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hahaha thanks for that hint...it actually helped me solve it believe it or not. BTW vishal, I solved it without using M at all.

OK, I know that I have to determine the speed that the band revolves, in order to produce gravitational acceleration of 9.8m/s^2, but I have no clue how speed and gravitational acceleration are related. Please anyone?

and what does that mean?

Homework Statement A science-fiction tale describes an artificial "planet" in the form of a band completely encircling a sun, as shown in the figure . The inhabitants live on the inside surface (where it is always noon). Imagine that this sun is exactly like our own, that the distance to the...

Could you possibly tell me why you think i should go EE? Thanks for answering.

So I got accepted into engineering, which is just general engineering first year. However the university has asked me for my preferred discipline now, and I was about to put computer engineering. The thing is, i heard that taking electrical engineering as an undergrad degree is a better option...