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Two Mississippi companies, Howard Industries and Kuhlman Electric Company, are responsible for most of the transformers and
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1) Why are dosimeters useful to medical personnel treating a person exposed to acute radiation?
A: They predict the severity of
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A transformer is used to step up or down the voltage in power lines. It uses two coils that are near but not connect to each
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Each step in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity requires the use of what physics concept?
A: electrical
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Braddy connected the loose wire to the battery and created an electromagnet. He picked up 45 thumb tacks with his electromagnet,
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What generates the magnetic field that surrounds a wire carrying an electric current?
A: motion of electrons in the wire B:
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Which of these would be LEAST useful if one is attempting to create a electromagnet?
A: distilled water B: battery C: coil of
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In most electric power plants, magnets are moved through a coil of wire. This causes current to flow through the wire. The
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a girl walk 10m, west and 15m, east, what is the displacement
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A potato salesman has set up a bootleg potato shop inside an elevator. He sells his potatoes by placing them on a spring scale
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A roller coaster cart of mass 300 kg (including passengers) is moving at 20 m/s at point A and 5 m/s at point B. What is the
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A sled of mass 30 kg is at rest on a hill that is inclined at 25° to the horizontal; the coefficient of friction between the
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A block-and-pulley system is set up as shown in the diagram below. There is no friction between the 2 kg and 3 kg blocks, but
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A block-and-pulley system is set up as shown in the diagram below. The coefficient of friction between the 1.00 kg block and the
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A block-and-pulley system is set up as shown in the diagram below. The coefficient of friction between the 1.00 kg block and the
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A worker must move a crate that can be either pushed at a slight downward angle of 25° or pulled at a slight upward angle of
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4. An airplane has an air velocity of 200 m/s [W]. The wind velocity relative to the ground is 60 m/s [N].
a. Determine the
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a clerk moves a box of cans down an aisle by pulling on a strap attached to the box. The clerk pull with a force of 185.0 N at
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Consider five vectors a, b, c, d and e. Is it true or false that their addition always results in a vector with a greater
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Each battery is a 1.5 V cell. If the resistance of the bulb in circuit 3 is 1 ohm (Ω), what is the current passing through the
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Each battery is a 1.5 V cell. If the current in circuit 2 is 3 amperes (3 A), what is the voltage drop across the light bulb for
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The diagram below depicts three different circuits that light a bulb. The batteries are identical 1.5 V cells, and the light
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Ohm's Law, ΔV = I • R, can be rewritten several ways. Which of the following is an incorrect way to rewrite Ohm's Law?
I = ΔV
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Ohm's Law, ΔV = I • R, can be rewritten several ways. Which of the following is an incorrect way to rewrite Ohm's Law?
I = ΔV
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Ohm's Law, ΔV = I • R, can be rewritten several ways. Which of the following is an incorrect way to rewrite Ohm's Law?
I = ΔV
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We have used analogies with Newton's Laws to help us understand the behavior of electricity. Which of the following is the best
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Ohm's Law, ΔV = I • R, can be rewritten several ways. Which of the following is an incorrect way to rewrite Ohm's Law?
I = ΔV
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calculate the geostrophic wind velocity:
- coriolis parameter is: 1x10^-4 s^-1 = 0.0001s^-1 - height gradient on the 500hPa
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air parcel A has an air temperature of 5℃ and an absolute humidity of 5g/m^-3. What is its relative humidity and dew point
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Modern gasoline engines have a maximum thermal efficiency of about 20% to 35% when used to drive a car. Although the gasoline
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A schematic of a simple electrical circuit consisting of a resistor and an inductor is shown in the figure. The current I at
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What Is The Equvalent Resistance Of Two Resistor Are 2and3ohm connected in paralle each resistor
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A piece of aluminum is made with a cavity inside the aluminum. To find the volume of the cavity the piece of aluminum is
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A runner follows a straight line path. He reaches the 100m mark with a velocity of 2.29m/s, then slows down steadily
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Scientists want to place a 3100 kg satellite in orbit around Mars. They plan to have the satellite orbit a distance equal to 1.9
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mmars = 6.4191 x 1023 kg
rmars = 3.397 x 106 m G = 6.67428 x 10-11 N-m2/kg2 3100 kg 1.9 times radius of mars What speed should
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Scientists want to place a 3100 kg satellite in orbit around Mars. They plan to have the satellite orbit a distance equal to 1.9
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using dimention show that 1joile =10 eag
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Physics Question
Two toy ducks, attached to each other by a string, are being pulled by a very happy guy who just got them as a
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If A=4i+3j-2k, B=8i+6j-4k then the angle would be?
