EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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Chapter 1.5, Problem 1.1CE
To practice using the prefixes in Table 1.1, complete the following puns.
a. What do you call 106 phones?
b. What do you call 10–12 lo?
c. What do you call 2000 mockingbirds?
d. What do you call 0.000001 fish?
e. What do you call 1,000,000,000,000 pins?
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To practice using the prefixes in Table 1.1, complete the following
puns.
a. What do you call 10° phones?
b. What do you call 10-12 lo?
c. What do you call 2000 mockingbirds?
d. What do you call 0.000001 fish?
e. What do you call 1,000,000,000,000 pins?
PROBLEM SOLVING: Solve the following problems completely, neatly and orderly. Express all answers to the nearest 4th decimal place.
2. A hypothetical alloy has a face-centered cubic unit cell. Its density is 10,470 kg/m3 and its atomic weight is 106.8 g/mole.
a) What is the atomic radius of the alloy in cm?
b) What is the volume of the single atom of the alloy in cm?
a. My height is 5'3 inches. What is my height in meters?
b. My height is 5'3 inches. What is my height in centimeters?
c. My mass in kilograms is 48. What is my mass in grams?
d. What is the mass of 3 L of water?
e. How many seconds are in one day?
f. What is the density in grams per cubic centimeter of a rock that has a mass of 1 kg and a volume of 280 cm?
Chapter 1 Solutions
EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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