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Question 21

waec 2015

In a school compound a girl walks 40m due east from the laboratory to the staff room to submit her report. Then she returns and walks 30m due north to her classroom. Determine the magnitude of her displacement from the10m laboratory

A10m

B35m

C50m

D70m

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Question 22

waec 2015

Which of the following statements describes a body in a stable equilibrium correctly?

Aa person walking on a tight-rope

Bball on a smooth horizontal table

Cball resting on an inverted hemisphere bowl

Dball in the middle of a nemispherical bowl

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Question 23

waec 2015

A body is projected with an initial velocity U at an angle O to the horizontal. The time taken by it to reach its maximum height is given by the expression

A\(\frac{2u \text{sin}\theta}{g}\)

B\(\frac{u^2 \text{sin}^2\theta}{2g}\)

C\(\frac{u \text{sin}\theta}{g}\)

D\(\frac{u \text{sin}\theta}{2g}\)

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Question 24

waec 2015

The slope of a straight-line velocity-time graph represents

Auniform acceleration

Buniform speed

Ctotal distance travelled

Dworkdone

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Question 25

waec 2015

The resultant force in a couple is

Azero

Binfinite

Cthe sum of the forces

Dthr product of the forces

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Question 26

waec 2015

An object floats in a fluid when it displaces it's

Avolume of liquid in which it floats

Bmass of fluid in which it foats

Cweith of fluid in which it foats

Ddensity of fluid in which it foats

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Question 27

waec 2015

The barometric reading at a place is 73.5m Hg. Calculate the pressure at a point 30m below the surface of water contained in a reservoir at the place. [g = 10ms\(^{-2}\), density of mercury = 1.2 x 10\(^4\)kg m\(^{-3}\), density of water = 1.0 x 10\(^3\)m\(^{-3}\)]

A4.0 x 10⁵ Nm^-2

B3.0 x 10 ⁵ Nm^-2

C2.0 x 10⁵ Nm^-2

D1.0 x 10⁵ Nm^-2

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Question 28

waec 2015

Which of the following units is derived?

Akg

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Question 29

waec 2015

Materials that can be stretched and still return to their original forms when the stresses are removed are said be

Aelastic

Belastomer

Cplastic

Dthermoplastic

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Question 30

waec 2015

Which of the following statements about mass and weight are correct? i. Weight is the force of gravity on a body. ii. The mass of a body is the quantity of matter in the body. iii. The weight of a body is greatest at the equator. iv. The mass of a body is greatest at the poles

Ai and ii only

Bi and iii only

Cii and iv only

Diii and iv only

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