To recharge a 12-V battery, a battery charger must move 3.6 × 10^5 C of charge from the negative to the positive terminal. What amount of work is done by the battery charger? How many kilowatt hours is this?


4.3 MJ, 1.2 kWh

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A. 5.9 B. 4.5 C. 6.4 D. 3.9 E. 3.1

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Which time frame(s) do we live in today? (More than one may apply.)

A) Quaternary period B) Tertiary period C) Cenozoic era D) Phanerozoic eon E) Paleozoic era

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Which of the following can change the frequency of a wave?

a. interference b. the Doppler effect c. diffraction d. all of the above

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Suppose that a car traveling to the east (+x direction) begins to slow down as it approaches a traffic light. Which statement concerning its acceleration must be correct?

A) Its acceleration is in the +x direction. B) Its acceleration is in the -x direction. C) Its acceleration is zero. D) Its acceleration is decreasing in magnitude as the car slows down.

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