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Wow that's a very good piece of information to hear. I'm currently enrolled into a community college and I feel like such a low-level student because of it. I feel that I'm inferior to those at a university, but in the grand scheme of things I do realize its a better choice. However, that...

Thank you for that link! I've heard about accelerator physics here and there but I've always dismissed it (no real reasoning to be honest...). I'll certainly go read up on that thread!

Thank you for the awesome feedback, that was definitely good information! I think after all the reading I've been doing today that I'm pretty much persuaded towards an engineering degree primarily because of the job prospects in industry. Also, I've just stumbled upon the Engineering Physics...

First, I would like to thank in advance to anybody who takes the time to read this and provide any feedback. Your help is greatly appreciated! I’m a first year undergrad and my passion is studying physics. I find myself 95% of the time looking up things that pertain to physics & science rather...

Those who are later in their academic career, what do you wish you know when you were first starting out? What was/is your undergraduate and/or graduate degree? What did you specialize in, if any? What have you know learned about your particular major/specialization that you wish you knew when...

Yes, I just caught that, thank you

Ok, I still can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Here's my work: v^2 = v_0^2 + 2a\Delta x Solving for a gives me: \frac{v^2 - v_0^2}{2\Delta x} = a Plug in my values: \frac{(12,000 yds/s)^2}{2(233.34 yds)} = a Simplify: \frac{144,000 yds/s}{466.67 yds} = a...

Haha, yes I picked up on that. They would have the speed to get past LEO after 213m. So are you saying the final velocity is 12,000 yards/s AFTER the 213m uniformed acceleration?

Homework Statement Jules Verne [/B]In his novel From the Earth to the Moon (1866), Jules Verne describes a spaceship that is blasted out of a cannon, called the Columbiad, with a speed of 12,000 yards/s. The Columbiad is 900 ft long, but part of it is packed with powder, so the spaceship...

Thank you, this helped!

Something like this Edit: Actually, this picture might have just answered my question. So we have the equation: \frac{x^2-1} {x-1} which reduces to: \frac{(x+1)(x-1)} {(x-1)} The (x-1) terms will both cancel out, but that still leaves the numerator as a non-zero value. Thus, maybe it's...

I'm aware that in order to find the hole in a graph, you need to factor both the numerator and denominator, and look for terms that cancel out. However, is it merely just looking for a term that cancels out, or is it more specifically a term that cancels out and makes the numerator equal to...

Excuse my ignorance, but am I only able to edit once? I can't seem to find the edit button for my original post? Yes, I apologize for that, s1 was supposed to be a velocity. I'm going to fully edit my post so the LaTeX will work, make it more clear (e.g. swap out s1 for v1, etc.). I also just...

Homework Statement Driving along a crowded freeway, you notice that it takes a time t to go from one mile marker to the next. When you increase your speed by 7.7mi/h , the time to go one mile decreases by 15s. What was your original speed? v1 = ? d1 = 1 mile t1 = ? v2 = v1 + 7.7mi/h d2 = 1...

Haha, I actually JUST got out of an advisor meeting. They're pretty remedial which can be a problem, but I figured they probably wouldn't have a better answer as to which math class is best for developing a better understanding of math itself compared to people who are currently on that path...