Asteam turbine operates with the following inlet conditions: 3000 kpa and 800°c and 10 m/sec. steam exits the turbine at 100 kpa, 80% quality and 22 m/sec. an inventor claims to have fabricated an adiabatic turbine with these inlet and outlet conditions and wants you to invest your hard earned money in his/her company a) how would you evaluate this claim? will you invest in this company? explain. b) the inventor then states that he/she made a mistake and that the turbine isn't in fact adiabatic and that there is heat lost or gained from the surroundings. could you calculate the amount of this heat transfer in kws per kg/s of steam flowing through the turbine assuming the stated exit condition of 80% quality steam is correct? c) and finally the inventor states that the turbine operates with the surrounding temperature at 300 k. does the device in part (b) now violate the second law?

Two resistors r1 and r2 may be connected either in series or parallel across an ideal battery with emf ε. we desire the rate of energy dissipation of the parallel combination to be 8.75 times that of the series combination. if r1 = 105 ω, what are the (a) smaller and (b) larger of the two values of r2 that result in that dissipation rate?

Electric field of the earth. the earth has a net electric charge that causes a field at points near its surface equal to 150 n> c and directed in toward the center of the earth. (a) what magnitude and sign of charge would a 60-kg human have to acquire to overcome his or her weight by the force exerted by the earth’s electric field? (b) what would be the force of repulsion between two people each with the charge calculated in part (a) and separated by a distance of 100 m? is use of the earth’s electric field a feasible means of flight? why or why not?

Need asap which of these is an example of a hypothesis? (2 points) a. adults were not interviewed b. the investigation was time consuming c. the source of information was biased d. very few teenagers were interviewed scientists in different parts of the world have conducted experiments to find the speed of light in vacuum. if the results of the experiments are identical, they would most likely be (2 points) a.valid b. biased c. unreliable d. non-observable which of these questions can be answered using science? (2 points) a. what is the best career? b. does water exist on venus? c. should the use of automobiles be stopped? d. which is the most interesting subject to study? the models can be best used to (2 points) recreate something which is easily observed in nature prove that all atomic theories have the same meaning demonstrate the transformation of atomic theory into law represent the locations of subatomic particles in different atomic theories 22. (bws.06) scientists earlier believed that the lowest measurable temperature is the freezing point of ice. however, modern scientists believe that temperatures below the freezing point of ice can also exist. what best accounts for these different opinions? (2 points) scientists propose contradictory ideas to include all possibilities scientists come up with different hypotheses without enough evidence scientists propose different ideas to avoid repetition of scientific knowledge scientists having different interests may interpret the same data in different ways based on the graph, what is the most likely mass of an apple chosen randomly from the basket? (2 points) between 0.10 kg and 0.12 kg between 0.12 kg and 0.14 kg between 0.14 kg and 0.16 kg between 0.16 kg and 0.18 kg a scientist studies a model of a widely accepted theory about the position of planets and sun. the model would most likely the scientist to (2 points) prove that the theory would not change in the future demonstrate how the theory can be changed into a law understand facts which cannot be easily observed prove that all other facts about the universe are incorrect one scientist discovered a new theory on the evolution of the universe. what is the next step for the scientist to take? (2 points) transform the results of the theory into universal laws of nature inform the scientific community so they can verify the results call a press conference to make the discovery popular among people encourage scientists worldwide to find an appropriate application for the results the students' observations are listed below. when an iron nail is taken near the north pole (n) of the bar magnet, it is pulled towards the magnet. when an iron nail is taken near the south pole (s) of the bar magnet, it is pulled towards the magnet. the experiment was repeated by several students using different bar magnets. based on the investigations, which of these theories would the students most likely propose? (2 points) magnets attract iron nails the poles of a magnet attract all materials iron nails are attracted towards all materials iron nails have the same properties as magnets