Sunday, October 3, 2010

Homework Ch E and Ch 1

PART ONE Dimensional Analysis

1. 0.9375 mi (sig figs: 0.94 miles)
2. 245.12 km/h (s.f.: 245.1 km/h)
3. 9.89 ft/second
4. 1,008 minutes
5. 5,628 km/min (s.f.: 5,630 km/min)
6. 55.08 km/h (s.f.: 55.1 km/h)
7. 54.72 km (s.f.: 54.7 km)
8. 2.72 x 10^-5
9. 49.68 km/h (s.f.: 49.7 km/h)
10. 2.51 x 10^4
11. 5.76 km/h

Astronomy Problems using Dimensional Analysis

1. 4,444 m/s, 16,000 k/h
2. a) 4.134 x 10^13 km b) 1.34 parsecs c) 163,748.19 years at 8km/sec, or 1.6 x 10^5 years.





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