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What does Newton's First Law mean?

Newton's First Law states that an object will continue moving at the same velocity in the same direction unless a resultant force acts upon it. This applies to stationary objects too - if an object is sti...

Answered by Annie H. Physics tutor
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The electric potential energy of two protons is 1.0MeV. Calculate their separation

First thing first, we need to fully understand what we are asked and what topic we are being tested on. From this question, we can see that we are involved in electric fields, sicn...

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How much velocity should a small toy rocket, weighing 10kg, acquire in order to escape the Earth's gravitational field? (Neglect any type of friction with the atmosphere)

Here, by equating the formula for the kinetic energy of the rocket to the gravitational potential energy, the student would realize after deriving the speed, that the its mass vanishes, therefore making t...

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An unknown capacitor is charged to 6v, its maximum value, then discharged through a 1k ohm resistor. If the capacitor voltage is 3v, 0.3 seconds after starting to discharge, what is the capacitance of the unknown capacitor?

To start, the equation to use can be identified as the capactior discharge equation V(t) = Vmaxe-t/RC. From here, we can see that this equation can be solved to give capacitance, and...

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Alice drops an apple from a height of 2 m above the ground. Assuming there is no air resistance, what is the speed of the apple when it hits the ground?

Since there is no loss of energy to air resistance and the apple is freely falling under the influence of gravity, this is an example where we can apply the principle of conservation of energy. In the ini...

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