Archimedes is supposed to have said, "give me a place to stand on, and i will move the earth." suppose you had an object with a mass equal to that of earth (5.98 1024 kg), and it experienced gravity equal to that at earth's surface, so that its weight was 5.87 1025 n. if by using a lever you could move this mass with a force of 175 n, what would be the mechanical advantage of the lever?

speed of light in vacuum is 300,000 km/s

speed of light in other mediums is given by the expression v = c/n, where c is the speed of light in vacuum and n is the refractive index of medium.

for the first medium v = 200,000 km/s

  so, refractive index of medium = 300000/200000 = 1.5

    1.5 refractive index is usually for glass. so first medium is glass.

for the second medium v = 250,00 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/250000 = 1.2

    1.2 refractive index is usually for water. so second medium is water.

for the third medium v = 0 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/0 = ∞

    ∞ refractive index is usually for opaque mediums. so third medium is opaque medium.

total distance/total time

(85 + 82)/(5+3)

167/8

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