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    Choosing current direction for nodal analyses

    Hm, are we on the same page here? The assumptions I wanted to work from was that node 1 was →↓← (3 A enters, i_{2Ω} leaves, i_{6Ω} enters) and node 2 was ←↑→ (i_{6Ω} leaves, i_{7Ω} enters, 12 A leaves). If I'm to sum (for example) leaving currents, should it not be -3+i_{2Ω}-i_{6Ω}=0 and...
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    Choosing current direction for nodal analyses

    Sign errors, bane of my existence, we meet again...! Hm, I'm still getting the wrong answer. (Goodness, how can someone be this consistently wrong!) I'm trying with assumptions of →↓← (node 1) and ←↑→ (node 2), which means that node 2 is of higher potential than node 1. Node 1...
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    Choosing current direction for nodal analyses

    Okay, so I'm working linearly through Fundamentals of Electric Circuits and this is a practice problem. Homework Statement Obtain the node voltages in the circuit. http://i2.minus.com/iJPUlZbuy0mLa.jpg The answer is -6 volts for node 1 and -42 volts for node 2. (Which I checked in a...
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    How Do You Calculate the Damping Constant in a Sloped Car Scenario?

    Ooh! I get it now, rewriting the equation as a straight line, I wish that had come to me naturally... Thank you so much!
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    How Do You Calculate the Damping Constant in a Sloped Car Scenario?

    This is actually for a engineering course in modelling, and not in physics per se, but it seems to me to be fairly basic physics. Apologies in advance if it's out of place. Homework Statement A car with a mass of 1000 kg is held still on a slope with an inclination of 5.8 °, and then let...
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    Find plane, given a line & perpendicular plane

    Thank you so much for that great explanation, HallsofIvy! It made it clear for me. I can finally continue. :-)
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    Find plane, given a line & perpendicular plane

    Please help me! I have been sitting with this problem for god knows how long, and I just can't figure it out. I've tried re-reading the problem text, re-reading the chapter, reading alternative explanations on the web, drawing the problem on paper -- heck, I've even tried shouting at it -- but...
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