The whale shark the largest of fish and can have the mass of three adult elephants. Suppose that a crane is whale shark into a t
ank for delivery to an aquariumThe crane must exert an unbalanced force of 2.5 * 10 ^ 4 to lift the shark from rest. If the shark's acceleration equals 1.25 m/s ^ 2 , what is the shark's mass?
The answer is food irradiation. This involves the brief exposure of food to gamma rays or X-rays to kill pathogens that may contribute to food spoilage. This increases the shelf-life of the food. Gamma rays and X-rays emanate from nuclear decay of radioactive materials such as uranium..