JAMB Physics Past Questions & Answers - Page 111

To keep a lorry moving at a constant speed v, requires power p, from the engine. The force provided by the engine is

A wave travels a distance of 20 cm in 3s. The distance between successive crests of the wave is 4cm. What is the frequency of the wave?

If a positively charged glass-rod is used to charge an electroscope X by contact and an electroscope Y by induction, then

The clinical thermometer differs from other mercury-in-glass thermometers because it has

I. a constriction
II. a wide range
III. a short range
IV. a narrow bore.

Which of the above are correct?

In a simple pendulum experiment, a boy observed that the times for 30 oscillations are 70.0s, 72.0s and 67.0s respectively. Calculate the mean period of oscillation of the pendulum.