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A 60kg boy climbs 70 fligts of stairs each 20cm high in one minute how much powers is developed?
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A stone of 2kg is projecter vertically as a velocity of 5m/s at an angle of 60.calculate,the time taking?the maximum hight?the
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A soccer ball was kicked off a cliff that was h = 8.4 m above the ground. The ball was kicked at a speed of 25 m s-1 and an
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A soccer ball was kicked off a cliff that was h = 8.4 m above the ground. The ball was kicked at a speed of 25 m s-1 and an
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a stone weighing 0.2kg tied to the end of the string 0.6m long whorld in a horizontal circle in a speed of 150 revolutions per
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In an archery practice an arrow was realesed from a bow with a velocity of 20m/s it strikes and slopes find at what rate the
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A rock weighs 100 N in air and has a volume of 0.00312 m^3.
What is its apparent weight when submerged in water? The acceleration
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Assume a cyclist of weight mg can exert a force on the pedals equal to 0.90 mg on the average. If the pedals rotate in a circle
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A tire 0.50meter in radius rotates at aconstant rate of 200 revolution per minute .find the speed & accelaration of asmall stone
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An airplane pilot wishes to fly due west. A wind of 90.0 km/h is blowing toward the south.If the airspeed of the plane (its
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the resultant of two forces 13n and 20 n is f if the first forces is doubled the resultant is also doubled to 2f find the angle
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Consider a particle with mass m bound to a potential v(x) = k^2|x|. Using the WKB
quantization condition, find the energy
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find the resistance of 134m of No.20 copper wire at 20 degrees C (p=1.72x10^-6Ohom cm , A= 2.07x10^-2 cm ^2)
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what is the electric force exerted on a test charge of 3.86 x 10^-5 C if it is placed in an electric field of magnitude 1.75 x
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A real object is placed in front of a diverging lens, at a distance less than the focal length. When the object is moved
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Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false.
A concave mirror never forms an enlarged real image of a
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When a wave crosses a boundary between a thin and a thick rope, its frequency changes, but its wavelength and speed do not. True
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A cannon ball is fired horizontally with a velocity of 50m/s from the top of a cliff of 90mh. after how many seconds will it
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How would you design a black body?
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How much heat is added to 10.5 g of ice at -20.0°C to convert it to steam at 123.5°C?
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A toy rocket is launched at an initial velocity of 50 m/s at an angle of 75° with the horizontal. Write parametric equations to
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An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 7.60 cm2, separated by a distance of 1.70 mm.
(a)
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Two protons in a molecule are 3.80 multiplied by 10-10 m apart. Find the electrical force exerted by one proton on the other.
Mag
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A rod 14.0 cm long is uniformly charged and has a total charge of -20.0 µC. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
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A rod 14.0 cm long is uniformly charged and has a total charge of -20.0 µC. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
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Two protons in a molecule are 3.80 multiplied by 10-10 m apart. Find the electrical force exerted by one proton on the other.
Mag
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A rod 14.0 cm long is uniformly charged and has a total charge of -20.0 µC. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
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Two protons in a molecule are 3.80 multiplied by 10-10 m apart. Find the electrical force exerted by one proton on the other.
