Homework Statement
Light of wavelength 646 nm passes through a slit 5.50 × 10^-6 m wide and falls on a screen that is 2.01 m away. What is the distance on the screen from the center of the central bright fringe to the third dark fringe on either side?
Homework Equations
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Homework Statement
A long wire connected to the terminals of a 12V battery has 6.4 x 1019 electrons passing a cross section of wire each second. calculate it's resistance.
answer is 1.2ΩHomework Equations
q = ne
q = IE
R=ρ L/AThe Attempt at a Solution
V= 12v
n= 6.4 x 1019 electrons
R=?
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Homework Statement
A satellite is to be placed in orbit about the Earth at an altitude of 1.6 x 10 6m. What will be its period of motion?
The answer is 7.2x 103s
2. The attempt at a solution
Using kelper's third law.
R3 / T2 = R3 / T2
Radius of satellite: 6.38 x 106 + 1.6 x 106...