1. For an incoming ray of light of vacuum wavelength 589 nm, fill in the unknown values in the following table. from(medium) to(medium) 0i 0r ---------------------------------------------------- a. flint glass crown glass 25.0...

A 5.0 kg box slides a 11.2 m distance on ice. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.187, what is the work done by the friction force?

new yorks 300-m high citicorp tower oscillates in the wind with a period of 6.80 s. calculate its frequency and vibration.

A copper block rests 30.0 cm from te center of a steel turntable. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the surface is 0.53. the angular acceleration of 0.50 rad/s2. after what time interval will the block start to slip on the turntable?

Two flat surfaces are exposed to a uniform, horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 0.43 T. When viewed edge-on, the first surface is tilted at an angle of 14 from the horizontal, and a net magnetic flux of 8.90 10-3 Wb passes through it. The same net magnetic flux passes through the second...

A weight-lifter is able to hold a barbell with a maximum total mass of 205 kg above his head. A physicist uses him to conduct a classroom demonstration, asking him to hold one insulated conducting rod (without any weights on it) above his head, while a second, very long rod is placed under his...

Suppose the mean radius of a planet is 6.79 *10^6 m, and that of its moon is 1.80 * 1^8 cm. From these data calculate the following. Recall that the surface area of a sphere is 4pir 2 and the volume of a sphere is below. (a) Find the ratio of the planet's surface area to that of its moon...

The average lifetime of a pi meson in its own frame of reference (ie the proper lifetime) is 2.6(10^-8). If the meson moves with a speed of 0.98c what is (a) its mean lifetime measured on earth and (b) the average distance it travels before decaying as measured by an observer on Earth? (c) What...

A pump, submerged at the bottom of a well that is 35 m deep, is used to pump water uphill to a house that is 50 m above the top of the well, as shown above. All pressures are gauge pressures. Neglect the effects of friction, turbulence, and viscosity.

A 218 kg baby elephant is being lifted upward by cable into a helicopter. The upward acceleration of the elephant is 2.97 m/s2. Calculate the tension in the cable. (2780 N)