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Which scientist first discovered that white light is a mixture of a rainbow spectrum of light rays?

2 answers:

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c A ray of light is divided into its constituent colors by the first prism (left), and the resulting bundle of colred rays is reconstituted into white light by the second. Our modern understanding of light and color begins with Isaac Newton (1642-1726) and a series of experiments that he publishes in 1672.

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Answer:

The correct answer is Isaac Newton , option C

Explanation:

During the 1660’s, Newton, an English physicist, started some experiments with sunlight and prisms to know more about the optic field. He passed sunlight through a prism and separated the light beam into various colours. Once he did it, he discovered and understood that this could happened because every different ray of colour is diverged by the glassy prism by a different amount. Consequently, he could conclude that white light passes through a translucent medium, such as air, into another like glass, the components are glanced the first-time up t their colour and when they go back to air they do it again. This created the spectrum with the rainbow colours.

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Answer: a) 16Hz, 3m b) 48Hz, 1mc) 80Hz, 0.6m

Explanation:

a) Fundamental frequency in string is represented as Fo = V/2L where;

Fo is the fundamental frequency

V is the speed of the transverse wave = 48m/s

L is the length of the wire. = 1.50m

Substituting this values in the formula given we have;

Fo = 48/2(1.5)

Fo = 48/3

Fo = 16Hz

The fundamental tone is therefore 16Hz

Using v =f¶

Where f is the frequency and ¶ is the wavelength, the wavelength of the fundamental note will be;

¶ = v/fo

¶ = 48/16 = 3m

b) Overtones or harmonics is the multiple integral of the fundamental frequency. The multiples are I'm arithmetical progression.

First overtone f1 = 2fo

Second overtone f2 = 3fo etc.

Since fo = 16Hz

Second overtone f2 = 3×16 = 48Hz

¶ = v/f2 = 48/48

¶ = 1m

c) Fourth harmonic or overtone will be f4 = 5fo

F4 = 5×16 = 80Hz

The fourth harmonic is therefore 80Hz

¶ = v/f4 = 48/80

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3 years ago

A 4.0 kg ball is traveling at 3.0 m/s and strikes a wall. The ball bounces off the wall with a velocity of 4.0 m/s in the opposi

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Answer:

280 N

Explanation:

Applying Newton's third second law of motion,

F = m(v-u)/t................... Equation 1

Where F = Magnitude of the average force on the ball during contact, v = final velocity of the ball, u = initial velocity of the ball, t = time of contact of the ball and the wall.

Note: Let the direction of the initial velocity of the ball be positive

Given: m = 4 kg, u = 3.0 m/s, v = -4.0 m/s (bounce off), t = 0.1 s

Substitute into equation 1

F = 4(-4-3)/0.1

F = 4(-7)/0.1

F = -28/0.1

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"The International Space Station (ISS) orbits at a distance of 350 km above the surface of the Earth. (a) Determine the gravitat

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Answer:

(a) g = 8.82158145 $m/s^2$ .

(b) 7699.990192m/s.

Explanation:

(a) Strength of gravitational field 'g' by definition is

$g = \frac{M_{(earth)} }{r^2} G$ , here G is Gravitational Constant, and r is distance from center of earth, all the values will remain same except r which will be radius of earth + altitude at which ISS is in orbit.

r = 6721,000 meters, putting this value in above equation gives g = 8.82158145 $m/s^2$ .

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3 years ago

How does the resultant displacement change as the angle between two vectors increases from 90° to 120°?

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