Explanation:
The nearest star to the Earth is the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.218 light-years.
Light year is the unit of distance covered by the heavenly bodies. 1 light year is equal to :
So,
We need to convert 4.218 light-years barley corns.
Since, 1 barleycorn = 1/3 inch
So, the nearest star to the Earth is at a distance of . Hence, this is the required solution.
Answer:
v₂ = 70 m / s
Explanation:
For this exercise let's use Bernoulli's equation
where subscript 1 is for the top of the mountain and subscript 2 is for Tuesday's level
P₁ + ½ ρ v₁² + ρ g y₁ = P₂ +1/2 ρ v₂² + ρ g y₂
indicate that the pressure in the two points is the same, y₁ = 250 m, y₂ = 0 m, the water in the upper part, because it is a reservoir, is very large for which the velocity is very small, we will approximate it to 0 (v₁ = 0), we substitute
ρ g y₁ = ½ ρ v₂²
v₂ =
let's calculate
v₂ = √( 2 9.8 250)
v₂ = 70 m / s