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    Determining the viscosity of a fluid

    Homework Statement Two flat plates are oriented parallel above a fixed lower plate as shown below, The top plate, located a distance b above the fixed plate, is pulled along with speed V. The other thin plate is located a distance 0.3b (cb) above the fixed plate. This plate moves with speed...
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    Calculating the strain in three different ways - experimental error?

    I've recently done an experiment where I've obtained the strain of a channel section beam in bending. I used a strain gauge to get the strain from the midspan and also used dial gauges to get the deflections of the beam under different loading conditions. Along with the readings I've...
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    Determining whether this equation is a subspace?

    Homework Statement There is a vector space with set F, of all real functions. It has the usual operations of addition of functions and multiplication by scalars. You have to determine whether this equation is a subspace of F: f''(x) + 3f'(x) + x^2 f(x) = sin(x) Homework Equations f''(x) +...
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    Finding values for a linearly independent subset

    So, you would convert that into a matrix to then solve for reduced row echelon form and as it is linearly independent, you should only have one value in each row, with the rest as zero. I have tried solving the matrix and obtained: \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 0 & | & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 2 & | & 0\\...
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    Finding values for a linearly independent subset

    Sorry, I don't really understand by what you mean for having a separate row for each component? And how would you create it?
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    Finding values for a linearly independent subset

    Okay, thanks. So I set up the matrix: \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 & 7 & 2 & 6 & | & 0 & 0\\ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \alpha & 0 & | & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} I then did row operations and made the matrix into reduced row echelon form, obtaining: \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & \alpha & 0 & | & 0...
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    Describing span(x) geometrically

    Sorry, I didn't realize but I put the first entry as 3 instead of -3 and now I have corrected it. Is that correct now?
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    Finding values for a linearly independent subset

    Homework Statement There is a vector space with real entries of all 2x2 matrices. You have to find what values of \alpha\inℝ make the set Z = \{ \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 7\\ 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 6\\ \alpha & 0...
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    Describing span(x) geometrically

    Homework Statement There is a vector space with real entries, in ℝ3 with the subset X = \begin{pmatrix} 2\\ -1\\ -3 \end{pmatrix}\\ , \begin{pmatrix} 4\\ 0\\ 1 \end{pmatrix}\\ , \begin{pmatrix} 0\\ 2\\ 7 \end{pmatrix} and you have to describe span(x) geometrically. Homework Equations In...
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    Composite Bodies: Finding the Centroid

    Homework Statement A single-scoop ice cream cone is a composite body made from a single scoop of ice cream placed into a cone. Assume that the scoop of ice cream is a sphere with radius r = 3.65 cm that is placed into a 9.90 cm tall cone. The interior height of the cone is 9.00 cm. The cone...
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    Finding the volume of a solid revolution (shell method)

    Let f(x)=9-x^2. Let A be the area enclosed by the graph y=f(x) and the region y>=0. Suppose A is rotated around the vertical line x=7 to form a solid revolution S. So, using the shell method, I was able to find the indefinite integral used. I found the shell radius to be (7-x) and the shell...
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    Sketching level curves and the surface of a sphere

    Okay. Then, the parabola opens upward, with the y-intercept at (0,3). It has no x-intercepts but the opening (with how it expands/terms of width) of the curve is within x=-4, x =4. Yes, I realized that my x-intercepts are wrong. The x-intercepts are √3 and -√3, right? So, should I draw...
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    Plotting the roots of unity on the complex plane

    Homework Statement Find the 6th complex roots of √3 + i. Homework Equations z^6=2(cos(π/6)+isin(π/6)) r^6=2, r=2^1/6 6θ=π/6+2kπ, θ=π/36+kπ/3 The Attempt at a Solution When k=0, z = 2^1/6(cos(π/36)+isin(π/36)), When k=1, z = 2^1/6(cos(13π/36)+isin(13π/36)), When k=2, z =...
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    Sketching level curves and the surface of a sphere

    Okay, thanks. Moreover, is this correct for part (a)?
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