A physics student stands on a cliff overlooking a lake and decides to throw a tennis ball to her friends in the water below. She throws the tennis ball with a velocity of 19.5 m/s at an angle of 36.5∘ above the horizontal. When the tennis ball leaves her hand, it is 15.5 m above the water. How far does the tennis ball travel horizontally before it hits the water? Neglect any effects of air resistance when calculating the answer.

The functioning of an electron transport chain is analogous to a) a slinky toy going down a flight of stairs. b) a canoe going over a waterfall. c) a person climbing a flight of stairs one step at a time. d) a person leaping from the top to the bottom of a flight of stairs in one jump.

Acoal-fired plant generates 600 mw of electric power. the plant uses 4.8 x 10^6 kg of coal each day, and the heat of combustion of coal is 3.3x 10^7 j/kg. the steam that drives the turbines is at a temperature of 300° c, and the exhaust water is at 37° c. (a) what is the overall efficiency of the plant for generating electric power? (b) how much thermal energy is exhausted each day? (c) what is the change in entropy of the universe for this heat engine? (d) using the same heat reservoirs, what is the maximum possible (carnot) efficiency for a heat engine?

James is trying to prove newton's 2nd law of motion. he tries to move four different objects with different masses, shapes, and sizes from point a to point b. the objects are a toy car, a car, a refrigerator, and a kitchen table. after some experimentation, he finds that force is dependent on the mass of the object, rather than it's size or shape. the object that takes the most force to move is the