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    Effective punch: muscles or speed?

    Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in.. Bodybuilders train for mass, not for strength or explosivness, although they certianly gain much strength as a result of extensive training. You will find that powerlifters and olympic lifters can lift a lot more weight than bodybuilders, and at a much lower...
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    Check work on kinematics problem

    Heres what I've done. For the total time I got 20s + 120s + (13.33=27.78 + 17m/s^2xt) where t turns out to be 0.85s, for a total of 140.85s. For total distance I've got (0+13.33)/2 x 20s + (13.33 + 13.33)/2 x 120s + (13.33 + 27.78)/2 x 0.85s, for a total of 950.57m.
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    Check work on kinematics problem

    Homework Statement A truck accelerates uniformly from rest to 48km/h in 20s, holds speed for 2 minutes, and then accelerates to 100km/h at a rate of 17m/s^2. How long does it take, from rest, to reach 100km/h and what distance it traveled in this time? The book says it takes 148.5s, and I...
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    Thermal expansion of tank and contents.

    Hey Jaime, I've since solved that problem, and from what I've been told from guys at work its more of a 2nd class problem, but anyways, here's how I solved it. Vtank + ΔVtank = Voil + ΔVoil - 3.4 381.7 + 381.7x3x0.0000012(T-5) = 375.15 + 375.15x0.00041(T-5) - 3.4 From here you just...
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    Thermal expansion of tank and contents.

    Yes that formula works for solids, as well as hollow vessels. I've used it to solve similar problems. This one is just a bit harder since there's two unknowns, the final temperature, and the change in volume. I know that the oil will expand a lot more than the vessel will, and that the oil...
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    Thermal expansion of tank and contents.

    Homework Statement At 5°c, a steel tank is 6m high, 9m in diameter, and contains oil to the 5.9m level. A heating coil is put into service, causing 3.4m^3 of oil to spill over the top of the tank by the time the final temperature is reached. Calculate the final temperature, if the coefficient...
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