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    the question. ____ 1. Which of the following statements does not describe force? a. Force causes objects at rest to remain stationary. b. Force causes objects to start moving. c. Force causes objects to stop moving. d. Force causes objects to change direction. ____ 2. Which of the following forces arises from direct physical contact between two objects? a. gravitational force c. contact force b. fundamental force d. field force ____ 3. A newton is equivalent to which of the following quantities? a.

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    Effects of Damping Ratio of Restoring force Device on Response of a Structure Resting on Sliding Supports with Restoring Force Device A. Krishnamoorthy Professor‚ Department of Civil Engineering Manipal Institute of Technology‚ Manipal – 576 104 ‚ Karnataka‚ India ABSTRACT Effects of damping ratio of the restoring force device on the response of a space frame structure resting on sliding type of bearing with restoring force device is studied. The NS component of the El – Centro earthquake and

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    Syria‚ or even our own country. To examples we have seen that military force is vital factor in the world today. Military force has been used many times‚ such as bombing Hiroshima during world war II that had killed over 129‚000 people. Was that use of military force justifiable or was there was another way they could had resulted to? What is military force? Military force is forces who have been authorized to use deadly force in the best interest and support of the citizens. The job of the military

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    Physics Lab Report Experiment M3 Centripetal Force School: La Salle College Class: 6G Group members (Group 7): Carson Ho‚ Tang Yui Hong‚ John Yu‚ Justin Kwong Date: 1 / 10 / 2014 Report is written by: Tang Yui Hong 6G (27) Title Centripetal Force Objective To verify the equation for centripetal force Apparatus Instrument Descriptions 1 rubber bung circular‚ cylinder screw nuts and wire hook / 1 small paper marker / 1 rule 1 metre safety goggles / adhesive

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    Old man and the Sea: Parable of Man’s Struggle with Natural Forces The "Old man and the sea" is about ‘life’‚ which is the finest and most ambitious thing for a parable to be about. Hemingway has written about life: a struggle against the impossible odds of unconquerable natural forces in which-given such a fact as that of death-a man can only lose‚ but which he can dominate in such a way that his loss has a dignity‚ itself the victory. Santiago is Hemingway’s code hero who illustrates the values

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    What happens when the irresistible force meets the immovable object? One of the more convincing solutions has been proposed by Gary V. Smith of Aston University. He explained it as so: “The initial step to answering the superficially paradoxical question of “What would happen if an unstoppable force met an immovable object?” is establishing what is meant by ’immovable’. In order for something to move‚ its position must be measured relative to something else that is not moving. The universe

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    police are using lethal force more often against innocent citizens even though some do not realize it. It becoming a massive problem in the United States and there has not been too much to help prevent the issue. Instead‚ when people try to get justice for the innocent victims‚ they get hate and told that they are just creating more problems. This is due to the fact many people do not want to view the police in a bad light. As a result some may say that the police do not use force as often as not most

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    Police officers are permitted to use deadly force while in the field if it is in defense of self and others. Recently the media has focused in on the police’s use of deadly force on African-Americans. Some high profile cases involve those of Walter Scott and Michael Brown. These are both cases in which police officers used deadly force on African-American males where both suspects were unarmed. Scott was killed by a police officer after being stopped while driving his car. Scott flies the car

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    4.5 Intermolecular Forces

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    intermolecular forces: -wetting (water absorbed by matter) -surface tension -capillary action -melting and boiling points -cohesion (attraction between like molecules) -adhesion (attraction between unlike molecules) -solubility -evaporation -intermolecular forces are much weaker than covalent bonds ex. if covalent bonds are assigned a strength of 100‚ then intermolecular forces are between 0.001 to 15. -there are 3 types of intermolecular forces: Dipole-Dipole‚ London Dispersion Forces‚ and

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    affected in many ways by how the actual culture has changed‚ mainly because of labor force participation by women. Women have been increasingly joining the labor force every decade. From 1970 to 1999 the percentage of women whom have joined has increased by 60%(Chao). The increase to women’s participation in the labor force is because of many factors. In the early 1940’s many men left America’s work force and were called for war. This led many women to join the workforce‚ with the shortage

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