I was about to say: because people generally get comfortable with
what they think they know, and don't like the discomfort of being told
that they have to change something they're comfortable with.
But then I thought about it a little bit more, and I have a different answer.
"Society" might initially reject a new scientific theory, because 'society'
is totally unequipped to render judgement of any kind regarding any
development in Science.
First of all, 'Society' is a thing that's made of a bunch of people, so it's
inherently unequipped to deal with scientific news. Anything that 'Society'
decides has a lot of the mob psychology in it, and a public opinion poll or
a popularity contest are terrible ways to evaluate a scientific discovery.
Second, let's face it. The main ingredient that comprises 'Society' ... people ...
are generally uneducated, unknowledgeable, unqualified, and clueless in the
substance, the history, and the methods of scientific inquiry and reporting.
There may be very good reasons that some particular a new scientific theory
should be rejected, or at least seriously questioned. But believe me, 'Society'
doesn't have them.
That's pretty much why.
The given question is incomplete. The complete question is as follows.
A 75-g bullet is fired from a rifle having a barrel 0.540 m long. Choose the origin to be at the location where the bullet begins to move. Then the force (in newtons) exerted by the expanding gas on the bullet is 
, where x is in meters. Determine the work done by the gas on the bullet as the bullet travels the length of the barrel.
Explanation:
We will calculate the work done as follows.
W = 
= 
= ![[14000x + 5000x^{2} - 8666.7x^{3}]^{0.54}_{0}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B14000x%20%2B%205000x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%208666.7x%5E%7B3%7D%5D%5E%7B0.54%7D_%7B0%7D)
= 7560 + 1458 - 1364.69
= 7653.31 J
or, = 7.65 kJ (as 1 kJ = 1000 J)
Thus, we can conclude that the work done by the gas on the bullet as the bullet travels the length of the barrel is 7.65 kJ.
Answer:
The distance between the camera and the rock is 836.6 cm
Explanation:
A right triangle is formed where the hypotenuse (h) is the distance between the rock and the camera. One of the leg (l) is the distance between the camera and the surface. The angle between the hypotenuse and this leg is α = 90° - 13.69° = 76.31°. By definition:
cos α = adjacent/hypotenuse
cos(76.31) = 198.0/h
h = 198.0/cos(76.31)
h = 836.6 cm
Answer:
Explanation:
Angular momentum has a formula of L = mvr. Fillingin:
L = (1.0)(5.0)(1.0)
L = 5.0 kg*m/s
