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Sorry if this is the wrong forum. There is a cathode and an anode and one is emmiting an electron (whichever one of the two does that, I honestly forget) The electron moves through a electric potentinal of 70,000 volts. When it reaches the other side an Xray photon is emitted. 1) What...

Dropping an egg without breaking... So I have to make a container no larger than 10cm x 10cm x 10cm. An egg has to be placed inside the container and dropped from a height of 20ft, and the object is for the egg to survive the fall and not break. This is a competition, and points are...

I was thinking that the V would be the speed when the drag was introduced (such as a parachute)

Alright so far I've got: Force of Drag = (.5)(A)(p)(V^2)(Cd) The only thing is I keep getting a Fd that is larger than Fg. Could someone explain to me how to figure out the acceleration an object falls at when experienced to a certain drag? Ex: 9.8 m/s/s is a freefalling object...

I'll change the essay later to include the girls name, I think your right that it will carry more of an effect if a name is included. Makes the reader able to connect more with someone who has a name, instead of a girl.

The topic is both open/a person who has had an significant impact.

Hey, this is one of my college essays and I was hoping that some people wouldn't mind reading/critiquing it. If anyone doesn't mind proof reading it over for any grammatical mistakes, or simply giving their input as to what should be changed and the likes it would be greatly appreciated. Also...

Well a group of us was working on this in my class, and amazingly no one realized that the powder would just stick to itself as the above post said.

http://i14.tinypic.com/40c0dty.jpg The link above, and the attached file are simple diagrams of what I plan to do. Key: 1)Magnetic Reservoir 2)Dam 3)Turbine 4)Metal Ring (non Iron) 5)Magnetic Reservoir 2 6)Pump 7)Hose 8)Load First let me explain what the magnetic reservoir is...

To start off, the problem. We had to construct a boat out of a 12''x12'' piece of aluminum foil. The purpose was to see who could estimate the closest number of cubes that could go inside the boat without it sinking, as well as who is able to get the most in their boat. What we know...