The earth is 1.50e 011 m from the sun and takes 365 days to orbit the sun. Assuming that the speed of the earth is constant, what is the acceleration of the earth as it orbits the sun? a. 1.99e+004 m/s^
b. 2.99e+004 m/s^2
c. 0.0 m/s^2
d. 1.55e+002 m/s^2
e. 5.95e-003 m/s^2

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?

Total solidification times of three casting geometries are to be compared: a sphere, a cylinder, in which the length-to-diameter ration - 1.0, and a cube. volume = 1000 cm^3 for all three shhapes, and the same casting alloy is used. a) determine the solidification times of each geometry b) based on the results of part (a), which geometric element would make the best riser? c) if the mold constant = 3.5 min/cm^2 in chvorinov's rule, compute the total solidification time for each casting.

Which lists the fundamental forces in order, from strongest to weakest? strong nuclear, weak nuclear, electromagnetic, gravitational strong nuclear, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, gravitational gravitational, weak nuclear, electromagnetic, strong nuclear electromagnetic, gravitational, strong nuclear, weak nuclear