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    Current through starter motor and dead battery with jumper cables

    Homework Statement Two parts: With the jumper cables attached, how much current passes through the starter motor? With the jumper cables attached, how much current passes through the dead battery? Homework Equations Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Finding the current and voltage across various resistors

    Homework Statement Find the current through all resistors. Find the potential difference across all resistors Homework Equations Ohm's Law Kirchhoff's Rules The Attempt at a Solution So I rearranged the circuit a little and got the total resistance to be three ohms and from...
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    Tension in string between two blocks sliding down incline

    The two blocks in the figure are sliding down the incline. What is the tension in the massless string? [PLAIN]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2586/physicshelp.jpg Homework Equations F=ma That's honestly all I got.The Attempt at a Solution Well I realized that the higher block's friction...