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Maximum Velocity of a Boat in a Race
Homework Statement A boat starts a race at 3 m/s, accelerates uniformly for 10 seconds, then travels with constant velocity for 6 seconds. It then slows uniformly to rest in another 6 seconds. If the boat has traveled a total distance of 225m, find the maximum velocity. Homework Equations...- beatlemaniac
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Using a Geiger–Müller tube to prove inverse square law
Homework Statement Today our class used a Geiger–Müller tube for the first time, and we conducted a short experiment to prove that Newton's Inverse Square Law also applies to radioactivity. We recorded the number of clicks from a small sample of Strontium-90 for ten seconds at halved...- beatlemaniac
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- Inverse Inverse square law Law Square Tube
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