True or False. Lightning is a strong electrical current moving through the air. *
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Answer:
It corresponds to a distance of 100 parsecs away from Earth.
Explanation:
The angle due to the change in position of a nearby object against the background stars it is known as parallax.
It is defined in a analytic way as it follows:
Where d is the distance to the star.
(1)
Equation (1) can be rewritten in terms of d:
(2)
Equation (2) represents the distance in a unit known as parsec (pc).
The parallax angle can be used to find out the distance by means of triangulation. Making a triangle between the nearby star, the Sun and the Earth (as is shown in the image below), knowing that the distance between the Earth and the Sun (150000000 Km), is defined as 1 astronomical unit (1AU).
For the case of ():
Hence, it corresponds to a distance of 100 parsecs away from Earth.
<em>Summary:</em>
Notice how a small parallax angle means that the object is farther away.
Key terms:
Parsec: Parallax of arc second
Answer:
The average velocity is
and
respectively.
Explanation:
Let's start writing the vertical position equation :
Where distance is measured in meters and time in seconds.
The average velocity is equal to the position variation divided by the time variation.
= Δx / Δt =
For the first time interval :
t1 = 5 s → t2 = 8 s
The time variation is :
For the position variation we use the vertical position equation :
Δx = x2 - x1 = 1049 m - 251 m = 798 m
The average velocity for this interval is
For the second time interval :
t1 = 4 s → t2 = 9 s
Δx = x2 - x1 = 1495 m - 125 m = 1370 m
And the time variation is t2 - t1 = 9 s - 4 s = 5 s
The average velocity for this interval is :
Finally for the third time interval :
t1 = 1 s → t2 = 7 s
The time variation is t2 - t1 = 7 s - 1 s = 6 s
Then
The position variation is x2 - x1 = 701 m - (-1 m) = 702 m
The average velocity is