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    What Are the Real-Life Applications of Series and Sequences?

    I am currently taking Calc. II and up to this point in our text there has always been application problems associated with the Chapter sections. We are now in the section covering Series and sequences, I find the subject challenging, however, what can you do with them? What are the...
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    Converting Slugs to Newtons: A Quick Guide for Solving Physics Problems

    Thank you. It's very confusing but your last explination worked and resulted in a correct answer. I hate it when I get the Free body diagrams right, setting up the 2 equations with two unknowns right, and missing the correct answer due to conversion errors. Again...thank you for your help.
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    Converting Slugs to Newtons: A Quick Guide for Solving Physics Problems

    So is the mass of a slug 1lb.? And if so, to obtain (mass x gravity) in the U.S. Customary System would it just be 1 x 32 ft/sec^2 to obtain its weight?
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    Converting Slugs to Newtons: A Quick Guide for Solving Physics Problems

    I am working a Physics problem where the mass is given as 20 slugs. To obtain Newtons can I just multiply 20 slugs x (14.59 kg/1 slug) x 9.80 m/s^2 = 2859.64N?
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    Understanding Surface Gravity and Acceleration in the Moon and Earth

    It sure does and thank you to everyone.
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    Get Started in Physics: Tips and Recommendations for Beginners

    I am in my first year of Engineering at College and in am taking Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Serway) and concurrently enrolled in Calc I. I have spent hours on just on physics problem. It's to bad the school doesn't offer Persiverance 101. I look at Calculus as a means of acquiring...
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    Understanding Surface Gravity and Acceleration in the Moon and Earth

    In a Moon/Earth Comparison Data sheet I received from NASA, they list the surface gravity at 9.80 m/s2. They also list surface acceleration at 9.78 m/s2. What is surface acceleration? All the problems relating to gravity in my Physics text (so far) calls Earth's gravity constant as 9.80 m/s2.
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