Newton never knew the numerical value of "his" universal gravitational constant G

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A fluid at 40ºC flows at 8 m/s along a flat plate that is 3 m long. The plate is maintained at 100ºC. Determine the local convective heat transfer coefficient and the average convective heat transfer coefficient using 4 x 105 as the critical Reynolds number, for

a) Air at 100 kPa b) Water at 100 kPa

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Compton Scattering: A 29.0-pm-wavelength photon is scattered by a stationary electron. What is the maximum energy loss the photon can have? (melectron = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J ? s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J)

A. 4.0 keV B. 6.1 keV C. 10 keV D. 12 keV E. 15 keV

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A 2200-kg auto moving northward at 12.0 m/s runs into a 3800-kg truck which is also moving northward, but at 5.00 m/s. If the vehicles lock bumpers, how fast are they moving just after the collision?

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How would the atmospheric temperature structure differ from the generic structure if a planet had a reasonably thick atmosphere but no ultraviolet-absorbing gases? Which of the terrestrial planets have this structure?

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