At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from the Earth and thus appears larger than normal. Because of this, it can produce total solar eclipses, but not annular solar eclipses

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According to the unified model calculations, if you look directly into the central cavity around the black hole of a galaxy, you would see a:

A) very luminous source with few or no emission lines. B) large Doppler shift with broad spectral lines. C) small Doppler shift with narrow spectral lines. D) jet emerging parallel to the accretion disk.

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The acceleration of an object as a function of time is given by a(t) = (3.00 m/s3)t, where t is in seconds. If the object is at rest at time t = 0.00 s, what is the velocity of the object at time t = 6.00 s?

A) 18.0 m/s B) 54.0 m/s C) 0.00 m/s D) 15.0 m/s E) 108 m/s

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A certain membrane has a diffusion constant and a thickness ofThe area of the membrane is 5.00 If the difference in the concentration across the membrane is 2.44 then the rate of particles diffusing through the membrane is

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The largest nearby cluster of galaxies lies about 17 Mpc distant in

A) Sagittarius. B) Sculptor. C) Coma Bernices. D) Virgo. E) Ursa Major.

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