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Physics Reference Table - 2006

Physics Reference Table - 2006 1. What are the symbol, value, unit and number of sig figs for acceleration due to gravity? g; 9.81; m/s2; 3 2. How many times faster does light travel in vacuum than sound in air? Approximately 1 million times, or 6 orders of magnitude Page 1_top

Physics Reference Table - 2006 3. How long did it take Apollo 11 (moving at speeds of approximately 1100 m/s) to travel from Earth to the Moon? 4. How many times heavier is a proton rather than an electron? Page 1 top

Physics Reference Table - 2006 Page 1 bottom 6. How many times greater is the coefficient of friction of a moving car on dry asphalt as compared to that coefficient on ice? 5. How many bytes are there in a computer hard drive that says 2 TB? 1012 bytes or a thousand billion bytes

Physics Reference Table - 2006 Page 1 bottom 8. How many nanoseconds are there in 8.1x10-8 s? 7. How do you convert a length of 254 cm in meters? 9. How many meters are there in 15 nm?