According to Newton's first law, if a body is moving in the absence of any net external force, describe the continuing motion of the object

What will be an ideal response?


in a straight line at constant speed forever

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When a damping force is applied to a simple harmonic oscillator which has angular frequency ?0 in the absence of damping, the new angular frequency ? is such that

a. ? < ?0. b. ? = ?0. c. ? > ?0. d. ?T < ?0T0. e. ?T > ?0T0.

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Neptune circles the Sun at a distance of 4.50 × 1012 m once every 164 years. Saturn circles the Sun at a distance of 1.43 × 1012 m. What is the orbital period of Saturn?

A) 304 years B) 121 years C) 109 years D) 88.6 years E) 29.4 years

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An electron is placed in a constant electric field of 4.5 × 104 N/C

(a) What is the force on the electron? (b) If the electron is released from rest, what is its speed after 3.0 ps?

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Pencil "lead" (graphite) is made primarily of

a. oil. b. PbO2. c. carbon. d. Pb.

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