Distances to nearby stars can be determined from _____.

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Distances to nearby stars can be determined from Stellar parallax. Astronomers can measure a star's position once, and then again 6 months later and calculate the apparent change in position. The star's apparent motion is called stellar parallax. The distance d is measured in parsecs and the parallax angle p is measured in arcseconds.

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The answer is Stellar parallax.

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94.13 ft/s

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Given:

$t$ = time interval in which the rock hits the opponent = 10 s - 5 s = 5 s

$s$ = distance to be moved by the rock long the horizontal = 98 yards

$y$ = displacement to be moved by the rock during the time of flight along the vertical = 0 yard

Assume:

$u$ = magnitude of initial velocity of the rock

$\theta$ = angle of the initial velocity with the horizontal.

For the motion of the rock along the vertical during the time of flight, the rock has a constant acceleration in the vertically downward direction.

$\therefore y = u\sin \theta t +\dfrac{1}{2}(-g)t^2\\\Rightarrow 0 = u\sin \theta 5 +\dfrac{1}{2}(-9.8)\times 5^2\\\Rightarrow u\sin \theta 5 =\dfrac{1}{2}(9.8)\times 5^2......(1)\\$

Now the rock has zero acceleration along the horizontal. This means it has a constant velocity along the horizontal during the time of flight.

$\therefore u\cos \theta t = s\\\Rightarrow u\cos \theta 5 = 98.....(2)\\$

On dividing equation (1) by (2), we have

$\tan \theta = \dfrac{25}{20}\\\Rightarrow \tan \theta = 1.25\\\Rightarrow \theta = \tan^{-1}1.25\\\Rightarrow \theta = 51.34^\circ$

Now, putting this value in equation (2), we have

$u\cos 51.34^\circ\times 5 = 98\\\Rightarrow u = \dfrac{98}{5\cos 51.34^\circ}\\\Rightarrow u =31.38\ yard/s\\\Rightarrow u =31.38\times 3\ ft/s\\\Rightarrow u =94.13\ ft/s$