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The God of thunder, crossed the skies, upon his favourite filly. "I'm Thor", he cried, and the horse replied, "You've thorgotten the...
Thursday, 6:06 AM
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Why did the astronomer put meat in his shower?
Wednesday, 1:18 PM
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1:1 versus 2:1 Mechanical Advantage debate
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Are we arguing about the definition of "mechanical advantage" or are we nattering about a choice of reference frame and where to draw...
Tuesday, 9:38 AM
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The steps are irrelevant to the mechanical advantage. You can replace the human with a motor that continuously pulls itself up by...
Tuesday, 9:35 AM
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Yes, I think we all read it that way. @jbriggs444's point is that we have no info re the surface area of the reservoir, other than that...
Monday, 8:08 PM
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Your self-haul with a single fixed pulley has a 2:1 MA in the ideal case: half the force, twice the rope. The confusion clears the...
Monday, 11:32 AM
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Just remove the question from "defense contractors" and think about it for any job in engineering. The engineering challenges at, say...
Monday, 10:07 AM
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The author has not given us the radius of the basin at the bottom. This is a hint that the radius is large enough to be irrelevant. From...
Monday, 10:02 AM
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Looked it up. Work of a homeless guy in Austin by the name of "David". He specializes in weird signs like this.
Sunday, 3:53 PM
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Very nice explanation! I think it gets to the heart of the matter. By choosing the tangential force appropriately as a function of...
Aug 29, 2025
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You will need to be more specific about this. Are you suggesting that the midpoint of the string is pinned to the table? So that the...
Aug 29, 2025
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The centre of mass is some point on the string. At this point, 2 forces act: - tension: 120 N towards the 3 kg mass; - tension: 120 N...
Aug 29, 2025
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The force of tension provides the centripetal acceleration to the centre of mass.
Aug 29, 2025
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Yes. The system described consists of 2 masses connected by a string with no net external forces. So the CM has a constant velocity of...
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