A shopper standing 3.00 m from a convex security mirror

Introductory Chemistry 5
A backpacker carries 2.5 L of white gas as fuel for her stove. How many pounds does the fuel add to her load? Assume the density of white gas to be \(0.79\mathrm{\ g}/\mathrm{cm}^3\).

Conceptual Physics 12
Why does a stream of water get narrower as it falls from a faucet?

Physics: Principles with Applications 6
Problem 13P Eight identical lights are connected in series across a 110-V line. (a) What is the voltage across each bulb? (b) If the current is 0.50 A, what is the resistance of each bulb, and what is the power dissipated in each?

Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13
Problem 50E The Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel in Yokohama, Japan, has a diameter of 100 m. Its name comes from its 60 arms, each of which can function as a second hand (so that it makes one revolution every 60.0 s). (a) Find the speed of the passengers when the Ferris wheel is rotating at this rate.

Chemistry 11
Carry out the following conversions: (a) 70 kg, the average weight of a male adult, to pounds. (b) 14 billion years (roughly the age of the universe) to seconds. (Assume there are 365 days in a year.) (c) 7 ft 6 in, the height of the basketball player Yao Ming, to meters. (d) \(88.6\mathrm{\ m}^3\) t

Fundamentals of Physics Extended 9
Two types of barrel units were in use in the 1920s in the United States. The apple barrel had a legally set volume of 7056 cubic inches; the cranberry barrel, 5826 cubic inches. If a merchant sells 20 cranberry barrels of goods to a customer who thinks he is receiving apple barrels, what is the discr

Biology 2e by Openstax
Figure 4.7 Prokaryotic cells are much smaller than eukaryotic cells. What advantages might small cell size confer on a cell? What advantages might large cell size have?

College Physics: Explore and Apply 2
The mass of a spacecraft is about 480 kg. An engine designed to increase the speed of the spacecraft while in outer space provides 0.09-N thrust at maximum power. By how much does the engine cause the crafts speed to change in 1 week of running at maximum power? Describe any assumptions you made.