The water main in cities must be placed at a sufficient depth below the earth’s surface to avoid freezing during extended periods of subfreezing temperatures. determine the minimum depth at which the water main must be placed at a location where the soil is initially at 15°c and the earth’s surface temperature under the worst conditions is expected to remain at -10°c for a period of 75 days. take the properties of the soil at that location to be k = 0.7 w/m°c and α = 1.4 x 10-5 m2 /s.

A1kg cart slams into a stationary 1kg cart at 2 m/s. the carts stick together and move forward at a speed of 1 m/sl. determine whether kinetic energy was conserved in the collision. use the law of conservation of energy to explain the collision

Ablock of mass m = 2.5 kg is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 710 n/m. it is initially at rest on an inclined plane that is at an angle of θ = 23° with respect to the horizontal, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the plane is μk = 0.19. in the initial position, where the spring is compressed by a distance of d = 0.16 m, the mass is at its lowest position and the spring is compressed the maximum amount. take the initial gravitational energy of the block as zero. a) what is the block's initial mechanical energy? b) if the spring pushes the block up the incline, what distance, l, in meters will the block travel before coming to rest? the spring remains attached to both the block and the fixed wall throughout its motion.

You win the lottery and decide to impress your friends by exhibiting a million-dollar cube of gold. at the time, gold is selling for $ 426.60 per troy ounce, and 1.0000 troy ounce equals 31.1035 g. -how tall would your million-dollar cube be? en cm