Planetary orbits... are spaced more closely together as they get further from the Sun. are evenly spaced throughout the solar sy
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Answer:
E) are almost circular, with low eccentricities.
Explanation:
Kepler's laws establish that:
All the planets revolve around the Sun in an elliptic orbit, with the Sun in one of the focus (Kepler's first law).
A planet describes equal areas in equal times (Kepler's second law).
The square of the period of a planet will be proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit (Kepler's third law).
Where T is the period of revolution and a is the semi-major axis.
Planets orbit around the Sun in an ellipse with the Sun in one of the focus. Because of that, it is not possible to the Sun to be at the center of the orbit, as the statement on option "C" says.
However, those orbits have low eccentricities (remember that an eccentricity = 0 corresponds to a circle)
In some moments of their orbit, planets will be closer to the Sun (known as perihelion). According with Kepler's second law to complete the same area in the same time, they have to speed up at their perihelion and slow down at their aphelion (point farther from the Sun in their orbit).
Therefore, option A and B can not be true.
In the celestial sphere, the path that the Sun moves in a period of a year is called ecliptic, and planets pass very closely to that path.
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EXPLANATION :
As per the question, the mass of the rock m = 50 Kg.
The rock is rolling off the edges of the cliff.
The final velocity of the rock when it hits the ground v = 24 .2 m/s.
Let the height of the cliff is h.
The potential energy gained by the rock at the top of the cliff = mgh.
Here, g is known as acceleration due to gravity, and g =
When the rock rolls off the edge of the cliff, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
When the rock hits the ground, whole of its potential energy is converted into its kinetic energy.
The kinetic energy of the rock when it touches the ground is given as -
Kinetic energy K.E = .
From above we know that -
Kinetic energy at the bottom of the cliff = potential energy at a height h
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Hence, the height of the cliff is 29.88 m
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a) a = g / 3
b) x (3.0) = 14.7 m
c) m (3.0) = 29.4 g
Explanation:
Given:-
- The following differential equation for (x) the distance a rain drop has fallen has the form:
- Where, v = Speed of the raindrop
- Proposed solution to given ODE:
v = a*t
Where, a = acceleration of raindrop
Find:-
(a) Using the proposed solution for v find the acceleration a.
(b) Find the distance the raindrop has fallen in t = 3.00 s.
(c) Given that k = 2.00 g/m, find the mass of the raindrop at t = 3.00 s.
Solution:-
- We know that acceleration (a) is the first derivative of velocity (v):
a = dv / dt ... Eq 1
- Similarly, we know that velocity (v) is the first derivative of displacement (x):
v = dx / dt , v = a*t ... proposed solution (Eq 2)
v .dt = dx = a*t . dt
- integrate both sides:
∫a*t . dt = ∫dt
x = 0.5*a*t^2 ... Eq 3
- Substitute Eq1 , 2 , 3 into the given ODE:
0.5*a*t^2*g = 0.5*a^2 t^2 + a^2 t^2
= 1.5 a^2 t^2
a = g / 3
- Using the acceleration of raindrop (a) and t = 3.00 second and plug into Eq 3:
x (t) = 0.5*a*t^2
x (t = 3.0) = 0.5*9.81*3^2 / 3
x (3.0) = 14.7 m
- Using the relation of mass given, and k = 2.00 g/m, determine the mass of raindrop at time t = 3.0 s:
m (t) = k*x (t)
m (3.0) = 2.00*x(3.0)
m (3.0) = 2.00*14.7
m (3.0) = 29.4 g