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What are significant figures?

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vekshin13 years ago

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“The term significant figures refers to the number of important single digits (0 through 9 inclusive) in the coefficient of an expression in scientific notation . The number of significant figures in an expression indicates the confidence or precision with which an engineer or scientist states a quantity.”

11Alexandr11 [23.1K]3 years ago

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The quantity with units of length only is $\sqrt{\frac{hG}{c^3}}$

Explanation:

We have to combine the following constants:

- $h$ , Planck constant, with units $[m^2][kg][s^{-1}]$

- G, the Newton's gravitational constant, with units $[m^3][kg^{-1}][s^{-2}]$

- $c$ , the speed of light, with units $[m][s^{-1}]$

The combination of these constant should have units of length only, so with meters (m).

First, we notice that $h$ has [kg] in its units, while G has $[kg^{-1}]$ in its units, so in order to make the [kg] disappear, we have to multiply them and they should have same power, so:

$hG = [m^{2+3}][kg^{1-1}][s^{-1-2}]=[m^5][s^{-3}]$

Now we have to make the seconds, [s], disappear. We do that by dividing the new quantity by $c^3$ , so that the new units are:

$\frac{hG}{c^3}=\frac{[m^5][s^{-3}]}{([m][s^{-1}])^3}=\frac{[m^5][s^{-3}]}{[m^3][s^{-3}]}=[m^2]$

We are almost done: now the quantity has units of an area, squared meters. Therefore, in order to make it have it units of length, we just take its square root:

$\sqrt{\frac{hG}{c^3}}=\sqrt{[m^2]}=[m]$

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3 years ago

Which equation represents a neutralization reaction?

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B acid + base → water + salt

Explanation:

The best equation that represents a neutralization reaction is:

acid + base → water + salt

In a neutralization reaction, an acid reacts with a base to produce salt and water only.

Here, hydrogen combines with hydroxide to form water.

Titration is usually used to carry out this reaction in the laboratory.

An indicator is added to the base and at end the color of the reaction changes.

At this point the acids have completely been neutralized with the base.

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3 years ago

EM waves consist of changing electric and magnetic fields moving perpendicular with respect to each other. What kind of wave is

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Answer:

Transverse

Explanation:

Electromagnetic waves don't depend on the medium they travel through like a mechanical wave does, so they aren't mechanical. They don't oscillate (move back in forth) in the direction they travel either, ruling out compressional and longitudinal waves.

That leaves tranverse waves, the ones we're most used to, since they look very "wavelike," with smooth peaks and valleys. Electromagnic waves behave like these, oscillating in a plane perpendicular to the direction they're traveling in.

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Light travels from medium X into medium Y. Medium Y has a higher index of refraction. Consider each statement below:(i) The ligh

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Answer:

i) FALSE, ii) TRUE, iii) FALSE, iv) FALSE

Explanation:

When light (electromagnetic radiation) travels through a material medium, its speed is less than the speed of light in a vacuum. If we define the index of parts

n = c / v

where v is the speed of light in the material medium.

The direction of the ray can be determined by the law of refraction

n₁ sin θ₁ = n₂ sin θ₂

Let's apply these equations to our case where

nₓ <n_y

i) The expression of the refractive index

nₓ < n_y

$\frac{c}{v_x} = \frac{c}{n_y}$

v_y <vₓ

therefore the expression is FALSE

ii) If we use the law of refraction, the light, when passing from a medium with a lower start to another with a higher index, must approach the normal one, away from what would be the continuation of the path of the incident ray

so the expression is TRUE

iii) The speed of light is constant in all material media

the statement is FALSE

iv) light approaches normal

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the statement of FALSE

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Velocity is about direction traveled in comparison to speed which is just distance with out direction

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