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Kirkpatrick & Francis - Physics: A World View 6/e (Homework)

James Finch

Physics - College, section 1, Fall 2019

Instructor: Dr. Friendly

Current Score : 6 / 6

Due : Monday, January 28, 2030 00:00 EST

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The distance from Earth to the Sun is about 93 million miles. How many times this distance is the size of the Milky Way galaxy? Use the information in caption of the figure below.
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The Milky Way Galaxy has a scale of 1021 meters.

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Photographers control the "blurring" in a picture by varying the shutter speed, i.e., the amount of time the film is exposed. A very sharp picture with little blurring implies which of the following? Select all that apply.
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In Galileo's thought experiment about rolling balls, Galileo argued which of the following?
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A fox is chasing a bunny. The bunny is initially hopping east at 6 m/s when it first sees the fox. Over the next half second the bunny changes its velocity to west at 13 m/s and escapes. What was the bunny's average acceleration (magnitude and direction) during this half-second interval?
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A woman with a mass of 70 kg climbs a set of stairs that are h = 2 m high. How much gravitational potential energy does she gain?
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