|
New York is roughly 3000 miles from Seattle. When it is 10:00 A.M. in Seattle, it is 1:00 P.M. in New York
|
|
0
|
4832
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Milk is often sold by the gallon in plastic containers, (a) Estimate the number of gallons of milk
|
|
0
|
1772
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Give a ballpark estimate of the number of seats in a typical major league ballpark
|
|
0
|
2548
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The acceleration of gravity is approximately 9.81 m/s2 (depending on your location)
|
|
0
|
4180
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Squid Nerve Impulses Nerve impulses in giant axons of the squid can travel with a speed of 20.0 m/s
|
|
0
|
2784
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
(a) A standard sheet of paper measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Find the area of one such sheet of paper in m2,
|
|
0
|
2571
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Suppose 1.0 cubic meter of oil is spilled into the ocean.Find the area of the resulting slick
|
|
0
|
7990
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The Mutchkin and the Noggin (a) A mutchkin is a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.42 L
|
|
0
|
3414
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
A Jiffy The American physical chemist Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) proposed a unit of time called the “jiffy
|
|
0
|
4717
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Woodpecker Impact When red-headed woodpeckers (Melenerpes erythrocephalus) strike the trunk
|
|
0
|
976
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
What is the speed in miles per hour of a beam of lighttraveling at 3.00 x 108 m/s?
|
|
0
|
1067
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Many highways have a speed limit of 55 mi/h. (a) Is this speed greater than, less than, or equal to 55 km/h?
|
|
0
|
2241
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The Star of Africa The Star of Africa, a diamond in the royal scepter of the British crown jewels,
|
|
0
|
2685
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
BIO Blue Whales The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is thought to be the largest animal
|
|
0
|
759
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
An electronic advertising sign repeats a message every 7 seconds, day and night, for a week
|
|
0
|
3766
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Angel Falls Water going over Angel Falls, in Venezuela, the world’s highest waterfall, drops
|
|
0
|
1876
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
How long does it take for radiation from a cesium-133 atom to complete 1.5 million cycles?
|
|
0
|
5569
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
He Ark of the Covenant is described as a chest of acacia wood 2.5 cubits in length and 1.5 cubits in width and height
|
|
0
|
3401
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
(a) The largest building in the world by volume is the Boeing 747 plant in Everett, Washington
|
|
0
|
5276
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Mantis Shrimp Peacock mantis shrimps (Odantodactylus scyllarus) feed largely on snails.They shatter the shells of their prey
|
|
0
|
2696
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
What is the area of acircle of radius (a) 14.37 mand (b) 3.8 m?
|
|
0
|
903
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
How many significant figures are there in (a) 0.000054 and (b) 3.001 x 108?
|
|
0
|
774
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
On a fishing trip you catch a 2.35-lb bass., a 12,1-lb rock cod, and a 12.13-lb salmon
|
|
0
|
2046
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
A parking lot is 144.3 m long and 47.66 m wide. What is the perimeter of the lot?
|
|
0
|
3462
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The speed of light to five significant figures is 2.9979 x 108 m/s. What is the speed of light
|
|
0
|
7069
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The first several digits of π are known to be π = 314159265358979…
|
|
0
|
1580
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The Thickness of Hair A human hair has a thickness of about 70 µ m
|
|
0
|
2835
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
The time T required for one complete oscillation of a mass m on a spring of force constant k
|
|
0
|
5080
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Newton’s second law states that acceleration is proportional to the force
|
|
0
|
634
|
March 8, 2018
|
|
Show that the equation v = v0 + at is dimensionally consistent
|
|
0
|
15626
|
March 8, 2018
|