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2 years ago

Why does the North star not move but the other stars move

Physics

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blsea [12.9K]2 years ago

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Answer:

it's the star in the center of the star field

Explanation:

Why Doesn't Polaris Move? Polaris is very distant from Earth, and located in a position very near Earth's north celestial pole. ... Polaris is the star in the center of the star field; it shows essentially no movement. Earth's axis points almost directly to Polaris, so this star is observed to show the least movement

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Explanation:

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3 years ago

Two equal magnitude electric charges are separated by a distance d. The electric potential at the midpoint between these two cha

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Answer:

The charges under study are of the same sign

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Explanation:

Let's start by writing the equation for the electric field

E = k q / r²

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* The charges under study are of the same sign, it does not matter if positive or negative.

* The calculation of the electric field for each charge separately, there is no relationship between the charges for the calculation of the electric field.

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3 years ago

Sasha lifts a couch 8.2 meters from the ground floor of her house to the attic. If the couch has a mass of 120 kg, what is the g

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As we know that gravitational potential energy is given by

$U = mgH$

here we have

m = mass = 120 kg

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h = height = 8.2 m

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A child is riding a bike at a speed of 6m/s with a total kinetic energy of 1224J. If the mass of the child is 30kg, what is the

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Answer:

Mass of bike = 38 kg.

Explanation:

Kinetic energy is given by the expression, $KE = \frac{1}{2} mv^2$ , where m is the mass and v is the velocity.

Here speed of child riding bike = 6 m/s

Mass of child = 30 kg

Total kinetic energy = 1224 J

Let the mass of bike be, m kg

So, total mass of child and bike = (m + 30) kg

Substituting,

$1224 = \frac{1}{2}* (m+30)*6^2\\ \\ m+30=68\\ \\ m=38kg$

So, mass of bike = 38 kg.

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3 years ago

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Answer:

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At high pressure- $\mu_{k}=0.00445$

Explanation:

Initial speed, $V_{i}=3.3 m/s$

Final speed, $V_{f}=3.3/2= 1.65 m/s$

Net horizontal force due to rolling friction $F_{net}=\mu_{k}$ mg where m is mass, g is acceleration due to gravity, $\mu_{k}$ is coefficient of rolling friction