Which of these statements best compares the processes by which energy is produced in the sun and nuclear power plants? a. atoms fuse in the sun, but atoms break up in nuclear power plants. b. atoms break up in the sun, but atoms fuse in nuclear power plants. c. atoms of elements in the sun expand to emit heat and nuclear energy. d. atoms of elements in the sun contract to emit heat and nuclear energy.

A. Atoms fuse in the sun, but break up in nuclear power plants.

Explanation:

In the Sun occurs a phenomenon called Nuclear Fusion, there a massive fusion reaction is constantly occurring with the presence of hydrogen and helium.

On the other hand, nuclear power plants collide neutrons against uranium atoms to split them. So, this split provide neutrons from uranium, which collide with other atoms causing a chain reaction, releasing high power energy.

russian is not my first language, so i'm afraid i can't write out an answer in russian, but hopefully you can find a way to do so. here's my best translation of the problem: you're given a plot of a particle's position in one-dimensional space over time, and you're asked to find either the total distance traveled by the particle after 6 seconds had elapsed, or the total displacement of the particle after 6 seconds.

if you want the total distance traveled, you would first need to determine the particle's velocity as a function of time, then integrate that over the 6-second interval. we know the position function is quadratic with roots at 0 and 6, so we have

where is unknown. because the position is parabolic, there is symmetry about the midpoint at , and we know that

so that the position function is

which means the velocity is

then the total distance traveled is

so the total distance traveled is 20 m.

on the other hand, if you want to find displacement: the particle starts at and ends at , so its displacement is 0.