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Describe the forces acting on a skydiver jumping out of a plane and explain why opening a parachute reduces the velocity

Initially the air resistance (r) is low, and the force due to gravity (mg) is high. These forces are unbalanced so the skydiver accelerates downwards. (mg > r)As the velocity increases the force of air...

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Answered by Fred J. Physics tutor
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Describe how standing waves are formed and explain why nodes and antinodes are formed.

Standing waves are produced from the superposition of 2 progressive waves with the same wavelength, travelling in opposite directions. The pattern consists of nodes and antinodes. Nodes are formed from d...

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Answered by Moin B. Physics tutor
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How do you find the components of a vector?

Sometimes it is more useful for us to represent a vector in terms of other vectors added together. For example, we can split a vector into the vectors pointing in the direction of our axes, we call these ...

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Answered by Andrew S. Physics tutor
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An alpha particle is accelerated with 5MeV of kinetic energy towards the nucleus of a gold atom with atomic number 79. What is the distance of closest approach that is reached by the alpha particle?

45 femtometers to two significant figures

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Answered by Joshua M. Physics tutor
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Describe the different forces upon a falling object with reference to Newton's first law.

A falling object will reach terminal velocity when the force draging it down (ie its weight due to gravity) is equal to the air resistance opposing the motion upwards. When the two forces are equal the ob...

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Answered by Adam L. Physics tutor
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