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3 years ago

Present at least one example that illustrates acceleration. Is this a scalar or vector quantity? Explain why. ...?

Physics

2 answers:

Tatiana [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

Vector

Explanation:

Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity. As velocity is a vector quantity, so acceleration is also a vector quantity.

If a car starts from rest and attains some velocity after some time, then car is accelerating and the firection of acceleration is same as the direction of velocity.

If a car is moving and after applying the brakes it come to rest it means the motion of car has negative acceleration which means the direction of velocity and the direction of acceleration is opposite to each other.

SIZIF [17.4K]3 years ago

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Acceleration is a vector because it has magnitude and direction

Example :
a Car stopping at the rate of 5 m/s. In this example, the direction of acceleration is the opposite of the direction of velocity, and the magnitude is 5 m/s

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Explanation:

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Answer: 2561.7 pounds

Explanation:

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$m=\frac{Y-Y_{1}}{X-X_{1}}$ (1)

Where:

$m=5.7$ is the slope of the line

$Y_{1}=2390.7pounds$ is the airplane weight with 51 gallons of fuel in its tank (assuming we chose the Y axis for the airplane weight in the graph)

$X_{1}=51gallons$ is the fuel in airplane's tank for a total weigth of 2390.7 pounds (assuming we chose the X axis for the a,ount of fuel in the tank in the graph)

This means we already have one point of the graph, which coordinate is:

$(X_{1},Y_{1})=(51,2390.7)$

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$Y=m(X-X_{1})+Y_{1}$ (2)

As Y is a function of X:

$Y=f_{(X)}=m(X-X_{1})+Y_{1}$ (3)

Substituting the known values:

$f_{(X)}=5.7(X-51)+2390.7$ (4)

$f_{(X)}=5.7X-290.7+2390.7$ (5)

$f_{(X)}=5.7X+2100$ (6)

Now, evaluating this function when X=81 (talking about the 81 gallons of fuel in the tank):

$f_{(81)}=5.7(81)+2100$ (7)

$f_{(81)}=2561.7$ (8) This means the weight of the plane when it has 81 gallons of fuel in its tank is 2561.7 pounds.

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If a nearsighted person has a far point df that is 3.50m from the eye, what is the focal length f1 of the contact lenses that th

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Answer:

The particle in the D ring is 1399 times faster than the particle in the Encke Division.

Explanation:

The circular velocity is define as:

$v = \frac{2 \pi r}{T}$

Where r is the radius of the trajectory and T is the orbital period

To determine the circular velocity of both particles it is necessary to know the orbital period of each one. That can be done by means of the Kepler’s third law:

$T^{2} = r^{3}$

Where T is orbital period and r is the radius of the trajectory.

Case for the particle in the Encke Division:

$T^{2} = r^{3}$

$T = \sqrt{(133370 Km)^{3}}$

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$T = 4.870x10^{7} Km$

It is necessary to pass from kilometers to astronomical unit (AU), where 1 AU is equivalent to 150.000.000 Km ( $1.50x10^{8} Km$ )

1 AU is defined as the distance between the earth and the sun.

$\frac{4.870x10^{7} Km}{1.50x10^{8}Km} . 1AU$

$T = 0.324 AU$

But 1 year is equivalent to 1 AU according with Kepler’s third law, since 1 year is the orbital period of the earth.

$T = \frac{0.324 AU}{1 AU} . 1 year$

$T = 0.324 year$

That can be expressed in units of days

$T = \frac{0.324 year}{1 year} . 365.25 days$

$T = 118.60 days$

Circular velocity for the particle in the Encke Division:

$v = \frac{2 \pi r}{T}$

$v = \frac{2 \pi (133370 Km)}{(118.60 days)}$

For a better representation of the velocity, kilometers and days are changed to meters and seconds respectively.

$118.60 days .\frac{86400 s}{1 day}$ ⇒ 10247040 s

$133370 Km .\frac{1000 m}{1 Km}$ ⇒ 133370000 m

$v = \frac{2 \pi (133370000 m)}{(10247040 s)}$

$v = 81.778 m/s$

Case for the particle in the D Ring:

For the case of the particle in the D Ring, the same approach used above can be followed

$T^{2} = r^{3}$

$T = \sqrt{(69000 Km)^{3}}$

$T = \sqrt{(3.285x10^{14} Km)}$

$T = 1.812x10^{7} Km$

$\frac{1.812x10^{7} Km}{1.50x10^{8}Km} . 1 AU$

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$T = \frac{0.120 AU}{1 AU} . 1 year$

$T = 0.120 year$

$T = \frac{0.120 year}{1 year} . 365.25 days$

$T = 43.83 days$

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$v = \frac{2 \pi r}{T}$

$v = \frac{2 \pi (69000 Km)}{(43.83 days)}$

For a better representation of the velocity, kilometers and days are changed to meters and seconds respectively.

$43.83 days . \frac{86400 s}{1 day}$ ⇒ 3786912 s

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$\frac{114.483 m/s}{81.778 m/s} = 1.399$

The particle in the D ring is 1399 times faster than the particle in the Encke Division.

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