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    Find the period of the motion and the farthest distance from equilibrium

    Homework Statement an object of mass m experiences a force of the form Fx = -kx Fy = -ky Its initial speed is v and at that time it is at (x,y) = (0,0) Find the period of the motion and the farthest distance from equilibrium Homework Equations U = -\int F(r) dr T =...
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    Biot-Savart Law for a Point Charge

    Homework Statement Show that B for a point charge is equal to Homework Equations I'm not all that sure. I read that maxwell's equations can be used to derive this, so I'd imagine that it's The Attempt at a Solution If it were that, then, if i have a point charge moving...
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    Field Due to Continuous Distribution of Charge

    Wait, is x the distance from l1? Because then D + x is the distance from some point on the line to P2 which is what i want. Because my expression actually has d in it? It's just "a" is in terms of D, and i defined my distance variable as from x = 0. I'm not sure, it looks like x+d only works if...
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    Field Due to Continuous Distribution of Charge

    Homework Statement Coulomb force between line charges: a rod of length l1 with line charge density λ1 and a rod of length l2 with line charge density λ2 lie on the x axis. Their ends are separated by a distance D as shown in the figure. (a) What is the force F between these charges...
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    What is the moment of inertia of Earth about its center?

    Oh, I forgot to move the 4pi/3 down. Wow. It came out to the right answer after that. Thanks.
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    What is the moment of inertia of Earth about its center?

    Homework Statement The density of Earth, at any distance r from it's center is approximately p(r) = [14.2 - 11.6 (r/R)] * 10^3 kg*m^-3 where R is the radius of the Earth. Show that the density leads to a moment of inertia I = 0.330 MR^2 about an axis through the center, where M is the...
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    Courses Help with learning phyics over the course of the year

    Hey guys, I'm starting my sophomore year in high school this week and I'm intending to study for the physics olympiad for the next two years but I had a question about how to manage my work load. I already get a lot of work as I go to one of those competitive high schools, but I'm making it my...
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    Help with a conservation of heat problem

    I already did it but its a different problem type that I really was unsure about so I just want to verify my solution. Homework Statement Problem: A 350-gram piece of metal at 100 C is dropped into a 100-gram aluminum cup containing 500 g of water at 15 C. The final temperature of the system...
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