The mass numbers of fission decay products appear to be random because the excitation of the nucleons in the nucleus randomly oscillates as a liquid drop does
What will be an ideal response?
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A coulomb of charge flowing in a bulb filament powered by a 6-volt battery is provided with
A) 6 ohms. B) 6 amperes. C) 6 joules. D) 6 watts. E) 6 newtons.
A rectangular wire loop (length = 60 cm, width = 40 cm) lies completely within a perpendicular and uniform magnetic field of magnitude of 0.5 T. If the length of the loop starts increasing at a rate of 20 mm/s at time t = 0, while the width is decreasing at the same rate, what is the magnitude of the induced emf at time t = 4.0 s?
a. 6.8 mV b. 5.2 mV c. 3.6 mV d. 8.4 mV e. 10 mV
In 2003, what publication reported that the National Cancer Institute's website contained information suggesting that having an abortion increased a woman's risk of breast cancer?
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose that a steel bridge, 1000 m long, was built without any expansion joints and that only one end of the bridge was held fixed
What would the difference in the length of the bridge be between winter and summer, taking a typical winter temperature as 0.00°C, and a typical summer temperature as 40°C? The coefficient of thermal expansion of steel is 10.5 × 10-6 K-1. A) 0.42 m B) 0.11 mm C) 0.11 m D) 0.42 mm E) 0.37 cm