The <u>albedo</u> is an amount that expresses the percentage of radiation a surface reflects with respect to the incident radiation.
In other words:
This amount allows us to know the level of radiation that <u>reflects</u> a surface compared to the total <u>radiation it receives</u>.
According to this, light surfaces such as snow covered ground or white sand will have a higher albedo than dark surfaces such as carbon covered ground. It is also important to note, the albedo will be higher on glossy surfaces than on matte surfaces.
It should be noted that the albedo of the Earth is on average about , which means that part of the radiation received by the Sun is absorbed and another part reflected back to space.
To solve this problem it is necessary to apply the equations related to the conservation of momentum. Mathematically this can be expressed as
Where,
= Mass of each object
= Initial velocity of each object
= Final Velocity
Since the receiver's body is static for the initial velocity we have that the equation would become
Therefore the velocity right after catching the ball is 0.0975m/s
<u>Answer:</u>
The final velocity of the two railroad cars is 1.09 m/s
<u>Explanation:</u>
Since we are given that the two cars lock together it shows that the collision is inelastic in nature. The final velocity due to inelastic collision is given by
where
V= Final velocity
M1= mass of the first object in kgs = 12000
M2= mas of the second object in kgs = 10000
V1= initial velocity of the first object in m/s = 2m/s
V2= initial velocity of the second object in m/s = 0 (given at rest)
Substituting the given values in the formula we get
V = 2×12000 + 0x100012000 + 10000= 2400022000= 1.09 m/s
Which is the final velocity of the two railroad cars