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    Electric Field: non parallel plates?

    That's really interesting.. Thanks for the reply. At least I'll have something to talk about in my write up. :)
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    Electric Field: non parallel plates?

    Hi, I'm in the process of completing my physics coursework (A-level) and have run into a bit of a problem: I am trying to find a general equation for a plate capacitor, where the plates aren't parallel. I've always seen the parallel plate capacitor equation: C = \frac {\epsilon A}{d}...
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    Can you help me solve for the value of A in the expansion of (x^2 - 2)^5?

    Do you know pascals triangle? If you look down to the sixth row there are 6 numbers, hence your expansion has 6 terms. You can think of it like this: a quadratic has 3 terms, a cubic has 4 terms etc. As a rule if you have an expansion to the power n there will be n+1 terms (assuming none of the...
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    How to solve Asin(x) + Bcos(x) + Ctan(x) = 0

    I've solved the problem the way you asked me too, I'm not going to step you through it as that ruins the fun... I basically started from this point though, can you do anything to the right hand side that would cancel a few things on the left hand side? To use my method you'll have to adapt...
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    Differentiate x^x - Get Help Here!

    That's what I was trying to write! I can't get the hang of tex at all... I editted it a few times but couldn't get it to look like: y=x^{(x^x)} Thanks though at least I know I'm on the right path (I should have explained what I was trying to do a little better in hindsight..) I'll...
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    Differentiate x^x - Get Help Here!

    Instead of starting a new thread I thought I'd "borrow" this one: I am trying to differentiate the function y=(x^x)^x Would this working be correct? y = (x^x)^x = x^f^(^x^) \rightarrow ln(y) = f(x)ln(x) \frac{dy}{dx}\frac{1}{y} = (f(x))(\frac{dln(x)}{dx}) + (ln(x))(\frac{df(x)}{dy}) =...
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