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3 years ago

What hidden costs of using DDT did Rachel Carson call attention to?

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Sveta_85 [38]3 years ago

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Answer:

The ban was intended to prevent the imminent extinction of ospreys, peregrine falcons, and bald eagles, our national bird, among other species; they were vulnerable because DDT caused a fatal thinning of eggshells, which collapsed under the weight of the parent incubating them.

Explanation:

The hidden cost was to control pests was washing off into rivers and streams, poisoning fish, birds, and even humans with toxic chemicals.

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The Mars Curiosity rover was required to land on the surface of Mars with a velocity of 1 m/s. Given the mass of the landing veh

Aliun [14]

Answer:

The value is $A = 39315 \ m^2$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

The velocity which the rover is suppose to land with is $v = 1 \ m/s$

The mass of the rover and the parachute is $m = 2270 \ kg$

The drag coefficient is $C__{D}} = 0.5$

The atmospheric density of Earth is $\rho = 1.2 \ kg/m^3$

The acceleration due to gravity in Mars is $g_m = 3.689 \ m/s^2$

Generally the Mars atmosphere density is mathematically represented as

$\rho_m = 0.71 * \rho$

=> $\rho_m = 0.71 * 1.2$

=> $\rho_m = 0.852 \ kg/m^3$

Generally the drag force on the rover and the parachute is mathematically represented as

$F__{D}} = m * g_{m}$

=> $F__{D}} = 2270 * 3.689$

=> $F__{D}} = 8374 \ N$

Gnerally this drag force is mathematically represented as

$F__{D}} = C__{D}} * A * \frac{\rho_m * v^2 }{2}$

Here A is the frontal area

$A = \frac{2 * F__D }{ C__D} * \rho_m * v^2 }$

=> $A = \frac{2 * 8374 }{ 0.5 * 0.852 * 1 ^2 }$

=> $A = 39315 \ m^2$

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3 years ago

A ball is thrown upwards at an unknown speed. in a time of

alexandr402 [8]

Answer:

a) Initial speed of the ball = 14.45 m/s

b) At height 6 m speed of ball = 9.55 m/s

c) Maximum height reached = 10.65 m

Explanation:

a) We have equation of motion $s=ut+\frac{1}{2} at^2$ , where s is the displacement, u is the initial velocity, t is the time taken and a is the acceleration.