When we see a half Moon in the sky, the lines between Earth, Moon, and Sun

A) are equal in length.
B) are parallel to one another.
C) form a right triangle.
D) all of the above


Answer: C

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Compute the average emittance of anodized aluminum at 100°C and 650°C from the spectral curve. Assume ?? = 0.8 for ? > 9 ?m

GIVEN
The spectral curve for anodized aluminum
FIND
The average emittance (?) at (a) 100°C = 373 K, and, (b) 650°C = 923 K
SKETCH

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS
the Stephan-Boltzmann constant (?) = 5.67 10–8 W/(m2 K4)

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Your mass is 50 kg. Suppose you are standing on a scale in an elevator that is approaching a top floor and decreasing its speed at the rate of 3 m/s every second. What would be the reading on the scale?

A. 0 N B. 150 N C. 740 N D. 640 N E. 340 N

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If the mass of a body were doubled, its gravity would become 4 times stronger

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Many disk galaxies, such as Andromeda and the Milky Way, are thought to have extended halos of dark matter because the disk circular orbital speed is observed to ____________ increasing distances from the disk center

a. stay constant with b. decrease with c. be totally absent at

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