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2 years ago

How does a compass, which contains a magnetized needle, tell direction?

Physics

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slavikrds [6]2 years ago

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A compass works by detecting and responding to the Earth's natural magnetic fields. The Earth has an iron core that is part liquid and part solid crystal, due to gravitational pressure. It is believed that movement in the liquid outer core is what produces the Earth's magnetic field.','.

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Answer:

v = 98.75 km/h

Explanation:

Given,

The distance driver travels towards the east, d₁ = 135 km

The time period of the travel, t₁ = 1.5 h

The halting time, tₓ = 46 minutes

The distance driver travels towards the east, d₂ = 215 km

The time period of the travel, t₁ = 2 h

The average speed of the vehicle before stopping

v₁ = d₁/t₁

= 135/1.5

= 90 km/h

The average speed of vehicle after stopping

v₂ = d₂/t₂

= 215/2

= 107.5 km/h

The total average velocity of the driver

v = (v₁ +v₂) /2

= (90 + 107.5)/2

= 98.75 km/h

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3 years ago

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2 years ago

You may have noticed runaway truck lanes while driving in the mountains. These gravel-filled lanes are designed to stop trucks t

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Answer:

0.767

Explanation:

The work done on the truck by the frictional drag force is given by

$W=-Fd$

where

F is the magnitude of the frictional force

d = 38.0 m is the maximum displacement allowed for the truck

The negative sign is due to the fact that the force of friction is opposite to the motion of the truck

The force of friction can also be written as:

$F=\mu mg$

where

$\mu$ is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the truck and the lane

m is the mass of the truck

g is the acceleration of gravity

So we can rewrite the work done as

$W=-\mu mg d$ (1)

According to the work-energy theorem, the work done by friction is equal to the change in kinetic energy of the truck:

$W=K_f - K_i = \frac{1}{2}mv^2-\frac{1}{2}mu^2$ (2)

where

v = 0 is the final velocity of the truck

u = 23.9 m/s is the initial velocity of the truck

By combining (1) and (2) we get

$-\frac{1}{2}mu^2 = -\mu mg d$

And solving for $\mu$ , we find the minimum coefficient of kinetic friction able to stop the truck in a distance d:

$\mu = \frac{u^2}{2gd}=\frac{23.9^2}{2(9.8)(38.0)}=0.767$

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3 years ago

(a) How many fringes appear between the first diffraction-envelope minima to either side of the central maximum in a double-slit

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Answer:

The number of fringe is z = 3 fringes

The ratio is $I = 0.2545I_o$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

The wavelength is $\lambda = 600 nm$

The distance between the slit is $d = 0.117mm = 0.117 *10^{-3} m$

The width of the slit is $a = 35.7 \mu m = 35.7 *10^{-6}m$

let z be the number of fringes that appear between the first diffraction-envelope minima to either side of the central maximum in a double-slit pattern is and this mathematically represented as

$z = \frac{d}{a}$

Substituting values

$z = \frac{0.117*10^{-3}}{35.7 *10^{-6}}$

z = 3 fringes

From the question we are told that the order of the bright fringe is n = 3

Generally the intensity of a pattern is mathematically represented as

$I = I_o cos^2 [\frac{\pi d sin \theta}{\lambda} ][\frac{sin (\pi a sin \frac{\theta}{\lambda } )}{\pi a sin \frac{\theta}{\lambda} } ]$

Where $I_o$ is the intensity of the central fringe

And Generally $sin \theta = \frac{n \lambda }{d}$

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