At the local hockey rink, a puck with a mass of 0.12kg is given an initial speed of 5.3m/s. If the coefficient of friction between the puck and ice is 0.11, how much time does it take the puck to come to rest?

An astronomer at the equator measures the doppler shift of sunlight at sunset. from this, she calculates that earth’s tangential velocity at the equator is 465 m/s. the centripetal acceleration at the equator is 3.41  10 2 m/s 2 . use this data to calculate earth’s radius.

Which of the following explains why it took so long for the public to accept the negative health effects of smoking? a)people were waiting for counter reasons, and those were presented.b)scientists had not completely finalized their results, which took 30 years.c)cigarettes were cheaply available and media channels were very inefficient.d)cigarette manufacturers were trying hard to bring an alternative into the market

What is the length x of the side of the triangle below? (hint: use the cosine function)