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2 years ago

How do you explain Newton’s third law

Physics

2 answers:

fredd [130]2 years ago

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. “For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction”

kherson [118]2 years ago

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Well the definition is for every action theres is an equal and opposite reaction.

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A person gives a shopping cart an initial push along a horizontal floor to get it moving, and then lets go. The cart travels for

mash [69]

Answer:

Only a backward force is acting, no forward force.

Explanation:

Once released from the initial push, in absence of friction, the shopping cart would continue moving forward at a constant speed forever.
As it would move at a constant speed, no net force would be acting on it.
So, if it is gradually slowing, there must be a net force producing an acceleration in a direction opposite to the movement.
This force is the kinetic friction force, and is the only force acting on the cart in the horizontal direction.
As any friction force, opposes to the relative movement between the cart and the horizontal floor, which means that is directed backward.
This is consistent with the direction of the acceleration of the cart.

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3 years ago

A 525 kg satellite is in a circular orbit at an altitude of 575 km above the Earth's surface. Because of air friction, the satel

Dafna1 [17]

Answer:

$1.69\cdot 10^{10}J$

Explanation:

The total energy of the satellite when it is still in orbit is given by the formula

$E=-G\frac{mM}{2r}$

where

G is the gravitational constant

m = 525 kg is the mass of the satellite

$M=5.98\cdot 10^{24}kg$ is the Earth's mass

r is the distance of the satellite from the Earth's center, so it is the sum of the Earth's radius and the altitude of the satellite:

$r=R+h=6370 km +575 km=6945 km=6.95\cdot 10^6 m$

So the initial total energy is

$E_i=-(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})\frac{(525 kg)(5.98\cdot 10^{24} kg)}{2(6.95\cdot 10^6 m)}=-1.51\cdot 10^{10}J$

When the satellite hits the ground, it is now on Earth's surface, so

$r=R=6370 km=6.37\cdot 10^6 m$

so its gravitational potential energy is

$U = -G\frac{mM}{r}=-(6.67\cdot 10^{-11})\frac{(525 kg)(5.98\cdot 10^{24}kg)}{6.37\cdot 10^6 m}=-3.29\cdot 10^{10} J$

And since it hits the ground with speed

$v=1.90 km/s = 1900 m/s$

it also has kinetic energy:

$K=\frac{1}{2}mv^2=\frac{1}{2}(525 kg)(1900 m/s)^2=9.48\cdot 10^8 J$

So the total energy when the satellite hits the ground is

$E_f = U+K=-3.29\cdot 10^{10}J+9.48\cdot 10^8 J=-3.20\cdot 10^{10} J$

So the energy transformed into internal energy due to air friction is the difference between the total initial energy and the total final energy of the satellite:

$\Delta E=E_i-E_f=-1.51\cdot 10^{10} J-(-3.20\cdot 10^{10} J)=1.69\cdot 10^{10}J$

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3 years ago

You split wood with an ax. How would you change the ax to make splitting the wood easier? You would increase mechanical advantag

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Rony fills a bucket with water and whirls it in a vertical circle to demonstrate that the water will not spill from the bucket a

Romashka-Z-Leto [24]

Answer:

0 N, 3.49 m/s

Explanation:

Draw a free body diagram for the bucket at the top of the swing. There are two forces acting on the bucket: weight and tension, both downwards.

If we take the sum of the forces in the radial direction, where towards the center is positive:

∑F = ma

W + T = m v² / r

The higher the velocity that Rony swings the bucket, the more tension there will be. The slowest he can swing it is when the tension is 0.

W = m v² / r

mg = m v² / r

g = v² / r

v = √(gr)

Given that r = 1.24 m:

v = √(9.8 m/s² × 1.24 m)

v = 3.49 m/s

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3 years ago

Sound is a type of mechanical wave and must have a medium through which to travel. Sound will move at different speeds when whic

Alex787 [66]

Hey there!

The answer would be B. The sound moves from air to water.

Sound travels through different mediums. It goes fastest in solids, a little slower in liquids, and slowest in air. Sound is a very fast wave, but remember that mediums can differ that. In a vacuum space, there is no sound at all. (ex. outer space)

Hope this helps !

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