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    MHB Natural and forced response of a differential equation

    Greetings everyone, I am a bit new to differential equations and I am trying to solve for the natural and forced response of this equation: dx/dt+4x=2sin(3t) ; x(0)=0 Now I know that for the natural response I set the right side of the equation equal to 0, so I get dx/dt+4x=0, thus the...
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    Mass moment of inertia of a composite shape

    I understand now, since I only know the mass moment of inertia about the base of the quartercircle, I first have to use this to find its mass moment of inertia about its centroid. Then I use this mass moment about the centroid to find the mass moment of inertia about the x-axis. I have to apply...
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    Mass moment of inertia of a composite shape

    My thought process was to get the mass moment of inertia of the rectangle and then subtract the mass moment of inertia of the quartercircle from it. The MMoI of the rectangle is: (1/3)(0.005*7850*.6*.3)(.3^2)= 0.212 meters The MMoI of the quartercircle is: (1/4)(0.005*7850*¼π 0.3^2)(.3^2) + ? My...
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    MHB How Can Carl Use Maximum a Posteriori to Estimate His Book Preferences?

    Here's the problem: Suppose that Carl wants to estimate the proportion of books that he likes, denoted by 𝜃. He modeled 𝜃 as a probability distribution given in the following table. In the year 2019, he likes 17 books out of a total of 20 books that he read. Using this information, determine...
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    MHB Merged Bernoulli process

    for c and d, I'm visualizing it to be two sets of 10 spaces each. One has 5 items within it, and the other has 7. _ _ _ _ _ x x x x x x x x x x x x _ _ _ and x x x x x _ _ _ _ _ x x x x x x x _ _ _ It counts as a logic 1 or success if both corresponding spaces are filled. The minimum would...
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    MHB Merged Bernoulli process

    Consider two Bernoulli processes X1 and X2 such that X1[k] is a Bernoulli random variable with P=0.5 and X2[k] is a Bernoulli random variable with P=0.7 for all k>=0 Let Y be a random process formed by merging X1 and X2, i.e. Y[k] =1 if and only if X1[k] = X2[k] = 1 and Y[k] = 0 otherwise. a.)...
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    MHB Solving 2 Problems with Exponential RVs: CLT & Probability

    I have the following two problems that I need to solve: 1. Suppose that the service time for a student enlisting during enrollment is modeled as an exponential RV with a mean time of 1 minute. If the school expects 500 students during enrollment period, what is the probability that the...
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    They are not ideal diodes, and saturation current was given, which I assumed was for calculating using the diode equation.
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    So then my final answer would be V(D1) = 18mV, V(D2) = 4.974V and I = 0.998 nA. Would these be reasonable values for my final answer?
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    My understanding of those data sheets is that voltage and current are dependent on each other. However, why was I taught in class to treat the voltage drop of a diode as a constant 0.7V (for silicon)?
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    With this diode voltage, the current would then be 9.98 *10^-10 A However, does this mean that the voltage drop for the diodes is 18mV? I'm not sure I understand since in class, we use the constant voltage drop model of the diode where there is a drop of 0.7 volts for a diode in forward bias...
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    I'm actually getting a relatively high number when I plug in the numbers. I = 10^-9 (e^(.7/.026)-1). The constants I used were I_s = 1 nA and kT = 0.026 V which were given by my professor. I'm getting around 493 A, which seems wrong.
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    My understanding is that it should be a simple exercise to prove that we comprehend the idea of diodes. The final question posed in this two-part exercise was to actually find the current in the circuit if the diodes break down at 4.5V. Given that I had to find voltage in the first part, and all...
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    In this case, I think I would get current using the Shockley diode equation I = I_s(e^(V_d/V_t)-1). I would then plug in the voltages 0.7 and 4.3 for the diode voltage. Although if I do this, each diode would have different currents, and I'm not sure if this is possible as I'm used to loops...
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    Engineering Calculating Voltage Drop Across Non-Ideal Diodes

    In that case, the voltage across D1 is 0.7 and the voltage across D2 would then be 4.3 V?
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