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3 years ago

Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to ?

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2 answers:

erica [24]3 years ago

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Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy cause a medium to "VIBRATE".

garik1379 [7]3 years ago

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<span>A mechanical wave is created when a source of energy causes a vibration to travel through a medium

And yeah lol
A mechanical wave is a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another :)

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Answer:

Well, I think you're talking about kinematics, especially uniform rectilinear motion. We know that there is a specific equation for that:

S = Vt + S0

With S being the distance, V the velocity, t the time and S0 the initial distance (initial displacement).

From this you can calculate t, if that's what you want.

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The spring of a toy car stores 10 J of potential energy. Only 8 J of energy changes to kinetic energy as the car moves. What hap

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Answer:

It has been converted into thermal energy due to friction

Explanation:

According to the law of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but only transformed from one form into another.

Applied to this problem, it means that the total initial energy of the spring-toy system must be conserved.

Therefore:

- At the beginning, the total energy stored in the spring is 10 J

- After the toy is released, the total energy must still be 10 J.

In reality, we are told that the kinetic energy of the car is only 8 J. The other 2 J have not been destroyed, but they have been converted into thermal energy, due to the presence of frictional forces that act against the motion of the toy car.

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3 years ago

A proton traveling at 17.6° with respect to the direction of a magnetic field of strength 3.28 mT experiences a magnetic force o

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Answer:

a) The proton's speed is 5.75x10⁵ m/s.

b) The kinetic energy of the proton is 1723 eV.

Explanation:

a) The proton's speed can be calculated with the Lorentz force equation:

$F = qv \times B = qvBsin(\theta)$ (1)

Where:

F: is the force = 9.14x10⁻¹⁷ N

q: is the charge of the particle (proton) = 1.602x10⁻¹⁹ C

v: is the proton's speed =?

B: is the magnetic field = 3.28 mT

θ: is the angle between the proton's speed and the magnetic field = 17.6°

By solving equation (1) for v we have:

$v = \frac{F}{qBsin(\theta)} = \frac{9.14 \cdot 10^{-17} N}{1.602\cdot 10^{-19} C*3.28 \cdot 10^{-3} T*sin(17.6)} = 5.75 \cdot 10^{5} m/s$

Hence, the proton's speed is 5.75x10⁵ m/s.

b) Its kinetic energy (K) is given by:

$K = \frac{1}{2}mv^{2}$

Where:

m: is the mass of the proton = 1.67x10⁻²⁷ kg

$K = \frac{1}{2}mv^{2} = \frac{1}{2}1.67 \cdot 10^{-27} kg*(5.75 \cdot 10^{5} m/s)^{2} = 2.76 \cdot 10^{-16} J*\frac{1 eV}{1.602 \cdot 10^{-19} J} = 1723 eV$

Therefore, the kinetic energy of the proton is 1723 eV.

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3 years ago

1) A boy drags a wooden crate with a mass of 20 kg, a distance of 12 m, across a rough level floor at a constant speed of 1.5 m/

mojhsa [17]

Answer: a) 49.560 and 21.13 b) i) 50 N, ii) 196 N iii) 196 N iv) 47.685 N

c) i) 594.72 ii) 0 iii) 0 iv) 0

d) 594.72

Explanation: question a)

The force is inclined at an angle of 25° to the horizontal

The horizontal component of force = 50 cos 25° = 49.560 N

The vertical component of force = 50 sin 30°= 21.130N

Question b)

i) according to the question applied force is 50 N

ii) if g = 9.8m/s², w=mg where m = mass of object = 20kg hence weight = 20* 9.8 = 196 N

iii) the normal force is the force the floor exerts on the body as a result of the weight of the object.

Normal reaction R = W = mg, we already deduced that w = mg, hence R = 196 N.

iv) according to newton's laws of motion

F - Fr = ma

F = applied force = horizontal component of force = 49.560 N.

We need to get the acceleration (a) by using Newton laws of motion before we can be able to compute the frictional force..

The body started from rest hence initial velocity u = 0

Final velocity v = 1.5m/s distance covered (s) = 12m

v ² = u² + 2as

But u = 0

v² = 2as

1.5² = 2(a) * 12

2.25 = 24a

a = 2.25/24 = 0.09735m/s²

From F - Fr = ma

49.560 - Fr = 20 * 0.09735

49.560 - Fr = 1.875

Fr = 49.560 - 1.875

Fr = 47.685 N

Question c)

i) The applied force = 49.560 N, distance covered = 12m

Work done = force * distance

Work done = 49.560 * 12

Work done = 594.72 J

ii) the weight of the object does not make the object move a distance, hence work done = 0 ( since distance covered is 0)

iii) the normal force is the same thing as the weight and they did not cover any distance hence work done is zero.

iv) the frictional force does not cover any distance, hence work done is zero.

Question d)

The total work done = work done by applied force + work done by weight + work done by normal reaction + work done by frictional force.

Total work done = 594.72 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 594.72 J

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2 years ago

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Answer:

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p = Q/V

p = 3*Q/(4 * π * a^3)

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p = f(r) = k * r

I integrate the charge density in spherical coordinates. The charge density integrated in the whole volume is equal to total charge.

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