Astronomers can determine the mass of the Sun by applying Newton's modification of Kepler's Third law.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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Carnot Engine: An ideal Carnot engine operating between a warm reservoir of unknown temperature and a cold reservoir at 1.76 K has an efficiency of 11.0%. What is the temperature of the warm reservoir?

A. 1.98 K B. 0.180 K C. 157 K D. 0.160 K

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A projectile is launched with velocity v at an angle ? above the horizontal. The range of the projectile does not depend upon the acceleration due to gravity at that location

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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About how many times more luminous than our Sun is a young solar mass protostar just beginning convective contraction?

A) 2-5 B) 5-10 C) 10-100 D) 100-1000 E) a million

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Which statement about seismic waves is FALSE?

A) Both S and P waves can be detected by seismographs. B) Close to the epicenter, both S and P waves can be recorded. C) P waves travel faster, so the gap between their arrival times gives the source's distance. D) Only P waves can be detected in the shadow zone. E) S waves are blocked by the fluid outer core and cannot be observed on the other side of the planet from the epicenter.

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