A sonic boom occurs only as an airplane just reaches the speed of sound in air, but not after it increases its speed further

A) True B) False


B

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What will be an ideal response?

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The resistance of the light bulb in ohms is

a. 0.05 c. 720 b. 20 d. none of the above

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An object has kinetic energy of 324 J. If its speed is 9 m/s, what is its mass?

a. 8 b. 36 c. 1620 d. 324

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The average molecular translational kinetic energy of a molecule in an ideal gas is

A.

kBT.

B.
RT.

C.
kBT.

D.
RT.

E.
kBT, where n = number of internal degrees of freedom.

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