12. A lathe mounted on wooden skids is to be slid down a pair of planks placed against the back of a truck. (a) If the coefficient of friction is 0.28, what angle should the planks make with the ground in order for the lathe to slide down at constant velocity?
(b) When the planks are at this angle, will the lathe start to slide down of its own accord?

Two kilograms of air within a piston–cylinder assembly executes a carnot power cycle with maximum and minimum temperatures of 800 k and 300 k, respectively. the heat transfer to the air during the isothermal expansion is 60 kj. at the end of the isothermal expansion the volume is 0.4 m3. assume the ideal gas model for the air. determine the thermal efficiency, the volume at the beginning of the isothermal expansion, in m3, and the work during the adiabatic expansion, in kj.

When can a theory be modified if a new type of technology allows for new observations that raise new questions? a-immediately, while the questions about the theory are being asked b-after new hypotheses related to the theory are tested in experiments c-only after the new observations disprove all parts of the theory d-while scientists begin to think about how the theory could improve

Abeam of electrons moves at right angles to a magnetic field of 4.5 × 10-2 tesla. if the electrons have a velocity of 6.5 × 106 meters/second, what is the force acting on the electrons? the value of q = -1.6 × 10-19 coulombs.