Why do some planets in our solar planets appear brighter than stars, even though the stars give off their own light?

Air is contained in a variable-load piston-cylinder device equipped with a paddle wheel. initially, air is at 400 kpa and 17°c. the paddle wheel is now turned by an external electric motor until 75 kj/kg of work has been transferred to air. during this process, heat is transferred to maintain a constant air temperature while allowing the gas volume to triple. calculate the required amount of heat transfer in kj/kg.

A10nc charge sits at a point in space where the magnitude of the electric field is 1500 n/c. what will the magnitude of the field be if the 10 nc charge is replaced by a 20 nc charge? assume the system is big enough to consider the charges as small test charges.

Two trains leave a station at the same time, train a travels at a constant speed of 16 m/s. train b starts at 8.0 m/s but accelerates constantly at 1.0 m/s squared. after 10.0 seconds, which train has the greater speed?