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    Biomechanics problem w/ vectors

    Hi everyone...I am in my last semester of college and physics has returned to my life.. It has been approximately 3 yrs since physics and 6 years since calculus so I am really rusty regarding classical physics (mechanics). here is my problem Listed below are three vectors that point from...
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    yes i did draw it but i think my problem is that I'm not good at drawing vectors...thats my problem the way i did it the angle looked like it was 60 degrees
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    ok i did the law of cosines knowing that the answer is supposed to 15.7 N and i got the angle to be 120 degrees...is that possible? are you sure the angle between 7.2 and 10.8 isn't supposed to be 60, because the way i have it made up the 120 degree angle is the angle that is made between the...
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    ok so i have 7.2 and 10.8 which trigometric function am i supposed to use here
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    oh man...im sorry I'm now confused i thought I had it right... so let me get this straight i have the two force vectors right of 7.2 and 10.8 and they are the side of a new triangle...and the other line that connects those two force vectors together will be the resultant that I'm looking...
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    ok i think i might have conveyed what I've done in the problem badly so i'll explain a bit more thoroughly what i did because there seems to be some confusion on my part and doing this usually helps me think through well i setup the triangle so that A and P were on the horizontal and P was on...
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    Equilateral triangle electrostatics problem

    Three point charges of +2μC, +3μC and +4μC are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABP, respectively, having sides of 10cm. What is the resulting force R acting on the +4μC charge? the hint in class is to use the law of cosines this is how i set it up force acting on 4uc from...
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    Series Capacitance: C1, C2 at 1000V - Calc Total, Charge & PD

    arrrrggh! lol i hate my textbook I'm seriously it doesn't say that! no joke and same with my notes i had to research that online but thank you for your help that just solidifed with what i just learned. i apprecaite it =)
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    Compute the electric field in air

    ok so would this be good then i did (9*10^9 N*M2/C2)(20*10-8 C)/(.05)^2 - (9.0*10^9 N*M2/C2)(-5*10^-8 C)/(.05)^2?
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    Series Capacitance: C1, C2 at 1000V - Calc Total, Charge & PD

    2 Capacitors, C1 = 3*10^-12 f and C2= 6*10^-12 f are connected in series and the resulting combination is connected across 1000V a) the equivalent capacitance i got this 1/Ctotal = 1/C1 + 1/C2 b) total charge on the combination and the charge taken by each capicator ok here is where i...
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    Compute the electric field in air

    ok then...what formula do i use to calculate E fields given this information...thats how i was thinking to get to E using that equation electric field = voltage/radius = E = V/r by the way i got it from my professor in lecture
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    Compute the electric field in air

    hi I don't exactly know how to approach this problem Compute the electric field in air midway bewteen two point charges of 20*10^-8C and -5*10^-8C separated by a distance of 10cm i was thinking of finding V of both the charges and finding the difference between them so V1 =...
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    First Law of Thermodynamics question

    a quantity of gas in a cylinder receives 1600J of heat from a hot plate. At the same time 800J of work are done on the gas by outside forces pressing down on a piston. Calculate the change in thermal energy of the gas Input heat Q = 1600J The amount of work done on the gas is, W = 800J...
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    Rigid Bodies and rotatational motion

    so curious would the summation of the forces in the y direction be Sin40T + F1 (force rod is connected to the wall) = 400 N + 500 N and but then the sum of the torque is getting me mixed up if i choose the point where the rod is connected to the wall as the axis of rotation do I include...
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    Impulse from croquet mallete problem

    ok so essentially then then impulse = momentum since the initial momentum = 0 so 8.83 N*s = (.44 kg) * V then solve for V...?? if so wow that was kinda easy
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