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    Possibility of HUD in Motorcycle Helmet

    I was wondering if there was technology available that would allow for a rider to link with their bike and display a HUD (Heads Up Display) on the visor of the biker's helmet showing speed and other specs from the bike.
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    How Much Work and Power Does an Elevator Motor Need?

    You have the right equation for work however since the elevator is moving at a constant velocity and its direction doesn't change, there actually is no acceleration present. Something to consider is that because the elevator is moving in the y-direction, gravity also has an affect on the...
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    What Is the Final Velocity of a Cart Pushed with a Force at an Angle?

    You'll need to know the equation for finding work done. If you draw out what is happening and then apply the forces of gravity, normal force, and force forward, you'll be able to determine the final velocity without much issue. I'm noticing that if you have the equations for your various...
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    What are the equations for static and kinetic coefficents of friction?

    Do you know the equations that are needed to find both that static and kinetic coefficents? You have the initial maximum force and the sliding kinetic force as well as the of the object. These three pieces of information are all you will need to find the two coefficents.
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    Calculate Spring Constant and Force for Compression

    For part (a), you'll need to know the equations to find the spring constant based off of the energy [E] that is exerted to move it the distance [x] it moves, which is also equal to its amplitude [A]. For (b), the force exerted can be found by using the spring constant value you found in (a)...
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    Solve 2D Projectile Motion: Vi=130m/s, Theta=60°, d=850m

    I think I have the right answers now but if you could check over my work and see, it would be appreciated. Given: \theta = 60^{o} \Delta x = 850m g = 9.8 m/s^{2} v_{i} = 130 m/s Find: \Delta Y_{f} and whether or not the projectile is rising or falling Solution: Here's the RIGHT...
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    A woman pulls a suitcase -- what is the angle with the horizontal?

    No problem. Glad it makes sense to you now. If you have any more questions on further assignments, feel free to ask me.
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    Question about centripetal acceleration

    You have the right idea for finding the angular velocity. You have your equation and everything, simply move the variables around until you have an equation that will get you velocity. v = \frac {2\pi r}{T} v = \frac {18.85}{6.12} v = 3.08 radians per second or rad/s Unfortunately, I am...
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    A woman pulls a suitcase -- what is the angle with the horizontal?

    To start with, this is very similar to a problem I had in my college physics course not too long ago. This time the given information was different so it took some tweaking to get the answers and I kept getting confused. However, when I reread the problem carefully, it made a whole world of...
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    Force due to Collision and Acceleration Problems

    ok, I'm just going to type in exactly what I wrote down on my scratch paper. Given: \Delta Y = 2 m v_{i} = 0 m/s 95 kg/s = rate g = -9.8 m/s^{2} Find: v_{f} Solution: v_{fy}^2 - v_{iy}^2 = -2g\Delta Y v_{fy}^2 = -2g\Delta Y + v_{iy}^2 v_{fy}^2 = -2(-9.8)(2) + (0)^2 v_{fy} =...
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    Force due to Collision and Acceleration Problems

    Now keep in mind that velocity and acceleration two different things. One measures the change in distance over a period of time and the other is the change in velocity over a period of time. Hence the units of measure being m/s and m/s^{2} respectively. So, to answer your question in a rather...
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    Force due to Collision and Acceleration Problems

    I can answer your random question (i'll also take a look at the actual problem to see if I can contribute any insight) but a_{y}=-g which means that acceleration taking place during a free fall is equal to negative gravity or -9.8 m/s^{2}
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    Solve 2D Projectile Motion: Vi=130m/s, Theta=60°, d=850m

    I know the 5 major ones. a_{x} = constant v_{fx} - v_{ix} = a_{x}\Delta t \Delta x = (\frac{v_{ix} + v_{fx}}{2})\Delta t \Delta x = v_{ix}\Delta t + \frac{1}{2}a_{x}\Delta t^{2} v_{fx}^{2} - v_{ix}^{2} = 2a_{x}\Delta x and then also how to convert them to work with a free fall problem...
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    Solve 2D Projectile Motion: Vi=130m/s, Theta=60°, d=850m

    [SOLVED] 2D Projectile Motion So, this should be a relatively easy problem but I am thoroughly stumped and haven't a clue where to start. A mortar used to launch fireworks fires a shell with an initial velocity v_{i}=130\mbox{m/s} at \theta_{i}=60^o above the horizontal. The shell explodes...
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    How do you take the derivative of -(t + 1)sin(\frac{t^2}{2})?

    [SOLVED] Refresher on Derivatives I feel rather dumb asking this but I could use a quick refresher on some parts of derivatives since for the past months I have been solely working on integrals and known cross sections so suddenly switching back has left my brain reeling. The main question I...
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