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3 years ago

Why to astronauts appear weightless while they are filmed performing activities inside the orbiting space shuttle?

Physics

2 answers:

vagabundo [1.1K]3 years ago

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<h2>Answer: The astronauts are falling at the same rate as the space shuttle as it orbits around earth</h2>

The astronauts seem to float because they are in free fall just like the spacecraft.

However, although they are constantly falling on the Earth, they do not fall because the ship orbits at a sufficient speed (in the same direction of rotation of the Earth) so that the centrifugal force is balanced with the Earth's gravitational pull.

In other words:

The spaccraft and the astronauts are in free fall but the Earth's surface will never be reached as long as they does not decrease the speed.

Then, as they accelerate toward Earth (regardless of their mass), it curves beneath them and never comes close.

That's why astronauts, having the same acceleration as the spacecraft, feel weightless and see themselves floating.

Alexeev081 [22]3 years ago

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Answer:

an astronaut is under the gravitational force of any object nearby that has mass.

Explanation:

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Explanation:

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Speed of longitudinal wave = 5.7 km/s

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$d=v\times t$

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The distance of longitudinal wave

$d=5.7\times (t+71)$ ....(II)

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$t=\dfrac{d}{9.1}$

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Answer:

The answer is below

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of ounce of dairy based meal and let y represent the number of vegan option in ounce.

Since the diet must contain at least 2400 mg vitamin C, therefore:

50x + 20y ≥ 2400

Since the diet must contain at least 1800 mg Calcium, therefore:

30x + 20y ≥ 1200

Since the diet must contain at least 1200 calories, therefore:

10x + 40y ≥ 1200

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50x + 20y ≥ 2400

30x + 20y ≥ 1200

10x + 40y ≥ 1200

x > 0, y > 0

The graph was drawn using geogebra online graphing tool, and the solution to the problem is at:

C(30, 45) and D(48, 18)

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Cost = 0.042x + 0.208y

At C(30, 45); Cost = 0.042(30) + 0.208(45) = $10.62

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Answer:

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Answer:

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Explanation:

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Time = 7 hours

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Speed = Distance /time

With the above formula, we can calculate how fast he will drive (i.e the speed) in order to get there on time. This is illustrated below:

Distance = 725 Km

Time = 7 hours

Speed =?

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