What law explains why a rotating, collapsing cloud forms a flat protostellar disk around a protostar?

A) Kepler's third law
B) the universal law of gravitation
C) Wien's law
D) conservation of angular momentum


D

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When a dielectric material is introduced between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor the capacitance increases by a factor of 4. What is the dielectric constant of the material introduced between the plates?

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A gas expands from an initial volume of 30.0 L to a final volume of 65.0 L at a constant pressure of 110 kPa. How much work is done by the gas during this expansion?

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