If the finger is pushing but not hard enough, neither block will move. By Newton's 2nd law, for any object that is not accelerating, the forces in each direction must balance. Write the equations for the balance of the forces in the horizontal and vertical directions for block A and for block B (four equations). Start with the force exerted on block A in the horizontal direction.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of s waves? a. travel slower than p waves. b. cannot be detected in locations more than 105° from an earthquake’s epicenter. c. travel through solids and liquids. d. only affect coastal regions.

The speed of sound in ice, water, and steam is shown. what best explains the speed of sound in different states of matter? sound travels fastest in ice because energy is easier to transfer when the molecules are close together. sound travels slowest in steam because the sound has to move around the gas molecules that are far apart. sound travels fastest in ice because the temperature of solids is always greater, so the heat transfers the sound energy. sound travels slowest in steam because the pressure is so great the sound cannot travel though the steam particles.

When the displacement of a mass on a spring is 12a the half of the amplitude, what fraction of the mechanical energy is kinetic energy? at what displacement, as a fraction of a, is the mechanical energy half kinetic and half potential?