Because they all involve the detonation of a carbon-rich white dwarf at the Chandrasekhar limit, all Type I supernovae are approximately equally luminous

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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What will be an ideal response?

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To date a rock thought to be many millions of years old, you should not use the decay of

A) uranium to lead. B) potassium to argon. C) carbon-14.

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Light strikes a 5.0-cm thick sheet of glass at an angle of incidence in air of 50°. The sheet has parallel faces and the glass has an index of refraction 1.50

(a) What is the angle of refraction in the glass? (b) After traveling through the glass the light re-emerges into the air. What is the final angle of refraction in air? (c) As it leaves the glass, by what distance is the path of the ray is displaced from what it was before entering the glass?

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The direction of the force on a current carrying wire located in an external magnetic field is which of the following?

a. perpendicular to the field c. Both choices A and B are valid. b. perpendicular to the current d. None of the above are valid.

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