Diana is explaining centripetal force to some younger students. Which example illustrates the concept of centripetal force? Centripetal force is a force that makes a body follow a curved path.

Centripetal force is a force that makes objects move in straight lines.

Centripetal force is a force that is directed away from a center of rotation.

Centripetal force is a force in which a small body acts on a larger celestial body.

    m₁v₁ + m₂v₂ = (m₁ + m₂)vmomentum is conserved.the left-hand side of the equation represents the momentum in the system before the collision.the right-hand side represents the momentum in the system after the collisionm₁ and v₁ represents the mass and the velocity of the physics blockm₂ and v₂ represents the mass and velocity of the ball of puttyv represents the final velocity of the combined mass.the question states the two masses stick together. they combined mass has its own velocity with the body mass the sum of the two objects' massestheir combined momentum is (m₁ + m₂)vto find the magitude of (m₁ + m₂)v, we need to add the vectors on the left-hand side of the equation: m₁v₁ + m₂v₂.note the diagram. i have positioned the vectors in accordance with their directions.the magnitude of the resultant can be calculated using the pythagorean theorem since this is a right triangle situation (north and west are perpendicular)|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  √[ (m₁v₁)² + (m₂v₂)² ]|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  √[ (1.5kg·8.0m/s)² + (0.40kg·20m/s)² ]|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  14.4 kg m/sfor two significant figures (assuming that 20m/s is two), this rounds to 14 kg m/s

Planck decided to assume that atoms could only vibrate at certain frequencies that were whole numbers eg 2f, 3f and so on. others used to think that atoms vibrate continuously

We can infer that star y is closer but other factors must be considered include the heat of the star, the mass, and the brightness of the star. even though star x seems dimmer it may just be less bright or contains less heat.