A machine can never be 100% efficient because some work is always lost due to the lack of materials or equipment that would convert work by 100%. It follows the second law of entropy. The ideal engine is known as Carnot’s engine having a 100% efficiency. So far, no engine has ever gotten to 100%.

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A light ray incident on a block of glass makes an incident angle of 50.0° with the normal to the surface. The refracted ray in t

Vladimir [108]

Answer:

The index of refraction of the glass is 1.3

Explanation:

Given data:

i = incident angle = 50°

r = refracted angle = 36.1°

The index of refraction according Snell´s law is:

$n=\frac{1*sini}{sinr} =\frac{1*sin50}{sin36.1} =1.3$

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An interstellar space probe is launched from Earth. After a brief period of acceleration it moves with a constant velocity, 70.0

sleet_krkn [62]

Answer:

22.26 years

, 15.585 light years , 11.13 light years

Explanation:

$t' = t/(\sqrt{1-(v/(c*v)/c)}$

= $15.9/\sqrt{(1-0.7*0.7)}$

= 22.26 years

0.7*c*22.26 years

=15.585 light years

0.7*c*15.9

=11.13 light years

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What is a gravitational wave and why was it so hard to detect?

Alika [10]

Answer:

gravitational waves are ripples in spece-time caused primarily when objects are accelerated and the energy for the acceleration is transpoted as gravitational radiation.

they are difficult to detect because they require very sensitive technology or you will have to wait unitl black holes collide.

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