Probably to be more accurate. With hand-operated stop watches there is more room for (human) error.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
To melt the alcohol
Heat needed = M . L = 2 . 25 = 50 kcal
To warm up the alcohol
Heat needed = M . sp. ht. . ∆t = 2 . 0.6 . 100 = 120 kcal
Total heat needed = 170 kcal
Assuming that 0.6 kcal/ kg / ˚C is the specific heat and that the answer is wanted in kcal ( a rather odd unit to be in use here.)
-- If the system is 'closed', then nothing ... including energy ... can get in or out, and the total energy inside has to be constant.
If half of the energy in the system starts out as potential energy and the rest starts out as kinetic, and then the potential energy increases, there's only one place the increase could have come from ... it could only have been converted from kinetic energy. So the <em>kinetic energy</em> in the system <em>must</em> <em>decrease</em>.
In fact, this isn't even a "result". The kinetic energy has to decrease <em><u>before</u></em> the potential energy can increase, because that's where the increase has to come from.
If the system is 'open', then energy can come in and go out. If the potential energy inside suddenly increases, we don't know where it came from, so we can't say anything about what happens to the system.
0.120L + 2.345L = 2.465L = 4 significant figures in the answer
We are given with the data that says the probability that a battery will last 10 hr or more is 0.8 and the probability <span>that it will last 15 hr or more is 0.11. In this case, the probability that the battery lasts at least 10 hours and even 15 hrs more is 0.11 / 0.8 or equal to 13.75 percent.</span>
