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In the circuit shown, R1 = 15.0 Ω, R2 = R4 = 40.0 Ω, R3 = 20.0 Ω, and R5 = 10.0 Ω. (a) What is the equivalent resistanc...
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Strontium-90 / is a radioactive element that is produced in nuclear fission. It decays by β− decay to yttrium (Y) with a half-life of 28.8 yr. (a) Write down the decay scheme for /. (b) What is...
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A battery has a 6.00 V emf and an internal resistance of 0.600 Ω. (a) What is the voltage across its terminals when the current drawn from the battery is 1.20 A? (b) What is the power supplied by th...
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During a “brownout,” which occurs when the power companies cannot keep up with high demand, the voltage of the household circuits drops below its normal 120 V. (a) If the voltage drops to 108 V, what...
See AnswerQ: A guitar string has a fundamental frequency of 300.0 Hz
A guitar string has a fundamental frequency of 300.0 Hz. (a) What are the next three lowest standing wave frequencies? (b) If you press a finger lightly against the string at its midpoint so that bo...
See AnswerQ: A source of emf / has internal resistance r.
A source of emf / has internal resistance r. (a) What is the terminal voltage when the source supplies a current I? (b) The net power supplied is the terminal voltage times the current. Starting...
See AnswerQ: Randomly polarized light with intensity I0 passes through two ideal polarizers,
Randomly polarized light with intensity I0 passes through two ideal polarizers, one after the other. The transmission axes of the first and second polarizers are at angles θ1 and θ2, respectively, to...
See AnswerQ: Tension is maintained in a string by attaching one end to a
Tension is maintained in a string by attaching one end to a wall and by hanging a 2.20 kg object from the other end of the string after it passes over a pulley that is 2.00 m from the wall. The string...
See AnswerQ: A shark is able to detect the presence of electric fields as
A shark is able to detect the presence of electric fields as small as 1.0 µV/m. To get an idea of the magnitude of this field, suppose you have a parallel plate capacitor connected to a 1.5 V battery....
See AnswerQ: A guitar's E-string has length 65 cm and is stretched
A guitar's E-string has length 65 cm and is stretched to a tension of 82 N. It vibrates at a fundamental frequency of 329.63 Hz. Determine the mass per unit length of the string.
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