Two satellites with equal rest masses of 100 kg are traveling toward each other in deep space. They have identical speeds of 0.600c

The satellites collide and somehow manage to stick together. What is the rest mass of the combined object after the collision?
A) 200 kg
B) 225 kg
C) 250 kg
D) 275 kg
E) 300 kg


C

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A large slab of steel 0.1-m-thick contains a 0.1-m-diameter circular hole, whose axis is normal to the surface. Considering the sides of the hole to be black, specify the rate of radiative heat loss from the hole. The plate is at 811 K, the surroundings are at 300 K.

GIVEN
• A large slab of steel with a hole whose axis is normal to the surface
• Slab thickness (S) = 0.1 m
• Hole diameter (D) = 0.1 m
• Plate temperature (T1) = 811 K
• Temperature of surrounding (T?) = 300 K
FIND
• The rate of radiative heat loss from the hole (qr)
ASSUMPTIONS
• The sides of the hole are black
SKETCH

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS
the Stephan-Boltzmann constant (?) = 5.67 × 10–8 W/(m2 K4)

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A.
B.
C.
D.
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In comparing first magnitude Deneb with second magnitude Polaris, we find that

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