A woman stands in the middle of a perfectly smooth, frictionless, frozen lake. She can set herself in motion by throwing things, but suppose she has nothing to throw. Can she propel herself to shore without throwing anything?

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Q: A hydrogen atom in an excited state absorbs a photon of wavelength 410 nm. What were the initial and...

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