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Describe the forces acting on a skydiver over time, from the moment she jumps out of the plane until hitting the ground and the effect this has on her velocity. What happens when she opens her parachute?

When the skydiver first steps out of the plane, she accelerates downwards at a high rate. At first the resultant force on her is large since gravity pulls her down, but since she is moving slowly the forc...

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I have trouble visualizing simple harmonic motion, and remembering all the related equations. How should I think about it?

The key is to realize that displacement, velocity and acceleration all vary sinusoidally, with the graph of each being displaced relative to the preceding one by 90 degrees; thinking about these three gra...

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How does the photoelectric effect provide evidence for a particulate nature of electromagnetic radiation?

The photoelectric effect is light incident on a metal’s surface causing the spontaneous emission of electrons. The classical wave theory of electromagnetic radiation predicted the kinetic energy of emitte...

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Given an ammeter voltmeter a battery and a lamp how will you find the resistance of the lamp?

I will draw this on the whiteboard function.

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Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?

Radio waves

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