Recent content by rhenretta

Thanks chiro :)

My math skills are failing me, and I was hoping one of you could help me with this real quick.. I need to solve for i: a^{i}=b a in this case is based on the interval in the musical scale, so a = 2^{\frac{1}{12}} I have to solve this in objective c, and apparently it doesn't let me...

Am I on the right track? I looked up the energy of the covalent bonds, and in the destruction of ozone, there is a loss of a single covalent bond between 2 oxygen atoms. Therefore the energy released would be 146 kJ / mol?

I have been doing some research on ozone recently, and I have a question that none of my resources have answered... The following reaction is an exothermic reaction, but how would I calculate the amount of heat energy is released? O_{3} \underbrace{\rightarrow}_{uv\ light} O_{2} + O...

My maths is failing me. Take f(x), where f(x) wants to equalize at a value of 3,000,000. If it goes above, there is exponential resistance bringing it down, and as it goes below there is exponential growth driving it up. What would f(x) look like? This is driving me nuts!

Exactly what I wanted, and being Feynman is all the better. Thanks

Does anyone know a good resource that describes the physics of fire (not the album)? I understand the chemistry of it, breaking apart of hydrocarbons, and combining them with oxygen, but I have been trying to figure out what is actually happening on the atomic level. What is an "ignition...

Oh, now I feel bad for you ;-), how about this one

And because it is such an appropriate reward for the correct answer:

I thought the same thing, being an imperialist scum, I did my calculations to mph, and came up with over 64,000 mph. It wasn't until yesterday I actually verified my answer (67,000 mph). There is something very satisfying about math

Technically, your answer assumes a perfectly circular orbit, but given the lack of additional information I can't fault you there

far too quick, now I need to come up with another problem (admittedly, I was tempted to put it in general math)

I was watching a documentary a couple nights ago, and it caused me to start doing random calculations. Granted the information is easily accessible online, but what is the fun in that. Here is the problem Given light takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth from the sun, at what speed is the...

hah! got it, thanks :)

That sounds like the perfect paper to read to answer my question... I don't suppose there is any resource out there to read these papers without having to pay $88