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Melani1276

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Captain Rickard orders his starship to accelerate from rest at a rate of 1g (accel = 9.8 m/s2). How long does it take the starship to reach one-tenth the speed of light if light travels 300. megameters/s?
 
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To push a piece of heavy furniture across the carpet usually takes more force to get it moving than it takes to keep is moving. This is because
 
  A) of Newton's first law.
  B) of Newton's second law.
  C) the static coefficient of friction is larger than the kinetic coefficient.
  D) the kinetic coefficient of friction is larger than the static coefficient.
  E) of Newton's third law.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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