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‘Some typical estimations are shown in the table below: Quanti Estimated value ‘Mass of an apple 150-200 °~«°« Sg Power of hair drier P| 500-750 “| wd Frequency of sound waves 20- 20000 Hz | Density of air | Weight of an adut alas Dist The energy re red to bring to the boil a keitieful of water = r : | The resistance of a domestic a | filament lamp The wavelength of a visible light 40x107 = m Number of joules of eneray in 36x10" pie alee | Wavelength of red light 7.0 x107 |} vacuum 2 tne sa Pressure due to a depth of,f0m 10 Pa The mass of a protracion” 5-50 o | The mass of a’ 300mm ruler, =o Deo: 9 The volume, inom’, ofthe head | _2x10°- 0x10" | em? | of an adult person. zi tenes Speed of sound in air 100 - 900 ms" | we Scalars and Vectors DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCALARS AND VECTORS The physical quantities which have magnitude only are called scalars - For example , length , mass time temperature etc are scalars * Scalars can be added and subtracted by simple arithmetics The physical quantities which have both magnitude and direction are called vectors. 7

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