Question: A rocket is launched straight up from the earth's surface at a speed of 1.80×104 m/s. What is its speed when it is very far away from the earth? The response must be typed, single spaced, must be in times new r ...
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Question: Part A: What is the speed of light in ethyl alcohol (n = 1.36)? Part B: What is the speed of light in lucite (n = 1.50)? Part C: What is the speed of light in crown glass (n = 1.52)? The response must be typed, ...
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Question: Some passengers on an ocean cruise may suffer from motion sickness as the ship rocks back and forth on the waves. At one position on the ship, passengers experience a vertical motion of amplitude 1.6m with a pe ...
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Question: A point charge q1 is held stationary at the origin. A second charge q2 is placed at point a, and the electric potential energy of the pair of charges is 5.4 x 10^-8J. When the second charge is moved to point b, ...
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A car accelerates down a hill, going from the rest to 30.0 m/s in 6.00 s. A toy inside the car hangs by a string from the car's ceiling. The ball in the figure represents the toy, of the mass 0.200 kg. The acceleration u ...
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The first modern Olympics of 1896 had a marathon distance of 40 km. In 1908, for the Olympic marathon in London, the length was set at 42.195 km to provide the Royal Family with a better view of the race. Other distances ...
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The equation for motion for the ideal spring-mass system as derived in class is, ma+kx=0, where, m=mass, a=acceleration, k=spring stiffness, and x=displacement. 1) Describe briefly how the equation for motion arises from ...
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Question: Tarzan, in one tree, sights Jane in another tree. He grabs the end of a vine with length 20 m that makes an angle of 45 degrees with the vertical, steps off his tree limb, and swings down and then up to Jane's ...
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Question: A Pendulum on Mars. A certain simple pendulum has a period on the earth of 1.65 s. What is its period on the surface of Mars, where g = 3.71 m/s 2 ? The response must be typed, single spaced, must be in times n ...
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Jimmy is trying to synchronize two clocks on the roof of two buildings. The master clock is located at (x,y,z)=(0m, 0m, 80m), the slave clock is located at ( 200m, 300m, 30m). When the master clock ticks at t=0 s, it pro ...
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