Sorry, this is my last post in the thread. I was typing up an abstract and stuff for this problem. I went and saw my adviser, finally got the correct answer. Here is the final solution.
I'm brand new to this forum, although I've been browsing the threads for a while now. I'm currently majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida. I'm in my third semester, and I have been assigned this problem and I am struggling very much with it. (I haven't taken...