By how many newtons does the weight of a 100-kg person decrease when he goes from sea level to mountain top at an altitude of 5000 m? The mean radius of the earth is 6.38 × 106 m

A) 2.6 N B) 1.5 N C) 3.6 N D) 9.8 N E) 0.60 N


B

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A. 2.8 × 10-3 V B. 2.7 × 10-3 V C. 0 V D. 1.8 × 10-3 V E. 3.0 × 10-3 V

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That quasars were at cosmological distances yet appeared like ordinary faint stars meant:

A) they were the brightest stars ever observed. B) they must be very large. C) they must contain many O and B type stars. D) they must be producing such large quantities of energy than even fusion could not explain their output. E) they must be very small, but bright due to gravitational lensing.

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A particular motor can provide a maximum torque of 110 N ? m. Assuming that all of this torque is used to accelerate a solid, uniform, cylindrical flywheel of mass 10.0 kg and radius 3

00 m, how long will it take for the flywheel to accelerate from rest to A) 3.33 s B) 2.83 s C) 4.03 s D) 4.36 s

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