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Sorry about the spacing and conventions. In the program window all of the spacing and and indentations are correct.

Homework Statement You're going to create some medical diagnoses software. You are going to ask the user if they have a fever, a rash, if they have a stuffy nose, and if their ear hurts, and give one of the following responses: Don't have a fever and don't have a stuffy nose: Hypochondriac...

In class we discussed RLC circuits in series. My homework problem, however, has me analyzing an RLC circuit in series. a) Write the differential equation that describes the voltage with respect to time. b) Find the natural frequency of oscillation and the damping constant of the circuit...

See what I mean? Get ahead of myself and flustered and try to make a certain scenario fit. Then for part c I am given acceleration, the time for that acceleration, and top speed. Plug and chug then. Very helpful Al.

I figured that's what it stood for I seem to have a habit of jumping to conclusions like that early on in the problem and confuse my self because I get determined to make that scenario be the case (right or wrong.) So part a is understood. Part b would be the distance equation setting t=∞?

So what I'm getting is that: v(t)=vm(1-e-at) We've said that the max value for (1-e-at) = 1 So that means at max v(t)=vm In order to get that t=∞.

Nevermind. Duh. I was thinking something completely different. So what is the a in the exponent? Acceleration due to gravity? If so then the max value would be 1, but that doesn't make sense.

Increase in time=Increase in speed. Max value of 1-e-at = 0

I know I won't get a numerical value as the top speed. I just do not know what path to take to manipulate v(t) to get top speed.

Hello all, here is my problem: A car accelerates, starting from rest, with a speed that is given by: v(t)=vm(1-e-at) a) What is the top speed of the car? Explain why. b) How far does the car travel in time t? c) Suppose the car can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9s, and has a...