A car hits another and the two bumpers lock together during the collision. Is this an elastic or inelastic collision?

A) elastic
B) inelastic
C) insufficient information (It could be either.)


B

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What will be an ideal response?

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A wheel rotating about a fixed axis with a constant angular acceleration of 2.0 rad/s2 starts from rest at t = 0 . The wheel has a diameter of 20 cm. What is the magnitude of the total linear acceleration of a point on the outer edge of the wheel at t = 0.60 s?

a. 0.25 m/s2 b. 0.50 m/s2 c. 0.14 m/s2 d. 0.34 m/s2 e. 0.20 m/s2

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The radioactivity due to carbon-14 measured in a piece of a wood from an ancient site was found to produce 20 counts per minute from a given sample, whereas the same amount of carbon from a piece of living wood produced 160 counts per minute

The half-life of carbon-14, a beta emitter, is 5730 y. The age of the artifact is closest to A) 5700 y. B) 12,000 y. C) 15,000 y. D) 17,000 y. E) 23,000 y.

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The age of a star cluster can be determined from the ____________________ of the cluster

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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