Recent content by Vadermort

Such a kind person so unlike myself XD indeed it was, or seems to be, implicitly there

Where does (54+Q) come from? This probably belongs in the relevant equations section. speed is a scalar quantity, average velocity is a vector also this isn't asking a clear question, despite it's presence in the problem statement

"Should I just make a space like x^3+0-3x+2" Yes, basically - a better way to visualize it might be x^3+0x^2-3x+2

Truly only this talking dog can express my love for you, man.

Homework Statement Suppose you need to know an equation of the tangent plane to a surface S at the point P(2,1,3). You don't know the equation for S but you know that the curves r1(t)=<2+3t,1-t^2,3-4t+t^2> r2(u)=<1+u^2,2u^3-1,2u+1> both lie on S. Find an equation of the tangent plane at P...

thanks^3

P.s. is linear algebra a good preface to set theory or is my current level of mathematical education lacking in basic logical rigor? :P

"Suppose that there are an infinite number of prisoners who are all to face the firing squad. The jail captain states the conditions of the game: "On the day you will face the firing squad, I will put a black or a white hat on every one of you. You can look around, but cannot speak/gesture to...

Can someone pretty please explain to me the axiom of choice as unrigorously and casually as possible ;P. And then you could include a rigorous explanation if you wish, but I mean I could just go to wikipedia for that..which I already did... in fact I think I'll include the wiki explanation and...

thanks for the replies looks like my mass misunderstanding had less to do with my conceptual understanding of physics and more to do with my lack of knowledge of weighing techniques

I'm a high school science student/aficionado (since it's sort of hard to specialize in anything in high school) and I have some relatively elementary questions: I learned in chemistry class that temperature is the average kinetic energy of the particles in any given sample of gas, so...