Questions from Modern Physics


Q: Many of the stars in the sky are actually binary stars,

Many of the stars in the sky are actually binary stars, in which two stars orbit about their common center of mass. If the orbital speeds of the stars are high enough, the motion of the stars can be d...

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Q: You are in your car driving on a highway at 25 m

You are in your car driving on a highway at 25 m/s when you glance in the passenger-side mirror (a convex mirror with radius of curvature 150 cm) and notice a truck approaching. If the image of the tr...

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Q: Two events occur at the same space point in a particular inertial

Two events occur at the same space point in a particular inertial frame of reference and are simultaneous in that frame. Is it possible that they may not be simultaneous in a different inertial frame?...

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Q: A layer of benzene (n = 1.50) that

A layer of benzene (n = 1.50) that is 4.20 cm deep floats on water (n = 1.33) that is 5.70 cm deep. What is the apparent distance from the upper benzene surface to the bottom of the water when you vie...

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Q: A mirror on the passenger side of your car is convex and

A mirror on the passenger side of your car is convex and has a radius of curvature with magnitude 18.0 cm. a. Another car is behind your car, 9.00 m from the mirror, and this car is viewed in the mir...

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Q: Figure P34.72 shows a small plant near a thin lens

Figure P34.72 shows a small plant near a thin lens. The ray shown is one of the principal rays for the lens. Each square is 2.0 cm along the horizontal direction, but the vertical direction is not to...

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Q: A pinhole camera is just a rectangular box with a tiny hole

A pinhole camera is just a rectangular box with a tiny hole in one face. The film is on the face opposite this hole, and that is where the image is formed. The camera forms an image without a lens. a...

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Q: A microscope is focused on the upper surface of a glass plate

A microscope is focused on the upper surface of a glass plate. A second plate is then placed over the first. To focus on the bottom surface of the second plate, the microscope must be raised 0.780 mm....

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Q: a. Consider the Galilean transformation along the x-direction :

a. Consider the Galilean transformation along the x-direction : x′ = x - vt and t′ = t. In frame S the wave equation for electromagnetic waves in a vacuum is wher...

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Q: Both ends of a glass rod with index of refraction 1.

Both ends of a glass rod with index of refraction 1.60 are ground and polished to convex hemispherical surfaces. The radius of curvature at the left end is 6.00 cm, and the radius of curvature at the...

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