‘Some typical estimations are shown in the table below:
Quanti Estimated value
‘Mass of an apple 150-200 °~«°« Sg
Power of hair drier P| 500-750 “| wd
Frequency of sound waves 20- 20000 Hz
| Density of air
| Weight of an adut
alas Dist
The energy re
red to bring to
the boil a keitieful of water = r : |
The resistance of a domestic a
| filament lamp
The wavelength of a visible light 40x107 = m
Number of joules of eneray in 36x10" pie alee
| Wavelength of red light 7.0 x107 |}
vacuum 2 tne sa
Pressure due to a depth of,f0m 10 Pa
The mass of a protracion” 5-50 o
| The mass of a’ 300mm ruler, =o Deo: 9
The volume, inom’, ofthe head | _2x10°- 0x10" | em?
| of an adult person. zi tenes
Speed of sound in air 100 - 900 ms" |
we Scalars and Vectors
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCALARS AND VECTORS
The physical quantities which have magnitude only are called scalars
- For example , length , mass time temperature etc are scalars
* Scalars can be added and subtracted by simple arithmetics
The physical quantities which have both magnitude and direction are called vectors.
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