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3 years ago

Why is it a good idea to extend your bare hand forward when you are getting ready to catch a fast-moving baseball?

Physics

1 answer:

qaws [65]3 years ago

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Answer:d

Explanation:

It is good to extend your bare hand forward when you are getting ready to catch a fast-moving ball so you can pull your hand back, increasing the time to slow the ball thus decreasing the force.

While catching impulse is being transferred to hands imparting great force, lowering hand would increase the time so that average force decreases and chances to drop the ball also decreases.

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A sound source is moving at 80 m/s toward a stationary listener that is standing in still air (a) Find the wavelength of the sou

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Answer:

a. wavelength of the sound, $\vartheta = 1.315\vartheta_{o}$

b. observed frequecy, $\lambda = 0.7604\lambda_{o}$

Given:

speed of sound source, $v_{s}$ = 80 m/s

speed of sound in air or vacuum, $v_{a}$ = 343 m/s

speed of sound observed, $v_{o}$ = 0 m/s

Solution:

From the relation:

v = $\vartheta \lambda$ (1)

where

v = velocity of sound

$\vartheta$ = observed frequency of sound

$\lambda$ = wavelength

(a) The wavelength of the sound between source and the listener is given by:

$\lambda = \frac{v_{a}}{\vartheta }$ (2)

(b) The observed frequency is given by:

$\vartheta = \frac{v_{a}}{v_{a} - v_{s}}\vartheta_{o}$

$\vartheta = \frac{334}{334 - 80}\vartheta_{o}$

$\vartheta = 1.315\vartheta_{o}$ (3)

Using eqn (2) and (3):

$\lambda = \frac{334}{1.315} = \frac{1}{1.315}\frac{v_{a}}{\vartheta_{o}}$

$\lambda = 0.7604\lambda_{o}$

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2 years ago

Give reason for the following:

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2 years ago

Given a force of 100 N and acceleration of 5 m/s2, what is the mass

tatyana61 [14]

Answer:

20 kg

Explanation:

remember the equation f=ma.

100 N=force

5 m/s2= acceleration

so you need to divide force by acceleration: 100 N/ 5 m/s2= 20 kg, to get the mass.