Suppose it turns out that one in 1 million stars has a planet that at some point in its history is home to an advanced civilization. Then the total number of civilizations that have arisen in our galaxy would be closest to . Assume there are about 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

The friction of the water on a boat produces an acceleration of -10. m/s2. if the boat is traveling at 30. m/s and the motor is shut off, how long it take the boat to slow down to 5.0 m/s?

Uranium has two naturally occurring isotopes. 238u has a natural abundance of 99.3% and 235u has an abundance of 0.7%. it is the rarer 235u that is needed for nuclear reactors. the isotopes are separated by forming uranium hexafluoride uf6, which is a gas, then allowing it to diffuse through a series of porous membranes. 235uf6 has a slightly larger rms speed than 238uf6 and diffuses slightly faster. many repetitions of this procedure gradually separate the two isotopes. what is the ratio of the rms speed of 235uf6 to that of 238uf6? express your answer to five significant figures.

An air-filled capacitor is formed from two long conducting cylindrical shells that are coaxial and have radii of 26 mm and 103 mm. the electric potential of the inner conductor with respect to the outer conductor is - 700 v (k = 1/4πε 0 = 8.99 × 109 n · m2/c2) the energy stored in a 1.0-m length of this capacitor is closest to