To compress spring 1 by 0.20m takes 150j of work. stretching spring by 2 by 0.30 m requires 210j of work . which spring is stiffer?

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.

Road users moving into your lane, brake lights, and abrupt changes in road surface are a. rare at night b. indicators of potential hazards c. not worth worrying about before you reach them d. no problem for experienced drivers

There are two-speed cameras, one in an are where the speed limit is 30 km/h and another where the speed limit is 50 km/h. in which will there be a smaller time interval between the photographs? explain your answer.