A levitating train is three cars long (180 m) and has a mass of 100 metric tons (1 metric ton=1000 kg ). The current in the superconducting wires is about 500 kA, and even though the traditional design calls for many small coils of wire, assume for this problem that there is a 180-m-long wire carrying the current. Find the magnitude of the magnetic field needed to levitate the train.

You have been called to testify as an expert witness in a trial involving a head-on collision. car a weighs 1515 lb and was traveling eastward. car b weighs 1125 lb and was traveling westward at 44.0 mph. the cars locked bumpers and slid eastward with their wheels locked for 22.5 ft before stopping. you have measured the coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the pavement to be 0.750 . how fast (in miles per hour) was car a traveling just before the collision? (this problem uses english units because they would be used in a u.s. legal proceeding.)

An observer that stands still as the electron moves by him, will observe

Light from the sun reaches the earth in 8.3 minutes. the velocity is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. how far is earth from the sun? i know how to get to d = (3 x 10^8 m/s)(498 sec). i just don't know how to get from there to the answer being 1.5 x 10^11 m.