v^{2}}{r}$

Where:

$v^{2}$ : is the tangential speed = 9.50 m/s

r: is the distance = 6.00 m

Hence, the centripetal acceleration is:

$a_{c} = \frac{v^{2}}{r} = \frac{(9.50 m/s)^{2}}{6.00 m} = 15.04 m/s^{2}$

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Answer:

4.55 x 10⁹m

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Mass of object 1 = 3.1 x 10⁵kg

Mass of object 2 = 6.5 x 10³kg

Gravitational force = 65N

Unknown:

Distance between them = ?

Solution:

To solve this problem, we use the expression below from the universal gravitational law;

Fg = $\frac{G mass 1 x mass 2}{distance ^{2} }$

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A playground carousel is free to rotate about its center on frictionless bearings, and air resistance is negligible. The carouse

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Answer:

m = 35.98 Kg ≈ 36 Kg

Explanation:

I₀ = 125 kg·m²

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We can apply The law of conservation of angular momentum as follows:

Linitial = Lfinal

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If = I₀ + m*R₂² = 125 + m*(0.905)² = 125 + 0.819025*m

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