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How deep is the water if it takes a pulse of ultrasound 0.8s to be received back at the boat. the speed of ultrasound is 1600m/s in water

firstly we know how fast the wave is travelling and we know for how long so using our speed equals distance over time equation we can rearange for distance (D= VT).

we can the plug in our...

Answered by Ross C. Physics tutor
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Why does increasing the temperature of a gas increase the pressure (when the volume is fixed)?

We can understand this using an idea called the Kinetic Model of Gases. Basically, let's assume that every molecule in the gas is a tiny, tiny snooker ball whizzing around the containe...

Answered by Andrew M. Physics tutor
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What is nuclear fusion?

When two atomic nuclei are heated to a very high temperature and high pressure, for example inside a star, their nuclei can join to make a larger nucleus. Energy is released when this fusion takes plac...

Answered by Katherine R. Physics tutor
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How do I work out the efficiency of a process from a Sankey diagram?

The formula for efficiency is:

efficiency = (useful energy / total energy)

Therefore, first we must find the total energy which is the sum of all of the branches of the Sank...

Answered by Katherine R. Physics tutor
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How do we know about the structure of the atom?

Scientists originally thought that atoms were like a 'plum pudding' in that they were a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electrons scattered about inside it. This was because they obse...

Answered by Katherine R. Physics tutor
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