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When two charges are separated by a distance d, their electric potential energy is equal to U. What would be their electric potential energy if the separation distance was d/2?
A 120 g copper calorimeter cup contains 220 cm3 of water and 35 g of ice, all in thermal equilibrium. A 185 g piece of iron is heated to a high temperature and dropped into the water (assume no wate
At a price of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour for electrical energy, what is the cost (in dollars) of operating the oven?
A brass cylindrical bar at 300 K has a diameter of exactly 40 mm. An aluminum ring has an inner diameter which is exactly 15 \mu m too small to fit over the brass cylinder. A) To what temperature do
Take the specific heat of liquid water to be 4190J/kg x K , the specific heat of ice to be 2100 J/kg x K, and the heat of fusion for water to be 3.34×105J/kg .
An object that is 5 cm in height is placed 30 cm in front of a converging lens with a focal length of 15 cm. What is the image height? Show steps and work for solving and you'll get 5 stars.
A surface is so constructed that, at all points on the surface, the vector points outward. Therefore, it can be said that
A positive point charge Q is located at x=a and a negative point charge -Q is at x=-a. A positive charge q can be placed anywhere on the y-axis. Part A Find an expression for (F_net)_x , the x-comp
A 9-V battery is connected across a capacitor of 20 µF through a switch which is initially open. The amount of charge that flows from the battery to the capacitor when the switch is closed is
Helium (He), a monatomic gas, fills a 0.033 m3 container. The pressure of the gas is 5.5 × 105 Pa. How long would a 0.25 hp engine have to run (1 hp = 746 W) to produce an amount of energy eq
A particle of charge Q is fixed at the origin of an xy coordinate system. At t = 0 a particle (m = 0.995 g, q = 2.33 µC is located on the x axis at x = 21.3 cm, moving with a speed of 33.0 m/s
Calculate the gravitational force between Tom and the ball, when the ball is 1.5 m away from Tom. Assume Tom has a mass of 80 kg. Physically what is the difference between a centripetal force and a
At t1 = 4.00 s, the acceleration of a particle moving at constant speed in counterclockwise circular motion is a= 5 ^i +8^j At t2 = 8.00 s (less than one period later), the acceleration is a= 8 ^i -
For uniform circular motion, describe how the speed, velocity, and acceleration change with time. For each vector quantity, describe what happens to both the magnitude and direction.
Explain how a driver can steer a car traveling at constant speed so that (a) the acceleration is zero or (b) the magnitude of the acceleration remains constant.
Afterthe jet turns on, how long does it take for the component of the spacecraft's position along the direction of its initial velocity to change by 1000 km?
The trajectory of the buoy between the drop point and where it lands in the ocean is a straight line.
The drawing shows an edge-on view of two planar surfaces that intersect and are mutually perpendicular. Surface 1 has an area of 1.7 m2, while surface 2 has an area of 3.8 m2.
The drawing shows six point charges arranged in a rectangle. The value of q is 3.89 oC, and the distance d is 0.481 m. Find the total electric potential at location P, which is at the center of the re
A spacecraft drifts through space at a constant velocity. It then turns on a jet that provides a constant force in the direction perpendicular to the direction of its initial velocity. What is the s
Assuming perfectly plastic impact and that gymnast A is standing absolutely straight, determine the height to which gymnast A will rise.
Consider the speeds of the two balls just before they hit the ground. Which, if any, has greater speed? explain.
What is the (a) magnitude and (b) direction of the boat's velocity relative to the ground? Give the direction as the angle of the velocity from due north, positive if to the east and negative if to