Recent content by napoleonmax

I think that layers of cold and hot DO mix, just not necessarliy at a very fast rate. The laws of thermodynamics state that heat moves form more dense to less dense, so hotter regions must get colder and vice verse. However, in a lake, the top is getting much more sunight than the bottom and...

Hmmmmm... I'm not sure it has to do with buoyancy (though this would appear to make sense). I remember reading somewhere the fire system used on the International Space Station and it said the flames do not rise in space but rather moves in all directions. Therefore, I think Loren Booda's...

This is actually easy if you forget everything about calc. for a sec. Looking at this equation simply, the numerator goes to negative infinity as x goes to zero and the denominator goes to a negative infitesimal number (-.00000000000...1). This fraction goes to positive infinity. Using...

A good way to solve for unions and intersections (if you're really stuck) is to draw a number line with both sets on it. Union is all the numbers in both sets while intersection is the common numbers. ex. _____-1_____0_____1___ <~~~~~~~o (-infinity, 0)...

I was thinking about Newton's gravity equation: F = G * m(1) *m(2) / r^2. I wanted to find the acceleartion due to gravitational attraction that would occur between two objects of different masses so I used the equation F=ma. Then I ran into difficulty: should I use the sum of the masses to...