# Randy

Newest questions and responses by Randy
1. ## physics

A ball is thrown straight upward and returns to the thrower's hand after 2.75 s in the air. A second ball thrown at an angle of 34.0° with the horizontal reaches the same maximum height as the first ball. (a) At what speed was the first ball thrown? ____

2. ## math

What is (f-g)(x)? f(x)=3x^5+6x^2-5 g(x)=2x^4+7x^2-x+16

3. ## math

What is (f·g)(x)? f(x)=x^4−9 g(x)=x^3+9

4. ## math

What is (f+g)(x)? f(x)=x^2−36 g(x)=x^3+2x^2−10

5. ## math

The function ​f(x)​ is the number of feet below the surface of the water a diver is at x seconds. After 14 s, the diver reached the maximum distance of 22 ft below the surface of the water. The diver stayed in the water for 20 minutes. What is the

6. ## math

Which characteristic is correct for the function f(x)=−2x3+3x ? neither even nor odd even both even and odd odd

7. ## Math

Net monthly income: $4,000 â€¢ Expected full mortgage payment (PITI):$1,000 â€¢ Student loan payment: $250 â€¢ Car payment:$300

8. ## PHYSICS! -need help!-

A combination of an applied force and a frictional force produce a constant total torque of 38 N-m on a wheel rotating about a fixed axis. This combined force acts for 8 s, during which the wheel’s angular speed increases from 0 to 12 rad/s. Find the

9. ## PHYSICS! -need help!-

A gymnast with a mass of 52 kg stands on the end of a uniform balance beam as shown in the figure. The beam is 5.50 m long and has a mass of 250 kg. Each support is 0.54m from the end of the beam. What is the force on the beam due to support 2?

10. ## PHYSICS! -need help!-

A child pushes tangentially on a small hand driven merry- go- round. She is able to accelerate it from rest to 20 rpm in 10 s. Modeling the merry go round as a uniform disk of radius 3.5 m and mass 800 kg, find the torque required to produce that

11. ## PHYSICS! -need help!-

A potter is shaping a bowl on a a potter’s wheel. The wheel rotaes at a constant angular speed. The frictional force between her hands and the clay is 2.50 N. How large is the torque she produces on the wheel if the diameter of the bowl is 14 cm.

12. ## Physics!!! HELP!!

The carbon isotope 14C is used for carbon dating of objects. A 14C nucleus can change into a different kind of element, a neighbor on the periodic table with lower mass, by emitting a beta particle – an electron or positron – plus a neutrino or an

13. ## -!!Physics!!- Really need help with this!

Three carts are moving on a frictionless horizontal track as shown in the figure. The 4.00 kg cart is moving to the right with a speed of 7.0 m/s, the 10.0 kg cart is also moving to the right with a speed of 6.0 m/s while the 3.00 kg cart moves to the left

14. ## Physics! NEED HELP!

A 40 kg girl runs up a flight of stairs that is 34 m high. How much work does this require?

15. ## Physics!

A 40 kg girl runs up a flight of stairs that is 34 m high. How much work does this require?

HELP!! Two blocks of mass m1 = 320 g and m2 = 725 g are pushed by a force. The coefficient of kinetic friction between each block and the ground is 0.4. The blocks move together (with one pushing the other) with an acceleration of 225 cm/s2. What is the

17. ## PHYSICS

Two blocks of mass m1 = 320 g and m2 = 725 g are pushed by a force. The coefficient of kinetic friction between each block and the ground is 0.4. The blocks move together (with one pushing the other) with an acceleration of 225 cm/s2. What is the value of

18. ## Physics! Need help!

A 60 kg block slides along the top of a 100 kg block. The lighter block has an acceleration of 3.4 m/s2 when a horizontal force F= 370 N is applied. Assuming there is no friction between the bottom 100 kg block and the horizontal frictionless surface but

19. ## Physics!

HELP!!! A box rest on an incline making a 34 angle with the horizontal. It is found that a parallel force to the incline of at least 240 N can prevent the box from sliding down the incline. If the weight of the box is 800 N, find the coefficient of static

20. ## physics!

