As the sun shines on the ice, 250g of the ice melts and changes into liquid. The amount of energy needed to melt the 250g of ice is 83500J. Determine the specific latent heat of ice.

Explanation:

Using the formula ==> 0.334 j/kg = specific latent heat of ice

answer: at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.

explanation:

since we have given that

the population for alpha city, t years after january 1, 2004 is given as

first we find out the initial population, i.e. t=0,

so, our quadratic equation becomes,

according to question, we have said that if the population has twice its initial population, then it becomes

so, time taken to reach this above mentioned population is given by

now, we know that time can't be negative so, we take t=9.149 years.

hence, at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.