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    What do physics majors in university study after physics 1 and 2?

    So after Newtonian mechanics and electricity/magnetism, what do physics majors study? Also, is there a textbook you can reference me to that applies to that?
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    Engineering Calculate the bonding energy of two ions

    1.) So first I differentiate and set it equal to 0 and get: $$\frac{A}{r^2} -\frac{Bn}{r^{n-1}} = 0$$ 2.) When solving for r, I'm not quite sure how to take away the exponent so I get up to the second to last step: $$r^{n-3} = \frac{Bn}{A}$$ Would it be: $$r = \sqrt[n-3]{\frac{Bn}{A}}$$ ...
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    Calculating the Electric field inside an infinite planar slab using Gauss' Law

    Thanks for showing me a much simpler way. I think it's because they would cancel each other out. For example, taking the integral you'd end up with some constants times ##z^4 - z^4## which would give you zero. I think.
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    Calculating the Electric field inside an infinite planar slab using Gauss' Law

    Hi I wanted to revisit this and finish the problem to see if my reasoning skills have improved since. So to start I think it's important to define ##q_{enc}##. We are given ##\rho## as a function of z. ##\rho## has the constant in it with units of C/m^5 with z^2 over it which has two...
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    Derive an expression for the radial charge distribution of an E field

    Thank you. I got ##\frac{2 E_o \epsilon_o}{r}##
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    Derive an expression for the radial charge distribution of an E field

    I know we're supposed to attempt a solution but I'm honestly super confused here. I think the second an third terms of the del equation can be cancelled out because there is only an E field in the r hat direction, so no e field in the theta and phi directions. That leaves us with ##\nabla \cdot...
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    Thank you @kuruman and @cnh1995 I finally figured it out
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    You're right. I explained that poorly. The gain is the voltage across the resistor over the total voltage which is 0.5 $$\frac{V_R}{V_t} = 0.5$$ $$V_R = iR$$ $$R = 8$$ Rearranging gives, $$\frac{V_t}{i} = \frac{8}{0.5} = 16$$
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    My reasoning is that because half of the voltage goes across the resistor which is 8 ohms the other half must go across the inductor and capacitor making the total impedance 16. The current is constant throughout an entire series circuit
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    I’d imagine at high frequencies, X_L - X_C is true and X_C -X_L at low frequencies is true
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    Not sure what I'm doing wrong. When I set up a system of equations for L and C, I don't see how having two frequencies makes a difference. Am I on the right track at least or no? $$\sqrt{8^{2} + (X_L - X_C)^{2}} = 16$$ $$X_L - X_C = \sqrt{192}$$ $$\omega L - \frac{1}{\omega C} = \sqrt{192}$$...
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    I understand. I'm just confused about how to find the two unknowns. I got 16 ohms for the impedance. Do I need both frequencies to solve for the the two unknowns?
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    $$L = \frac{\sqrt{(\frac{V_0}{I_0})^{2} - R^{2}} + \frac{1}{\omega C}}{\omega}$$ $$C = \frac{1}{\omega (\sqrt{(\frac{V_0}{I_0})^{2}-R^{2}}+\omega L)}$$
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    So we know that half the voltage is taken up by the resistor which means the other half has to be taken up by the inductor and the capacitor so I came up with this: $$L\frac{dI}{dt} + \frac{Q}{C} = 0.5V_{0}sin\omega t = iR$$ The question says the the circuit is at resonance so that means ##X_L...
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    Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

    Can someone explain the question so I can attempt a solution? What does it mean by input and output and why is that relevant?
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