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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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3 years ago

Four people are spaced at different distances from where a dog is barking. The barking will sound the loudest to the person who

Volgvan

Answer:

Closest to the dog.

Explanation:

Sounds are louder the closer you are to them.

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3 years ago

car 2 has a mass of 150 kg and moves westward towards car 3 at a velocity of 2.2 m/s. car 3 has a mass of 265 kg and moves eastw

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Answer:

The force of car 3 on car 2 ≈ 1810.82 N

Explanation:

The equation for the change in momentum of the two cars are;

Conservation of linear momentum

150( 2.2 - v) = 265(1.5-v)

150 × 2.2 - 265×1.5 = (150+265)v

150 × 2.2 - 265×1.5 = -67.5 = 415×v

∴ v = -67.5/415 = -0.1627 m/s West = 0.1627 m/s East

The impulse of the net force is the amount of momentum change experienced given by the equation;

Impulse force = $m \times v_f$ - $m \times v_0$

Where;

$v_f$ = The final velocity

$v_0$ = The initial velocity

For the the 265 kg mass, we have;

$v_f$ = 0.1627 m/s

$v_0$ = 1.5 m/s

Which gives the impulse a s F×Δt = 265×0.1627 - 265×1.5 = -354.38 kg·m/s

The change in kinetic energy of the collision = 1/2×265×(0.1627^2 - 1.5^2) =-294.62 J

Whereby the distance moved in one second is 0.1627 m, we have;

Work done = Force × Distance = Force × 0.1627 = 294.62

Force = 294.62/0.1627 = 1810.82 N.

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3 years ago

What is the magnitude of the speed of a person at the equator due to rotational speed of the Earth?

notka56 [123]

The circumference of the Earth at the equator is listed as 24,901 miles.
So his speed is

   24,901 miles per day.

Convert it to units that we have a better feel for:

   (24,901 mi/da) x (1 da / 24 hrs)

   = (24,901 / 24) (miles/hour)

   = about 1,038 miles per hour.

You'll find a huge number of people on the internet these days,
telling you that you could not be moving at that speed and not
feel it, so therefore the Earth is not spinning, and it's not a globe.

I have a lot of feelings and comments about those people, their
lines of reasoning, and their levels of education and intelligence,
so don't get me started.

I just want to guarantee you that everything you're learning about
the Earth and the solar system in school is well founded, and it's
all based on the life's work of some of the smartest people of the
past 300 years of human history. Everything you're taught about
the Earth has good reasons behind it, whereas those other people
have nothing.

A person on Earth's equator is moving from west to east at roughly
1,038 miles per hour, relative to any point on the Earth's rotation axis.

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3 years ago

A uniform plank of mass 10kg and length 10m rests on two supports, A and B as shown. A boy of weight 500N stands at a distance o

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Answer:

U² = 142.86 N

U¹ = 357.14 N

Explanation:

Taking summation of the moment about point A, we get the following equilibrium equation: (taking clockwise direction as positive)

$W(2\ m) - U^2(7\ m) = 0$

where,

W = weight of boy = 500 N

U² = reaction ay B = ?

Therefore,

$(500\ N)(2\ m)-(U^2)(7\ m)=0\\U^2=\frac{1000\ Nm}{7\ m}\\$

Now, taking summation of forces on the plank. Taking upward direction as positive, for equilibrium position:

$W-U^1-U^2=0\\500\ N - 142.86\ N = U^1\\$

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