For the woman being pulled forward on the toboggan in the figure below, the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the ground on the toboggan is

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A certain crying baby emits sound with an intensity of 8.0 × 10-8 W/m2. What is the intensity level due to a set of five such crying babies, all crying with the same intensity?

You can neglect any absorption, reflection, or interference of the sound. The lowest detectable intensity is 1.0 × 10-12 W/m2. A) 79 dB B) 69 dB C) 56 dB D) 49 dB E) 36 dB

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A mass is suspended vertically from a spring so it is at rest at the equilibrium position. The mass is pulled straight down to an extension x and released so that it oscillates about the equilibrium position. The acceleration is greatest in magnitude and directed upward when the mass is

A. at its maximum upward travel. B. at the equilibrium point. C. at its maximum lower travel. D. somewhere between the equilibrium point and maximum extension.

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One way that you can demonstrate for yourself that light is a wave is to observe the pattern formed at your eye by light that passes through a narrow slit formed between your fingers. This experiment is based on the phenomenon known as

A) wave interference. B) the Doppler effect. C) resonance. D) wave reflection. E) wave refraction.

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The energy of an electron state has an uncertainty of 0.500 eV. What is the minimum uncertainty in the lifetime of the level? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J ? s = 6.591 × 10-16 eV ? s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J)

A) 1.32 × 10-15 B) 1.32 × 10-8 C) 8.28 × 10-15 D) 8.28 × 10-11 E) 1.32 × 10-11

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