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    This document provides reference information on various physics concepts including masses, radii, densities, speeds, times, frequencies, and wavelengths. It lists example values such as the mass of an atom, radius of a golf ball, density of water and steel, speed of sound and light, lifetime of a person, and frequencies and wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. This is intended to serve as a reference for estimating the energy required for an adult man to walk up a flight of stairs.

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    This document provides reference information on various physics concepts including masses, radii, densities, speeds, times, frequencies, and wavelengths. It lists example values such as the mass of an atom, radius of a golf ball, density of water and steel, speed of sound and light, lifetime of a person, and frequencies and wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. This is intended to serve as a reference for estimating the energy required for an adult man to walk up a flight of stairs.

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    Estimation As Level

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    This document provides reference information on various physics concepts including masses, radii, densities, speeds, times, frequencies, and wavelengths. It lists example values such as the mass of an atom, radius of a golf ball, density of water and steel, speed of sound and light, lifetime of a person, and frequencies and wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum. This is intended to serve as a reference for estimating the energy required for an adult man to walk up a flight of stairs.

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    Estimation

    Estimate the energy required for an adult man


    to walk up a flight of stairs
    Masses

    •Hydrogen atom= 10-27 kg


    •Rain drop= 0.03 g
    •Coin=2g
    •Meter rule/apple= 150g
    Radius
    • Atom=10-10m
    • Golf ball=2.3 cm
    • Tennis ball=3.5 cm
    • Football= 10.0 cm
    • Earth= 6400 km
    Density

    •Water= 1gcm or 1000 kgm


    -3 -3

    •Steel= 8gcm or 8000kgm


    -3 -3

    •Mercury=13.6 gcm -3
    Speed

    •Sound in air= 330 ms-1

    •Light in a vacuum=3x10 ms
    8 -1

    •Olympic runner= 10ms -1


    Time taken

    •Average life span of a person: 70 years


    •Light to reach sun to earth: 8 minutes
    Frequencies/Hz
    • Gann-rays
    • X-rays
    • Ultraviolet
    • Visible (ROYGBIV)
    • Infrared
    • Microwaves
    • radio waves
    Wavelength
    • Gann-rays
    • X-rays
    • Ultraviolet
    • Visible (ROYGBIV)
    • Infrared
    • Microwaves
    • radio waves

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