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    Calculating the mass of consumed Uranium 235

    Homework Statement A typical nuclear fission power plant produces about 3.36 GW of electrical power. Assume that the plant has an overall efficiency of 44.6% and that each fission event produces 250 MeV of thermal energy. Calculate the mass of 235U consumed each day. Answer in units...
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    Finding focal length given magnification and object distance?

    The distance between an object and its upright image is 15.5 cm. If the magnification is 0.7, what is the focal length of the lens being used to form the image? Answer in units of cm. So I tried combining the equations p+q=15.5 and -q/p=.7 and still was unable to come up with a correct...