There is a little island off the shore of Brazil where the weather is extremely consistent. From 1911 to 1990, the lowest temperature on the island was 18°C (64°F) and the highest temperature was 32°C (90°F). It is known that the liquid in a standard can of soft drink absorbs 20.8 kJ of energy when its temperature increases from 18.0°C to 32.0°C. If the soft drink has a mass of 0.355 kg, what is its specific heat capacity?

Acoal-fired plant generates 600 mw of electric power. the plant uses 4.8 x 10^6 kg of coal each day, and the heat of combustion of coal is 3.3x 10^7 j/kg. the steam that drives the turbines is at a temperature of 300° c, and the exhaust water is at 37° c. (a) what is the overall efficiency of the plant for generating electric power? (b) how much thermal energy is exhausted each day? (c) what is the change in entropy of the universe for this heat engine? (d) using the same heat reservoirs, what is the maximum possible (carnot) efficiency for a heat engine?

Apair of 10μf capacitors in a high-power laser are charged to 1.7 kv. a. what charge is stored in each capacitor? b. how much energy is stored in each capacitor?

Consider a uniformly charged ring in the xy plane, centered at the origin. the ring has radius a and positive charge qdistributed evenly along its circumference. a)what is the direction of the electric field at any point on the z axis? . b)what is the magnitude of the electric field along the positive z axis? use k in your answer, where k=14πϵ0. d)the ball will oscillate along the z axis between z=d and z=−d in simple harmonic motion. what will be the angular frequency ω of these oscillations? use the approximation d≪a to simplify your calculation; that is, assume that d2+a2≈a2. express your answer in terms of given charges, dimensions, and constants