Evaluating Data You are looking at a star through a telescope in January. There is a small shift in the star's apparent position compared to when you
looked at the same star through a telescope in July, What can you conclude
about the distance of the star from Earth?
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Aboat that travels with constant speed of 6.10 m/s in still water is to go directly across a river. the current in the river flows at 1.95 m/s. (a) at what angle must the boat be steered?

Unpolarized light whose intensity is 1.19 w/ is incident on a polarizer. (a) what is the intensity of the light leaving the polarizer? (b) if the analyzer is set at an angle of = 41.0∘ with respect to the polarizer, what is the intensity of the light that reaches the photocell?

You are a sales representative for a company that makes a new alternate fuel for vehicles. you have prepared a presentation for the environmental engineers to sell your new product. what question do you expect the audience to ask regarding whether the new fuel will cause less damage to the environment? a. do we have to change any parts of the vehicle to use this alternate fuel? b. will the vehicles get better fuel mileage with the alternate fuel? c. how much greenhouse gas does your fuel produce compared with current fuel sources? d. is the alternate fuel more expensive than fossil fuel?