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3 years ago

How does the Electoral College help to ensure that citizens in all states have a voice in the election of the

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vredina [299]3 years ago

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Answer:

See below

Explanation:

The electoral college ensures that the most populated states can't always pick the next president. States that have the most population would be able to skew the elections by cancelling out several other less populated state's voters. One large city could cancel out every vote from the state of Rhode Island.

With the electoral college, each state has a given number of votes to cast for a president. Some states can split their college votes while others cast all votes for the same candidate.

If you look at Pennsylvania in 2020 as an example, they have 20 electoral votes. Pennsylvania does not split their votes so all go to just one candidate. In the measurement of votes, it might show that candidate A got 51% of the votes and candidate B got 49%. The 20 electoral votes would all go to candidate A and candidate B gets nothing. Candidate B may have gotten millions of individual votes within the state but that no longer matters. Candidate A won the state so gets all 20 electoral votes. If the country went by the individual vote, Candidate B would keep all those votes he got from the 2 or 3 large cities in Pennsylvania.

It would be easy to see that if you only counted the individual votes (called the popular vote), a candidate could compile more votes from all of the states even though the candidate did not win that state by the majority vote. The electoral college makes sure that a candidate cannot carry those votes from the state that they lost.

If elections were based on this popular vote, then most of the states with small populations would barely affect the outcome of an election. The popularity vote would ensure that the states with the largest populated cities would always control who gets elected.

It would especially be detrimental in todays age since most large cities are almost always voting for just one party.

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miss Akunina [59]

Answer:

iv. The motion between A & B moves at a further distance than C & D's

v. The cyclist travels 800 meters

vi. It takes approx. 80 seconds

vii. The cyclist's speed is 10 meters per second (m/s)

viii. The cyclist's speed is also 10 meters per second (m/s)

vii. (2) The cyclist's average speed is 10 meters per second (m/s)

Explanation:

Speed is calculated using the formula distance divided by time (d/t)

vii (2) needs further explanation:

Though there is a moment of rest, the cyclist still travels the same speed throughout the entire trip. To check this answer however, you can total the distance and time the cyclist traveled and use speed formula to get 10 meters per second, again.

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3 years ago

An important step in science is supporting a theory or idea without data. The questions we ask determine the type of data we col

san4es73 [151]

Answer:

What will happen to Uk if you double the mass?

Explanation:

Uk = 0.5 * m * v²

You see that both m and v are variable, which means that both m and v can be any number. Regardless of the numbers you put in for m or v, the formula to calculate the kinetic energy (Uk) remains valid.

You could ask

1. What will happen to Uk if you double the mass?

2. What will happen to Uk if you double the velocity?

please see and understand(!) that the relationship between Uk an v² is indeed the velocity squared....

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Uk = 0.5 * m * (v)²

Suppose the m = 3kg and velocity = 5 m/s

What is the Uk?

Well if you know the formula you can use your calculator to find out:

Uk = 0.5 * m * (v)²

Uk = 0.5 * 3 * (5)²

Uk = 0.5 * 3 * 25

Uk = 37.5 kgm/s²

Again you ask what will happen to Uk if you double the velocity?

At first it was 5 m/s and now it doubles, which means it now has that value *2

The new velocity is 5 *2 = 10 m/s

Uk = 0.5 * m * (v)²

Uk = 0.5 * 3 * (10)²

Uk = 0.5 * 3 * 100

Uk = 150 kgm/s²

150 = 4 * 37.5

So now you see that if you double your velocity, the Uk will be 2² = 4 times as big !

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3 years ago

Which combination of an element and an ion will react? View Available Hint(s) Which combination of an element and an ion will re

Aleks04 [339]

Answer: The combination of element ad an ion that will react is $Ni(s)\text{ and }Pt^{2+}(aq.)$

Explanation:

Oxidation reaction is defined as the reaction in which an atom looses its electrons. The oxidation number of the atom gets increased during this reaction.

$X\rightarrow X^{n+}+ne^-$

Reduction reaction is defined as the reaction in which an atom gains electrons. The oxidation number of the atom gets reduced during this reaction.

$X^{n+}+ne^-\rightarrow X$

The substance having highest positive $E^o$ potential will always get reduced and will undergo reduction reaction.

For a reaction to be spontaneous, the standard electrode potential must be positive.

To calculate the $E^o_{cell}$ of the reaction, we use the equation:

$E^o_{cell}=E^o_{cathode}-E^o_{anode}$ ......(1)

For the given options:

Option 1: $Sn(s)\text{ and }Mn^{2+}(aq.)$

Here, tin must undergo oxidation reaction and manganese undergo reduction reaction.

Oxidation half reaction: $Sn(s)\rightarrow Sn^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-;E^o_{Sn^{2+}/Sn}=-0.14V$

Reduction half reaction: $Mn^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-\rightarrow Mn(s);E^o_{Mn^{2+}/Mn}=-1.18V$

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$E^o_{cell}=-1.18-(-0.14)=-1.04V$

As, the standard potential is coming out to be negative, the given reaction will not take place.

Option 2: $Fe(s)\text{ and }Ca^{2+}(aq.)$

Here, iron must undergo oxidation reaction and calcium undergo reduction reaction.

Oxidation half reaction: $Fe(s)\rightarrow Fe^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-;E^o_{Fe^{2+}/Fe}=-0.44V$

Reduction half reaction: $Ca^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-\rightarrow Ca(s);E^o_{Ca^{2+}/Ca}=-2.87V$

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$E^o_{cell}=-2.87-(-0.44)=-2.43V$

As, the standard potential is coming out to be negative, the given reaction will not take place.

Option 3: $Ni(s)\text{ and }Pt^{2+}(aq.)$

Here, nickel must undergo oxidation reaction and platinum undergo reduction reaction.

Oxidation half reaction: $Ni(s)\rightarrow Ni^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-;E^o_{Ni^{2+}/Ni}=-0.25V$

Reduction half reaction: $Pt^{2+}(aq.)+2e^-\rightarrow Pt(s);E^o_{Pt^{2+}/Pt}=1.2V$

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$E^o_{cell}=1.2-(-0.25)=1.45V$

As, the standard potential is coming out to be positive, the given reaction will take place.

Option 4: $H_2(g)\text{ and }Na^{+}(aq.)$

Here, hydrogen must undergo oxidation reaction and sodium undergo reduction reaction.

Oxidation half reaction: $H_2(g)\rightarrow 2H^{+}(aq.)+2e^-;E^o_{2H^{+}/H_2}=0V$

Reduction half reaction: $Na^{+}(aq.)+e^-\rightarrow Na(s);E^o_{Na^{+}/Na}=-0.27V$

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$E^o_{cell}=-0.27-(-0)=-0.27V$

As, the standard potential is coming out to be negative, the given reaction will not take place.

Hence, the combination of element ad an ion that will react is $Ni(s)\text{ and }Pt^{2+}(aq.)$

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Answer:

The answer to your question is length is an extensive property

Explanation:

There are two physical properties: extensive and intensive properties.

An extensive property is a property that depends on the amount of matter.

An intensive property is a property that does not depend on the amount of matter.

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