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Variation Exercise

The document contains five questions related to physical principles and mathematical relationships. It includes problems involving force variation, temperature changes in liquids, and direct/inverse variations of variables. Each question requires the construction of equations and calculations based on given data.

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Variation Exercise

The document contains five questions related to physical principles and mathematical relationships. It includes problems involving force variation, temperature changes in liquids, and direct/inverse variations of variables. Each question requires the construction of equations and calculations based on given data.

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Complete the 5 questions below:

1. A fundamental physical principle states that a certain force between two


objects varies directly as the product of the two magnitudes involved and
varies inversely as the square of the distance separating them.
This relationship includes a constant of proportionality which must be
determined.
You are given the following information from an experiment:
- The force measured is 125 units.
- The two magnitudes involved are 1.0 × 10−5 units and 2.0 × 10−5 units.
- The distance between the objects is 0.12 units.
Using this information, first construct the appropriate variation formula, then
substitute the values to solve for the constant of proportionality.
(Solve without Calculators)

2. The temperature increase 𝑇 of a liquid varies directly as the heat supplied 𝐻


and inversely as the mass 𝑀 of the liquid.
When 400 𝐽 of heat is supplied to 2 kg of liquid, the temperature rises by 5°C.
a. Form the equation for 𝑇
b. Find the temperature rise when 600 𝐽 is supplied to 3kg of liquid
c. How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 5kg of liquid by
8°C.?

3. It is given that 𝑝 varies directly as the square root of 𝑞 and inversely as the
square of 𝑟.
a. Express 𝑝 in term of q and r if 𝑝=4 and 𝑞=16 and 𝑟=2.
b. Calculate the value of q when 𝑝=2.5 and 𝑟=4
c. If 𝑞 increase by 44% and 𝑟 remains unchanged, calculate the percentage
change in 𝑝.

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