Recent content by daniiela

I am currently in dynamics and I know the only thing holding me back is understanding the position of angles, no matter how much time I spend attempting to figure out the trig behind most of these problems I never gain any ground. If anyone can simply and sweetly explain to me why the equation...

1. Alright say you have a simple pendulum with given mass, length, and velocity (I think.. correct me if I'm wrong) ... how would I go about calculating theta (in degrees)? 2. I'm assuming the quadratic eq will have to be used? Among a couple of the simple force formulas. 3. I...