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arivle123

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A roofer lifts supplies a height of 20. m with a hand-operated winch. How long would it take him to lift a 200. kg load, if the winch has an efficiency of 90, and the rate at which the winch can do work is 0.80 hp?
 
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The Earth is divided into 24 time zones, in each of which local time differs by 1 hour. At 45 N latitude, what is the width of a time zone? (The Earth's radius is 6370 km.
 
  45 N latitude is about as far North as Portland, Oregon, and is halfway between the equator and the North pole.)



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