Some people say that the "force of inertia" (and "force of momentum") throws the passengers forward when a car brakes sharply. what is wrong with this explanation

A physics professor claims in court that the reason he went through the red light (λ = 660 nm) was that, due to his motion, the red color was Doppler shifted to green (λ = 510 nm). How fast was he going?

A 42 Watt light bulb is connected to a 12 volt source of potential

To remove 700 j of heat from a refrigerator, the compressor in the refrigerator does 500 j of work. How much heat is released into the surrounding room

How many times more pressure exists in the interior of Jupiter compared to that of Earth?

A wooden raft has a mass of 50 kg. when empty it floats in water (density 1000 kg/m3) with 69% of its volume submerged. what mass of sand can be put on the raft without it sinking?

Object A has a length of 3 cm, a width of 10 cm, and a height of 2 cm. Object B is dropped into a graduated cylinder. It displaces 60 mL of water. The volume of object A is:

Is the following sentence true or false? Some information about an object or process may be missing from a model.

If V is a velocity, l a length, and v a fluid property having dimensions of L2T-1, which of the following combinations are qualitatively dimensionless (show work for a through d) : (a) V l v (b) Vl/v (c) V2v (d) V / (l v)

What happens to the total mechnical energy of the apple as it falls from the tree?

Fair Bonus Question: Derive the equation for gravitational potential energy, starting with the definition of work.