Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
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ISBN: 9780078807213
Author: Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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Chapter 15, Problem 72A
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ToIdentify:Two physics error that one would have noticed and corrected if one were an advisor in a science-fiction movie.

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A satellite blows up in a science-fiction movie and the crew of a nearby ship heard and saw the explosion.

The two physics error are:

  1. If one heard a sound, one would have heard it after seeingthe explosion because sound waves travel slower than light.
  2. In space,as the density of matter is small, the sound waves cannot propagate. Therefore, no sound should have been heard there.
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