If a 20 and a 40 ohm resistor are wired in parallel to a 20V source, what will be the current in the 40 ohm resistor?

a. 0.33 b. 0.5 c. 1.0 d. 2.0 e. 3.0 amps


b

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Thermal Expansion: For the mercury in a thermometer to expand from 4.00 cm3 to 4.10 cm3, what change in temperature is necessary? The mercury has a volume expansion coefficient of 1.80 × 10-4 K-1.

A. 400 C° B. 140 C° C. 14 C° D. 8.2 C°

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Suppose you have a time-keeping device that always reads precisely 12:00 when the Sun crosses your meridian. What kind of time is this clock keeping?

A) apparent solar time B) mean solar time C) standard time D) universal time

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Two identical tiny balls of highly compressed matter are 1.50 m apart. When released in an orbiting space station, they accelerate toward each other at 2.00 cm/s2. What is the mass of each of them? (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N ? m2/kg2)

What will be an ideal response?

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The product of a radioactive decay is called the "daughter."

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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