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2 years ago

The mercalli scale is a scale from ________.

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Mashcka [7]2 years ago

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<h2>Answer: 1 to 12. </h2>

The Mercalli seismological scale is a scale of 12 degrees, where 1 is very weak and 12 catastrophic.

This scale owes its name to the Italian physicist Giuseppe Mercalli and was developed to assess the intensity of earthquakes through the effects and damages caused to different structures.

This means the Mercalli scale measures how strong a earthquake has been by its consequences and not by its magnitude, therefore it is based on empirical observations.

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3 years ago

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kramer

Answer:

1.35 kg

2.67 ms⁻¹

Explanation:

$m_{1}$ = mass of first body = 2.7 kg

$m_{2}$ = mass of second body = ?

$v_{1i}$ = initial velocity of the first body before collision = $v$

$v_{2i}$ = initial velocity of the second body before collision = 0 m/s

$v_{1f}$ = final velocity of the first body after collision =

using conservation of momentum equation

$m_{1} v_{1i} + m_{2} v_{2i} = m_{1} v_{1f} + m_{2} v_{2f}\\(2.7) v + m_{2} (0) = (2.7) (\frac{v}{3} ) + m_{2} v_{2f}\\(2.7) (\frac{2v}{3} ) = m_{2} v_{2f}\\v_{2f} = \frac{1.8v}{m_{2}}$

Using conservation of kinetic energy

$m_{1} v_{1i}^{2}+ m_{2} v_{2i}^{2} = m_{1} v_{1f}^{2} + m_{2} v_{2f}^{2} \\(2.7) v^{2} + m_{2} (0)^{2} = (2.7) (\frac{v}{3} )^{2} + m_{2} (\frac{1.8v}{m_{2}})^{2} \\(2.7) = (0.3) + \frac{3.24}{m_{2}}\\m_{2} = 1.35$

$m_{1}$ = mass of first body = 2.7 kg

$m_{2}$ = mass of second body = 1.35 kg

$v_{1i}$ = initial velocity of the first body before collision = 4 ms⁻¹

$v_{2i}$ = initial velocity of the second body before collision = 0 m/s

Speed of the center of mass of two-body system is given as

$v_{cm} = \frac{(m_{1} v_{1i} + m_{2} v_{2i})}{(m_{1} + m_{2})}\\v_{cm} = \frac{((2.7) (4) + (1.35) (0))}{(2.7 + 1.35)}\\\\v_{cm} = 2.67$ ms⁻¹

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