The Eiffel tower in Paris is 300 meters tall on a cold day (T = – 5 degrees Celsius). What is its height on a hot day when the temperature is 35 degrees? (It is made of iron which has a coefficient of linear expansion of 0.000012 per degree Celsius.)


300.144 m

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A diffraction grating with 10,000 lines/cm will exhibit the first order (m = 1) maximum for light of wavelength 264 nm at what angle? (1 nm = 10-9 m)

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Which of the following has the largest momentum relative to Earth?

A) a tightrope walker crossing Niagara Falls B) a pickup truck speeding along a highway C) a Mack truck parked in a lot D) a dog running down the street

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A) Bragg. B) von Laue. C) Fermi. D) Roentgen. E) Xavier.

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