A life-line is to be thrown from a ship 30 m above sea level to a drowning crew person. If the victim is 30 m horizontally from the ship:
a. With what horizontal speed should the line be thrown?
b. What is the life-line's impact velocity?

2kg of refrigerant 134a undergoes a polytropic process in a piston-cylinder assembly from an initial state of saturated vapor at 2 bar to a final state of 12 bar, 80 degree c. a)determine the work for the process in kj. b)sketch the process on a p-v diagram.

The star betelgeuse is about 600 light-years away. if it explodes tonight, a. we'll know because debris from the explosion will rain down on us from space.b. we'll know it immediately because it will be brighter than the full moon in the sky.c. we won't know about it until 600 years from now.d. none of the above.

Greg drew a diagram to compare two of the fundamental forces. which labels belong in the areas marked x, y and z? gravitational force electromagnetic force x. attractive y repulsive z: infinite range x: infinite range y attractive z. repulsive x. always attractive y: infinite range z: attractive or repulsive x. attractive or repulsive y infinite range z: always attractive