The purpose of using epicycles and deferents to explain the motion of the planets in the night sky was to account for
a. prograde motion.
b. Mercury's and Venus's limited angular distance from the Sun.
c. retrograde motion.
d. non-uniform speed of the planets in their orbits.
e. precession of the equinoxes.
Answer: c. retrograde motion.
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A. 73 cm B. 77 cm C. Not enough info given to solve. D. 75 cm
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Two harmonic waves are described by 
What is the magnitude of the speed (in m/s) of the two traveling waves?
A. 16 B. 4.0 C. 8.0 D. 0.25 E. 2.0
A star like the sun has a luminosity of 
How much mass must be turned into energy each second to produce this power?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 