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Where is the sun's energy most concentrated

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Maru [420]3 years ago

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B. At the equator

Explanation:

The energy coming from the Sun hits the Earth's surface at different angles, depending on the latitude of the place. The more perpendicular the ray of lights hit the surface, the more the energy transmitted to the Earth's surface, the warmer the location.

The angle at which the ray of lights hit the Earth is related to the latitude: in particular, the ray of lights arrive perpendicular at the equator ( $0^{\circ}$ ), they arrive at larger angle in the United States (which is located at intermediate latitudes) and they arrive at the largest angles at the poles. For this reason, the sun's most energy is concentrated at the equator.

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A wooden rod of negligible mass and length 80.0cm is pivoted about a horizontal axis through its center. A white rat with mass 0

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Answer:

The speed of the animals is 1.64m/s.

Explanation:

Let us work with variables and call the mass of the two rats $m_1$ and $m_2$ , and the length of the rod $L$ .

Using the law of conservation of energy, which says the potential energies of the rats must equal their kinetic energies, we know that when the rod swings to the vertical position,

$m_1\frac{L}{2}g -m_2\frac{L}{2}g = \frac{1}{2}m_1v^2+\frac{1}{2}m_2v^2$

$(m_1 -m_2)g\frac{L}{2} = \frac{1}{2}(m_1+m_2)v^2$ ,

solving for $v$ , we get:

$\boxed{v = \sqrt{\frac{(m_1 -m_2)gL}{(m_1+m_2)}} }$

Putting in the values for $m_1$ , $m_2$ , $g$ , and $L$ we get:

$v = \sqrt{\frac{(0.450kg -0.220kg)(9.8m/s^2)(0.8m)}{(0.450kg+0.220kg)}}$

$\boxed{ v= 1.64m/s}$

Therefore, as the rod swings through the vertical position , the speed of the rats is 1.64 m/s.

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If two charged balloons are 24cm apart and they feel a force of electrical repulsion of 20N, what would the force of electrical

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A person doing chin-up weighs 700.0 N, disregarding the weight of the arms. During the first 25.0 cm of the lift, each arm exert

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First, we will get the resultant force:
The direction of the force due to the person's weight is vertically down.
weight of person = 700 newton

Assume that the force exerted by the arms has a vertically upwards direction.
Force exerted by arms = 2*355 = 710 newtons

Therefore, the resultant force = 710 - 700 = 10 newtons (in the vertically upwards direction)

Now, we will get the mass of the person.
weight = 700 newtons
weight = mass * acceleration due to gravity
700 = 9.8*mass
mass = 71.428 kg

Then we will calculate the acceleration of the resultant force:
Force = mass*acceleration
10 = 71.428*acceleration
acceleration = 0.14 m/sec^2

Finally, we will use the equation of motion to get the final speed of the person.
V^2 = U^2 + 2aS where:
V is the final velocity that we need to calculate
U is the initial velocity = 0 m/sec (person starts at rest)
a is the person's acceleration = 0.14 m/sec^2
S is the distance covered = 25 cm = 0.25 meters

Substitute with the givens in the above equation to get the final speed as follows:
V^2 = U^2 + 2aS
V^2 = (0)^2 + 2(0.14)(0.25)
V^2 = 0.07
V = 0.2645 m/sec

Based on the above calculations:
The person's speed at the given point is 0.2645 m/sec

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Two of the types of infrared light, ir-c and ir-a, are both components of sunlight. their wavelengths range from 3000 to 1,000,0

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E = hc/λ
h is the Planck's constant
c is the speed of light
λ is the wavelength
For the ir-c, the range is
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</span>6.63 x 10^-34 (3x10^8) / 1000000 = 1.99 x 10^-31 J

For the ir-a, the range is
6.63 x 10^-34 (3x10^8) / 700 = 2.84 x 10^-28 J
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Answer:

Chemical composition, Temperature, Radial velocity, Size or diameter of the star, Rotation.

Explanation:

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