A high-diver of mass 70.0 kg jumps off a board 10.0 m above the water. If, two seconds after entering the water, his downward motion is stopped, what average upward force did the water exert on him?

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Electrons are used to produce X-rays by allowing a beam of electrons to strike a heavy metal surface. When the intensity of the electron beam is increased, this results in:

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Which of the following tests would probably not be successful for a brittle ceramic material?

(a) Three-point bend test (b) Tensile test with a standard tensile-test specimen, as shown in Figure 6.15a (c) Tensile test with a dog-bone specimen, as shown in Figure 6.26 (d) Compression test with a cylinder of ceramic

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At what rate is the human body radiating energy when it is at 33°C? Take the body surface area to be 1.4 m2, and approximate the body as a black body

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