Light travels at a speed of close to 3 x 10^5 km/s in vacuum. given that it takes light 8 min and 19 s to travel the distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun, how far away is the sun from the earth? (astronomers use this as a "distance unit" called 1 astronomical unit or 1 au)

A23 kg log of wood begins from rest, 300 m up a sluice (a water track used to transport logs, think of it as an inclined plane with negligible friction) inclined at 20° to the horizontal. after it reaches the flat waterway at the bottom it collides elastically with a 100 kg block of wood initially at rest near the base of the incline. (a) how long does it take the 23 kg log to travel down the incline? (b) what is the speed of the 23 kg log at the bottom of the incline? (c) what are the velocities of both blocks of wood after the collision? (d) what is the total kinetic energy before the collision? (e) what is the kinetic energy of the 23 kg log after the collision? (f) what is the kinetic energy of the 100 kg block of wood after the collision? (g) what is the total kinetic energy after the collision? (h) compare the total initial and total final kinetic energies. is this consistent with what you would expect for elastic collisions? explain!

What organization and environment is described above?

What happens when you slowly pulled the carboard?