For years, the tallest tower in the united states was the phoenix shot tower in baltimore, maryland. the shot tower was used from 1828 to1892 to make lead shot for pistols and rifles and molded shot for cannons and other instruments of warfare. molten lead was dropped from the top of the 234-foot (71.3 meter) tall tower into a vat of water. during its free fall, the lead would form a perfectly spherical droplet and solidify. determine the time of fall and the speed of a lead shot upon hitting the water at the bottom.

Imagine you are riding on a yacht in the ocean and traveling at 20 mph. you then hit a golf ball at 100 mph from the deck of the yacht. you see the ball move away from you at 100mph, while a person standing on a near by beach would observe your golf ball traveling at 120 mph (20 mph + 100 mph). now imagine you are aboard the hermes spacecraft traveling at 0.1c (1/10 the speed of light) past mars and shine a laser from the front of the ship. you would see the light traveling at c (the speed of light) away from your ship. according to einstein’s special relativity, how fast will a person on mars observe the light to be traveling? a) 0.1c (1/10 the speed of light) b) c (the speed of light) c)1.1c (c+0.1c)

Aplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1 mile and a speed of of 500mih passes directly over a radar station. find the rate at which the distance from the plane to the station is increasing when it is 2mi away from the station.

Which of the following best describes internal energy? a. the difference between the kinetic and potential energies of the particles in a system b. the sum of the kinetic and potential energies of the particles in a system c. the sum of the kinetic and thermal energies of the particles in a system d. the difference between the kinetic and thermal energies of the particles in a system