A 2000-kg sailboat experiences an eastward force of 3000 N by the ocean tide and a wind force against its sails of magnitude 6000 N directed toward the northwest (45° N of W). What is the magnitude and direction of the resultant acceleration?
2.2 m/s2 at 74° N of W
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-muscovite. -calcite. -olivine. -quartz. -gypsum.
A pressure of 10.0 mm Hg is measured at the triple-point of water using a constant-volume gas thermometer. What will the pressure be (in mm Hg) at 50.0°C?
a. 68.3 b. 1.80 c. 31.8 d. 11.8 e. 8.50
What is the fluid transport factor?
What will be an ideal response?
Why do stars in the halo of the galaxy have almost no heavy elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen?
A.) Those elements have been used up in halo stars. B.) Heavy elements are biological, and there is no life out there to make them. C.) Halo stars formed before those elements were made. D.) Making C, N, and O requires massive stars, and there are no massive stars in the halo. E.) None of the above.