Physics, 03.07.2019 21:50 sanchez9211

Ariver has a steady speed of 0.500 m/s. a student swims upstream a distance of 1.00 km and swims back to the starting point. (a) if the student can swim at a speed of 1.20 m/s in still water, how long does the trip take? (b) how much time is required in still water for the same length swim? (c) intuitively, why does the swim take lon- ger when there is a current?

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Answer from: nook4boo

A. Upstream refers to the motion of the swimmer where he is against the current. The resultant speed of the swimmer is equal to the difference of the velocity or speed in still water and that of the river. The time it requires to cover the distance is calculated through the equation,
t = d / s
where t is time, d is distance, and s is speed. Substituting the known values,
t = 1000 m / (1.2 m/s - 0.5 m/s) = 1,428.57 seconds

(b) The time it requires for the swimmer to swim in still water,
t = 1000 m / (1.2 m/s) = 833.33 seconds

(c) Intuitively, it takes longer to cover the distance when there is current because the current will serve as resistance to the motion of the swimmer, partially moving it backwards instead of forward.

Answer from: Quest

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

$_a^z\textrm{x}\rightarrow _{a-2}^{z-4}+_2^4\alpha$

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

$_a^z\textrm{x}+_{-1}^0\textrm{e}\rightarrow _{z-1}^a\textrm{y}$

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases $\gamma -radiations$ . this process does not change the mass number.

$_a^z\textrm{x}^*\rightarrow _a^z\textrm{x}+_0^0\gamma$

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as $\beta ^+$ -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

$_a^z\textrm{x}\rightarrow _{z-1}^a\textrm{y}+_{+1}^0e$

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.

Answer from: Quest

There is no graph to look at on here, but i shall explain them to you. a line graph is just in its title it’s a graph with a line running through the dots to show an increase or decrease. a bar graph is used to show how much or how little something is so a comparison. a scatter plot is used to graph points to tell the data. and i don’t know what a histogram is.

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