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Electron in a time variable magnetic field
TL;DR Summary: Find acceleration of electron in dB/dt >0 Hello. Here is a problem that i'm not so sure about: Inside a solenoid there is a time-dipendent magnetic field B, so we have dB/dt = b (constant). We want to know the acceleration of an electron: a) placed in the center of the solenoid...- mahblah
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- Acceleration Electron Faraday's law Field Magnetic Magnetic field Solenoid Time Variable
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I Sabine Hossenfelder says time dilation is due to acceleration
Sabine Hossenfelder says time dilation is due to acceleration in the twin's paradox. Is this true? At 12 minutes into this video , Hossenfelder states, "This is the real time dilation. It comes from acceleration." Looking at the equations for time dilation, time dilation comes from...- Epic Mythology
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- Acceleration Dilation Time Time dilation
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Experimentally calculating the acceleration due to gravity
[Mentors' note: No template because the thread was moved from the technical forums] TL;DR Summary: I need help with determining the value of 'g' using the data I have collected in the lab, using an apparatus consisting of light gates fixated on a stand, the positions of which can be varied...- acertainayush
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- Acceleration Gravity
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Rise of Liquid from Horizontal Acceleration
The only way I get this is to make a the vertical acceleration at the bottom corner and g the horizontal acceleration there. This is from Halliday & Resnick's Physics. I've been unable to find anything there or in REA's Physics Problem Solver. Thanks for any hints submitted.- Ben2
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- Acceleration Horizontal Liquid Rise
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Finding the apparent acceleration due to gravity versus latitude
I began by drawing a diagram and resolving the forces. Since the question asked for 'apparent gravity' I tried to find the normal force. I started with the equations: $$\\(\frac{GM}{R^2}-N)sin\lambda-Fsin\lambda=m\omega^2Rcos\lambda$$ $$\\(\frac{GM}{R^2}-N)sin\lambda-Fcos\lambda=0$$ Solving...- pandafish
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- Acceleration Gravity Latitude
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Doppler effect and acceleration of source
Hi. I need help with part a). I calculated the wavelength of the source by using the formula f_0 = v_phasefront / λ and got λ = (343 m/s) / (520 Hz) = 0.6596 m. And then I set up an equation for the velocity of the source v(t) = a*t (with v(t = 0 )= 0 m/s) and s(t) = 1/2 * at^2 + s_0. But I...- orangephysik
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- Acceleration Doppler Doppler effect Source
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Solving Distance Traveled Using Formulas vs. Graphs
So basically I wonder why the distance traveled by a body in the 5th second gives different results when calculated by the formula for accelerating body(##d=V_0\times t + \frac{1}{2}\times at^{2}##) and when calculated using a graph(formula for the surface of the triangle). Here is the graph of...- Callmelucky
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- Acceleration Distance traveled Formulas Graphs
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Angular acceleration problem for a pulley used to raise an elevator
I tried to multiply 1/8 g (1.22625) by the radius (1.25 m) and got 1.53 rad/s^2. This is actually the linear acceleration of the elevator. How do I get the angular acceleration of the disk? Thanks!- leggythegoose
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Elevator Pulley
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Question involving angular acceleration of a spinning wheel
wfinal=98.0 rad/s, dt=3.00s w=(37 revs/3)=>w=(37 revs*(2*pi/1))/3=>w=77.493 a=(98-77.493)/3=>a=6.8357 My answer is exactly half of the correct answer. Where did I go wrong?- as2528
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Angular speed Angular velocity Spinning Wheel
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Rocket acceleration problem: confused about Newton's 2nd Law
TL;DR Summary: I approach a rocket acceleration problem using two approaches: F=d(m*v)/dt and F=ma. The resulting differential equations are different. What am I doing wrong? We have a ship with a mass-reaction rocket engine floating in space. The initial mass of the ship (including fuel) is...- aniseed
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- 2nd law Acceleration Confused Law Newton's 2nd law Rocket
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Acceleration & Normal Force of a Box: 4 m/s2 & 418 N
What is the acceleration of the box? Paper says the answer is 4 m/s2. What is the Normal force acting on the box? Paper says the answer is 418 N. I know that for most cases FN=Fg=W. So, by definition the "original" Normal force is 245.25 N (am I correct?) I calculated the Fay which is...- Remle
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- Acceleration Box Force Normal Normal force
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I How does the mass of the wheels affect the car's acceleration?
Hi, I found this interesting thread, https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/accelerating-a-car-including-the-moment-of-inertia-of-the-wheels.930374/ but as it has been closed to replies, I decided to ask here. The thread ended up with the equation: where τ - 200Nm engine torque provided on...- kielbasa
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- Acceleration Mass Wheels
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Friction, Mass and Acceleration: Analyzing Block Motion
The block starts to slide if friction can no longer hold the block. F=u*n and F=(m1+m2)a so: (m1+m2)a=uN=>am1+am2=uN=>am2=(uN)/(am1) So:am2=(uN)/(am1) is the force. The answer is F=(u*m1g(m1+m2))/m2 I do not see how the acceleration terms are canceled. Is my answer equivalent to this?- as2528
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- Acceleration Block Friction Friction forces Mass Motion Second law
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B In uniform acceleration, mean velocity ##\bar v = \frac{v_0+v}{2}##?
