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B More similar triangle problems
All right. Based on post #19, there are the next steps. $$ \frac{d}{d\phi}(8+\frac{8}{\tan\phi}+2\tan\phi)=0\implies(-\frac{8}{\tan^2\phi}+2)\cdot\sec^2\phi=0\implies $$ $$ -\frac{8}{\tan^2\phi}+2=0\implies\tan^2\phi=4\implies\tan\phi=\pm2\implies\phi=\pm63,435^\circ $$ ##...- Gavran
- Post #22
- Forum: General Math
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I suppose that you use the Pythagorean theorem here. (see below) $$ \sqrt{(a+2)^2+(b+4)^2}=\sqrt{b^2+2^2}+\sqrt{a^2+4^2}\implies0=0 $$ So, there is not a unique solution. The minimum of ## S ## where $$ S=8+\frac{8}{\tan\phi}+2\tan\phi $$ you can find by equating the first derivative ##...- Gavran
- Post #19
- Forum: General Math
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Einstein vs Newton - Who is your favorite and why?
And what is your answer? Einstein or Newton? Please choose one, not both of them.- Gavran
- Post #16
- Forum: General Discussion
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Which one is correct statement regarding lightning?
When we speak about electrostatic induction, we speak in the context of charges of regions of the object, not in the context of charges of the overall object. The object can be neutral, but its charges cannot be evenly distributed. The polarization in this case is caused by what you have...- Gavran
- Post #7
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Einstein vs Newton - Who is your favorite and why?
Newton His work was the groundwork for later discoveries.- Gavran
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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Engineering Disasters
Top three: Chernobyl, the Bhopal Disaster, and the Titanic.- Gavran
- Post #9
- Forum: General Engineering
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Finding the number of ways to arrange identical balls in a circle (3 different colors)
Only rotations are considered to be the same.- Gavran
- Post #18
- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Is this biased or unbiased Method of Moments Estimator?
(i) Your work is correct, but your notation should be clearer. should be $$ \hat{\theta}=\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2 $$. (ii) I do not understand how you get this . By following steps $$ E(\hat{\theta})=E(\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2)=\frac1nE(\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2)=... $$ you should get this $$...- Gavran
- Post #2
- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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I Trigonometry problem of interest
By replacing humans with artificial intelligence, this forum would lose its soul, and some kind of emptiness would be left.- Gavran
- Post #66
- Forum: General Math
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Speed of moth related to Doppler Effect
Your solution is okay. You can check it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect#Radar.- Gavran
- Post #3
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Trigonometry problem of interest
Okay. ## c^2=a^2+(2R)^2-2\cdot a\cdot2R\cdot\cos(\angle ADC) ## ## c^2=x^2+b^2-2\cdot x\cdot b\cdot\cos(\angle ABC) ## I want to offer one more solution to show that the decision between ## c ## or ## d ## is irrelevant. ## \cos(\angle BCD)=b/(2R) ## from The definition of cosine in the...- Gavran
- Post #63
- Forum: General Math
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I Trigonometry problem of interest
You are right. There is one more approach which is based on the figure from the post #39 and it is simpler than the one I have provided in the post #43. ## \cos(\angle ADC)=a/(2R) ## from The definition of cosine in the context of a right-angled triangle ## \angle ADC+\angle ABC=180^\circ ##...- Gavran
- Post #54
- Forum: General Math
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Correct statement about siphon used to empty water tank
Yes it does and this holds in theory. There is not an idealized situation in theory when PB=0 and the syphon works. hB=Patm/(ρg)-vB2/(2g) is the height of the syphon which can not be reached because at that height PB=0 and the syphon will “break”. This value limits the height of the syphon. The...- Gavran
- Post #11
- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I When are Markov Matrices also Martingales?
The formula is correct.- Gavran
- Post #6
- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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I Trigonometry problem of interest
One more approach based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_quadrilateral and the cosine theorem. ## \angle FGB=120^\circ\implies\angle FEB=60^\circ ## (Supplementary angles) ## \cos(\angle FEB)=(c^2-7^2-7^2+11^2)/(2\cdot(11\cdot c+7\cdot7))\implies c=13 ## (Angle formulas) ## \cos(\angle...- Gavran
- Post #43
- Forum: General Math