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2 years ago

What body in the solar system do you think is one focus of the moons orbit

2 answers:

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-- From the point of view of an observer on Earth, the moon's orbit is an ellipse
with the Earth's center at one focus.

-- From the point of view of an observer on the sun, or on any other planet,
the moon's orbit is an ellipse with the sun at one focus, and perturbed by being
near the Earth.

stiks02 [169]2 years ago

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The Earth.

Orbits are elliptical in shape with the body being orbited at one focus. So the Sun is at one focus of the Earth's orbit around it.

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Given that,

Radius of track, r = 50 m

time , t = 9 s

velocity, v = ?

Distance covered by car in one lap around a track is equal to the circumference of the track.

C = 2 π r = 2 * 3.14 * 50

C = 314.159 m

Distance covered by car, s = 314.159 m

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V = 314.159 / 9

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1 year ago

Consider a spring that does not obey Hooke’s law very faithfully. One end of the spring is fixed. To keep the spring stretched o

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Answer:

a) $W=-0.0103125\ J$

b) $W=0.0059375\ J$

c) Compressing is easier

Explanation:

Given:

Expression of force:

$F=kx-bx^2+cx^3$

where:

$k=100\ N.m^{-1}$

$b=700\ N.m^{-2}$

$c=12000\ N.m^{-3}$

$x$ when the spring is stretched

$x$ when the spring is compressed

hence,

$F=100x-700x^2+12000x^3$

From the work energy equivalence the work done is equal to the spring potential energy:

here the spring is stretched so, $x=-0.05\ m$

Now,

The spring constant at this instant:

$j=\frac{F}{x}$

$j=\frac{100\times (-0.05)-700\times (-0.05)^2+12000\times (-0.05)^3}{-0.05}$

$j=-8.25\ N.m^{-1}$

Now work done:

$W=\frac{1}{2} j.x^2$

$W=0.5\times -8.25\times (-0.05)^2$

$W=-0.0103125\ J$

When compressing the spring by 0.05 m

we have, $x=0.05\ m$

<u>The spring constant at this instant:</u>

$j=\frac{F}{x}$

$j=\frac{100\times (0.05)-700\times (0.05)^2+12000\times (0.05)^3}{0.05}$

$j=4.75\ N.m^{-1}$

Now work done:

$W=\frac{1}{2} j.x^2$

$W=0.5\times 4.75\times (0.05)^2$

$W=0.0059375\ J$

Since the work done in case of stretching the spring is greater in magnitude than the work done in compressing the spring through the same deflection. So, the compression of the spring is easier than its stretching.

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2 years ago

A) The current theory of the structure of the Earth, called plate tectonics, tells us that the continents are in constant motion

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A) The mass of the continent is $2.5\cdot 10^{21} kg$

B) The kinetic energy is 2016 J

C) The speed of the jogger should be 7.1 m/s

Explanation:

The mass of the continent can be calculated as

$m = \rho V$

where

$\rho = 2800 kg/m^3$ is its density

V is its volume

We have to calculate its volume. We know that the continent is represented as a slab of side 5900 km (so its surface is 5900 x 5900, assuming it is a square) and depth of 26 km, so its volume is:

$V=(5900 km)^2 (26 km)=9.05\cdot 10^8 km^3 =9.05 \cdot 10^8 \cdot (10^9 m^3/k^3)=9.05\cdot 10^7 m^3$

So, the mass of the continent is

$m=\rho V = (2800)(9.05\cdot 10^{17})=2.5\cdot 10^{21} kg$

The kinetic energy of a body is given by

$K=\frac{1}{2}mv^2$

where

m is the mass of the body

v is its speed

For the continent, we have:

$m=2.5\cdot 10^{21} kg$ is the mass

$v=4 cm/year$ is the speed

We have to convert the speed into SI units. we have:

1 cm = 0.01 m

$1 year = (365)(24)(60)(60) s = 3.15\cdot 10^7 s$

So, the speed is

$v=4 cm/year = 0.04 m/year \cdot \frac{1}{3.15\cdot 10^7}=1.27\cdot 10^{-9} m/s$

Therefore, the kinetic energy is

$K=\frac{1}{2}(2.5\cdot 10^{21} kg)(1.27\cdot 10^{-9} m/s)^2=2016 J$

Again, the kinetic energy of an object is

$K=\frac{1}{2}mv^2$

For the jogger in this problem, his mass is

m = 80 kg

And we want its kinetic energy to be equal to that of the continent, so

K = 2016 J

Re-arranging the equation for v, we find what speed the jogger needs to have this kinetic energy:

$v=\sqrt{\frac{2K}{m}}=\sqrt{\frac{2(2016)}{80}}=7.1 m/s$

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2 years ago

The eiffel tower has a mass of 7.3 million kilograms and a height of 324 meters. its base is square with a side length of 125 me

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Since the tower base is square with a side length of 125 m,

Therefore,

$(125\ m)^2+ (125\ m)^2=31250 m^2$

Square root of 31250 = 176.776953 (Diameter) , so this is the diameter of the cylinder to enclose it, and radius, r = 88.38834765 m and height, h = 324 m.

The volume of cylinder,

$=\pi r^2h=3.14(88.38834765 m)^2\times 324 m =7948168.803\ m^3$