A taut massless string connects two boxes as shown in the figure. The boxes are placed on an incline plane at θ = 31.00. What is the acceleration of boxes as they move down the incline, given m2 = 1.6 kg, m1 = 7.6 kg, μ2 = 0.10 and μ1 = 0.20. Please

21. ## Physics!

No matter what i do i can't seem to find a reasonable answer for this problem! I've done everything I can think of. Block m1( 7 kg ), lies on an incline plane with a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.15. m1 is connected to mass m2 by a massless rope

22. ## Sociology

What were some barriers to radical social change that could have made things better for freed people following the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation?

68. ## math 160

If the mean of a set of data is 20.00, and 12.20 has a z-score of –1.30, then the standard deviation must be

69. ## Statistics

*Give all probabilities to two decimal places. Three daily newspapers are published in a large city. Suppose we have the following facts about the people in the city: 60% read Newspaper A. 34% read Newspaper C. 72% read Newspaper A or Newspaper B. 18% read

70. ## Statistics

A box contains five numbered balls (1,2,2,3 and 4). We will randomly select two balls from the box (without replacement). (a) The outcome of interest is the number on each of the two balls we select. List the complete sample space of outcomes. (b) What is

71. ## Physics

Multiple-Concept Example 13 presents useful background for this problem. The cheetah is one of the fastest accelerating animals, for it can go from rest to 34.7 m/s in 3.03 s. If its mass is 102 kg, determine the average power developed by the cheetah

72. ## Physics

In attempting to pass the puck to a teammate, a hockey player gives it an initial speed of 2.95 m/s. However, this speed is inadequate to compensate for the kinetic friction between the puck and the ice. As a result, the puck travels only one-half the

73. ## Physics

A student, starting from rest, slides down a water slide. On the way down, a kinetic frictional force (a nonconservative force) acts on her. The student has a mass of 78 kg, and the height of the water slide is 12.5 m. If the kinetic frictional force does

74. ## Physics

A small lead ball, attached to a 1.50-m rope, is being whirled in a circle that lies in the vertical plane. The ball is whirled at a constant rate of three revolutions per second and is released on the upward part of the circular motion when it is 0.75 m

75. ## Physics

The drawing shows a skateboarder moving at 5.40 m/s along a horizontal section of a track that is slanted upward by 48.9 ° above the horizontal at its end, which is 0.582 m above the ground. When she leaves the track, she follows the characteristic path

76. ## Physics

A bicyclist rides 2.78 km due east, while the resistive force from the air has a magnitude of 6.52 N and points due west. The rider then turns around and rides 2.78 km due west, back to her starting point. The resistive force from the air on the return

77. ## Physics

The concepts in this problem are similar to those in Multiple-Concept Example 4, except that the force doing the work in this problem is the tension in the cable. A rescue helicopter lifts a 72.4-kg person straight up by means of a cable. The person has an

78. ## Physics

A person pushes a 23.5-kg shopping cart at a constant velocity for a distance of 30.3 m on a flat horizontal surface. She pushes in a direction 31.5 ° below the horizontal. A 37.3-N frictional force opposes the motion of the cart. (a) What is the

79. ## math

a car weighing 15000N rounds a curve of 60m. radius banked at angle of 30 degrees.find the frictional force acting on the tires when the car is travelling at 100kph.The coefficient of friction between the tires and the road is 0.90.

80. ## Physics

Traveling at a speed of 15.5 m/s, the driver of an automobile suddenly locks the wheels by slamming on the brakes. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the road is 0.640. What is the speed of the automobile after 1.45 s have elapsed?

81. ## Physics

A 4.51-kg box is sliding across the horizontal floor of an elevator. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.382. Determine the kinetic frictional force that acts on the box when the elevator is (a) stationary, (b)

82. ## Physics

A rocket blasts off from rest and attains a speed of 30.4 m/s in 10.3 s. An astronaut has a mass of 60.1 kg. What is the astronaut's apparent weight during takeoff?

