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State the average value of acceleration due to gravity

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The acceleration due to gravity varies in different positions on Earth. However it is said to be negligible and 9.8 m/s is used. Sometimes people use 10 m/s or 9.81 m/s

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Two blocks with mass M and 3M on a horizontal frictionless surface are pushed together and compress a spring of negligible mass

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launching speed of the lighter block = -6 m/s

Explanation:

We are given;

Mass of light block; M

Mass of heavy block; 3M

Speed of launched block: v = 2m/s

We are told that the two blocks are sitting on the horizontal frictionless surface. Thus, we can say that no external force is being applied on the system and so, the momentum of the whole system is conserved accordingly to that condition.

We are also told that when the rope is cut with scissors, that the heavier block attains the speed of 2 m/s in the positive x-direction which is horizontal direction.

We know that formula for momentum is; M = mass x velocity.

Thus, the momentum of the heavier block is calculated as;

M_1 = 3M × 2

M_1 = 6M kg.m/s

Since no external force is applied on the object, the initial momentum will be zero.

Hence, to conserve the system, the momentum of the lighter block will be equal and opposite to the momentum of heavier block.

So, momentum of lighter block is;

M_2 = -6M kg.m/s

Since mass of lighter block is M and formula for momentum = mass x velocity.

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-6M = Mv

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1.) The current is doubled

2.) moving a magnet up and down near the wire

3.) An electric current in the wire produces a magnetic field.

4.) Distance between Particles (m)

Explanation:

1.) When 6 V battery is connected to a 24 ohm resistor to create a circuit, using ohms law, V = IR

Current I = 6/24 = 0.25 A

When the The 6 V battery is replaced with a 12 V battery,

Current I = 12/24 = 0.5 A

Therefore, The current is doubled

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Newton's law of gravity was inconsistent with Einstein's special relativity because

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Mass and thus force depends on the reference frame chosen

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This can be explained as Newton's law of gravity provides action which are instantaneous at a distance and involves the evaluation of all the quantities at present time or at the instant they occur.

If the body undergoes a change in its mass distribution there will be an immediate change in its gravitational force without any lag.

Now, if we talk about special relativity, it would be absurd to say that an information can travel faster than light. The effect is in synchronization with the cause in one reference frame where the effect occurs after the cause for some observer in some other reference frame.

In order to observe Newton's law of gravity all the observer's in different reference frames must observe the same phenomena which could only be possible if time were absolute and in special relativity, time is not absolute.

Therefore, Newton's law of gravity was inconsistent with the Einstein's Special Relativity.

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