* 4. True/False: At the aphelion there is the STRONGEST gravitational pull.
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True
False

Space-time metric ds2= -dt2+at2dx2+bt2dy2+ct2dz2 (a)how does the area of a rectangle with vertices at ( x=0, y=0, z=0 ), (1,0,0 ), ( 0,1,0 ) and (1,1,0 ) changes with time? (b) if a photon moving in the x direction starts from the origin at t=1, when does it reach x=l? (ds=0 for the trajectory of a photon.) (c) the proper time for a particle is defined by cd=ds. what is the proper time for a particle to move along the trajectory ( x(t)=t, y(t)=0, z(t)=0 ) from t=0 to 1 ? what is the condition on the parameter a so that the velocity of the particle never exceeds the speed of light ?

Astone is dropped with no initial velocity from the top of a cliff and hits the ground a time of 3.9 s later. what is the height of the cliff, in units of meters? you may assume that air resistance is negligible. give the answer as a positive number question 15 a figure skater is rotating at a rate of 200 revolutions per minute. what is the angular speed, in units of rad/s? 200 o 20.9 12000 o 3.33

Clothes dryer uses about 7 amps of current from a 240 volt line. how much power does it use?