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2 years ago

What is the danger to spacecraft and astronauts from micrometeoroids?

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Sloan [31]2 years ago

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Answer:

Suppose the micrometeoroid weighed 1 g = .001 kg

Suppose also the spacecraft were moving at 18,000 mph (1.5 hrs per rev)

Usually, the smaller particle would be moving but for simplicity suppose that it were stationary wrt the ground

v = 18000 miles / hr * 1500 m/mile / 3600 sec/hr = 7500 m/s

KE = 1/2 * .001 kg * (7500 m)^2 = 28,125 Joules

One can see that 28000 Joules could be damaging amount of energy

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3 years ago

When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice, bubbles are formed with the evolution of a gas. What type of change is it? Explain.

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When baking soda is mixed with lemon juice, bubbles are formed with the evolution of a gas. The gas is formed in the reaction is Carbon dioxide. $CO_{2}$ is formed.

The change which happened in this reaction is a chemical change.

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Since, in chemical change we can't bring a substance to it's actual form how it was in earlier.

Examples: burning of paper is chemical, since we can't get the fine paper again after it is burnt.

Thus, the above reaction is also a chemical change, since we can't get back the lemon juice how it was earlier.

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2 years ago

You drive a car 1600 ft to the east, then 2500 ft to the north. The trip took 2.5 minutes. What was the magnitude of your averag

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Answer:

$Velocity=6.03m/s$

Explanation:

Given data

Time t=2.5 minutes=150 seconds

Distance A=1600 ft=487.68 m........east

Distance B=2500 ft=762m ........north

To find

Average velocity

Solution

First we need to find the resultant distance magnitude.To find that we apply Pythagorean theorem to find hypotenuse

$A^{2}+B^{2}=C^{2}\\ C=\sqrt{A^{2}+B^{2}}\\ C=\sqrt{(487.68m)^{2}+(762m)^{2}}\\ C=904.7m$

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3 years ago

A 400-kg object has a 100-Newton rightward net force being applied to it. What is the magnitude of the rightward acceleration on

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Answer:

The answer to your question is a = 0.25 m/s²

Explanation:

Data

mass = m = 400 kg

Force = F = 100 N

acceleration = a = ? m/s²

Process

To solve this problem use Newton's second law that states that the force applied to an object is directly proportional to the mass of the body times its acceleration.

Formula

F = ma

solve for a

a = $\frac{F}{m}$

Substitution

$a = \frac{100}{400}$

Simplification and result

a = 0.25 m/s²

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