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    Finding the particular/complementary solution from a laplace transform

    Say you find the laplace transform V(s) and want to switch it back to the time domain, once you've done this, how do you determine which parts of the total solution correspond to the complementary solution and particular solution respectively? Do you just find which parts approach zero as time...
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    News Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that

    the majority of people are retarded, i don't trust them to have such a large role in determining the policies of the nation i live in, which is why i favor an indirect form of representation. your last part of the post shows that you didn't comprehend mine, i mentioned a republic -- I'm not...
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    News Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that

    from a philosophical standpoint i find nothing more abhorrent than the suppression of the individual in favor of the whole, there is a reason why the U.S is a republic. it all depends on whether you are a proponent of negative liberty or positive liberty i suppose. i'd prefer an enlightened...
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    Choose Your Physics-Inspired DJ Name!

    eli the ice man
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    News Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that

    pure democracy is possibly one of the worst forms of government out there; nothing more than the majority enslaving the minority, even if it be 51% vs 49%.
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    News Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that

    it matters in the sense that you have a greater chance of assigning electoral votes to your particular candidate, the only votes that matter, as opposed to the reduced likelihood of that happening if you were in a bigger state, regardless of the proportionality.
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    Why the historical flaws haven't changed?

    humans rely on a combination of experience and reason; where reason is lacking (as it is in most people), then i would say that they are doomed to repeat history via personal experience. that is not to say that people who make use of their reasoning are not immune to folly as well.
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    News Have this damnable thought ever slipped through your mind that

    in smaller states the vote of the individual counts for more because you must consider that your vote plays a much greater role in determining whether or not your candidate gets the electoral vote from your state; though electoral votes and population are proportional, in the matter of...
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    Is Critical Analysis Just Fault-Finding?

    the answer is c, regardless of what the given solution is.
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    Who is your favorite philosopher?

    hume is a badass, also a big fan of epicurus. if you've read hume's "enquiry concerning human understanding" then i highly recommend reading carl jung; you really only have to read the first chapter to understand the relationship between the two. not surprised to see the rationalist school of...
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    Understanding Algebra: The Mystery of the Middle Term Explained

    (2x-7)(2x-7) First=2x(2x)= 4x^2 Outer=2x(-7)=-14x Inner=(-7)(2x)=-14x Last= (-7)(-7)= 49 4x^2-28x+49 all you're doing is using the distributive property, there is no reason as to why you must FOIL, other than that the acronym makes it easier for people to remember. if you take 2x from the...
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    What is the difference between the phase and argument of a complex number?

    in cartesian form, a+ ib you can find the phase by doing arctan(b/a).. my question concerns the phase of a purely imaginary number. during a lecture my professor said that the phase of i*2pi= pi/2, he rationalized this by saying that the number lies on the y-axis so the angle between the real...
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    How to find the same angle in different orientations?

    I know why the coordinate axes are tilted in the way that they are, but my question is how does one recognize that the 30 degree angle (in the free body diagram) is the same angle as the one shown in the picture.
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    How to find the same angle in different orientations?

    Homework Statement This is from a homework that's already been graded, and this is the solution: http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg842/scaled.php?server=842&filename=angler.jpg&res=medium I just want to know the reasoning behind the placement of the the 30 degree angles in the free...
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    Operational Amplifiers Homework: Solving for Voltage & Current

    Homework Statement http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg853/scaled.php?server=853&filename=opamp.jpg&res=medium relevant equations v=ir (ohm's law) kirchoff's current law The Attempt at a Solution i'm concerned about the bottom left node in this picture. current into an ideal op amp is zero...
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