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Why do planets not travel in a straight path?
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Answer:
Because the gravitational attraction of the Sun hold them in motion around it
Explanation:
For an object travelling in a straight path at constant velocity, the net force acting on the object must be zero.
The planets in the Solar System, however, do not experience a zero net force: in fact, the Sun exerts a gravitational attraction on them, whose magnitude is given by
where
G is the gravitational constant
M is the mass of the Sun
m is the mass of the planet
r is the average distance between the Sun and the planet
Due to the presence of this force, the Sun makes the planets 'deviating' from their straight path, forcing them to following an elliptical path around the Sun.
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This question is incomplete, the complete question is;
Two plane mirrors intersect at right angles. A laser beam strikes the first of them at a point 11.5 cm from their point of intersection, as shown in the figure.
For what angle of incidence at the first mirror will this ray strike the midpoint of the second mirror (which is 28.0 cmcm long) after reflecting from the first mirror
Answer: angle of incidence is 39.4°
Explanation:
Given that;
two plain mirrors intersect at right angle (90°)
distance d = 11.5 cm
S = 28.0 cm
Now the angle that the reflection ray males with first the mirror equal theta (∅)
so
tan∅ = (S/2) / d
tan∅ = (28/2) / 11.5
tan∅ = 14 / 11.5
tan∅ = 1.2173
∅ = tan⁻¹ (1.2173)
∅ = 50.6°
so angle of incidence = 90° - ∅
= 90° - 50.6°
= 39.4°
Therefore angle of incidence is 39.4°
