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    Engineering Becoming an engineer at age 50

    Hi Ken. Sorry if this answer is too late. I went back at 38 and am now a working structural engineer. Be very sure about your choice. The degree is challenging to say the least. In addition to the hard work, etc., I always felt a little out of place. I had no trouble getting employed and...
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    Eliminating forces by taking a moment

    Okay. Bear with me... If the force I'm finding doesn't act through the point I'm taking the moment about. Say A is rigid connection... I'll have Ax, Ay and Mx. I have a known point load acting somewhere along the beam and I want to find 'By' located a certain perpendicular distance from...
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    Eliminating forces by taking a moment

    Homework Statement If I take a moment around a point with a rigid connection what forces do I eliminate at that connection? If I have a reaction force in the Y direction, a reaction force in the X direction and a moment at that point can I eliminate Ry, Rx and Mx or does Mx remain. Can...
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    Solving a Complex Integral: Finding the 4

    Homework Statement \int\intD\left|x\right|dA D= X2+y2<=a2 where a>0 Homework Equations \int\stackrel{\Pi/2}{0}\int\stackrel{a}{0} r cos \Theta r dr d\Theta I hope that's clear... I evaluate this to \frac{a^3}{3} sin \Theta sin \Pi/2 = 1 so I get \frac{a^3}{3} the...
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    Solve Log Values Problem: Find A and B for \frac{Log A}{Log B} = \frac{2}{3}

    Okay. Here is what I have.. \frac{log A}{log B} = \frac{2}{3} 3 log A = 2 log B log A3 =log B2 log A3- log B2 = 0 log \frac{A^3}{B^2} = 0 \frac{A^3}{B^2} = 1 A3 = B2 from the question, we know that \frac{A}{B} = \frac{2}{3} B = \frac{3}{2} A (\frac{3}{2}A)2 =A3...
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    Solve Log Values Problem: Find A and B for \frac{Log A}{Log B} = \frac{2}{3}

    Homework Statement A professor is doing a problem on the black board and ends up with the expression \frac{Log A}{Log B} = \frac{2}{3} . He absentmindedly cancels the “log”, making the left-hand side A/B. (A very wrong thing to do!) Luckily, he ends up with the correct values for A...
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    Finding A: Solving the Matrix Equation

    Okay, I got it. (A+I)(A-I)=I A2-I2=I A2=2I (A2)51=(2I)51 A102=251I51 since I51=I (A102)-1=(251I)-1 A-102=2-51I A-101xA-1=2-51I A-101=2-51IA A-101=2-51A since originally, A-101=2axA a must equal -51 thanks for all of your input.
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    Finding A: Solving the Matrix Equation

    I don't see how it is supposed to be an I on the right side instead of 1. If I have (A101)-1 that's just 1/A101. If I multiply through by A101 then don't I have a 1 on the right side? I tried this; (A101)-1=2aA \frac{1}{(A^2)^5^0}=2a 2I-50=2a
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    Finding A: Solving the Matrix Equation

    A2=I 2a(A2)51=1 2a(I)51=1 2a=(I)-51 a ln 2=-51 ln I a= -51(ln I/ ln 2) a= -51 ln (I-2) Is that close?
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    Finding A: Solving the Matrix Equation

    Okay. A2=I+I2 A=\sqrt{I+I^2} 2aA102=1 I don't see a substitution that will help there. I didn't know I could expand the first equation. I'm not sure if I even multiplied through by A101 correctly.
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    Finding A: Solving the Matrix Equation

    Homework Statement Find "a" when A is a square matrix satisfying (A+I)(A-I)=I and (A101)-1=2axA I is the identity matrix. The Attempt at a Solution I'm trying to find A. I didn't know where to begin, so I picked A to be all zeroes and plugged it in the equation. It didn't work... I tried...
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    Trig Derivative: Understanding the Simplified Solution

    Homework Statement r(t)=(cos t +tsint)i + (sin t -tcost)j + 3k Homework Equations dr/dt=v(t) The Attempt at a Solution when I take the derivative of r(t) I get; v(t)=(-sin t + tcost)i +(cos t +tsint)j the book says; v(t)=(t cos t)i +(tsint)j could some one tell me why? Where...
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