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    Electric Fields x-component problem

    sorry about that doc. you assumed correctly though. thanks for your help
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    Electric Fields x-component problem

    1) In the first quadrant (x > 0, y > 0), the x-component of the net electric field is: always positive. always negative. sometimes positive and sometimes negative. 2) In the third quadrant (x < 0, y < 0), the x-component of the net electric field is: always positive. always...
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    Calculate the x- and y-components of the net electric field

    Four charges q1 = q3 = -q and q2 = q4 = +q, where q = 9 µC, are fixed at the corners of a square with sides a = 1.3 m. (a) Calculate the x- and y-components of the net electric field at the midpoint M of the bottom side of the square. (b) Find the total force exerted on q4 by the charges...
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    Solving the Transverse Wave on a Rope: Tension and Force

    How do I find the angle? What does theta correspond to in the first place? I understand that the left and right horizontal components of the force cancel though. I tried substituting 90 degrees since the two forces are perpendicular to each other, however this didn't give me a correct...
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    Solving the Transverse Wave on a Rope: Tension and Force

    The transverse displacement of an harmonic wave on a stretched rope is y = 0.04 cos(2.5 t - 3.3 x), where x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. A 5 meter length of this rope has a mass of 1.5 kg. a) What is the tension in the rope? b) At time t = 0, consider a 1/2 wavelength long...
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    What symbol represents momentum: P or ρ?

    just a quick question. a friend and i were arguing over whether momentum is represented by the letter P or the greek letter rho. does anybody know which one is correct?
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    How Does a Boy Affect the Angular Velocity of a Merry-Go-Round When He Jumps On?

    Is my method of calculating the I of the system correct? I took the sum of the boy and the merry-go-round, multiplied by the square of the radius and all that divided by 2.This should give me the the I of the ystem right?
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    Calculating Angular Momentum and Precession of a Toy Gyroscope

    Use the equation torque/(Iw). This will give you your angular velocity of precession. Now you need to take 2pi divided by your result to get it in terms of angular frequency. Glad I could help cuz
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    How Does a Boy Affect the Angular Velocity of a Merry-Go-Round When He Jumps On?

    A boy of mass m = 50 kg running with speed v = 4 m/s jumps onto the outer edge of a merry-go-round of mass M = 150 kg and radius R = 2 m, as shown in the picture above. The merry-go-round is initially at rest, and can rotate about a frictionless pivot at its center. You may assume that the...
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    Moment of Inertia and anemometer

    Yup! That worked. Thanks a lot for your patience
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    Moment of Inertia and anemometer

    That's a really good question... :biggrin: unfortunately the question doesn't make it clear...can you explain to me though how I would go about trying each setup-both 2 rods connected at the center or 4 rods connected. Thank you. If there are four rods of length L, then the distance to the...
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    Moment of Inertia and anemometer

    The picture shows four rods. Yeah sorry I meant MR^2, basically I used pythagorem theorem and I found that R^2 equals 2(L/2)^2 which simplifies to (L^2)/2. I still can't solve the problem though because I don't know how to define the distance from each of the point mass to the axis of rotation.
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    Moment of Inertia and anemometer

    An anemometer for measuring wind speed consists of four metal cups, each of mass m = 146 g, mounted on the ends of essentially massless rods of length L = 0.3 m. The rods are at right angles to each other and the structure rigidly rotates at f = 12 rev/s. Treat the cups as point masses. a)...
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    Balancing Two Uniform Beams: Calculating Forces & Angles

    Two identical uniform beams, each having a mass of 4 kg, are symmetrically set up against each other on a floor with which they have a coefficient of static friction µ = 0.609 . a) What is the minimum angle the beams can make with the floor without falling? b) For the angle calculated in...
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