Unreasonable Results A student in a physics laboratory observes a hydrogen spectrum with a diffraction grating for the purpose of measuring the wavelengths of the emitted radiation . In the spectrum, she observes a yellow line and finds its wavelength to be 589 nm. (a) Assuming this is part of the Balmer series, determine n i , the principal quantum number of the initial state. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?
Unreasonable Results A student in a physics laboratory observes a hydrogen spectrum with a diffraction grating for the purpose of measuring the wavelengths of the emitted radiation . In the spectrum, she observes a yellow line and finds its wavelength to be 589 nm. (a) Assuming this is part of the Balmer series, determine n i , the principal quantum number of the initial state. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?
A student in a physics laboratory observes a hydrogen spectrum with a diffraction grating for the purpose of measuring the wavelengths of the emitted radiation. In the spectrum, she observes a yellow line and finds its wavelength to be 589 nm. (a) Assuming this is part of the Balmer series, determine
n
i
, the principal quantum number of the initial state. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?
5. The radius of a circle is 5.5 cm.
(a) What is the circumference in meters?
(b) What is its area in square meters?
6. Using the generic triangle below, solve the following:
0 = 55 and c = 32 m, solve for a and b.
a = 250 m and b = 180 m, solve for the angle and c.
b=104 cm and c = 65 cm, solve for a and the angle
b
a
7. Consider the figure below representing the Temperature (T in degrees Celsius) as a function of time
t (in seconds)
4
12
20
(a) What is the area under the curve in the figure below?
(b) The area under the graph can be calculated using integrals or derivatives?
(c) During what interval is the derivative of temperature with respect to time equal to zero?
Part 3: Symbolic Algebra
Often problems in science and engineering are done with variables only. Don't let the different letters
confuse you. Manipulate them algebraically as though they were numbers.
1. Solve 3x-7= x + 3 for x
2x-1
2. Solve-
for x
2+2
In questions 3-11 solve for the required symbol/letter
3. v2 +2a(s-80), a =
=
4. B=
Ho I
2π r
5. K = kz²
6.xm=
MAL
,d=
d
7.T, 2
=
8.F=Gm
9. mgh=mv²
10.qV = mu²
80
12. Suppose that the height in meters of a thrown ball after t seconds is given by h =6+4t-t².
Complete the square to find the highest point and the time when this happens.
13. Solve by completing the square c₁t² + cat + 3 = 0.
14. Solve for the time t in the following expression = 0 + vot+at²
A blacksmith cools a 1.60 kg chunk of iron, initially
at a temperature of 650.0° C, by trickling 30.0°C
water over it. All the water boils away, and the iron
ends up at a temperature of 120.0° C.
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Changes in both temperature and phase.
Part A
How much water did the blacksmith trickle over the iron?
Express your answer with the appropriate units.
HÅ
mwater =
Value
0
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Units
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