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  1. Casey A.

    Are social sciences actually useful?

    I'm not qualified by any means, but I'll give my two cents anyways. I think anything that applies the scientific method in a valid way is a science - really science is a philosophy that is very, very effective at describing the natural world. So when we say someone is a scientist, the way I see...
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    Two capacitors charged in parallel then reconnected with opposite polarity

    Ahhh, thanks. That makes more sense. Also I got the right answer! :D Thanks dude.
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    Two capacitors charged in parallel then reconnected with opposite polarity

    @collinsmark: Oh fricking heck. Well, that makes a lot of sense as to why what I was trying wasn't working - yes, it's supposed to be 333V, not 300V. Being tired silly does that to a person, I guess. But thank you! I'll try that, now that's it's morning and I'm (relatively) fresh. Just one...
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    Two capacitors charged in parallel then reconnected with opposite polarity

    Homework Statement Capacitors of 7.6 µF and 2.1 µF are charged as a parallel combination across a 333V battery. The capacitors are disconnected from the battery and each other. They are then connected positive plate to negative plate and negative plate to positive plate. Find the resulting...