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2 years ago

The purpose of fuses and circuit breakers is to

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Elza [17]2 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Fuses and circuit breakers helps to:

protect equipment by stopping the flow of electric current; protect your house from fire

GFCI helps prevent electric shocks in a house:

GFCI outlets prevent electrocution if you are touching a wet appliance

Three 3ohms resistors in series would give you give a combined resistance of:

Resistance = (3+3+3)ohms = 9ohms

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Answer:

The correct answer is 32.9 m/s

Explanation:

To solve this, we list out the known and the unknown variables as follows

Maximum allowable acceleration = 1.34 m/s²

Distance between sttions = 806 m

Therefore from the equation of motion

v = ut + 0.5·×at²

Where v = final velocity

u = initial velocity

S = distance covered

t = time

a = acceleration

Also v² = u² + 2·a·S

where u is the initial velocity, which we can take as u = 0, then

v² = 2·1.34·S = 2.68S m²/s² then

Also the train has to decelerate from maximum speed to stop at the next tran station wherev = 0, thus v² = u² -2·1.34·Z, so u² = 2.68Z

since u² = 2.68S from the previous calculation, then for v = 0

2.68S = 2.68Z thus S = Z which and to reach the next subway station S + Z must be = 806 m, then S = 806 m ÷ 2 = 403 m

and v² = 2.68S m²/s² = 1080.04 m²/s²

v = 32.9 m/s

The maximum speed a subway train can attain between stations is 32.9 m/s

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3 years ago

Acceleration is always measured in meters per second squared. Why is acceleration not measured in meters per second like speed?

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Answer:

Because 'distance per second' is a velocity, not an acceleration.

Explanation:

Because 'distance per second' is a velocity, not an acceleration. For example, at 1 m/s an object is travelling a distance of 1 metre every second. But a rate of acceleration is a steady increase in velocity. So at 1 m/s^2, an object's velocity is increasing by 1 m/s every second.

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Letícia leaves the grocery store and walks 150.0 m to the parking lot. Then, she turns 90° to the right and walks an additional

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by?

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by convection currents in Earth´s mantle.

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3 years ago

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11 e) Can a conductor be given limitless charge? Obtain the equivalent resistance of several resistors if (a) they are in series

horsena [70]

Answer:

(e) no

(a) Rs = R' + R'' + R'''

(b) 1/Rp = 1/R' + 1/R'' + 1/R'''

Explanation:

11 e)

Practically it is not possible to give limitless charge to a conductor. It depends to the number of valence electrons.

(a) When the three resistances R'. R'' and R''' is in series combination.

Let they are connected to the voltage V and the current in each resistance is I.

According to Ohm's law

Voltage across R', V' = I R'

Voltage across R'', V'' = I R''

Voltage across R''', V''' = I R'''

So, let the equivalent resistance is Rs.

I Rs = I R' + I R'' + I R'''

Rs = R' + R'' + R'''

(b)

When the three resistances R'. R'' and R''' is in parallel combination.

Let they are connected to the voltage V and the current in each resistance is I', I''. I'''.

Current in R', I' = V/R'

Current in R'', I'' = V/R''

Current in R''', I''' = V/R'''

The equivalent resistance is Rp.

V/Rp = V/R' + V/ R'' + V/R'''

1/Rp = 1/R' + 1/R'' + 1/R'''

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