A spear is thrown by you at a very high speed. As it passes, you measure its length at 1?2 its normal length. From this you conclude that the moving spear's mass must be
A. one-half its rest mass.
B. twice its rest mass.
C. four times its rest mass.
D. None of these choices are correct.
B. twice its rest mass.
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a. 1140 eV b. 32 eV c. 103 eV d. 3420 eV e. 1030 eV
A flux of 4.0 × 10-5 T ? m2 is maintained through a coil of area 7.5 cm2 for 0.50 s. What emf is induced in this coil during this time by this flux?
A) 8.0 × 10-5 V B) 4.0 × 10-5 V C) 3.0 × 10-5 V D) 2.0 × 10-5 V E) No emf is induced in this coil.
Why do white dwarf supernovae all have approximately the same maximum luminosity?
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____ have elongated nuclei with spiral structure extending from the ends of the elongations. The Milky Way is a member of this class of galaxy
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