Mag
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A spectral line is emitted when an atom undergoes tranisition between two levels with a difference in energy of 2.4eV.What is
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A current flows in a wire of circular cross-section with the free electrons travelling with a mean drift velocity v. If an equal
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When a parachute opens, the air exerts a large drag force on it. This upward force is initially greater than the weight of the
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Four identical metallic spheres with charges of +2.2 µC, +8.2 µC, −4.6 µC, and −9.2 µC are placed on a piece of paper.
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If 2.00 X 10^20 electrons move through a pocket calculator during a full day's operation, how many coulombs of charge moved
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what does velocity mean in physics?
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a machine gun can fire 20 bullet persecond if speed of bullet is 100m/s and if each bullet weight 100grams calcuate force
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Two wires parallel to each other and separated by a distance d carry different currents; they exert a force with magnitude F on
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A roller-coaster car has a mass of 1100 kg when fully loaded with passengers. As the car passes over the top of a circular hill
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A car with a mass of 3200 kg and a velocity of 50 m/s brakes to a final velocity of 25m/s in a distance of 85 m. what is the
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In an arcade game a 0.135 kg disk is shot
across a frictionless horizontal surface by compressing it against a spring and
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from which equations is the following equation derived from:
length=(time^2 * g)/4
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What is the potential halfway between two point charges spaced 1 mm apart if q1=10 micro culumbs and q2= -5 micro culumbs
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In an electric field described by E = (20i+60j) V/m calculate the change in potential for a particle that moves from the origin
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Three point charges, A = 2.2 µC, B = 7.5 µC, and C = -3.9 µC, are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle . Find
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What is the resulting temperature when a 150g cube of ice at zero degrees is added to 200g of water in a aluminium cup at 30
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The systemis in equilibrium and the pulleys
are frictionless and massless. |_________________________| l l l ( . ) l / \ | / \ (
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A uniform 7.1 m tall aluminum ladder is leaning against a frictionless vertical wall. The ladder has a weight of 272 N. The
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A boat moves through the water with two
forces acting on it. One is a 2.80×10 3 N forward push by the motor, and the other is a
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A force ~F = Fx ˆı+Fy ˆ| acts on a particle that
undergoes a displacement of ~s = sx ˆı + sy ˆ| where Fx = 10 N, Fy = −1
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Initially (at time t = 0) a particle is moving vertically at 5.8 m/s and horizontally at 0 m/s. Its horizontal acceleration is
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A linear charge of nonuniform density �E(x)=bx C/m, where b = 5.2 nC/m2, is distributed along the x-axis from 4.9 m to 6 m.
Deter
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The electric potential in a certain region is V = a x2 + b x + c, where a = 15 V/m2, b = −13 V/m, and c = 67 V.
1)Determine the
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A linear charge of nonuniform density �(x) = 5.2 x C/m, is distributed along the x-axis from 4.9 m to 6 m. Determine the
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A charge of 10.104 nC is uniformly distributed along the x-axis from −1 m to 1 m.
What is the electric potential (relative to
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A place kicker must kick a football from a point 36 m (about 39 yd) from the goal, and the ball must clear the crossbar, which
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Particle 1 is moving on the x-axis with an acceleration of 5.55 m/s2 in the positive x-direction. Particle 2 is moving on the
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Initially (at time t = 0) a particle is moving vertically at 5.8 m/s and horizontally at 0 m/s. Its horizontal acceleration is
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Two identical traveling waves, moving in the same direction, are out of phase by /5.0 rad. What is the amplitude of the
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what is the derivative of velocity squared? i know that the derivative of regular velocity is acceleration, but what about
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if the second derivative is not uniform, then is the third derivative also not uniform? thank you!
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Pulling up on a rope, you lift a 4.05-{\rm kg} bucket of water from a well with an acceleration of 2.20 m/s^2.
What is the
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