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In a controlled experiment why is it important to change just one variable parameter at a time

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Think of it this way: If you test only one variable then you know that the difference in the experimental and control setup is that one independent variable. If you test more than one you will not know which one made the difference. Hope this helps :)

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3 years ago

4. The blades on a fan have a frequency of 15 Hz.

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Answer:

a) 4500 cycles b) 0.0667s c) 6.67s

Explanation:

a) 15 Hz= 15 cycles/ s

5 mins= 300s

15 cycles/s * 300s= 4500 cycles

b) Period= 1/ frequency

Period= 1/ 15 cycles/s

Period= 0.0667s

c) Period * number of revolutions= time

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3 years ago

2200 kg semi truck driving down the highway has lost control. The truck rolls across the median and into oncoming traffic. The t

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Answer:

The semi truck travels at an initial speed of 69.545 meters per second downwards.

Explanation:

In this exercise we see a case of an entirely inellastic collision between the semi truck and the car, which can be described by the following equation derived from Principle of Linear Momentum Conservation: (We assume that velocity oriented northwards is positive)

$m_{S}\cdot v_{S}+m_{C}\cdot v_{C} = (m_{S}+m_{C})\cdot v$ (1)

Where:

$m_{S}$ , $m_{C}$ - Masses of the semi truck and the car, measured in kilograms.

$v_{S}$ , $v_{C}$ - Initial velocities of the semi truck and the car, measured in meters per second.

$v$ - Final speed of the system after collision, measured in meters per second.

If we know that $m_{S} = 2200\,kg$ , $m_{C} = 2000\,kg$ , $v_{C} = 45\,\frac{m}{s}$ and $v = -15\,\frac{m}{s}$ , then the initial velocity of the semi truck is:

$m_{S}\cdot v_{S} = (m_{S}+m_{C})\cdot v -m_{C}\cdot v_{C}$

$v_{S} = \frac{(m_{S}+m_{C})\cdot v - m_{C}\cdot v_{C}}{m_{S}}$

$v_{S} = \left(1+\frac{m_{C}}{m_{S}} \right)\cdot v - \frac{m_{C}}{m_{S}} \cdot v_{C}$

$v_{S} = v +\frac{m_{C}}{m_{S}}\cdot (v-v_{C})$

$v_{S} = -15\,\frac{m}{s}+\left(\frac{2000\,kg}{2200\,kg} \right) \cdot \left(-15\,\frac{m}{s}-45\,\frac{m}{s} \right)$

$v_{S} = -69.545\,\frac{m}{s}$

The semi truck travels at an initial speed of 69.545 meters per second downwards.

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2 years ago

1. El puente mas largo del mundo es el puente Akashi Kaikyo, en Japón. El puente mide 3910 m de largo y está construido con acer

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Answer:

It's 1.0000042 times longer in summer than in winter. It represents a 1.6 centimeters difference between seasons.

Explanation:

The linear coefficient of thermal expansion for steel is about $1.2*10^{-7}\°C^{-1}$ . From the equation of linear thermal expansion, we have:

$L_f=L_0(1+\alpha\Delta T)$

Taking the winter day as the initial, and the summer day as the final, we can take the relationship between them:

$L_{summer}=L_{winter}[1+(1.2*10^{-7}\°C^{-1})(30\°C+5\°C)]\\\\L_{summer}=(1.0000042)L_{winter}$

It means that the bridge is 1.0000042 times longer in summer than in winter. If we multiply it by the length of the bridge, we obtain that the difference is of about 1.6 centimeters between the two seasons.

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3 years ago

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Friction can be bad by being too strong or too weak.

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