A 17-car train standing on the siding is started in motion by the train’s engine. 9 cm slack is between each of the cars, which
1 answer:
Answer:
4 seconds
Explanation:
There are links between cars, they are in between
1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17.
Here 1 represents the first car which is firmly attached to the engine. So, there are 16 links and each link has a slack of 9 m.
So, total slack
9×16 = 144 cm
Speed of train = 36 cm/s
Time taken by the pulse to travel the length of train is 4 seconds.
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Answer:
v₁ = -0.8087 m / s
Explanation:
To solve this problem we can use the conservation of momentum, for this we define a system formed by the man, the skateboard and the brick, therefore the force during the separation is internal and the momentum is conserved
Initial instant. When they are united
p₀ = 0
Final moment. After throwing the brick
= (m_man + m_skate) v1 + m_brick v2
the moment is preserved
p₀ = p_{f}
0 = (m_man + m_skate) v₁ + m_brick v₂
v₁ = -
the negative sign indicates that the two speeds are in the opposite direction
let's calculate
v₁ = -
v₁ = -0.8087 m / s
Answer:
a) 3.33 ns
b) Water distance = 0.75 m
Glass distance = 0.66 m
Diamond distance = 0.41 m
Explanation:
We take the speed of light, c = m/s.
Speed = distance/time
Time = distance/speed
a)
t = 3.33 ns
b)
Refractive index, n = speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in medium
Thus, the distance traveled in the same time is numerically equal to the reciprocal of the refractive index.
For water n = 1.333
d = 1/1.333 = 0.75 m
For glass n = 1.517
d = 0.66 m
For diamond n = 2.417
d = 0.41 m