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Using Energy: E=0.5kx^2=Kinetic Energy=0.5mv^2. solve for v=((k/m)^1/2)*x where x is initial displacement of spring. Using F F=-kx x is negative therefore F=kx=ma a=dv/dx*dx/dt = dv/dx*v vdv=(kxdx)/m integrate 0.5v^2=0.5k/m x^2 v=((k/m)^1/2)*x

3 knows vi, vf, and x. solve for a. Using Newton's equations of motion: vf^2=vi^2+2ax a = 224,989.3493 m/s^2

Nevermind, found a acceptable solution. Assumed that when xenon concentration was 2.5 times greater then it was then during equilibrium, because 2-3 neutrons are "made" every fission reaction that the reactor would not be able to be restarted which gave a rough estimate of half an hour for a...

Im given two equations one for I and Xe and assume that those are the only chain reactions at the time: dt(I) + lambda_i*I = 0 dt(Xe) - lambda_i*I + lambda_xe*Xe=0 then I have initial Xe and I concentrations and the lambdas refer to the half life of Xe and I. If the reacter is turned off...

whats the concentration when the reactor is not able to be turned back on without waiting for the xenon to decay and how does this relate to the first order differential equations of the decay of iodine and xenon.

Homework Statement u(f, T) = (8 pi h f^3)/(c^3 (e^(h f/ k T) - 1)) find an equation for the frequency, fmax, at which the energy density, u, is a maximum. Homework Equations C,h,pi, and k are constants. The Attempt at a Solution I took the derivative and set the equation equal to 0. My...

A photon has four options when traveling through space it either keeps on moving, hits an electron and has all of its energy absorbed (photoelectric effect), part of its energy absorbed (Compton effect), or form pair production where the energy of the photon is converted into mass. These masses...