The fraction of incident light that a body reflects is called its ______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


albedo

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A concrete wall of a cold storage room measures 3.0 m high, 5.0 m wide, and 20 cm thick. The inside wall is to be covered by a layer of wood in order to reduce the rate of heat flow through the wall by 90 percent

The inner surface of the wooden wall is maintained at -10°C and the outer surface of the concrete wall is at 20°C. The thermal conductivities of concrete and wood are 0.80 W/m ? K (concrete) and 0.040 W/m ? K (wood). What should be the thickness of the layer of wood? A) 100 mm B) 90 mm C) 60 mm D) 70 mm E) 80 mm

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The phase angle of an LRC series circuit with a capacitive reactance of 40 ?, a resistor of 100 ? and a certain inductor at 1000 Hz is 40.0°. What is the value of the inductance in this circuit?

A) 11.8 mH B) 124 mH C) 212 mH D) 61.9 mH E) 19.7 mH

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An electromagnetic wave with a peak magnetic field component of 3.20 × 10^?7 T carries what average power per unit area? (?0 = 4? × 10^?7 T?m/A, ?0 = 8.85 × 10^?12 C2/N?m2 and c = 3.00 × 10^8 m/s)

a. 38.4 W/m2 b. 24.4 W/m2 c. 12.2 W/m2 d. 3.82 W/m2 e. 7.64 W/m2

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Triple the mass of the bob on a simple pendulum will cause a change in the frequency of the pendulum swing by what factor?

a. 1/3 b. 1 c. 32 d. 3 e. 1/32

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