How did the South American plate and African plate move?
2 answers:
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Answer:
C. At a particular instant
Explanation:
Speed is the defined as the ratio between the distance covered by an object and the time taken:
where d is the distance and t the time.
However, there are two possible measurements of speed:
- Average speed: this is the speed measured over a non-zero time interval (for example: a car moving 100 metres in 5 seconds; its average speed is
- Instantaneous speed: this is the speed of an object measured at a particular instant in time, so for a time interval that tends to zero. So, in the previous example, the average speed is 20 m/s but the instantaneous speed of the car at various instants of time can be different from that value.
Answer: -3.49 m/s (to the south)
Explanation:
This problem can be solved by the Conservation of Momentum principle which establishes the initial momentum must be equal to the final momentum
, and taking into account this is aninelastic collision:
Before the collision:
(1)
After the collision:
(2)
Where:
is the mass of the car
is the velocity of the car, directed to the north
is the mass of the truck
is the velocity of the truck, directed to the south
is the final velocity of both the car and the truck
(3)
(4)
Isolating :
(5)
(6)
Finally:
The negative sign indicates the direction of the velocity is to the south
Answer:
Explanation:
Notice that this is a circuit with resistors R1 and R2 in parallel, connected to resistor R3 in series. It is what is called a parallel-series combination.
So we first find the equivalent resistance for the two resistors in parallel:
By knowing this, we can estimate the total current through the circuit,:
So approximately 0.17 amps
and therefore, we can estimate the voltage drop (V3) in R3 uisng Ohm's law:
So now we know that the potential drop across the parellel resistors must be:
10 V - 4.28 V = 5.72 V
and with this info, we can calculate the current through R1 using Ohm's Law: