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    Moving Reflector: Doppler Shift & Relativity Perspective

    Hey everybody. If I have a moving plane reflector with incident planar e&m waves, there is a Doppler shift in the reflected e&m wave, correct? So if the reflector is moving in the direction of the wave propagation, then the reflected waves are lower frequency then the incident waves...
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    Can't understand what's thermal equilibrium

    Given two systems in "thermal contact" (aka, two systems that can exchange energy) and constraints on the combined system (for example, a constant total energy = U) we know that the entropy, aka the number of states, must always increase ignoring slight fluctuations. The condition that an...
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    How Is Buoyancy Calculated for a Cube Suspended in Mercury and Water?

    Homework Statement A cube of iron 60 cm on each side is suspended between layers of mercury and water. The density of mercury is 13.6 g/cm^3. What height of the cube is in each liquid? What if the cube is made of lead?Homework Equations h=h_1 + h_2=0.6 m \rho_{Fe}=7880 kg/m^3 \rho_{Pb}=11300...
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