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    Confusion About Simple AM Radio Receiver/Tuner

    I am confused by the design of this AM receiver/tuner circuit. http://imgur.com/f9n05 I don't understand how the inductor and capacitors on the left design a circuit that resonates at a certain frequency, and I also don't understand why the resistor and capacitor in parallel after the diode...
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    Tension (Conceptual Misunderstanding?)

    This one comes from an SAT II Physics review book. Homework Statement During a company picnic, 6 accounting department workers participate in a tug of war with 6 sales force personnel. Each team pulls on the rope with 1200N of force. What is the tension in the rope? a) 2400N b) 1200N...
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    High School Getting Involved In High School?

    Hi. This may not be the best place to ask this, but I have a friend who is very interested in quantum mechanics and is trying to learn a lot of it on his own (he's told me that he knows the equivalent of someone who has taken 6 months of a quantum physics 101 course). We're both freshman in high...