Recent content by numberjuan412

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    Maximum Volume of an Open Top Box

    Are they asking you to do it without taking the derivative and setting it equal to zero? Graphing is never necessary. Just for convenience.
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    How much Schooling is there to become a Physicist or a surgeon?

    Becoming a Surgeon would take a lot of schooling. My uncle is in his mid-30s and just finished his certifications and stuff. My cousin has a PhD, MS, and Bachelors at the age of 26 and already has published stuff and is currently a professor conducting research.
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    How to Calculate Vector Components in Different Coordinate Systems?

    I can't seem to understand part 1
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    A Different kind of kinematics problem

    I guess it is...wow this was simpler than i thought haha. That's all I needed to know. Thanks!
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    A Different kind of kinematics problem

    The velocity on the x-direction is always constant, so I have to find the point where the velocity in the y-direction is 40tan20? err -40tan20...
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    A Different kind of kinematics problem

    A "Different" kind of kinematics problem.. A motorcycle daredevil wants to set a record for jumping over burning school buses. He has hired you to help with the design. He intends to ride off a horizontal platform at 40m/s, cross the burning buses in a pit below him, then land on a ramp sloping...