A total solar eclipse will only occur when the new moon is both on the ecliptic and at its greatest distance from Earth

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE

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Two harmonic sound waves reach an observer simultaneously. The observer hears the sound intensity rise and fall with a time of 0.200 s between the maximum intensity and the succeeding minimum intensity

What is the difference in frequency of the two sound waves? A) 10.0 Hz B) 0.200 Hz C) 5.00 Hz D) 2.50 Hz E) 1.25 Hz

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How were the rings of Uranus discovered? How have they since been imaged from Earth better?

What will be an ideal response?

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A basketball is thrown with a velocity of 20. m/s at an angle of 60.° above the horizontal. What is the horizontal component of its instantaneous velocity at the exact top of its trajectory? (Neglect air friction.)

A) 10. m/s B) zero C) 20. m/s D) 17.3 m/s E) 20. tan(60°) m/s

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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

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