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2 years ago

What happens to an electromagnetic wave as it passes from space to matter?

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Electromagnetic radiation is one of the many ways that energy travels through space. The heat from a burning fire, the light from the sun, the X-rays used by your doctor, as well as the energy used to cook food in a microwave are all forms of electromagnetic radiation. While these forms of energy might seem quite different from one another, they are related in that they all exhibit wavelike properties.

alina1380 [7]2 years ago

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Answer:

When an electromagnetic wave passes from space to matter, some part of the energy is absorbed by the matter and it increases its energy. The wave may reflect and some part may pass through the matter depending on the amount of energy they have. The amplitude of the wave decreases if some parts of it are reflected.

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15 Points , Physics HW, can someone please show me step by step how to calculate percent difference for this problem. My numbers

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The percent difference between two numbers $x$ and $y$ is given by

$\dfrac{|y-x|}x \times 100\%$

The absolute value is there because we only care about the absolute percent difference, and not taking into account whether we go from $x$ to $y$ or vice versa. If we remove them, we have two possible interpretations of percent difference.

For example, the (absolute) percent difference between 3 and 6 is

$\dfrac{|6-3|}3 \times 100\% = 100\%$

In other words, we add 100% of 3 to 3 to end up with 6. This is the same as the percent difference going from 3 to 6. On the other hand, the percent difference going from 6 to 3 is

$\dfrac{3-6}3\times100\%=-50\%$

which is to say, we take away 50% of 6 away from 6 to end up with 3.

"Make comparisons to object measurements" tells us that the differences should be computed relative to "measurements for object". In other words, take $x$ from the left column and $y$ from the right column.

$\dfrac{|7.1-7.3|}{7.1} \times 100\% \approx 2.82\%$

$\dfrac{|4.8-5.0|}{4.8} \times 100\% \approx 4.17\%$

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2 years ago

Imagine that you are working as a roller coaster designer. You want to build a record breaking coaster that goes 70.0 m/s at the

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Wow ! This is not simple. At first, it looks like there's not enough information, because we don't know the mass of the cars. But I"m pretty sure it turns out that we don't need to know it.

At the top of the first hill, the car's potential energy is

PE = (mass) x (gravity) x (height) .

At the bottom, the car's kinetic energy is

   KE = (1/2) (mass) (speed²) .

You said that the car's speed is 70 m/s at the bottom of the hill,
and you also said that 10% of the energy will be lost on the way
down. So now, here comes the big jump. Put a comment under
my answer if you don't see where I got this equation:

   KE = 0.9 PE

(1/2) (mass) (70 m/s)² = (0.9) (mass) (gravity) (height)

Divide each side by (mass):

   (0.5) (4900 m²/s²) = (0.9) (9.8 m/s²) (height)

(There goes the mass. As long as the whole thing is 90% efficient,
the solution will be the same for any number of cars, loaded with
any number of passengers.)

Divide each side by (0.9):

   (0.5/0.9) (4900 m²/s²) = (9.8 m/s²) (height)

Divide each side by (9.8 m/s²):

   Height = (5/9)(4900 m²/s²) / (9.8 m/s²)

      = (5 x 4900 m²/s²) / (9 x 9.8 m/s²)

      = (24,500 / 88.2) (m²/s²) / (m/s²)

      = 277-7/9 meters
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A roller coaster is stopped on a track. When the engineer presses a launch button on the coaster, the coaster moves forward. Exp

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A roller coaster is stopped on a track. When the engineer presses a launch button on the coaster, the coaster moves forward. Explain this change in terms of balanced and unbalanced forces.

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When developing an experimental design, which action would improve the

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When developing an experimental design, the action that would improve the quality of the results is to ensure that it answers a question about cause and effect.

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1 year ago

A 60-watt light bulb has a voltage of 120 bolts applied across it and a current of 0.5 amperes flows through the bulb. What is t

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Answer:

240 ohms

Explanation:

From Ohms law we deduce that V=IR and making R the subject of the formula then R=V/I where R is resistance, I is current and V is coltage across. Substituting 120 V for V and 0.5 A for A then

R=120/0.5=240 Ohms

Alternatively, resistance is equal to voltage squared divided by watts hence $\frac {120^{2}}{60}=240$

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