College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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Chapter 25, Problem 52P
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To find: The minimum temperature for the star whose emission peaks at the wavelength of 400 nm.
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College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 25 - Prob. 1CQCh. 25 - The rapid vibration accompanying the swimming...Ch. 25 - Prob. 3CQCh. 25 - Prob. 4CQCh. 25 - Prob. 5CQCh. 25 - Prob. 6CQCh. 25 - The power lines that run through your neighborhood...Ch. 25 - The magnetic flux passing through a coil of wire...Ch. 25 - There is a counterclockwise induced current in the...Ch. 25 - A magnet dropped through a clear plastic tube...
Ch. 25 - The conducting loop in Figure Q25.11 is moving...Ch. 25 - Figure Q25.12 shows two concentric, conducting...Ch. 25 - Figure Q25.13 shows conducting loops next to each...Ch. 25 - Two loops of wire are stacked vertically, one...Ch. 25 - Prob. 15CQCh. 25 - A bar magnet is pushed toward a loop of wire, as...Ch. 25 - Prob. 17CQCh. 25 - A metal wire is resting on a U-shaped conducting...Ch. 25 - Prob. 19CQCh. 25 - Old-fashioned roof-mounted television antennas...Ch. 25 - An AM radio detects the oscillating magnetic field...Ch. 25 - Prob. 22CQCh. 25 - Prob. 23CQCh. 25 - The frequency of a beam of light is increased but...Ch. 25 - Arc welding uses electric current to make an...Ch. 25 - A circular loop of wire has an area of 0.30 m2. It...Ch. 25 - In Figure Q25.27, a square loop is rotating in the...Ch. 25 - A diamond-shaped loop of wire is pulled at a...Ch. 25 - Figure Q25.29 shows a triangular loop of wire in a...Ch. 25 - A device called a flip coil can be used to measure...Ch. 25 - The electromagnetic waves that carry FM radio...Ch. 25 - The beam from a laser is focused with a lens,...Ch. 25 - A spacecraft in orbit around the moon measures its...Ch. 25 - A 6.0 mW vertically polarized laser beam passes...Ch. 25 - Communication with submerged submarines via radio...Ch. 25 - Prob. 36MCQCh. 25 - Prob. 1PCh. 25 - Prob. 2PCh. 25 - A l0-cm-long wire is pulled along a U-shaped...Ch. 25 - Figure P25.4 shows a 15-cm-long metal rod pulled...Ch. 25 - Prob. 5PCh. 25 - In the rainy season, the Amazon flows fast and...Ch. 25 - A delivery truck with 2.8-m-high aluminum sides is...Ch. 25 - Prob. 8PCh. 25 - Prob. 9PCh. 25 - Prob. 10PCh. 25 - Prob. 11PCh. 25 - At a typical location in the United States, the...Ch. 25 - Prob. 13PCh. 25 - A magnet and a coil are oriented as shown in...Ch. 25 - A 1000-turn coil of wire 2.0 cm in diameter is in...Ch. 25 - Figure P25.I6 shows a 100-turn coil of wire of...Ch. 25 - Figure P25.17 shows a 10-cm-diameter loop in three...Ch. 25 - The plane of a loop of wire is perpendicular to a...Ch. 25 - Prob. 19PCh. 25 - Prob. 20PCh. 25 - Prob. 21PCh. 25 - A 5.0-cm-diameter loop of wire has resistance 1.2...Ch. 25 - Prob. 23PCh. 25 - Prob. 24PCh. 25 - Prob. 25PCh. 25 - Prob. 26PCh. 25 - A microwave oven operates at 2.4 GHz with an...Ch. 25 - The maximum allowed leakage of microwave radiation...Ch. 25 - Prob. 29PCh. 25 - Prob. 30PCh. 25 - At what distance from a 10 mW point source of...Ch. 25 - Prob. 32PCh. 25 - A radio antenna broadcasts a 1.0 MHz radio wave...Ch. 25 - A 200 MW laser pulse is focused with a lens to a...Ch. 25 - The intensity of a polarized electromagnetic wave...Ch. 25 - Prob. 36PCh. 25 - Prob. 37PCh. 25 - Prob. 38PCh. 25 - The polarization of a helium-neon laser can change...Ch. 25 - Prob. 40PCh. 25 - Prob. 41PCh. 25 - Prob. 42PCh. 25 - One recent study has shown that x rays with a...Ch. 25 - Prob. 44PCh. 25 - Prob. 45PCh. 25 - Prob. 46PCh. 25 - Prob. 47PCh. 25 - Prob. 48PCh. 25 - Prob. 49PCh. 25 - A particular species of copepod, a small marine...Ch. 25 - Prob. 51PCh. 25 - Prob. 52PCh. 25 - While using a dimmer switch to investigate a new...Ch. 25 - Prob. 54PCh. 25 - Prob. 55PCh. 25 - A python can detect thermal radiation with...Ch. 25 - If astronomers look toward any point in outer...Ch. 25 - A 100-turn, 2.0-cm diameter coil is at rest in a...Ch. 25 - A 25-turn, 10.0-cm-diameter coil is oriented in a...Ch. 25 - People immersed in strong unchanging magnetic...Ch. 25 - Prob. 61GPCh. 25 - Prob. 62GPCh. 25 - A 20-cm-long, zero-resistance wire is pulled...Ch. 25 - A TMS (transeranial magnetic stimulation) device...Ch. 25 - The 10-cm-wide, zero-resistance wire shown in...Ch. 25 - Experiments to study vision often need to track...Ch. 25 - A LASIK vision correction system uses a laser that...Ch. 25 - When the Voyager 2 spacecraft passed Neptune in...Ch. 25 - A new cordless phone emits 4.0 mW at 5.8 GHz. The...Ch. 25 - In reading the instruction manual that came with...Ch. 25 - Unpolarized light passes through a vertical...Ch. 25 - Prob. 73GPCh. 25 - Prob. 74GPCh. 25 - What is the wavelength of 27 MHz radio waves? A....Ch. 25 - If the frequency of the radio waves is increased,...Ch. 25 - Prob. 77MSPPCh. 25 - The metal detector will not detect insulators...Ch. 25 - A metal detector can detect the presence of metal...Ch. 25 - Which of the following changes would not produce a...
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