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3 years ago

If you get a ticket for speeding, it is based on your average speed or instantaneous speed? Explain

Physics

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bagirrra123 [75]3 years ago

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Answer:

Instantaneous speed

Explanation:

Usually the speed measuring guns are used to measure the speed at a certain instant, so the measured speed is instantaneous.

The average speed is determined by the expression final distance minus initial distance divided by time

$v_{aver} =\frac{x_{f}- x_{i}}{t}$

The instantaneous speed is determined in the same way as the average, but with the exception that the travel displacements are shorter (very close one each other).

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A coconut falls out of a tree 12.0 m above the ground and hits a bystander 3.00 m tall on the top of the head. It bounces back u

quester [9]

Answer:

A. 240 J

B. 60 J

C. 90 J

D. 0 J

E. 50 J

Explanation:

A. Determination of the potential energy of the coconut while it is still in the tree

Mass (m) = 2 Kg

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s²

Height (h) = 12 m

Potential energy (PE) =.?

PE = mgh

PE = 2 × 10 × 12

PE = 240 J

B. Determination of the potential energy of the coconut when it hits the bystander on the head,

Mass (m) = 2 Kg

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s²

Height (h) = 3 m

Potential energy (PE) =.?

PE = mgh

PE = 2 × 10 × 3

PE = 60 J

C. Determination of the potential energy of the coconut when it bounces up to its maximum height,

Mass (m) = 2 Kg

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s²

Height (h) = 3 + 1.5 = 4.5 m

Potential energy (PE) =.?

PE = mgh

PE = 2 × 10 × 4.5

PE = 90 J

D. Determination of the potential energy of the coconut when it lands on the ground,

Mass (m) = 2 Kg

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s²

Height (h) = 0 m

Potential energy (PE) =.?

PE = mgh

PE = 2 × 10 × 0

PE = 0 J

E. Determination of the potential energy of the coconut when it rolls into a ground hole, and falls 2.50 m to the bottom of the hole.

Mass (m) = 2 Kg

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10 m/s²

Height (h) = 2.50 m

Potential energy (PE) =.?

PE = mgh

PE = 2 × 10 × 2.50

PE = 50 J

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3 years ago

If a spacecraft that seems to be motionless is deep space is given some type of quick push, what will happen?

Sergio [31]

According to the first Newton Law of Motion (sometimes called Law of Inertia):

An object at rest or describing a uniform straight line motion (moving at constant velocity), will remain at rest or moving unless an external force is applied to it and changes its state of rest or motion.

In other words:

An object or body will keep its state of motion until an external force changes its state

This means that objects tend to remain in its state of motion, and is the definition of the inertia, as well.

Now, going back to the spacecraft in deep space of the question, if some force acts on it, the spacecraft will change its state and move in the same direction of the force applied.

It will also keep this path until another external force stops, accelerates or changes its direction.

Therefore, the right answer is C:

The spacecraft will move and will not stop until it is stopped by an equal and opposite force.

Options A, B and D are not correct because:

A) The spacecraft cannot stop by its own; this would break Newton’s Laws of Motion

B) In deep space there is not air resistance, is vacuum.

D) The spacecraft works in space

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Check all of the following statements that describe velocity.

Nata [24]

Answer:

Choices A, B, and C are correct.

Explanation:

Let us look at each of the choices one by one:

A. It is a vector

Yes. Velocity is a vector, or it's a speed with direction.

B. It is the change in displacement divided by the change in time.

Yes. The velocity can be written as

$v = \dfrac{\Delta\bold{x}}{\Delta t}$

where $\bold{x}$ is the displacement—a vector quantity.

C. It can be measured in meters per second.

Yes. The units of velocity are m/s, but also with a unit vector indicating the direction.

D. It is the slope of the acceleration vs. time graph.

Nope. The velocity is the slope of displacement vs. time graph.

Hence, only choices A, B, and C are correct.

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3 years ago

A water pump draws about 9 A when connected to 240 V. What is the cost (with electrical energy at 13 cents per kWh) of running t

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Answer:

4.49 dollars

Explanation:

i = 9 A, V = 240 V, t = 16 h

Energy = V x i x t = 240 x 9 x 16 = 34560 W h = 34.56 kWh

The cost of 1 kWh is 13 cents.

Cost of 34.56 kWh = 13 x 34.56 = 449.28 cents = 449.28 / 100 = 4.49 dollars

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With the aim of a diagram describe how a rain bow is formed

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Answer:

Water droplets acts as tiny prism in the sky. The sunlight when enters these tiny droplets undergo internal reflection and also refract these rays which are dispersed causing a band of seven colors called rainbow.

Explanation:

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