# randy

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1. ## Physics

To move a large crate across a rough floor, you push on it with a force at an angle of 21 below the horizontal, as shown in the figure. Find the acceleration of the crate if the applied force is 400 , the mass of the crate is 32 and the coefficient of

2. ## 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

3. ## geometry

The altitude of an equilateral triangle is 7 square root 3 units long. The length of one side of the triangle is ____ units. 7 14 14 square root 3 7 square root 3 over 2

4. ## Chemistry

A selenium atom (Se) would form its most stable ion by the 1. loss of 2 electrons. 2. gain of 1 electron. 3. loss of 1 electron. 4. loss of 7 electrons. 5. gain of 2 electrons. Help please and tell me how you got the answer. Thanks!

5. ## Math

sec 7pi/4 without a calculator Find the exact answer

6. ## 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

7. ## physics

consider a pair of planets that find the distance between them is decreased by a factoer of 5. Show that the force between them becomes 25 times as strong?

8. ## 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

9. ## 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.

42. ## Trig / Calc

What angle (in degrees) corresponds to 18.96 rotations around the unit circle? Enter the exact decimal answer.

43. ## chemistry

While in Europe, if you drive 105km per day, how much money would you spend on gas in one week if gas costs 1.10 euros per liter and your car's gas mileage is 22.0mi/gal? Assume that 1euro = 1.26 dollars.

44. ## physics

Meteorites from Mars Several meteorites found in Antarctica are believed to have come from Mars, including the famous ALH84001 meteorite that some believe contains fossils of ancient life on Mars. Meteorites from Mars are thought to get to Earth by being

45. ## physics

Show that for 1 kg of pure gold the volume of water displaced is 51.8 cm^3 I know that the density of pure gold is 19.32 gm/cm^3 so 1 kg/19.32 gm/cm^3= 0.05175 ? I have come along way with this problem and feel like I am close, but now I need help. How do

46. ## ALGEBRA

What are the odds in favor of drawing face card from an ordinary deck of cards? to

47. ## math

Ray OX bisects angle AOC and angle AOX =42 degrees, angle AOC is: 42 degrees 84 degrees 21 degrees 68 degrees

48. ## chemistry

Suppose that the microwave radiation has a wavelength of 10.8 cm. How many photons are required to heat 225 mL of coffee from 25.0*C to 62.0*C ? Assume that the coffee has the same density, 0.997 g/mL , and specific heat capacity, 4.184 J/(gK), as water

49. ## 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

50. ## 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

51. ## math

1. find the lateral area of a right prism whose altitude measures 20 cm and whose base is a square with a width 7 cm long. 2. the volume of a rectangular solid is 5376 cubic meters, and the base is 24 meters by 16 meters. find the height of the solid. 3. a

52. ## physics

A bat at rest sends out ultrasonic sound waves at 51.1 and receives them returned from an object moving directly away from it at 22.3 .

53. ## Word Problem

Assume that the mathematical model C(x) = 16x + 130 represents the cost C, in hundreds of dollars, for a certain manufacturer to produce x items. How many items x can be manufactured while keeping costs between $525,000 and$781,000? Thanks in advance!

54. ## -!!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

55. ## English

Which of the following is unimportant for an introduction in formal or academic writing? 1.Entertaining the audience. 2.Establishing the key point the piece of writing will make 3.Discussing your opinion on the topic for at least three sentences.

56. ## math - integers

4. The temperature is falling 3 degrees per hour. How many degrees has it fallen altogether from 12 noon to 12 midnight?

57. ## geometry

The altitude of an equilateral triangle is 7 square root 3 units long. The length of one side of the triangle is ____ units. 7 14 14 square root 3 7 square root 3 over 2

58. ## Physics! NEED HELP!

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

59. ## Physics!

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

60. ## chemistry

The solubility of Na3(PO4) is 0.025 M. What is the Ksp of sodium phosphate?

61. ## 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

62. ## Biology

the biome with the fewest seasonal changes is?

63. ## Statistics

How do frequency tables, relative frequencies, and histograms showing relative frequencies help us understand sampling distributions? A. They help us to measure or estimate of the likelihood of a certain statistic falling within the class bounds. B. They

64. ## chemistry

A sprinter set a high school record in track and field, running 200.0 m in 20.9s . What is the average speed of the sprinter in kilometers per hour

65. ## 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?

66. ## chemistry

the heat of vaporization of water is 2.26kJ/g. how much heat is needed to change 2.55 g of water to steam?

67. ## physics

Object A, which has mass m and a velocity Voi,collides with the Object B,which has mass 2m and a velocity 1/2Voj.Following the collision ,object B has a velocity of 1/4Voi.(a) Determine the velocity of object A after the collision.(b) Is the collision

68. ## calculus

When an oil well burns, sediment is carried up into the air by the flames and is eventually deposited on the ground. Less sediment is deposited further away from the well. Experimental evidence indicates that the density (in tons per square mile) at a

69. ## physics

a boy of mass 40kg and a girl of 30kg play on a see saw of negligible weight.if the boy sits 270cm from the pivot of the see-saw where must the girl sit to make it balance

70. ## 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

71. ## 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

72. ## physics

A golfer hits a shot to a green that is elevated 3.0 m above the point where the ball is struck. The ball leaves the club at a speed of 16.8 m/s at an angle of 30.0¢ª above the horizontal. It rises to its maximum height and then falls down to the green.

