Question:
MATH HELP..please : (?
anonymous
2006-08-02 10:36:45 UTC
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As an astronomer, you wish to find the ( f ) force of a moving meteorite by using the formula F = ma. You know the (m) mass of this meteorite is 12 tons and that it is ( a ) accelerating at a speed of 105 miles/hour. What is the force of this meteorite??



As a customer, you are hired to construct renaissance costumes for a college play. You wish to build a type of cone hat for the noblewomen. You want to know how much material you will need for each hat. You are going to start with large circles anc cut a 12'' radius, which will determine the hat's height. Then you will overlap the cut ends to make a cone. The area of a circle is determined by the formula A = Pie r to the second power. How much material will you need to build one hat??
Eight answers:
Will
2006-08-02 10:46:30 UTC
Newtons first law states that an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by a force. If you are trying to compute the forces acting on the meteorite (the F in F=ma is net external forces), I'm not sure your question is stated correctly. 105 miles/hour is an expression of speed, not acceleration. If the speed is a constant 105 miles/hour, then acceleration is 0, and F = ma = 0 (in other words, there are no external forces acting on the meterite - keeping in mind that a force acting on the metorite would act to speed it up or slow it down). If 105 is an acceleration it should be written in the form 105 miles/hour^2. In which case the answer would be (1260 tons miles/hour^2). Units are very important in this answer.
quietwalker
2006-08-02 10:59:28 UTC
The description for the hat is unclear, at best. However, if I'm imagining it correctly, it sounds as though it's half of a circle rolled up to make a cone. That said use (Pi(r squared))/2 to find the area of the half circle.



12*12=144 sq. in.



144*3.1416=452.39 sq. in.



452.39/2=226.195 sq. in.



Cloth is measured in yards.



1 sq yd.=1296 sq. in



226.195/1296=.175 sq. yd.



You will need .175 sq. yd. of material to make one hat, if I have interpreted the question correctly.



Another possibility is that since "you will cut a 12" radius is that the circle will be quartered instead of halved. In that case you need to divide be 4 where, in the division steps above, you would have divided by 2.



452.39/4=113.1 sq. in.



113.1 sq. in./1296 sq in.=.087 sq. yd.



You'd need .087 square yards or, rounded off, .09 sq. yd.



As I said before, the question is poorly written and unclear as to the exact cutting and construction of the hat. This is about as good as I can do.



Good luck.
Mr. Scientist
2006-08-02 10:53:21 UTC
These are both simple formua questions. You just need to plug the numbers into the formula, and it tells you the answer.



First one:



F=ma or (Force)=(mass)x(acceleration)

F=12tons x 105 miles/hour

F=1260



This answer may not be correct though. You may need to convert your units to metric units for completeness.



The second one:

A = Pie x r^2 or (area)=3.14 x (radius) x (radius)

A = 3.14 x 12 x 12

A = 3.14 x 144

A = 452.16
barhud
2006-08-02 10:46:54 UTC
you must convert the units to metric so 12 tons = 12000 kg and 105 mh is 46.9393365 m per sec so we have 12000 * 47 = 564 KN. Second Q I'm not entirely sure what you mean
bainard
2016-12-14 23:12:26 UTC
29gm/22liter x a million liter/10^3 cc x (10^2 cm/m)^3 = (29/22)gm/liter x a million liter/10^3 cc x 10^6 cc/m^3 = 29/22 x 10^3 gm/m^3 it extremely is the ideal answer. Divide 29/22 and you have it to in spite of decimal place you want
Pondering Reality
2006-08-02 10:40:19 UTC
F = ma



F = 12 x 105



F = 1260
nutz1228
2006-08-02 10:46:00 UTC
A = 3.14 x ( 12 x 12 )

A = 3.14 x 144

A = 452.16 inches square
Martin W
2006-08-02 10:46:24 UTC
What is the units that your problem needs to be in


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