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    Why Does a Feather Hit the Ground Later Than a Steel Ball?

    Homework Statement Suppose you drop a feather and a steel ball of equal masses (0.014 kg) at the same time from a height of 1.5 m and you are told that the feather hits the floor 3.5 s after the steel ball. Estimate the value of the terminal velocity of the feather in air. Estimate the...
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    Schools Should I go ahead and take Calc lll in my first semester of College

    Oh really? Is it because TAMu teaches some extra calc material that is not taught in high school? Right now about half the people i know at TAMU recommend me to start at calc 3 and other half don't.
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    Schools Should I go ahead and take Calc lll in my first semester of College

    I'm attending TAMU this fall and have new student conference early next week. I'm having a difficult time deciding if I should go ahead and take calc 3 during my first semester. I'm majoring in Petroleum Engineering. In high school calculus AB/BC I was pretty solid I think. I got basically...
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    Schools Majoring in Petroleum Engineering, No Physics in High School

    I am attending TAMU this fall hoping to major in petroleum engineering. The problem is though that I never took AP physics B or C in high school. I did take Physics PAP junior year and received an excellent grade, but I still feel like I didn't learn a thing in the class. This senior year I...
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    Finding Arc Length in Optimization Problem

    Homework Statement Joe is traveling from point A across a circular lake to a cabin on the other side at point B. The straight line distance from A to B is 3 miles and is the diameter of the lake. He travels in a canoe on a straight line from A to C. She then takes the circular trail from C to...
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