The function of a capacitor in an electric circuit is to

A. increase circuit power.

B. measure the amount of current in the circuit.

C. allow current flow between its plates.

D. store electric charges.

If two swimmers compete in a race, does the faster swimmer develop more power?

What force would have to win out in order for the Big Crunch to occur?

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A fighter jet is launched from an aircraft carrier with the aid of its own engines and a steam-powered catapult. The thrust of its engines is 2.3 x 10^5 N. In being launched from rest it moves a distance of 87 m and has a kinetic energy of 4.

What are the potential hazards associated with using coal

Children in a tree house lift a small dog in a basket 4.00 m up to their house. If it takes 187 J of work to do this, what is the combined mass of the dog and basket?

What happens to the speed of the particles if the temperature is increased

A 65-year-old male enters the hospital with high blood pressure, damaged lungs, low blood-oxygen concentration, and throat cancer. What are all of these symptoms associated with?

At a certain factory, 340 kg crates are dropped vertically from a packing machine onto a conveyor belt moving at 1.00 m/s. (A motor maintains the belt's constant speed.) The coefficient of kinetic friction between belt and crate is 0.400.

A hydraulic lift is used to lift a heavy box that is pushing down on a 1.5-m2 piston with a force of 1,700 N. What force needs to be exerted on a 0.12-m2 piston to lift the box?