A radiating body originally has a Kelvin temperature To, and its surroundings are at 500K (To > 500K). If the Kelvin temperature of the radiating body is increased to 3To,

the net rate at which the body radiates increases by a factor of 333. What was the original temperature To?


536 K

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A particle starts from rest at xi = 0 and moves for 10 s with an acceleration of +2.0 cm/s2 . For the next 20 s, the acceleration of the particle is ?1.0 cm/s2 . What is the position of the particle at the end of this motion?

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