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    What is the Magnitude of Acceleration for Point B in a Moving Piston System?

    Homework Statement The piston is moving up at constant velocity 2.2m/s, the distance p is 1m, the distance q is 0.1m, the angle ɵ is 52 degrees. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of B Homework Equations Vb = Va + Vb/a Ab = Aa + Ab/a The Attempt at a Solution In...
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    What is the Surface Charge Density for a Spherical Cavity?

    Homework Statement A sphere with excess charge of 1.5 x10 -7 Coulombs, An outer radius of 2.5cm and inner radius of 1.5 cm ( a cavity ). The question is to find the surface charge density on the inside surface. I'm totally at a loss on this one and couldn't find how to solve it...
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    Finding Young's Modulus for Normalized Steel: Experimental Results & Analysis

    Homework Statement I was given the problem to try experimentally find youngs modulus for normalized steel but when i did the equation the value i got was about 33 GPa. It is supposed to be around 200 isn't it? I cannot figure out what is wrong, am i missing something or is the measured data...