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    Simple Circular Motion question

    Homework Statement There is a train traveling along a circular track. Which rail does the centripetal force act on (Inner or Outer) and what 2 factors determine the stress on each wheel. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution So I was thinking it might be the outer, but I...
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    Water Pressure & World Rotation: An Unanswered Query

    I read it as no effect. :rolleyes: Ahh well, thank you.
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    Water Pressure & World Rotation: An Unanswered Query

    No, I'm not getting it, ultimately the question is asking for some reference to momentum.
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    Water Pressure & World Rotation: An Unanswered Query

    Homework Statement A wall is firmly in the ground, if you shoot water at it via a hose why does it not have an effect on the world's rotation? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution The question is something like that. You get the general idea.
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    Math Jobs available for Mathematicians

    I'm not in Uni yet. Next year, but I'm wondering: What jobs are available to Mathematicians? I want to do a degree in Mathematics in Uni (If you hadn't already guessed) and I'm just curious as to what career paths would be available to me upon completing my degree. If it turns out that...
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    Compton Scattering in Laymen's terms

    Well, in the Photoelectric effect, when electrons get excited to a higher energy level when they attain some sort of energy. In the case of absorbing a photon, does the requisite energy (hf) have to be equal to the energy of one of the energy states. The reason I ask this is because, on the...
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    Compton Scattering in Laymen's terms

    I just need an explanation of this. Found it in a question. :smile: Also, photons when absorb by an electron in an atom, does the energy (if less than the ionisation energy) have to be exactly equivalent to one of the energy states and if it isn't what happens? You probably think I suck at...
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    Sketch Curve: Help Solve y=0 | Stephen

    Turns out. I didn't need it. After I figured out the co-ords of the two stationary points and what happens when X gets inf and -inf then I could see what the roots were and according two the graphics I drew it's about 3.14 so I am pretty sure I didn't have to factorise that damned equation.
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    Sketch Curve: Help Solve y=0 | Stephen

    http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1555/question10.png I have done 10)a), but b), I just can't figure it out. I am trying to find at what points y=0, but I just can't do it. I hope someone can help me. Thank you, Stephen.
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    Factorising this damned equation

    By factorise I mean, place intro brackets so that I may find the information I am looking for. Namely where the graph crosses the X axis so that I can plot the graph. I was thinking though. Could I just factorise 2x^3 - 6x^2 into 2x^2(x-3) and then get the points I need, then from that subtract...
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    Factorising this damned equation

    Well, it's only Pure Core 1 Mathematics. I am trying to factorise: 2x^3 - 6x^2 + 2 = 0 Now, you can't use a calculator. I've tried finding a factor using the remainder theorem, but I just can't find a simple one (|x<5|). I am sure they don't expect us to use a complicated number, like a...
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    How does a superconductivity cable achieve zero resistance?

    I think I understand now. Because I is inversely proportional to R and because the filament's R is infinitely smaller than the copper's R, the filament gets infinitely more/all of the current. Well that's how I've made sense of it. Whether it's right or not, I don't know.
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    How does a superconductivity cable achieve zero resistance?

    Well. I have the image of the question. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6834/question5.png Question b)ii). I know that the total resistance of the cable is 0 even though the copper itself still has resistance. I just want to know how the combination of the Superconducting filaments...
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    What Factors Impact Electron Attainment of Maximum Kinetic Energy?

    Much easier if I just write it without the given templates. Well, I am not exactly the good at Physics, so I've decided to ask people that are good at it. I know Ekmax = hf - work function. I am just wondering what could prevent the electron from attaining it's maximum kinetic energy. Oh...
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