The diagram above represents a portion of a micrometer screw gauge in which the horizontal scale is in millimetres. What is the reading on the instrument?
A loaded test-tube which floats upright in water is carefully and slightly depressed and then released. Which of the following best describes the sub-sequent motion of the test-tube?
A ball of mass 5.0kg hits a smooth vertical wall normally with a speed of 2ms-1 and rebounds with the same speed. Determine the impulse experienced by the ball
A rocket is launched from the surface of the earth. If the radius of the earth is 6.4 x 106m and the acceleration of free fall due to gravity is 1Oms-1 calculate the escape velocity of the rocket.