When space probe Voyager 2 passed by Saturn, its speed increased (but not due to firing its engines). What must have happened?
A) Voyager 2 must have dipped through Saturn's atmosphere.
B) Saturn's rotation must have sped up slightly.
C) Saturn must have lost a very tiny bit of its orbital energy.
D) Saturn must have captured an asteroid at precisely the moment that Voyager 2 passed by.
C
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A. 269 Hz B. 254 Hz C. 264 Hz D. 5 Hz E. 274 Hz
A + 5.0-?C charge is moved from a negative to a positive plate of a parallel plate capacitor. In moving this charge 0.30 mJ of energy is used. What is the potential difference between the plates of this capacitor?
A) 60 V B) 81 V C) 55 V D) 23 V E) 0 V
A figure skater is spinning with her arms extended. She now pulls her arms close to her body. What happens?
A. The net external torque on her increases B. Her rotational inertia decreases C. Her angular acceleration decreases D. Her lever arm gets shorter
How does the slope of the graph in Procedure 1 compare with the average value of C d?