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    High School Propelling A Small Rocket With Magnets?

    I had forgotten about that. In that case, I'm pretty sure magnetic permeability interferes with the magnetic field. I think it draws the magnetic field lines into it or something. Wikipedia also has something on the Meissner effect, but I doubt superconductors are going to be used in a school...
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    High School Propelling A Small Rocket With Magnets?

    That's a fairly simple problem to solve. I believe a faraday cage is what is used to screen electric and some electromagnetic radiation(depending on the size of the holes used in the screen). Basically, it's just a metal cage with small holes.
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    How did you choose your username?

    I think my username is pretty self-explanatory.
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    Music Success! Overcoming Patience and Focus Issues in Music

    What is achievement without the pride to go with it? Reasonable pride, of course, not the pride where you act like an arrogant prick. Good job with your music.
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    High School Propelling A Small Rocket With Magnets?

    You'll probably need a small capacitor bank to power your magnets(presumably electromagnets). Basically, this is just a bunch of capacitors wired in series and parallel to store energy, and release it in a pulse, resulting in a higher amount of power at the same energy. Please note that...
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    News Conservative Definition of Govt role and rights

    Yes, but it doesn't do much if everyone disagrees with the unhappy person. If everyone is super obsessed with the football program or something, and a minority are in the screw football mentality, it won't do much.
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    Guy Raises Stonehenge Size Blocks By Himself

    This guy is ingenious! I would have never thought of that. I suppose people back then had a fair amount of time to think after they collected their food and because they lacked reality tv.
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    Undergrad Calculating pressure to raise a submarine

    In order to pump the air into the tank, the pressure from the pump must exceed the pressure from the water. If you want a truly accurate answer, you may need some basic calculus as the pressure from the water at different levels of height in the umbrella will change slightly. It won't be much...
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    Undergrad Converting noise into electrical energy

    Hmmm...I would have sworn that microphones already did this. The vibrations from the sound waves created a small current or something along those lines. I think it was something about the vibrations causing a tiny magnet to vibrate in a coil of wire, inducing a voltage/current.
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    High School Infrared Wave Length & Working Range

    Infrared(I think that's what you mean by infarade) waves encompass the region of the electromagnetic spectrum right before light, commonly considered as heat radiation. As it is present right before light, it has a frequency that is a bit lower, and a wavelength that is higher as a result of...
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    Undergrad How do collision algorithms work (like Angry birds)?

    Well, I can't say too much about it, but I can give some ideas. It probably involves the laws of physics and the equations that result from them. Things like ballistic projectiles typically covered in a high school physics class and work/energy. You could probably make a very basic physics...
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    Undergrad Can Newton's Third Law Of Motion Be Violated?

    I was fairly sure that Newton's Third Law always held true, never hearing of it not holding true. In electromagnetic things, it's fairly simple. Think of it this way: Particle A has a charge of +1C. Particle B has a charge of +2C. The force is given by F = \frac{kQ_{1}Q_{2}}{r^{2}} This...
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    High School Calculating Force of Bird Impact Using Newton's 2nd Law

    It'll take a bit more to calculate the force than simply the weight and speed. The helmet absorbs some of the impact, and passes the rest onto you. If an object is speeding relative to an observer, it has kinetic energy defined as (1/2)mv^2, at nonrelativistic speeds, which are basically...
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    What do you think of my apple sapling?

    Alright, inside it shall be then!
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    Radial acceleration: Rotating Carousel

    If the horse does not move up or down, then it has a net force of 0. This means that the gravitational and normal force cancel each other out. As a result, the only net force acting on the child is the centripetal force you found, the 59.9N.