Answers to odd-numbered Conceptual Questions

Physics: Principles with Applications 6
A heavy rainstorm dumps 1.0 cm of rain on a city 5 km wide and 8 km long in a 2-h period. How many metric tons (1 metric ton = 103 kg) of water fell on the city? [\(1\ \text{cm}^3\) of water has a mass of \(1\ \text{gram}=10^{-3}\ \text{kg}\).] How many gallons of water was this?

Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13
Problem 62E Two rods, one made of brass and the other made of copper, are joined end to end. The length of the brass section is 0.300 m and the length of the copper section is 0.800 m. Each segment has cross-sectional area 0.00500 m2. The free end of the brass segment is in boiling water and the fr

Chemistry 11
A piece of silver (Ag) metal weighing 194.3 g is placed in a graduated cylinder containing 242.0 mL of water. The volume of water now reads 260.5 mL. From these data calculate the density of silver.

Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach 7
What is the number of permutations of 6 different objects taken all together? a. 0 c. 36 b. 1 d. 720

Biology 2e by Openstax
Diseased animal cells may produce molecules that activate death cascades to kill the cells in a controlled manner. Why would neighboring healthy cells also die? a. The death molecule is passed through desmosomes. b. The death molecule is passed through plasmodesmata. c. The death molecule disrupts th

Urban Economics 8
Rent Control and Elasticity Consider the effects of rent control in two cities, each of which imposes rent control with a maximum price of $400, compared to an equilibrium price of $500. In Elastic City, the price elasticity of supply of housing is 5.0. In Rigid City, the supply elasticity is 0.40. a

Biology for AP Courses
How is systematics related to phylogeny? a. Systematics provides guidelines that scientists use to describe the relationships of organisms. b. Scientists use systematics programs to put together the phylogeny of an organism. c. In systematics, scientists use combined data based on evolutionary relati

Principles of Economics 9
When a good is taxed, the burden of the tax falls mainly on consumers if a. the tax is levied on consumers. b. the tax is levied on producers. c. supply is inelastic, and demand is elastic. d. supply is elastic, and demand is inelastic.