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Going with this idea, consider two rockets with equal thrust pulling on both end of a string. This presents the same ‘seeming’... -
vela replied to the thread B Simple mass/scale puzzle.Here are two free-body diagrams of the scale. One for your scenario (left) and one for the scale suspended from the ceiling (right). As...
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vela replied to the thread Quantum mechanics book recommendations.Is Griffiths your first exposure to quantum mechanics? If so, you might consider working through the chapters on modern physics in an...
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It's not possible. Instantaneous velocity is part of the mathematical model. In Newtonian physics you can postulate that a particle... -
vela replied to the thread Studying Poor at problem solving -- I'm looking for changes to my approach.Problem solving is definitely its own skill, and like everything else, you have to practice to get good at it. It's pretty easy, for...
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Welcome to PF. One thing that helped me a lot in undergrad was to try to work as many problems as I could. That meant that I tried to...
