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2 years ago

How do we determine the age of rocks and other geologic features?

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Answer:To establish the age of a rock or a fossil, researchers use some type of clock to determine the date it was formed. Geologists commonly use radiometric dating methods, based on the natural radioactive decay of certain elements such as potassium and carbon, as reliable clocks to date ancient events.

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The initial acceleration of the 59g particle is $1062.7\frac{m}{s^{2}}$

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Newton's second laws relates acceleration (a), net force(F) and mass (m) in the next way:

$F=ma$ (1)

We already know the mass of the particle so we should find the electric force on it to use on (1), the magnitude of the electric force between two charged objects by Columb's law is:

$F=k\frac{\mid q_{1}q_{2}\mid}{r^{2}}$

with q1 and q2 the charge of the particles, r the distance between them and k the constant $k=9.0\times10^{9}\,\frac{Nm^{2}}{C^{2}}$ . So:

$F=(9.0\times10^{9})\frac{\mid (51\times10^{-6})(-14\times10^{-6})\mid}{0.32^{2}}$

$F=62.7 N$

Using that value on (1) and solving for a

$a=\frac{F}{m}=\frac{62.7}{0.059}=1062.7\frac{m}{s^{2}}$

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A 25N force is acting on a body moving on a straight line with Initial momentum 20 kam's. Find the final momentum after 4 second

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The final momentum of the body is equal to 120 Kg.m/s.

<h3>What is momentum?</h3>

Momentum can be described as the multiplication of the mass and velocity of an object. Momentum is a vector quantity as it carries magnitude and direction.

If m is an object's mass and v is its velocity then the object's momentum p is: $\mathbf {p} =m\mathbf {v$ . The S.I. unit of measurement of momentum is kg⋅m/s, which is equivalent to the N.s.

Given the initial momentum of the body = Pi = 20 Kg.m/s

The force acting on the body, Pf = 25 N

The time, Δt = 4-0 = 4s

The Force is equal to the change in momentum: F ×Δt = ΔP

25 × 4 = P - 20

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P = 100 + 20 = 120 Kg.m/s

Therefore, the final momentum of a body is 120 Kg.m/s.

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