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3 years ago

Scientists can find the absolute age of a rock by using

Physics

1 answer:

yaroslaw [1]3 years ago

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Explanation:

Carbon-14 is normally used to date living organisms (all living things we know today contain mostly carbon). It can be used for samples up to about 60000 years old. Carbon-12 is the non-radioactive form that we encounter daily. Relative dating determines dates relative to each other, such as ordering of period or events.

Uranium 235 dating can determine date samples a million years old and up, so is more suited for rocks.

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A 300 kg piano needs to be moved to the other side of the room. The maximum static frictional force is equal to 90 N and the kin

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Answer:

a = 0.1 m/s²

Explanation:

If the maximum static frictional force is 90 N, this means that any applied force that will overcome this force, will cause the piano to slide, so kinetic frictional force applies.
Under these conditions, the net force in the horizontal direction is just the difference between the applied force (which is larger that the static friction force) and the kinetic frictional force, as follows:

$F_{net} = F_{app} -F_{frk} = 100 N - 70 N = 30 N (1)$

By the same token, according Newton's 2nd Law, this force is just equal to the product of the mass of the piano, times the acceleration, as follows:

$F_{net} = m* a = 300 Kg * a = 30 N (2)$

Solving for a:

$a = \frac{F_{net}}{m} = \frac{30 N}{300kg} = 0.1 m/s2 (3)$

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