(1 parsec) is the distance at which an object has a parallax of 1 arcsecond. The distance is about 3.26 light years.
Another way to understand it is: The distance from which the Earth's orbit appears 1 arcsecond across.
For a parallax angle of 1/2 arcsecond, the distance is <em>2 parsecs </em>(about 6.52 light years).
1 arcsecond is 1/3600 of a degree, 0.00028 degree.
For the answer to the question above, on Earth, a one-pound object has a mass of about 0.453592 kilograms.
<span>Therefore the man's mass is 155 * 0.453592 = 70.30676 kilograms. </span>
<span>The part about the Moon's gravity is irrelevant. While the weight of a person or object would be different on the Moon, the mass would be the same.</span>
Answer:
The new kinetic energy would be 16 times greater than before.
Explanation:
Kinetic energy is found using this formula:
- KE = 1/2mv²
- where KE = kinetic energy (J), m = mass (kg), and v = velocity (m/s)
We can see that kinetic energy is directly proportional to the square of the velocity, meaning that if the speed was increased by 4 times, then the kinetic energy would get increased by a factor of 16.
The velocity just before the ball hits the ground can be found by the equation:
Let's substitute h = 10 m and h = 40 m into this formula.
We can see that the velocity increases by a factor of 4 (10 m → 40 m).
Therefore, this means that the kinetic energy would also be increased by a factor of (4)² = 16. Thus, the answer is D) The new kinetic energy would be 16 times greater than before.
