Compared to a 50-kg person, a 100-kg person at the beach requires

A) twice as much suntan lotion.
B) the same amount of suntan lotion.
C) less than twice as much suntan lotion.


Answer: C

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A 10-m uniform beam weighing 100 N is supported by two vertical ropes at its ends. If a 400-N person sits at a point 2.0 m from the left end of the beam, what is the force that each rope exerts on the beam?

What will be an ideal response?

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A. 2.25 rad/s B. 4.60 rad/s C. 6.25 rad/s D. 0.81 rad/s

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Can a star become a red giant more than once?

A) yes, before and after the helium flash B) no, the planetary nebula blows off all the outer shells completely C) yes, before and after the Type II supernova event D) no, or we would see them as the majority of naked-eye stars E) no, it will lose so much mass as to cross the Chandrasekhar Limit

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