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    What Does 'Equation of Motion for the System' Mean in Physics?

    So the final equations that you gave above for x and y directions, would those be the equations of motion (part a) and I integrate in order to get down to the position equation?
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    What Does 'Equation of Motion for the System' Mean in Physics?

    I'll just give the whole problem. You answered b/c in your last reply, but how is 'a' different from b/c? A projectile subject to linear air resistance is launched from the origin with velocity vo at angle (theta) a. Apply Newton's second law and write down the equation(s) of motion for the...
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    What Does 'Equation of Motion for the System' Mean in Physics?

    Thanks for the response! It just seems like "Equation of motion" would refer to the velocity equation, since that describes the motion, but either way, it's just another integral. Can anyone answer this follow-up question? I have one question that has two forces. It's a projectile that has...
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    Two thermally insulated tanks, calculating final temperature and final pressure

    I can't get this man, here what's I've got, but it doesn't come out right, maybe it will lead you somewhere. Use PV=nRT for each tank and solve for 'n', the # of molecules. Sum the number of molecules to get the total. So you have Total Volume, Total Molecules, and R, but you don't have P...
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    Find the acceleration vector of the mass

    You divided each vector (x and y) by ten, meaning that the result was that you were dividing it by ten, twice, resulting in 100. Ex: if your vector was 20x + 20y, that magnitude is 400, so dividing each component by 10, 2x + 2y, you get a magnitude of 4. You need to find the magnitude of...
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    Two thermally insulated tanks, calculating final temperature and final pressure

    I'm pretty sure this is right: First, get: Final Volume: Sum of the tanks Final Pressure: Average of the tanks, because the number of molecules is constant Final Temperature: We'll find this out now use PV=nRT 1. Solve for n (number of molecules) in each tank. 2. Sum the number...
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    What Does 'Equation of Motion for the System' Mean in Physics?

    1. Problem My professor has given four problems, all of which I understand how to do, but he is asking us to "Write down the equation of motion for the system." The force is given or must be contrived in each problem.Homework Equations We're using Newton's Second Law F=ma The Attempt at a...