Recent content by TheGeometrist

I have to add that I'm sure how anyone was trying to "hang him high". In situations of harassment like this, the harassment should be reported to the "manager" and dealt with. How could that possibly not be the proper response? No one that I saw said to pursue his prosecution to the fullest...

No offense, but I don't feel that you have. Threatening him with changing sections might have been appropriate the first or second time. At this point, having him moved to another section isn't good enough. If you feel harassed (and from what you've said it certainly seems you have been) then...

I think what they're getting at is that Mechatronics uses elements mechanical and electrical engineering to accomplish a highly specialized goal: mechatronics. In other words, you're not generalized, in that you could get either a job in mechanical or electrical engineering. Rather, since you...

Try to take an upper level engineering course without taking at least Calc 2. Any of them. If you can't succeed without taking the math, isn't that explanation enough already of why the math is necessary? Or is your argument that since some software exist to solve some engineering problems...

If welfare recipients refuse to take a job, isn't that grounds to remove benefits anyways? In that regard, this wouldn't be a huge change. The health issue is a valid point, but as I've been saying, road work and infrastructure isn't the only thing that needs to be done in a community. The...

unacceptable source removed by mod This would imply that taxes wouldn't need to be changed significantly, seeing as how a significant number of states pay an average higher than minimum wage. Edit: Yes, I know that the study doesn't account for all factors. I simply mean to use it to show a...

I suppose it may depress their wages, but perhaps I was just too specific with the proposal. The primary point is, there are jobs that need to be done in communities, like road work in my particular example. Why not get these jobs done while employing those who would otherwise receive government...

Hello all, I have not been everywhere in America (not even close), but of the places I have been to, the structures and roads left a great deal to be desired. In the city of my college, for example, the roads are of absolutely atrocious quality. So here's a hypothetical proposal, and I'm eager...

You can only learn new things through struggling. If math came easy to your brain, you would only be strengthening current pathways and not changing things much. To master a whole new topic and make all new thoughts and discoveries, and to think in a new way, you'll be making entirely new...

Actually, sorry, I made a mistake as far as the integration of dr. Remember that r is of course the radius, and dr is being integrated from the minimum value of the surface to the maximum value. We can agree that it has a minimum of 0 (i.e. At z= 0, 6). In this case, the top function would keep...

Thanks! Glad to be here.

Close. The integration values for z are still in terms of x and y, while you are integrating in Cylindrical coordinates. It seems otherwise correct to me.

At any cross section parallel to the xy plane, you can consider z to be a constant (i.e. at z=3) with only x and y varying to make the shape. So If you consider z to be any constant, what do the equations z=6-x^2-y^2 and z=1/2(x^2+y^2) become, for any arbitrary constant value of z?

It may help if you also try to sketch what slices parallel to the xy plane look like, to get a better idea for the parameters. In addition, perhaps you may consider a different coordinate system than Cartesian.

Oops, I may have been slightly unclear on the bit about education. I didn't mean the title was actually more important, I was saying it's unfortunate that a major with engineering in the title can get you in the door, when the exact same courses at the exact same university, but called Applied...