How does the map scale help to interpret the map? It shows how important silk was to European traders.
It shows why the Silk Road was important only to China.
It helps the reader understand how far traders had to travel.
It shows the reader the difficult conditions on the Silk Road.

Aloaded platform of total mass 500 kg is supported by a dashpot and by a set of springs of effective stiffness 72 kn/m. it is observed that when the platform is depressed through a distance x = 12.5 cm below its equilibrium position and then released without any initial velocity; it reaches its equilibrium position in the shortest possible time without overshoot. find the position and velocity of the loaded platform 0.10 sec. after its release. if a further load of 400 kg is added to the platform, find, i) the frequency of damped vibrations, and i) the amplitude of vibration after 2 complete oscillations, given that the initial amplitude is 15 cm.

Asteam is contained in a rigid tank with a volume of 1 m3. initially, the pressure and temperature are 7 bar and 500 oc, respectively. the temperature drops due to cooling process. determine: (1) the temperature at which condensation begins in °c, (2) the fraction of the total mass that has condensed when the pressure decreased to 0.5 bar. (3) the volume in m3 occupied by saturated liquid at the final state?

Asteel wire of 2 mm diameter is fixed between two points located 2 m apart. the tensile force in the wire is 250n, if its density of steel is given by 7830 kg/m3 the fundamental frequency of vibration hz? ?