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    What does it mean when a circuit has two voltages?

    (Sorry for the bad title wording.) I attached a picture of what I mean. Those are two points, each attached to a different voltage source. I'm used to seeing something like +9 [V] to 0 [V]. 1) How am I supposed to interpret a circuit with a -X [V], where X = any positive integer, at the end...
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    Factoring the Sum of Two Fifth Powers

    I thought applying the sum of cubes on the cubed power parts would have worked x^{3}x^{2}+y^{3}y^{2}. Now I realize why that was inappropriate.
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    Factoring the Sum of Two Fifth Powers

    x^{5}+y^{5} =x^{3}x^{2}+y^{3}y^{2} =(x^{2}x+y^{2}y)(x^{4}x^{2}-x^{2}xy^{2}y+y^{4}y^{2}) =(x+y)(x^{2}-xy+y^{2})(x^{6}-x^{3}y^{3}+y^{6}) =(x+y)(x^{8}-x^{5}y^{3}+x^{2}y^{6}-x^{7}y+x^{4}y^{3}-xy^{7}+x^{6}y^{2}-x^{3}y^{5}+y^{8}) What am I doing wrong? ------------------------ Your...
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    Factoring the Sum of Two Fifth Powers

    My problem is to factor x^{5} + y^{5}. I get (x+y)(x^{8}-x^{4}y^{4}+y^{8}). However, the answer is (x+y)(x^{4}-x^{2}y^{2}+y^{4}).
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    Where is Point B on a Sinusoidal Wave?

    Homework Statement For a sinusoidal wave: At a certain instant, let point A be at the origin and point B be the first point along the x-axis where the wave is 60.0° out of phase with point A. What is the coordinate of point B? y = (15.0 cm) cos(0.157x - 50.3t) Homework EquationsThe Attempt...
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    Confused about unit vector equivalence

    x is a unit vector \in \Re^{2}. My textbook states that \frac{x}{||x||}=\frac{1}{||x||}x. What is the point of including \frac{1}{||x||}; why do they divide the vector by its length? Edit: I just looked at a book in Google's database, and from what I understand: e.g. \sqrt{{2^2+2^2+1^2}}=3...
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