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On earth, two parts of a space probe weigh 18300 N and 4440 N. These parts are separated by a center-to-center distance of 5.11 m and may be treated as uniform spherical objects. Find the magnitude of the gravitational force that each part exerts on the o...
13 years ago
A 0.5370 g sample of a pure soluble chloride compound is dissolved in water, and all of the chloride ion is precipitated as AgCl by the addition of an excess of silver nitrate. The mass of the resulting AgCl is found to be 1.2523 g. What is the mass perce...
12 years ago
You are working out on a rowing machine. Each time you pull the rowing bar (which simulates the oars) toward you, it moves a distance of 1.2 m in a time of 1.4 s. The readout on the display indicates that the average power you are producing is 78 W. What...
12 years ago
A rectangular block has dimensions 1.5cm x 3.2cm x 3.9cm and a mass of 61g. Determine the density in SI units My taking on the question, Mass= 0.061kg Volume= 0.1872m Density=0.061kg/0.1872m=0.3258547kgm^-3 Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong...
12 years ago
A bat emits a sound whose frequency is 83.2 kHz. The speed of sound in air at 20.0 oC is 343 m/s. However, the air temperature is 40.5 oC, so the speed of sound is not 343 m/s. Assume that air behaves like an ideal gas, and find the wavelength of the soun...
12 years ago
In doing a load of clothes, a clothes dryer uses 16 A of current at 240 V for 45 min. A personal computer, in contrast, uses 2.7 A of current at 120 V. With the energy used by the clothes dryer, how long (in hours) could you use this computer to surf the...
12 years ago
Can anyone help with the following? I think i have the answer i would just like to verify that it is correct, An equipotential surface that surrounds a point charge q has a potential of 490 V and an area of 1.1 m2. Determine q
12 years ago
The area of a wetland drops by 1/4 every 8 years. What percent of its total area disappears after 40 years? Percent lost %?
12 years ago
Suppose that the blood pressure of the human inhabitants of a certain Pacific island is distributed with mean, \mu = 108 mmHg and standard deviation , \sigma = 6 mmHg. According to Chebyshev's Theorem, at least what percentage of the islanders have blood...
12 years ago
A string on a violin is tuned to vibrate at a fundamental frequency of 65.0 Hz. If the tension in the string were increased by a factor of three, what would be the new fundamental frequency?
9 years ago
The mass of a string is 6 grams, and it is stretched so that its tension is 150 N. A transverse wave travelling on this string has a frequency of 160 Hz and a wavelength of 0.40 m. What is the length of this string? (ii) A chain saw has a measured sound l...
9 years ago
An object has an angular size of 0.0140 rad when placed at the near point (20.0 cm) of an eye. When the eye views this object using a magnifying glass, the largest possible angular size of the image is 0.0490 rad. What is the focal length of the magnifyin...
9 years ago
The distance between the lenses of a microscope is 18 cm. The focal length of the eyepiece is 1.8 cm. If the microscope is to produce an angular magnification of -260 when used by a person with a normal near point (20 cm from the eye), what must the focal...
9 years ago
Assuming an object at infinity, a person has far points of 5.2 m from the right eye and 6.2 m from the left eye. Describe the lens required (diopters) as seen in a prescription for the refractive power of each corrective contact lens.
9 years ago

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