A white dwarf star with a mass equal to that of the sun is about the size of

A) the earth. B) a proton. C) the sun. D) a basketball.


A

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The interior of a refrigerator has a volume of 0.600 m3. The temperature inside the refrigerator in 282 K, and the pressure is 101 kPa

If the molecular weight of air is 29 g/mol, what is the mass of air inside the refrigerator? The ideal gas constant is R = 8.314 J/mol•K = 0.0821 L ? atm/mol ? K. A) 500 g B) 560 g C) 140 g D) 270 g E) 750 g

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A conducting bar moves as shown near a long wire carrying a constant 80-A current. If a = 1.0 mm, b = 20 mm, and v = 5.0 m/s, what is the potential difference, Va ? Vb?



a.
?0.24 mV

b.
+0.24 mV

c.
?0.19 mV

d.
+0.19 mV

e.
?0.76 mV

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To the nearest percent, what fraction of an iceberg is submerged? (?ice = 917 kg/m3, ?sea = 1.03 × 103 kg/m3.)

A. 95% B. 93% C. 91% D. 89% E. 77%

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