83. ## Physics

The sun is more massive than the moon, but the sun is farther from the earth. Which one exerts a greater gravitational force on a person standing on the earth? Give your answer by determining the ratio Fsun/Fmoon of the magnitudes of the gravitational

84. ## Physics

A space probe has two engines. Each generates the same amount of force when fired, and the directions of these forces can be independently adjusted. When the engines are fired simultaneously and each applies its force in the same direction, the probe,

85. ## Physics

At an instant when a soccer ball is in contact with the foot of the player kicking it, the horizontal or x component of the ball's acceleration is 940 m/s2 and the vertical or y component of its acceleration is 710 m/s2. The ball's mass is 0.35 kg. What is

86. ## Physics

Two horizontal forces, F1-> and F2-> , are acting on a box, but only F1->is shown in the drawing. F2-> can point either to the right or to the left. The box moves only along the x axis. There is no friction between the box and the surface. Suppose that

87. ## physics

A tiger can run at approximately 100 km/hr (27.7 m/s) and a zebra at 80 km/hr (22.2 m/s). If both animals are running at full speed, with the zebra 70.0 m ahead, how long before the tiger catches its prey? a) 12.6 s b) 25.2 s c) 6.30 s d) 10.7 s

88. ## math

If pump A and pump B work together, they can fill a pool in 4 hours. Pump A, working alone, takes 6 hours to fill the pool. How long would it take pump B, working alone, to fill the pool?

89. ## SCIENCE

how do we derive the formula at=vf-vi if we will find acceleration? please have it step by step. Thank you

90. ## Science

Please complete the formula and process in arriving the answer. Please. Thank you. Nathaniel is driving his sports car down a four lane highway at 40m/s. He comes up behind a slow moving dumptruck and decides to pass it in the left hand lane. If Nathaniel

91. ## Science

Nathaniel is driving his sports car down a four lane highway at 40m/s. He comes up behind a slow moving dumptruck and decides to pass it in the left hand lane. If Nathaniel can accelerate at 5m/s^2, how long will it take for him to reach the speed of

92. ## Physics

A dog is tugging forward on a leas held by a physics student who is standing still. The dog is tugging with a force of 63N. The student estimates the leash to be at an angle of 25 degrees above the ground. What is the tension in the leash?

93. ## Math

1) Solve equation 3r+5 _____ + 2 = 2r to find the value of r? 2 A. 2 1/7 B. 3 2/3 C. 15 D. 10 2) which is these is a rational number. A. Sq root of 14 B. -sq root of 9 C. -sq root of 34 D. Sq root of 72

94. ## Math

1) what is the length of the diagonal of a square whose sides are 3 inches long. A. 9 inches B. 3 square root 2 inches**** C. 6 inches D. 18 inches 2) which set of measure could be the side lengths of a right triangle? A. 0.9 cm, 1.2 cm, 1.5 cm B. 4 in, 4

95. ## Algebra

- There are less than 40 members of the Landowners Association. These memebers vote on various proposals. All the members were present at a meeting and all voted on each of two proposals. On the first proposal 4 times as many memebers voted yes to those

96. ## Algebra

A car rental company charges $24 per day plus$0.75 per mile driven. a) Let C = total cost; D = number of days and M = number of miles b) Write the equation for the total cost in terms of C, D and M c) Use the equation to determine the total cost for a

97. ## math

how many terms are there on a 1/2 (a+b)? and are they monomial or binomial?

98. ## Chemistry

Help with lab report Need Help finishing my lab report.KNOWN VALUES ARE V OF HCL=50ML,M=2.188.V OF NAOH=55.3ML,M=2.088.INTIAL TEMP FOR HCL=22.5C,NAOH IS 23C.this is for part A: Mass of final NACL solution assuming that the density of a 1 M Nacl solution is

99. ## ECON 4346

4-The three fundamental economic questions of what, how, and for whom: a-exist because of scarcity. b-are much more serious in a socialist system. c-are not serious in a capitalistic system. d-are not relevant in the industrialized world of today. 5-When