Exam 1: Systems of Measurement

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Light travels at 3 ×\times 108 m/s, and it takes about 8 min for light from the sun to travel to Earth. Based on this, the order of magnitude of the distance from the sun to Earth is

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  A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   <sub>1</sub>) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   <sub>2</sub>). What is its change in velocity (   <sub>2</sub> -   <sub>1</sub>)? A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   <sub>1</sub>) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   <sub>2</sub>). What is its change in velocity (   <sub>2</sub> -   <sub>1</sub>)? 1) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   <sub>1</sub>) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   <sub>2</sub>). What is its change in velocity (   <sub>2</sub> -   <sub>1</sub>)? 2). What is its change in velocity (   A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   <sub>1</sub>) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   <sub>2</sub>). What is its change in velocity (   <sub>2</sub> -   <sub>1</sub>)? 2 -   A car proceeding due south at 60 km/h (   <sub>1</sub>) makes a right turn, after which it is traveling due west at 80 km/h (   <sub>2</sub>). What is its change in velocity (   <sub>2</sub> -   <sub>1</sub>)? 1)?

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Vector Vector   has components A<sub>x</sub> = +4.0 units and A<sub>y</sub> = +3.2 units, whereas vector   has components B<sub>x</sub> = +2.5 units and B<sub>y</sub> = +5.5 units. The angle between the two vectors is has components Ax = +4.0 units and Ay = +3.2 units, whereas vector Vector   has components A<sub>x</sub> = +4.0 units and A<sub>y</sub> = +3.2 units, whereas vector   has components B<sub>x</sub> = +2.5 units and B<sub>y</sub> = +5.5 units. The angle between the two vectors is has components Bx = +2.5 units and By = +5.5 units. The angle between the two vectors is

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Evaluate: (4)0 ×\times 10-6)(3.0 ×\times 104)

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Which of the following prefixes does NOT represent a fractional part of a whole unit?

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Three vectors Three vectors    have the following x and y components:    The angle that the resultant makes with the positive direction of the x axis is have the following x and y components: Three vectors    have the following x and y components:    The angle that the resultant makes with the positive direction of the x axis is The angle that the resultant makes with the positive direction of the x axis is

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The prefix "giga" means

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What angle does the vector 1What angle does the vector 1   make with the positive z axis? make with the positive z axis?

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The number of seconds in a month is of the order of

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Which of the following represents a value of current measured to at least five significant figures?

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The momentum of a body is defined to be the product of its mass and its velocity. If the mass of an air-track glider is known to be 225 g and its velocity is measured to be 3.1 cm/s, its momentum should be reported as

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Which of the following is a fundamental unit of the SI system of units?

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In Newton's Law of Gravity the universal gravitational constant G = Fr2/m1m2, where F is the gravitational force between the two masses, m1 and m2, and r is the distance between them. What are the dimensions of G?

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  Which of the following vector equations correctly describes the relationship among the vectors shown in the figure? Which of the following vector equations correctly describes the relationship among the vectors shown in the figure?

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To convert a quantity from m/s to km/h, you must

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What is the least number of non-zero vectors that can be added to give a resultant equal to zero?

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If you have a music CD collection of about 150 discs, estimate the order of magnitude of the number of heartbeats you would have if you listened all the way through your collection.

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Estimate the number of raindrops needed to fill a volume of 1m ×\times 1m ×\times 1cm.

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  The vector in the figure that could represent the vector   -   is The vector in the figure that could represent the vector   The vector in the figure that could represent the vector   -   is -   The vector in the figure that could represent the vector   -   is is

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The chemical agent dioxin can be toxic or hazardous to humans in concentrations as small as one part per billion. If I am testing a soil sample that has a mass of 1.0 kg, how much dioxin would have to be present for me to label it toxic or hazardous?

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