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2 years ago

Why is the sky blue? The earth is surrounded by an atmosphere.

Physics

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madreJ [45]2 years ago

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Answer:

The blue component of the spectrum of visible light has shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than the red component. Thus, as sunlight of all colors passes through air, the blue part causes charged particles to oscillate faster than does the red part. The faster the oscillation, the more scattered light is produced, so blue is scattered more strongly than red. For particles such as air molecules that are much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light the difference is dramatic. The acceleration of the charged particles is proportional to the square of the frequency, and the intensity of scattered light is proportional to the square of this acceleration. Scattered light intensity is therefore proportional to the fourth power of frequency. The result is that blue light is scattered into other directions almost 10 times as efficiently as red light.

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Answer:

a) = 258352.5J

b) = 23.63 m/s

c) = 1.8m

Explanation:

Data;

Mass = 925kg

Distance (s) = 28.5m

Force constant (k) = 8.0*10⁴ N/m

g = 9.8 m/s²

a) = work = force * distance

But force = mass * acceleration

Force = 925 * 9.8 = 9065N

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b) acceleration (a) = (v² - u²) / 2s

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Answer:

a) q = -9.23 cm, b) h’= 0.577 mm , c) image is right and virtual

Explanation:

This is an optical exercise, where the constructor equation should be used

1 / f = 1 / p + 1 / q

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1 / f = (n₂-1) (1 /R₁ -1 /R₂)

In this case we have a rod whereby the first surface is flat R1 =∞ and the second surface R2 = -4 cm, the sign is for being concave

1 / f = (1.60 -1) (1 /∞ - 1 / (-4))

1 / f = 0.6 / 4 = 0.15

f = 6.67 cm

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1 / q = 1 / f - 1 / p

1 / q = 1 / 6.67 - 1/24

1 / q = 0.15 - 0.04167 = 0.10833

q = -9.23 cm

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M = h ’/ h = - q / p

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