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    Calculating Velocity in the Y-Direction: Seeking Help

    I do not see how to calculate the velocity in the y-direction...any help is appreciated...all information is given Problem is found here... Thanks for the help http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5904/physicsxn6.png
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    Calculating Velocity in the Y-Direction: Seeking Help

    I do not see how to calculate the velocity in the y-direction...any help is appreciated...all information is given Problem is found here... Thanks for the help http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5904/physicsxn6.png
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    C++ / Win32 / Physics Simulation

    Homework Statement Simple Pendulum using Forces (Computer Simulation) Max theata = PI / 6 Force Of Gravity is { 0, 10 } Force_Tension.x = - 10 * sin(balls.theata); Force_Tension.y = - 10 * cos(balls.theata); Homework Equations accelleration = Force_Tension -...
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    How Big Must the Mirror Be to Focus a Megawatt per Square Meter on a Monkey?

    You have as much information as I do. It is all stated above. It wants to know how much area the mirror must have. hence i find the Intensity possibly very useful, since I = P / A ... but how can P be related from the sun to the mirror
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    How Big Must the Mirror Be to Focus a Megawatt per Square Meter on a Monkey?

    it's a spherical mirror...specifically a concave sphere... I know i have to use intensity but i don't know how i can relate the suns intensity to that of the mirror ; and / or power
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    How Big Must the Mirror Be to Focus a Megawatt per Square Meter on a Monkey?

    Homework Statement The EPM has finally crossed the fine line between party tricks and felonies with the genocide of the pigmy marmoset. You are now determined to make him ' pay the price. You fashion a makeshift sherical mirror/laster beam our of a roll of aluminum foil and a stick of...
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