Which radiation carries maximum energy?

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A steel bar 20 mm in diameter simply-supported at its ends over a total span of 40 cm carries a load at its centre. If the maximum stress induced in the bar is limited to N/mm2, the bending strain energy stored in the bar, is (A) 411 N mm (B) 511 N mm (C) 611 N mm (D) 711 N mm

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A man picks up a 50 kilogram block and carries it up a flight of stairs 10 meters high. He then carries the block back down the stairs and places the block in its original position. What is the NET work done on the block? w) 1,000 joules x) 750 joules y) 500 joules z) 0 joules

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Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 0 JOULES

In Rutherford's experiment involving the deflection of alpha particles by atomic nuclei, the fact that some of the alpha particles bombarding the thin gold foil were back-scattered, led to one of the following conclusions. It was concluded that: w) the charge of an electron is negative x) the nucleus of a gold atom carries all its charge y) most of the mass of a gold atom is in its nucleus z) the nucleus of a gold atom occupies nearly the entire space of the atom

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