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Homework Statement A rectangular loop of wire is moving toward the bottom of the page with a speed of .042 m/s. The loop is leaving a region in which a magnetic field is directed into the page; the magnetic field outside this region is zero. If during the time of 1.5 s the magnitude of the...

Homework Statement The atomic mass of gold-197 is 196.96654 u. How much energy is required to completely separate the nucleons in a gold-197 nucleus? Homework Equations E = 196.96654 u x 931.5 The Attempt at a Solution I did the above calculation and got 1.83e5 MeV but I am...

thanks!

Homework Statement A proton is released from rest at t=o in a uniform electric field whose magnitude is 2.5e-8 N/C. How far has the proton traveled after .5 s? Homework Equations x = vot + 1/2at^2 The Attempt at a Solution x = 1/2(9.81)(.5)^2 = 1.2 but it says the answer is...

Ok cool. Thanks everybody!

ok i still don't completely understand, but I come up with 3.1 ?

I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Help?

So the only thing I can come up with is .5/.35 = 1.4 (based on what you said)

Homework Statement A middle-aged man starts to wear eyeglasses with lenses of 2.0 D that allow him to read a book held as close as 25 cm. Several years later, he finds that he must hold a book no closer than 35 cm to read it clearly with the same glasses, so he gets new glasses. What is the...

Homework Statement Which forms the larger image on the retina of your eye: a 43 ft tree seen from a distance of 210 ft, or a 12 in flower viewed from a distance of 2.0 ft? Homework Equations none? The Attempt at a Solution I don't really understand how you would go about working...

nevermind I found my mistake. thanks for the help though

Homework Statement Your friend is 1.7 m tall. What is the height of her image when she is 4.2 m from you? Homework Equations I used di/do and multiplied that by the height of the friend The Attempt at a Solution I did (4.2/3.5)(1.7) but it was wrong. Not really sure what I'm...

Ok I'm getting 2 cm. Could you double-check that please?

so would i do 180-110 or something like that? the angle thing is messing me up

Homework Statement An object is located 27.5 cm from a certain lens. The lens forms a real image that is twice as high as the object. b) Now replace the lens used in Part A with another lens. The new lens is a diverging lens whose focal points are at the same distance from the lens as the...