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    How Fast Was the Police Car Going When It Was 27 Meters Behind Again?

    A car is speed at a constant 24 m/sec in a school zone. A police car starts from rest just as the speeder passes it and accelerates at a constant rate of 5.4 m/sec2. Also, the cop catches the car at t=8.89 s and v=48. How fast is the police car going when it is 27 m behind the speeding car...
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    Determining dont-care values in a Karnaugh Map

    Ok I'm not sure if this question belongs here, but I am learning this in a CS class and the people at math.stack wouldn't know about this stuff, so here it goes. I'm having a hard time understanding how to find the don't-care values in a Kmap. What does it even mean? If I have a boolean...
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    Does velocity affect the kinetic energy of falling objects?

    Three identical balls are thrown from the edge of a cliff, each with the same initial speed. Ball 1 is thrown directly upward. Ball 2 is thrown directly downward. Ball 3 is thrown horizontally. Which of the following statements correctly characterizes the relative kinetic energies (K) of the...
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    Does Constant Acceleration Always Change Velocity's Magnitude?

    Well if its not its magnitude, then what changes? Direction?
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    Does Constant Acceleration Always Change Velocity's Magnitude?

    The magnitude of the velocity of an object must change if the magnitude of its acceleration is a constant. True or false? I chose true, however the correct answer is false. Here's my reasoning: If acceleration is constant, that means velocity is linear. If velocity is linear, that means it's...
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    Angular Momentum and Average Torque

    Refer to number 6. This is the one I'm stuck on. So angular momentum is conserved right, so initial angular momentum is equal to final angular momentum. Initial is 7.87 so final must be 7.87, right? And so average torque is just change in angular momentum / change in time, so 0/7=0. What am I...
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    Finding angular acceleration from torque

    We have to analyze this video: Givens: 1) An applied net torque due to the wind on the windmill is equal to 1500 N*m. 2) Each (of the 3) propeller props weighs approximately 45 Kg and has a Moment of Inertial equal to about 65% of that of a rod of the same mass being spun about its...
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    Easy Free Body Diagram Question

    Ya it is-it wants an expression not a numerical value
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    Easy Free Body Diagram Question

    I think I've tried all possible combinations of signs (+,-) to see if it works, but it wouldn't accept anything. It should be N-mgcos30 then right?
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    Easy Free Body Diagram Question

    I don't get it. It should just be the sum of all the forces in the y direction, and that's simply the Normal force and the y component of mg, which is mgcos30?
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    Easy Free Body Diagram Question

    Whats wrong with my answer? I've tried just about everything, but its not accepting it. I've tried +N too, even though I think what I have in there should be right.
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    Kinetic Energy and Colliding Blocks

    Man what happened to this forum..this thing used to actually be helpful
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    Kinetic Energy and Colliding Blocks

    A 2.4 kg block with a kinetic energy of 48 J slides on a horizontal frictionless table and collides with a second block. The second block is made of a different material and is initially at rest. The two blocks stick together and after the collision have a kinetic energy of 36 J. Find the mass...
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