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umamgis33041. Express the following numbers in scientific notation, to two significant figures: a) 0.00342 b) 0.005291 c) 0.145 d) 153.2 e) 674 2.
Without a calculator, find the value of: a) 103 x 106 b) 1 x 102 x 1 x104 c) 3 x 106 x 2 x 103 d) 10-3 x 10-6 e) 106 / 103 f) 1/(1 x 103) g) 15 x 106 /(5 x 10-3) 3. Express the following quantities in the appropriate base unit in scientific notation. a) 6.34 cm b) 12 mm c) 832 km d) 546 nm e) 53.4 g f) 500 tonnes g) 123 mg h) 2.3 g i) 30 minutes j) 23 ms k) 24 hours 3 4. Express the following volumes in m and scientific notation in two sig figs. a) 7.8 cm3 b) 34 mm3 c) 9.8 km3 d) 47 litres 2 5. Express the following areas in m a) 1.6 cm2 b) 5.3 mm2 c) 0.0017 cm2 6. Write down the following quantities as numbers in scientific notation together with the appropriate unit without any prefix: a) 470 pm b) 1.5 kV c) 50 MW d) 40 ns 7. A car travels at 75 kmh-1. How many ms-1 is this? 8. Using 1 mile = 1.609 km, find the number of miles in 1 km. 9. Use the above to convert 30.0 miles/hour to km/hour. 10. The mileage rating of my car is 8.0 kmL-1. (L = liters) How many miles per gallon is this? 11. How many baseballs can be carried in 5 carts? Given: 1 cart = 12 sacks 3 sacks = 1 basket 1 basket = 25 baseballs 12. A spacecraft travels at a speed of 8/10 of a mile per second. How many days does it take it to travel from the Earth to the Moon, a distance of 240,000 miles? 13. What is the weight of 6.5 gallons of water? How many cubic feet of water is this? Given: 1 gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds, 1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.4 pounds 14. Perform the operation as indicated and state the answer with the correct number of significant figures. Dont forget the proper units! a) 16.2 m + 5.008 m + 13.48 m b) 78.05 cm - 32.046 cm c) 15.07 kg - 12.0 kg d) 5.006 m + 12.0077 m + 8.0084 m e) 27.807 mm x 4.2 mm f) 20.008 m - 7.0 s g) 245 cm x 5.8 cm h) (5.6 x 10 m) - (2.8 x 10 m) i) 3.28 cm - 12.47826 cm 15. Rearrange the following formulae to make the letter in brackets the subject (solve for the letter in brackets).
16. As a sphere of radius r moves with a constant velocity v through a liquid of density , the force F on it is given by the equation: F k r 2v 2 . Show that k is a dimensionless constant.
17. The drag coefficient of a car CD moving with a speed v through air of density is given by
where F is the force, and A is the maximum cross-sectional area of the car perpendicular to the direction of travel. Show that CD is dimensionless. 18. Check to see if the following equations are dimensionally correct:
19. The components of a vector are given as sx = 17.0 m and sy = 8.0 m. Determine the resultant vector s analytically. 20. An eagle leaves his nest and flies 22.0 km north. He then flies in a direction 60.0 south of east for 47.0 km. What is the eagles displacement from his nest? 21. An airplane is traveling at v = 735 km/h in a direction 42.5 west of north. a) Find the components of v in the northerly and westerly directions. b) How far north and how far west has the plane traveled in 3.00 h? 22. Vector D is 7.0 cm long at 180 and vector E is 8.5 cm long at 45. a) Find the x and y components of D and E. b) Determine D + E (magnitude and direction). 23. A mass on a string moves in a circle of radius 3.0 m with a constant speed of v = 6.0 ms-1. However, v changes constantly (why?) and is at all times tangent to the circular path as shown.
The mass goes from A to B to C. Find: a) v between A and B b) v between B and C 24. The drawing shows the top view of two forces pulling on a box in different directions. Determine the resultant force (draw it and calculate it) and call it F.
