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3 years ago

What is the primary reason that astronomers put telescopes and other instruments above Earth's atmosphere?

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The main reason as to why those telescopes that are located above the Earth's atmosphere is because the atmosphere absorbs infrared light which comes from the sun and this affects the viewing done by the astronomers. That is why, this is considered as a great disadvantage for those ground-based telescopes. The answer would be the last option.

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Explanation:

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A soccer ball is kicked from the top of one building with a height of H1 = 30.2 m to another building with a height of H2 = 12.0

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Initially, we have gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. If we set the zero-line at H2 (12.0m), then the ball at the second building only has kinetic energy.

We also know there was work done on the ball by air resistance that decreased the ball's total energy.

Let's do a summation using the equations:
$KE = \frac{1}{2}mv^2 \\\\PE = mgh$

Our initial energy consists of both kinetic and potential energy (relative to the final height of the ball)

$E_i = \frac{1}{2}mv_i^2 + mg(H_1 - H_2)$

Our final energy, since we set the zero-line to be at H2, is just kinetic energy.

$E_f = \frac{1}{2}mv_f^2$

And:
$W_A = E_i - E_f$

The work done by air resistance is equal to the difference between the initial energy and the final energy of the soccer ball.

Therefore:
$W_A = \frac{1}{2}mv_i^2 + mg(H_1 - H_2) - \frac{1}{2}mv_f^2$

Solving for the work done by air resistance:
$W_A = \frac{1}{2}(.450)(15.1^2)+ (.450)(9.8)(30.2 - 12) - \frac{1}{2}(.450)(19.89^2)$

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2 years ago

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A wave has some characteristics:

Has an amplitude, the distance from 0 to the crest (highest point in the y-direction, point (3) in the figure) it would see in the figure as (2)
Has wavelength, the distance between the crests.
Has a trough, the lowest point in the y-direction.

Now, if we increase the distance of the crests, by the definition shown above, we will increase the wavelength.

Therefore, the answer is letter D, the wavelength would increase.

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3. The soccer kicker kicks a 2 kg football with a force of 68 N. How fast will the ball accelerate down the field?

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Answer:

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The formula for force is:

$F=m*a$

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$\frac{F}{m} =a$

The force is 68 Newtons. Let's convert the units to make the problem easier later on. 1 N is equal to 1 kg*m/s², so the force of 68 N is equal to 68 kg*m/s².

The mass is 2 kilograms.

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