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How do you measure the height of an object too far away to measure the distance to the object?
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∙ 11y ago
Use trignometry
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agomake a proportion
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Distance from epicenter?
According to the chart, this earthquake's epicenter was 215 kilometers away. Measure the amplitude of the strongest wave. The amplitude is the height (on paper) of the strongest wave. On this seismogram, the amplitude is 23 millimeters.
Parallax would be harder to measure if?
A parallax is hard to measure if it is very small - and this happens when the corresponding object is very far away.
What is metric unit for the height of a house?
For this technique you need a drinking straw, a protractor, some scotch tape and a measuring tape. Tape the drinking straw to the protractor at the 45 degree angle mark. Hold the protractor with its flat side level with the horizon and then sight through the drinking straw. Walk a distance away from the tower until you can see the top of the tower through the straw. Since you are sighting the top of the tower at a 45-degree angle, your distance from the tower is equal to the height of the tower. Measure your distance from the tower and you know its height.
If an object is moving away from earth what will be value of g?
For every 1% increase in the object's distance from the center of the earth,the value of 'g' in the vicinity of the object decreases almost 2%.
Is a star with no measurable parallax is very close to Earth.?
No, if you can measure no parallax, the star is far away - further than a certain distance.
What does red shift show?
The red shift shows the velocity with which an object is moving away from the earth. The red shift of an object is correlated to its distance from the earth and so it is also a measure of the distance.
How you would measure the height of any object that is to tall for you to touch the top using only your body or part thereof and trigonometry?
Actually, you don't even need to know your height. All you need to do is:1. pick any arbitrary point that is somewhat close the the object. preferably about as far away as the object is tall.2. measure the distance between the point you picked and the base of the object.3. use a protractor to measure the angle from the point you picked. The angle should be between the ground and the hypotenuse of your make believe triangle.4. Then, all you have to do is the math. Knowing your height, you could measure the lengths of your shadow and the object's shadow then use proportions to solve for the height of the object:h = your heights = length of your shadowH = object's heightS = object's shadow h/s = H/SSh/s = H
What does the slope of distance vs Time graph indicate about an object motion?
It is a measure of the component of the velocity of the object in the direction towards or away from the reference point (the origin). It takes no account of the object's velocity in the transverse direction. It is, therefore, not a measure of the object's speed or velocity. For example, the distance of an object going around in a circle about the origin is a constant. So the slope of the distance vs time graph will be 0. But the speed of the object is NOT 0 (nor is its velocity 0).
How can you tell on a distance time graph if the object is moving towards or away from you?
Only if you know your location (the coordinate on the distance scale and the time scale) where "you" are can you infer if the object is moving towards you (the absolute distance to the object is decreasing) or away from you (the distance is increasing).
What is a protractor 50 feet from a flag pole is used to measure an angle of 45 degrees to the top of the pole is what height?
If you look up at something and it is at 45 degrees then the distance away from the base is equal to its height. You are 50 feet from the pole.
How could you measure the height of a tree at noon when the sun is directly overhead and the tree casts no shadow?
Your best bet here would be to use trigonometry. One stand a given distance away from the tree and sight the top of the tree, say with a clinometer, to measure the angle of elevation. Then knowing the angle and the distance you are from the tree, the height of the tree can be calculated with a tangent function.
What does a horizontal slope of a distance versus time graph indicate about an objects motion?
It is a measure of speed of the object, but only in the radial direction: that is, towards or away from the point from which distance is measured. The object could be going around that point in circular motion and the graph would show absolutely nothing.
How far is venus away from the sun in grams?
Distance is a measure of length, grams is a measure of weight.
Distance from epicenter?
According to the chart, this earthquake's epicenter was 215 kilometers away. Measure the amplitude of the strongest wave. The amplitude is the height (on paper) of the strongest wave. On this seismogram, the amplitude is 23 millimeters.
If you are four years away from a place would you be 4 light years away?
No, 'years' is a measure of time and 'light years' is a measure of distance.
What instrument measures measure density?
You do the Mass of the object then, divide the Volume away from it.
Is it possible to measure age by the amount light years away it is?
Not just distance no
