25,000 Feet = 7620m
PE = mgh where m is mass, g is gravity accel: 9.8 n h is height
= 90 x 9.8 x 7620
= 6720840J
= 6.72MJ
F = ma where m is mass, a is accel = gravity = 9.8
= 90 x 9.8
= 882N
Accel = gravity = 9.8m/s^2
KE = 1/2mv^2 where m is mass n v is vel
if no wind resistance, PE leaving airplane = KE at net
6720840 = 1/2 x 90 x v^2
v^2 = 149352
v = 386.5m/s
Answer:
B. Is its acceleration constant
Explanation:
Uniform circular motion can be described as the motion of an object in a circle at a constant speed. As an object moves in a circle, it is constantly changing its direction. ... An object undergoing uniform circular motion is moving with a constant speed. Nonetheless, it is accelerating due to its change in direction.
The general formula is: Momentum = (mass) x (speed)
I never like to just write a bunch of algebra without explaining it.
But in this particular case, there's really not much to say, and
I think the algebra will pretty well explain itself. I hope so:
Original momentum = (original mass) x (original speed)
New momentum = (2 x original mass) x (2 x original speed)
= (2) x (original mass) x (2) x (original speed)
= (2) x (2) x (original mass) x (original speed)
= (4) x (original mass) x (original speed)
= (4) x (original momentum).
Sorry I didn't see this before...
Okay, I see two major problems with this student's experiment:
1) Nitric acid Won't Dissolve in Methane
Nitric acid is what's called a mineral acid. That means it is inorganic (it doesn't contain carbon) and dissolves in water.
Methane is an organic molecule (it contains carbon). It literally cannot dissolve nitric acid. Here's why:
For nitric acid (HNO3) to dissolve into a solvent, that solvent must be polar. It must have a charge to pull the positively charged Hydrogen off of the Oxygen. Methane has no charge, since its carbon and hydrogens have nearly perfect covalent bonds. Thus it cannot dissolve nitric acid. There will be no solution. That leads to the next problem:
2) He's Not actually Measuring a Solution
He's picking up the pH of the pure nitric acid. Since it didn't dissolve, what's left isn't a solution—it's like mixing oil and water. He has groups of methane and groups of nitric acid. Since methane is perfectly neutral (neither acid nor base), the electronic instrument is only picking up the extremely acidic nitric acid. There's no point to what he's doing.
Does that help?
