A really high-speed train moves in a direction parallel to its length with a speed that approaches the speed of light. The length of the train, as measured by a stationary observer on the ground,

A) decreases due to the motion. B) increases due to the motion.
C) is not affected by the motion. D) approaches infinity.


A

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The number of daylight hours at 35°N is greatest during the month of

a. May. b. August. c. June. d. July.

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A series of tests in which water was heated while flowing through a 1 m-long electrically heated tube of 1.3 cm ID yielded the experimental pressure-drop data shown next.



GIVEN
Water flowing through a tube
Isothermal and nonisothermal pressure drop data given above
The dimensionless friction factor

Reynolds number

Inside tube diameter

Tube length


FIND
Dimensionless equation of the form:

SKETCH

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS
From Appendix 2, Table 13, for water

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A series LRC ac circuit has a resistance of 4.0 k?, a capacitance of 33.0 ?F, and an inductance of 23.0 H. If the frequency of the alternating current is 2.0/? kHz,

what is the phase angle between the voltage and the current? A) 23 rad B) -1.6 rad C) 1.5 rad D) 3.1 rad

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