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3 years ago

Explain why we see the Milky Way as a faint band of light stretching across the sky.

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The Milky Way in the sky is our particular view of the inward part of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen from our location within the Galaxy's disk. Since we are part of the disk, we see a band of diffuse light that completely encircles us.

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<h2>Answer:2.65 seconds</h2>

Explanation:

Let $a$ be the acceleration.

Let $u$ be the initial velocity.

Let $v$ be the final velocity.

Let $t$ be the time taken.

As we know from the equations of motion,

$v=u+at$

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1. A 4000-kg truck traveling with a velocity of 20 m/s due south collides headon with a 1350-kg car traveling with a velocity of

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(a) The momentum of each vehicle prior to collision is 80000 kgm/s for truck and 13500 kgm/s for car.

(b) The size of momentum is 93500 kgm/s and it will be directed towards South.

Explanation:

The mass of the truck moving due south is given as 4000 kg and the speed is 20 m/s. Similarly, the mass of the car moving due north is 1350 kg and the speed is 10 m/s.

(a) Then the momentum of each vehicle can be obtained by the product of mass with their respective speed.

$Momentum of truck = Mass * Speed = 4000 * 20 =80000 kgm/s$

Similarly, the momentum of car will be

$Momentum of car = 1350 * 10 = 13500 kgm/s$

So, the momentum of each vehicle prior to collision is 80000 kgm/s for truck and 13500 kgm/s for car.

(b) Since, after collision, the vehicles stick together, the momentum after collision will be equal to the total momentum of both the vehicles before collision. This is because, it will obey conservation of momentum.

Momentum of vehicles after collision = total momentum before collision

Momentum after collision = 80000+13500 = 93500 kgm/s.

The direction of the vehicles after collision will be towards south as the mass and speed of the truck is greater than car. So the impact or force exerted on the car by the truck will be greater and thus both the vehicles will be directed towards south after collision.

Thus, the size of momentum is 93500 kgm/s and it will be directed towards South.

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