73. ## physics

Find the minimum kinetic energy needed for a 3.7×104-kg rocket to escape the Moon.

74. ## Physics

When you push a 1.82-kg book resting on a tabletop, it takes 2.30 N to start the book sliding. Once it is sliding, however, it takes only 1.46 N to keep the book moving with constant speed. Q1. What is the coefficient of static friction between the book

75. ## physics

A force is given by Fx=Ax^-3, where A=8.0 N*m^3.(a) For positive values of x,does the potential energy associated with this force increase or decrease with increasing x?(You can determine the answer to this question by imagining what happens to a particle

76. ## Chemistry

A 27.4 g sample of metal X requires 131 calories of energy to heat it from 10.0◦C to 90.0◦C. Calculate the specific heat of metal X. Answer in units of J/g ·◦ C. Any help would be greatly appreciated

77. ## chemistry

Question:A solution of AgNO3 (45 mL/0.45 M) was mixed with solution of NaCl (85 mL/1.35 x 10-2 M) a) Calculate the ion product of the potential precipitate. My answer: mol AgNO3 = M x L = 0.45 M x 0.045 M = 0.02025 mol NaCl = M x L = 0.0135 M x 0.085 L =

78. ## 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

79. ## chemistry

the heat of fusion of water is 335 J/g. How much heat would be required to melt 97.8 g of ice

80. ## math

A student invests two sums of money at 3% and 4% interest, receiving a total of \$110 in interest after 1 year. Twice as much money is invested at 4% than at 3%. Find the amount invested at each interest rate. Where do I even begin with this?

81. ## physics

When you take your 1000-kg car out for a spin, you go around a corner of radius 57 m with a speed of 11 m/s. The coefficient of static friction between the car and the road is 0.88. Assuming your car doesn't skid, what is the force exerted on it by static

82. ## statistics

A USU today survey found that of the gun owners surveyed 275 favor stricter gun laws. Test the claim that the majority (more than 50%) of gun owners favor stricter gun laws. Use a .05 significance level.

83. ## 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

84. ## math

How many thousands of people live in Boston ma.if population is 617,594

85. ## 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

86. ## Homework test

An artifact was found and tested for its carbon-14 content. If 70% of the original carbon-14 was still present, what is its probable age (to the nearest 100 years)? Use that carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years.

87. ## physics

An automobile starts from rest and accelerates to a final velocity in two stages along a straight road. Each stage occupies the same amount of time. In stage 1, the magnitude of the car's acceleration is 2.03 m/s2. The magnitude of the car's velocity at

88. ## Chemistry

If 5.27 mol of ethane (C2H6) undergo combus-tion according to the unbalanced equation C2H6 + O2 −! CO2 + H2O, how much oxygen is required? Answer in units of mol. Thanks!

89. ## physics

if two carts, one twice as massive as the other, fly apart when a compressed spring that joins them is released. How fast does the heavier cart roll compared to the lighter cart?

90. ## chemistry

What is the pH of a buffer solution that has CH3CO2H=0.68 M and CH3CO2- =0.58 M, and has 0.01 M concentration of H2SO4 added to it? Ka of acetic acid is 1.8x10-5

91. ## math

order the numbers from least to greatest. _ 1 4/5, 1.78, 1 5/6, 7/4, 1.7, 1 8/11 I am confused on going back and forth between decimals and fractions.

92. ## 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

93. ## ALGEBRA

What is the probability of getting a license plate that has a repeated letter or digit if you live in a state that has one numeral followed by two letters followed by four numerals? (Round to the nearest whole percent.)

94. ## chemistry

a salt solution is evaporated to dryness. If 25.7 g of the solution leaves 1,949 mg of dry salt, what is the percent concentration (w/w) of the salt in the solution

95. ## ALGEBRA

Solve the exponential equation. Give the exact value for x. (Express all logarithmic functions in terms of ln(x) in your answer.) text((a) ) e^x = 10 x = text((b) ) e^x = 2.0 x = text((c) ) e^x = 37.9 x =

96. ## ALGEBRA

The product of two consecutive positive even numbers is 528. What are the numbers? (Enter solutions from smallest to largest.) and

97. ## Chemistry

a 3.67L flask is filled with carbon monoxide at 27 degrees C until the pressure is 1.27 atm. Calculate the total pressure after 3.42 moles of carbon dioxide has been added to the flask. (R=0.082 L-atm/K mol)

98. ## chemistry

Calculate the partial pressure of propane in a mixture that contains equal numbers of of moles of propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10) at 20 degrees C and 844 mmHg. (R=0.082 L-atm/K mol)

99. ## physics

consider a massless cord attached at both ends to hooks in a ceiling. A 20 kg mass is then suspended from the first cord by a second cors. The angles made by the cord with the ceiling are 40 degrees (left angle) and 25 degrees (right angle). Find the