A race car starts from rest on a circular track of radius 400 m. Its speed increases at the constant rate of 0.500 m/s2 . At the point where the magnitudes of the radial and tangential accelerations are equal, determine (a) the speed of the race car, and (b) the elapsed time


14.1 m/s, 28.3 s

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A proton (+1.6 × 10^?19 C) moves 20 cm on a path in the direction of a uniform electric field of strength 2.4 N/C. How much work is done on the proton by the electrical field?

a. 7.7E–20 J b. ?7.7E–20 J c. 1.8E–19 J d. ?8.6E–20 J e. zero

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The atomic number of an atom is equal to the number of what particles in the nucleus?

A) protons B) neutrons C) nucleons D) electrons E) positrons.

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The relationship between mass and weight is given by the equation

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