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A body is moving at 70km/h and has a mass of 130kg, calculate its maximum kinetic energy.

Firstly, the speed is not given in SI units, this is modified by changing the units from km/h to m/s by the following relationship; 70km/h = (70000/3600)m/s. Once this is complete the equation for kinetic...

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What is radioactivity?

Imagine a water ballon which is slowly filling up with water. The ballon is fine and intact when there's not much water in it but what happens when we fill it so much that it can no long hold all the wate...

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A train accelerates from 10 m/s to 50 m/s in 20 seconds. Calculate the Acceleration

The acceleration, in ms-2, is defined as the rate of change of velocity, per unit of time. To calculate the trains acceleration, we use the equation Acceleration= Change in velocity/...

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Describe how making a saucepan black and adding fins will help heat food up faster

Black - Heat radiation will be transferred better as more radiation will be absorbed due to the colour

Fins - Higher surface area therefore a quicker rate of heat transfer

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What is the difference between evaporation and boiling?

Both evaporation and boiling are a process where a liquid change state into a gas.

Boiling happens to all of a liquid at once and occurs only when a liquid is heated to one specific temperature, it...

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