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    Physics vs Mechanical Engineering?

    I'm an incoming senior in high school and beginning college apps. I'm looking into majors and trying to figure out which is best for me. I have a couple of questions about physics vs mechanical engineering: 1) Which field is best for a woman, not only in college but as a career? 2) Is a...
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    Deciding Between AP Physics B & C for Engineering Majors

    Also, if I take the C test, I would just take mechanics.
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    Deciding Between AP Physics B & C for Engineering Majors

    One more general question: Is it better to get a 4 on the C test or a 5 on the B test?
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    Deciding Between AP Physics B & C for Engineering Majors

    I need help deciding which AP Physics test to take. Currently, I am a junior taking AP Physics BC, which my teacher claims is between AP Physics B and C. It looks like all we will learn this year is mechanics, maybe touch on electricity. Our teacher isn’t giving us any AP test questions or...
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    Undergrad Why does the Earth have an equatorial bulge?

    I understand there are two factors: the gravitational forces from the sun and the moon and rotation. Rotation has a greater effect than the gravitational forces, so rotation is what I'd like to focus on. When the Earth spins, a centripetal force acts on the Earth's crust and points to the core...