Answer:
- The total distance traveled is 28 inches.
- The displacement is 2 inches to the east.
Explanation:
Lets put a frame of reference in the problem. Starting the frame of reference at the point with the 0-inch mark, and making the unit vector
pointing in the west direction, the ant start at position

Then, moves to

so, the distance traveled here is



after this, the ant travels to

so, the distance traveled here is



The total distance traveled will be:

The displacement is the final position vector minus the initial position vector:



This is 2 inches to the east.
Answer:
126.99115 g
Explanation:
50 g at 90 cm
Stick balances at 61.3 cm
x = Distance of the third 0.6 kg mass
Meter stick hanging at 50 cm
Torque about the support point is given by (torque is conserved)

The mass of the meter stick is 126.99115 g
Answer: There will be 75258 nuclei left at 6 pm.
Explanation:
a) half-life of the radioactive substance:
Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.


b) Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:

where,
k = rate constant
t = time for decomposition = 6 hours ( from 12 noon to 6 pm)
A = activity at time t = ?
= initial activity = 600, 000


Thus there will be 75258 nuclei left at 6 pm.
When light hits the boundary between two different materials, it can undergo both reflection and refraction.
Reflection is the change in the direction of the
wave that strikes the boundary between two materials.<span> It involves a change in the direction of waves when they clash with an obstacle.
Refraction involves the change in the direction of waves as they move from one medium to </span><span><span>another followed</span></span><span> by a change in speed and wavelength (this second medium should have different permitivity for the light to change its initial properties.)</span>