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3 years ago

What evidence did wegener have to support his theory of plate tectonics?

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PSYCHO15rus [73]3 years ago

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Answer:

Wegener first thought of this idea by noticing that the different large landmasses of the Earth almost fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. The continental shelf of the Americas fits closely to Africa and Europe, and other continents showed the same trend. Wegner also analyzed both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for rock type, geological structures and fossils and noticed that there was a significant similarity between matching sides of the continents, especially in fossil plants.

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What is quantum programing

Komok [63]

Answer: Quantum programming is the process of assembling sequences of instructions, called quantum programs, that are capable of running on a quantum computer. Quantum programming languages help express quantum algorithms using high-level constructs.

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4 years ago

he amplitude of a lightly damped harmonic oscillator decreases by 3.0% during each cycle.show answer no attempt what percentage

GrogVix [38]

The percentage of mechanical energy of the oscillator lost in each cycle is 5.91 %.

The formula for mechanical energy in an oscillator is given by

E = 1/2 kA²

It is the sum of elastic potential energy and kinetic energy.

Amplitude is nothing but the maximum displacement moved by a point on vibrating body.

It is given that the amplitude A decreases by 3%, then

(E₂ - E₁) / E₁ = [1/2 k (A₂²- A₁²)] /(1/2 k A₁²) = (A₂²- A₁²)/ A₁² = (97² - 100²)/ 100²

⇒ 5.91% of the mechanical energy is lost in each cycle.

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1 year ago

A bar B made of some material is attracted by a magnet. Is the bar B magnetised ?

Dvinal [7]

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No, it is not magnetized.

Explanation:

Bar B does not necessarily have to be magnetized before it can be attracted to a magnet. It just has to be a magnetic material such as Iron.

If bar B were magnetized, it could either be attracted or repelled by the magnet since this would depend on the side of the pole of bar B facing it.

Since we are not given any information about bar B other than it is attracted to the magnet, it is thus not magnetized.

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3 years ago

A rock is dropped (from rest) off a bridge over the Merrimack River. The falling rock

rewona [7]

Answer:

31.25 meters or ~31 meters approximately

Explanation:

Let's see which of the 5 variables we are given since this is a constant acceleration problem.

$v_i \ \ \ \ \ \ t \\ v_f \ \ \ \ \ \triangle x \\ a$

We want to find the height of the bridge, aka the vertical displacement of the rock. Let's set the upwards direction to be positive and the downwards direction to be negative.

We are told that the acceleration is 10 m/s² downward, so we have a = -10 m/s².

We are also told that the time it takes the rock to hit the water is 2.5 seconds. Time is the same regardless of the x- or y- direction, so we can say that t = 2.5 seconds.

Now, we aren't told this directly, but we can figure out that the velocity in the y-direction is 0 m/s, since the rock is dropped from rest off the bridge. Therefore, $v_i=0 \frac{m}{s}$ .

We want to find the vertical displacement, the height of the bridge, so we can say that $\triangle x= \ ?$

We have 4 out of 5 variables:

$v_i,\ a, \ t, \ \triangle x$

Look through the constant acceleration equations to see which equation has all 4 of these variables. You should come up with this one (no final velocity):

$x_f=x_i+v_it+\frac{1}{2}at^2$

Subtract $x_i$ from both sides of the equation to get:

$\triangle x=v_it+\frac{1}{2}at^2$

Substitute in our known variables and solve for delta x.

$\triangle x=(0\frac{m}{s})(2.5s) + \frac{1}{2} (-10\frac{m}{s^2})(2.5s)^2$

0 m/s multiplied by 2.5 s is 0, so we have:

$\triangle x =\frac{1}{2} (-10)(2.5)^2$

Evaluate the exponent first and multiply the terms together.

$\triangle x =(-5)(6.25)$
$\triangle x =-31.25$

The vertical displacement is -31.25 meters from the rock's starting position, so we can say that the height of the bridge is 31.25 meters, which is approximately 31 meters tall.

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3 years ago

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How does the gravitational force between two objects change if the distance between the objects doubles?

Ymorist [56]

if the distance between the objects is doubled the force is reduced by a factor of 4

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Gravitational force is the force of attraction between objects in the universe.

f = G * m1 * m2 / r^2

f = gravitational force

G = gravitational constant

m1 = mass of object 1

m2 = mass of object 2

r = distance between the objects

From the formular, the gravitational force and the distance is an inverse relationship so increasing the distance by a factor results to reduction of the force by the square of the factor. hence doubling the distance which is distance mutiplied by 2 will lead to reduction of the force by 2^2 = 4

Therefore: The force decreases by a factor of 4.

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