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    Physics Is a Degree in Physics Worthless Compared to Electrical Engineering in Industry?

    5. MathWorks, technical writer, $60K/yr - turned it down What did this job entail that they were willing to pay that much?
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    Physics Is a Degree in Physics Worthless Compared to Electrical Engineering in Industry?

    I think a better way to sum up the discussion would be this: Physics degree does not provide direct training for any career, except academic. If you are not interested in that, you must be prepared to study/train more on top of your degree.
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    Physics Is a Degree in Physics Worthless Compared to Electrical Engineering in Industry?

    The concept of Physics serving as a filter reminds me of a joke that circulated in my grad school: A graduate TA is teaching Physics to a bunch of pre-med students. In the middle, a student raises his hand: "And why do we need to know all this?" Without missing a beat, the TA replies...
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    Undergrad List of Interactive Programs/Software/Applets

    Great thread - thanks! Another website with a lot of interactives (Virtual Physics Laboratory): http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava
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    Magnetic field within cylinder using Ampere's Law

    Try a rectangle with one side placed inside the cylinder, parallel to the z-axis, and the opposite side outside of the cylinder.
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    Magnetic field within cylinder using Ampere's Law

    Wait - it seems like you are using a Gauss law instead of Ampere's law. You need a circulation of B-field around the boundary of your surface. It will be proportional to the current going through the surface.
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    Magnetic field within cylinder using Ampere's Law

    Did you try using the same reasoning? That is, finding a surface that would allow to calculate the circulation of z - component of the field?
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    Math Introductory vs Upper-Level Math Coures

    What angers me the most is it waters down the value of the degree. In fact, looking at the courses, I think you can graduate with a BS in Mathematics from my school and not do a single proof if you plan correctly; things like Topology, Algebra and Analysis can be avoided, and you'll still have...
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    Not-So-Parallel Plate Capacitor

    2. Homework Equations : Already listed one, and E=V/d, and the rest I don't know. What do you mean by "d" ? The distance between the plates varies with x.
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    Magnetic force between two parallel hanging wires

    Tx = Tsin(6), Ty = Tcos(6) I am not sure if your expression for the distance between the wires is correct if theta is 6 degrees. Would not it be r = 2*(.04)*sin(6)?
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    Magnetic force between two parallel hanging wires

    Can you try to write these equations?
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    Magnetic force between two parallel hanging wires

    Free body diagram for one of the wires is a great idea. You are right that veritical component of tension should be equal to the force of gravity and horizontal component is equal to magnetic force between the wires. This gives you two equations with two unknowns. Good luck!
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    Magnetic force between two parallel hanging wires

    What do you have to find?