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Speed of Light Symbol Short Quiz

Why does the symbol c usually represent speed of light in vacuum? Choose the best possible option.

(A) Einstein used the symbol c first time in his equation $\displaystyle E=m{{c}^{2}}$
(B) Einstein used the symbol c first time in his equation $\displaystyle m=\frac{{{m}_{0}}}{\sqrt{1-\frac{{{v}^{2}}}{{{c}^{2}}}}}$
(C) c is the initial letter of the word celeritas, the Latin word meaning speed
(D) c is the initial letter of the word calculus

Answer

Rolling Motion Quiz

Match the following (multiple matches are possible) in the context of rolling motion:

Column I Column II
(A) Angular Momentum = $\displaystyle M{{{\vec{r}}}_{CM}}\times {{{\vec{v}}}_{CM}}+{{I}_{CM}}\overrightarrow{\omega }$
(B) Kinetic Energy = $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}Mv_{CM}^{2}+\frac{1}{2}{{I}_{CM}}{{\omega }^{2}}$
(C) Kinetic Energy = $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}{{I}_{\text{Point of Contact}}}{{\omega }^{2}}$
(D) vcm=Rω
(p) Pure rolling
(q) Rolling
(r) Pure rotation about the point of contact

Solution