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3 years ago

How do physicists distinguish one type of electromagnetic wave from another?

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A wave is characterized by the cyclic occurrences of crests and troughs. Wavelengthis defined as the distance between two consecutive troughs or two crests and the Frequency is defined as the number of cycles that pass through a point per second

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Astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Burger decide to fire the rocket thrusters for 3.0 seconds to make a course correction. While the t

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Answer:

340 m/s

Solution:

As per the question;

Time, t = 3.0 s

Total distance moved by the ship, d = 10,500 km

The increase in speed, v = 340 m/s

Now,

To calculate the U.S.S Burger's change in speed, $\Delta V$ :

The final velocity is given by:

$v_{f} = 340 + v_{i}$ (1)

where

$v_{f} = final\ velocity$

$v_{i} = initial\ velocity$

Also, the change in velocity is given by:

$\Delta v = v_{f} - v_{i}$ (2)

Now, from eqn (1) and (2):

$\Delta = 340 + v_{i} - v_{i} = 340\ m/s$

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3 years ago

Earl is using his hands to hold a metal pan 10 centimeters above a hot burner. How can this scenario be changed to demonstrate c

Olenka [21]

Answer: touch the pan to the burner

Explanation:

There are three modes of heat transfer:

conduction, convection and radiation.

For conduction, the heat transfers from a hot object to a cold object when the two are in contact.

For convection there is bulk motion of fluid occurs which transfers the heat.

For heat transfer by radiation, medium is not required.

Thus, to demonstrate conduction between pan and burner, the pan must touch the burner.

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How much work is done by an applied force to lift a 45 newton block 6.0 meters at a constant speed ?

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Answer:

270Joues

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

Force F= 45N

distance moved d= 6m

Required

The work done in moving the block 6m

Step two:

We know that the expression for the work done is

WD= force* distance

WD= 45*6

WD=270Joues

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3 years ago

A spherical capacitor contains a charge of 3.50 nC when connected to a potential difference of 210.0 V. Its plates are separated

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Incomplete question as we have not told to find what quantity.The complete question is here

A spherical capacitor contains a charge of 3.50 nC when connected to a potential difference of 210.0 V. Its plates are separated by vacuum and the inner radius of the outer shell is 5.00 cm.calculate: (a) the capacitance; (b) the radius of the inner sphere; (c) the electric field just outside the surface of the inner sphere.

Answer:

(a) $C=16.7pF$

(b) $r_{a} =3.749cm$

Explanation:

Given data

$Q=3.50nC\\V=210V\\r_{b}=5.0cm$

For part (a)

The Capacitance given by:

$C=\frac{Q}{V}\\ C=\frac{3.50*10^{-9} C}{210V}\\C=1.6666*10^{-11}F\\or\\C=16.7pF$

For part (b)

The Capacitance of coordinates is given as

$C=\frac{4\pi e}{\frac{1}{r_{a} }-\frac{1}{r_{b} } }\\ So\\{\frac{1}{r_{a} }-\frac{1}{r_{b} } }=\frac{4\pi *8.85*10^{-12} }{1.666*10^{-11}}=6.672m^{-1} \\ \frac{1}{r_{a} }=6.672+(1 /0.05)\\\frac{1}{r_{a} }=26.672\\r_{a} =1/26.672\\r_{a} =0.0375m\\r_{a} =3.749cm$

For part (c)

The electric field according to Gauss Law is given by:

$EA=\frac{Q}{e}\\ E=\frac{Q}{4\pi er_{a}^{2} }=\frac{kQ}{r_{a}^{2}}\\ E=\frac{9*10^{9}*3.50*10^{-9} }{(0.0375m)^{2} }\\ E=2.24*10^{4} N/C$

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3 years ago

Which of the following is not true about the Global Positioning Systems (GPS)?

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Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) is a system which uses a network of satellites to construct maps. So, that it would be easy to trace location of a person, or to reach over a certain place.

It helps an individual by showing the route of destination wherever he/she wants to reach along with the total time to reach over the place.

Thus, GPS can determine the elevation of a given area and also it can determine latitude and longitude of a given area. As each GPS satellite broadcasts with a high power, narrow bandwidth, down link signal which can be received by our small hand held receiver antenna called mobile phone.

A GPS cannot determine the composition of soil on mountain ranges.

Thus, we can conclude that out of the given options, GPS can determine the composition of soil on mountain ranges is not true about the Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

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