An object is at rest in front of a compressed spring. it travels over a surface that exerts a kinetic frictional force on it and the object eventually comes to a stop. if the spring constant of the spring is 1800 n/m, the initial compression of the spring is 10 cm, the mass of the object is 4 kg, and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the surface is 0.35, how far does the object travel before it comes to a stop?

As part of an industrial process, air as an ideal gas at 10 bar, 400k expands at steady state through a valve to a pressure of 4 bar. the mass flow rate of air is 0.5 kg/s. the air then passes through a heat exchanger where it is cooled to a temperature of 295k with negligible change in pressure. the valve can be modeled as a throttling process, and kinetic and potential energy effects can be neglected. (a) for a control volume enclosing the valve and heat exchanger and enough of the local surroundings that the heat transfer occurs at the ambient temperature of 295 k, determine the rate of entropy production, in kw/k. (b) if the expansion valve were replaced by an adiabatic turbine operating isentropically, what would be the entropy production? compare the results of parts (a) and (b) and discuss.

Connie has $660,000 she wants to save. if the fdic insurance limit per depositor, per bank, is $250,000, which of these way is distributing her money between three banks will guarantee that all of her money is insured ?

The first-order reaction a→2b+c has rate constant 0.538 s−1. if the initial concentration of a is 0.867 mol l−1, what is the half-life of the reaction in seconds? remember to use correct significant figures in your answer (round your answer to the nearest hundredth). do not include units in your response.