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General Science

Convert 5C° to F°.

To convert from C° to F° use:

\(F° = {9 \over 5}C° + 32\)

\(F° = {9 \over 5}(5) + 32\)

\(F° = {45 \over 5} + 32\)

\(F° = 9 + 32 = 41\)

Electronics Information

This circuit component symbol represents a(n):

resistor

Resistors are used to limit voltage and/or current in a circuit and can have a fixed or variable resistance. Variable resistors (often called potentiometers or rheostats) are used when dynamic control over the voltage/current in a circuit is needed, for example, in a light dimmer or volume control.

Mechanical Comprehension

If input effort is 700 ft⋅lb, what output effort will be produced by a machine with a mechanical advantage of 5?

3500 ft⋅lb

Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output force to input force and tells us by how many times a machine multiplies input effort. So, a machine with a mechanical advantage of 5 will multiply an input effort of 700 ft⋅lb by 5 to produce an output effort of 3500 ft⋅lb.

Math Knowledge

Solve for b:
-5b - 3 = \( \frac{b}{-3} \)

-\(\frac{9}{14}\)

To solve this equation, repeatedly do the same thing to both sides of the equation until the variable is isolated on one side of the equal sign and the answer on the other.

-5b - 3 = \( \frac{b}{-3} \)
-3 x (-5b - 3) = b
(-3 x -5b) + (-3 x -3) = b
15b + 9 = b
15b + 9 - b = 0
15b - b = -9
14b = -9
b = \( \frac{-9}{14} \)
b = -\(\frac{9}{14}\)

Shop Information

This tool is a(n) __________.

punch

A punch is narrow and is used to drive objects like nails (pin punch) or for making guide marks for drilling (center punch) or patterns in wood or metal.

Word Knowledge

Obnoxious most nearly means:

objectionable

Highly offensive.

Electronics Information

The valence shell of n insulator is how full of electrons?

more than half full

Insulators have valence shells that are more than half full of electrons and, as such, are tightly bound to the nucleus and difficult to move from one atom to another.

Automotive Information

Which of the following statements about v-type cyllinder arrangement is false?

has an odd number of cylinders

A v-arrangement has two rows of cylinders in a V-shaped block with a crankshaft at the bottom of the V. Any even number of cylinders is possible in this configuration from the V-2 that's commonly used in motorcycles up to V-12 or bigger for large trucks. The V design produces a shorter engine than an in-line cylinder configuration and allows for better air-fuel distribution.

General Science

When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as precipitation in the form of:

snow

Rising into the atmosphere, the water condenses into clouds. When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as snow or ice precipitation which may warm as it falls to reach Earth as rain.

Shop Information

An arc-welder creates heat using:

high voltage electricity

Welding is a high-temperature process that involves melting the base metals in the objects to be joined to fuse them together. A filler metal is used to provide additional material to make up a joint that, depending on the weld type, can be stronger than the base materials alone. Oxyacetylene welding is a welding process that uses a torch fueled with oxygen and acetylene gases. Electric-arc welding utlizes electric current in a safer welding process (it doesn't involve burning explosive gases) that enables a wide variety of specialized applications like stick, MIG (metal inert gas), and TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding.