What must be the thickness of, and the speed of sound in, a plastic layer having a density of 1500 kg/m3 if it is to transmit plane waves at 20 kHz from water into steel with no reflection? (b) What would be the intensity reflection coefficient back into water for normally incident wavesimpinging on an infinitely thick layer of this plastic?

Aheat engine running backward is called a refrigerator if its purpose is to extract heat from a cold reservoir. the same engine running backward is called a heat pump if its purpose is to exhaust warm air into the hot reservoir. heat pumps are widely used for home heating. you can think of a heat pump as a refrigerator that is cooling the already cold outdoors and, with its exhaust heat qh, warming the indoors. perhaps this seems a little silly, but consider the following. electricity can be directly used to heat a home by passing an electric current through a heating coil. this is a direct, 100% conversion of work to heat. that is, 19.0 \rm kw of electric power (generated by doing work at the rate 19.0 kj/s at the power plant) produces heat energy inside the home at a rate of 19.0 kj/s. suppose that the neighbor's home has a heat pump with a coefficient of performance of 4.00, a realistic value. note: with a refrigerator, "what you get" is heat removed. but with a heat pump, "what you get" is heat delivered. so the coefficient of performance of a heat pump is k=qh/win. an average price for electricity is about 40 mj per dollar. a furnace or heat pump will run typically 200 hours per month during the winter. what does one month's heating cost in the home with a 16.0 kw electric heater? what does one month's heating cost in the home of a neighbor who uses a heat pump to provide the same amount of heating?

Which component of the earth’s atmosphere is decreased due to photosynthesis?

On a hot saturday morning while people are working inside, the air conditioner keeps the temperature inside the building at 22degreesc. at noon the air conditioner is turned off, and the people go home. the temperature outside is a constant 33degreesc for the rest of the afternoon. if the time constant for the building is 4 hr, what will be the temperature inside the building at 4 : 00 font size decreased by 2 upper p . font size decreased by 2 upper m .? at 6 : 00 font size decreased by 2 upper p . font size decreased by 2 upper m .? when will the temperature inside the building reach 24degreesc? 324281