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    Calculating Stream Width from AB to Point C | Law of Sines Application

    thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! i guess clark university is not the best place to try and teach yourself trigonometry. all of you help me SOOOOOOO much.
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    Calculating Stream Width from AB to Point C | Law of Sines Application

    for God's sake...I NEED HELP! Homework Statement AB is a line 652 feet long on one bank of a stream, and C is a point on the opposite bank. A = 53° 18', and B = 48° 36'. Find the width of the stream from C to AB. Homework Equations law of sines The Attempt at a Solution ive proven...
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    Other Solar Systems: What Are They?

    lets just hope we've evolved better than that...who am i kidding, those aliens are FRAKKING SCREWED
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    Graduate Accelerated Expansion of Space question

    read FlatLand by Abbot. its about a 2 dimenional person coming in contact with a 3 dimenional being. it will help with imagining the 4th dimenion and your issue. plus, another way to think about the issue with "center of the universe," where is the center of the surface for the Earth? youre...
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    And i saw a big red glowing ball.

    most likely, it was a meteor... or Luke Skywalker was landing thinking this was Degoba
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    Other Solar Systems: What Are They?

    it won't be frustrating at all. if a habital planet is ever found, each and every human on Earth will demand vacations there and ALL research will be directed toward reaching it... I PROMISE YOU THAT
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    Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

    "Do you mind if I smoke while you eat?" ~Deep Thoat
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    Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

    English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them out, and ruffles through their pockets for loose grammar
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    Graduate Slight confusion with black holes

    i have always hated the idea of a singularity. seems to me that if gravity is described as a bending of the "fabric" of space-time then that fabric has to have some sort of surface tension. i know is sounds stupid, and a lot of people have laughed and called me stupid over it, but it just makes...
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    Undergrad Determining the radius of a star

    i think what Travwg33 was asking, and what everyone seems to be missing, is his equation correct. he was deviving his thoughts, not just asking FOR the answer. i think he wants to learn how to devive equations on his own, a noble persuit. if that is your question... i have no frakking clue. if...
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    High School Do stars actually exist beyond our solar system?

    pay close attention to the experiment in 1919 by Eddington. the most important part of it (in regards to this question) is that the images from the distant stars that were measured were different by an INCREDIABLY small margin. for a quanta of light to be bent around as to be seen twice (let...
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    Graduate Slight confusion with black holes

    yea, sry, meant density, not mass. my bad
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    Graduate Can the Speed of Light be Greater than c?

    the only theory, i know of, where something can travel faster than light (and still transmit information) is in the Big Bang Theory in regards to expansion. seems like only space itself can travel faster than the Speed of Light :frown:
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    Albert Einstein: "Out of My Later Years" Essays

    Im in the middle of "Out of my later years" its a collection of essays Albert Einstein wrote post-1938. it talks about WWII, Nazism, "One World Government" and Judism. These are HIS OWN WORDS. the explanation for socialiam, a DUEL Palistinian/ JEWISH state in the holy land, and One World...
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    Graduate Slight confusion with black holes

    ummm... yeah... why do you think there is a rift in ALL OF PHYSICS. this is the question that is that Dr. Kaku and others are going nuts over. while doing the math of black holes, each and every time the mass of the black hole comes out to be infinite. strange, i know, both why do you think...