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3 years ago

What is the rate at which an object moves but doesn't include direction?

1 answer:

6 0

Great question !

The rate at which an object covers distance, without worrying
about the direction it's moving, is the object's SPEED .

When the direction is also given, then you have the object's VELOCITY.

This question is important. It gives us a chance to point out that
"velocity" is not just a fancy word for speed that you use when you
want to sound smart. There's actually an important difference between
'speed' and 'velocity'.

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By what factor would your weight increase if you could stand on the sun? (never mind that you can't.)

Fofino [41]

Gravity on the surface of sun is given as

$g = \frac{GM}{R^2}$

here we know that

$M = 1.98 \times 10^{30} kg$

$R = 6.95 \times 10^8 m$

now we will have

$g = \frac{(6.67 \times 10^{-11})(1.98 \times 10^30)}{(6.95 \times 10^8)^2}$

$g = 273.4 m/s^2$

now we need to find the ratio of weight on surface of sun and on surface of Earth

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2 years ago

La superficie de unas botas suman 400 cm2 y la persona que las usa tiene 45 kg de masa, calcula la presión que ejerce sobre el p

liubo4ka [24]

Answer:

11025 N / m²

Explanation:

Los siguientes datos se obtuvieron de la pregunta:

Área (A) = 400 cm²

Masa (m) = 45 Kg

Aceleración por gravedad (g) = 9,8 m / s²

Presión (P) =?

A continuación, determinaremos la fuerza aplicada. Esto se puede obtener de la siguiente manera:

Masa (m) = 45 Kg

Aceleración por gravedad (g) = 9,8 m / s²

Fuerza (F) =.?

F = m × g

F = 45 × 9,8

F = 441 N

A continuación, convertiremos 400 cm² a m². Esto se puede obtener de la siguiente manera:

1 cm² = 0,0001 m²

Por lo tanto,

400 cm² = 400 cm² × 0,0001 m² / 1 cm²

400 cm² = 0,04 m²

Por tanto, 400 cm² equivalen a 0,04 m².

Finalmente, determinaremos la presión ejercida de la siguiente manera:

Área (A) = 0.04 m².

Fuerza (F) = 441 N

Presión (P) =?

P = F / A

P = 441 / 0,04

P = 11025 N / m²

Por tanto, la presión ejercida es 11025 M / m²

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2 years ago

Does the speedometer of a car measure speed or velocity? Explain.

deff fn [24]

Car speedometer only measures speed and doesn't give any information about direction. So yes to speed, no to velocity. ... Therefore the object CANNOT have a varying speed if its velocity is constant.

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2 years ago

A block of ice(m = 14.0 kg) with an attached rope is at rest on a frictionless surface. You pull the block with a horizontal for

nadezda [96]

Answer:

a) The weight and the normal force of the block has a magnitude of 137.298 newtons and the pull force exerted on the block has a magnitude of 98 newtons.

b) The final speed of the block of ice is 9.8 meters per second.

Explanation:

a) We need to calculate the weight, normal force from the ground to the block and the pull force. By 3rd Newton's Law we know that normal force is the reaction of the weight of the block of ice on a horizontal.

The weight of the block ( $W$ ), measured in newtons, is:

$W = m\cdot g$ (1)

Where:

$m$ - Mass of the block of ice, measured in kilograms.

$g$ - Gravitational acceleration, measured in meters per square second.

If we know that $m = 14\,kg$ and $g = 9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}$ , the magnitudes of the weight and normal force of the block of ice are, respectively:

$N = W = (14\,kg)\cdot \left(9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} \right)$

$N = W = 137.298\,N$

And the pull force is:

$F_{pull} = 98\,N$

The weight and the normal force of the block has a magnitude of 137.298 newtons and the pull force exerted on the block has a magnitude of 98 newtons.

b) Since the block of ice is on a frictionless surface and pull force is parallel to the direction of motion and uniform in time, we can apply the Impact Theorem, which states that:

$m\cdot v_{o} +\Sigma F \cdot \Delta t = m\cdot v_{f}$ (2)