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3 years ago

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

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Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres (28,169 ft)) was considered to be the highest mountain from 1838 until 1852. Mount Everest, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856.

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Answer:

1 N

Explanation:

Buoyant Force: This is also called upthrust, It can be defined as the force which act upward exerted by a fluid when an object is placed in it.

The S.I unit is Newton.

From the question,

Buoyant force = Weight of the object in air- weight of the object when submerged in water.

U = W-W'.......................... Equation 1

Where U = upthrust, W = weight in air, W' = weight when submerged in water.

Given: W = 3 N, W' = 2 N

Substitute into equation 1

U = 3-2

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3 years ago

Two identical mandolin strings under 200 N of tension are sounding tones with frequencies of 590 Hz. The peg of one string slips

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To solve this problem it is necessary to apply the concepts related to frequency and vibration of strings. Mathematically the frequency can be expressed as

$f = \frac{v}{\lambda}$

Then the relation between two different frequencies with same wavelength would be

$\frac{f'}{f} = \frac{v'/\wavelength}{v/\wavelength}$

$\frac{f'}{f} = \frac{v'}{v}$

The beat frequency heard when the two strings are sounded simultaneously is

$f_{beat} = f-f'$

$f_{beat} = f(1-\frac{f'}{f})$

$f_{beat} = f(1-\frac{v'}{v})$

We have the velocity of the transverse waves in stretched string as

$v = \sqrt{\frac{T}{\mu}}$

$v = \sqrt{\frac{200N}{\mu}}$

And,

$v' = \sqrt{\frac{196N}{\mu}}$

Therefore the relation between the two is,

$\frac{v'}{v} = \sqrt{\frac{192}{200}}$

$\frac{v'}{v} = \sqrt{0.96}$

Finally substituting this value at the frequency beat equation we have

$f_{beat} = 590(1-\sqrt{0-96})$

$f_{beat} = 11.92Hz$

Therefore the beats per second are 11.92Hz

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What is power, and what is its relationship to voltage and amperage?

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3 years ago

Hydraulic engineers often use, as a unit of volume of water, the "acre-foot", defined as the volume of water that will cover 1 a

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Answer:

Volume = 1,015 acre-feet (Approx)

Explanation:

Given:

Rain = 1.7 in

Time = 30 min

Area = 29 km²

Find:

Volume in acre-feet

Computation:

1 km = 1,000 m

1 m = 3.28 feet

1 km² = 247.105 acre

d = 1.7 in = 1.7 / 12 = 0.14167 ft

Area = 29 × 247.105 = 7,166.045 acre

Volume = 7,166.045 acre × 0.14167 ft

Volume = 1,015 acre-feet (Approx)

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