Question : For uniformly accelerated motion ##a(t)=a_0\;\; \forall \text{times}\;t##, we can say that the average velocity for the entire motion ##\bar v = \frac{v_0+v}{2}##, where ##v(t)## is the final velocity at some time ##t## and ##v_0## is the initial velocity. How do we show that? Issue...- brotherbobby
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- Acceleration Average velocity Mean Uniform Velocity
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Angle of acceleration in non-uniform circular motion
For (c), Solution is Can someone please explain how they calculated that angle? I thought they would do ##arc\tan (\frac {32}{3.35})## Many thanks!- member 731016
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- Acceleration Angle Circular Circular motion Motion
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Points of inflection on acceleration graph
EDIT: For this part(b) of this problem, The solution is However, isn't there more points of inflection than just ##t = 3,5 s ##? Points of inflection is when ##x'' = a = 0## so it should be ## 3 ≤ t ≤ 5 s## I also have a question about part(d): The solution is However, could I tried...- member 731016
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- Acceleration Graph Points
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Find the total time taken and acceleration in the given problem-Kinematics
This is the question; I made some math error...then i just realised this is an easy problem...anyway, i know you guys may have an alternative approach to this; kindly share... For part (a) i have; ##a=\dfrac{10}{t_1}## and ##2a=\dfrac{20-10}{(t_1+t_2)-t_1}##...- chwala
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- Acceleration Time
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A or B? Increase in Velocity Backwards & Acceleration Forward
I've understood that between time t=0 to t=1 sec (moving backward), the object is moving with increasing velocity in the negative direction, slows down, and comes to rest at t = 1 sec. At t = 1 sec, the object returns to its starting position, briefly rests, and then begins to accelerate (moving...- paulimerci
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- Acceleration increase Velocity
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Acceleration of Uranium 238 ion through a potential difference
I don't understand why the Uranium 238 ions are accelerated I think ##\Delta V = -2000 V## to accelerate since the ion would be accelerated by more postive charges so ## V_i > V_f ##- Nway
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- Acceleration Difference Ion Potential Potential difference Uranium
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What exactly is wrong here? (F=ma when Force and acceleration are zero)
If F = 0 then a = 0. When the equation is written in the form F = m*a, it appears ok, that whatever the mass be, LHS and RHS of the equation are equal so no problem. But when the same equation is written in the form m = F/a, then m becomes undefined when F = 0 and a = 0. It occurs to me that...- NTesla
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- Acceleration Force Zero
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Which statement is true? (Velocity and Acceleration of a Tennis Ball)
I understand that when a tennis ball is in motion, the velocity vectors and acceleration vectors are pointing in the same direction. When the ball slows down, it is decelerating and comes to a stop. In the above statement, I understand that from the given angle, both vectors are pointing in the...- paulimerci
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- Acceleration Ball Tennis
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Given a Constant Acceleration magnitude of g/4, Find the value of t
I got to the quadratic equation of the motion where: 4gt^(2) - g(delta t)t - g(delta t) = 0 and tried to solve for t. In this case, we would take the positive discriminate since we are dealing with the passing of time. t = ((sqrt(17) g(delta t)) + g (delta t)) / (8g) However, this is the...- baumbad
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- Accelaration Acceleration Constant Constant acceleration Falling object Magnitude Motion in 1d Physic Value
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Does the gravitational rate of acceleration increase within a planet?
Example: The radius of the Earth is 6371 km. It has an average density of 5.5 g/cm3. Earth's inner core has the highest density at 12.9 g/cm3 [more than double the average]. Its surface gravity is measured in units of acceleration, which, in the SI system, are meters per second squared. It may...- sjbauer1215
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- Acceleration Gravitational increase Planet Rate
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Engineering How do I know that the angular acceleration is the same for both wheels?
how do I know that both angular accelerations are the same for both wheels here? should I apply relative motion analysis for the acceleration at A(with ##a_x,A and a_y,A##) and B(with ##a_{x,B} and a_{y,B}##) here, or is just a_A=r*alpha_C and a_B = r*alpha_D enough from which a_A=a_B and thus...- simphys
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Wheels
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I Calculate Length Contraction for Accelerated Motion to Proxima Centauri
Let's assume a spaceship traveling from the Earth to the Proxima Centauri with constant acceleration g = 9.81 m/s2. The ship is accelerating the first half of the trajectory and decelerating the second half. I calculated the velocity profile from the Earth reference: The travel time on...- ntrand
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- Accelerated motion Acceleration Contraction Integration Length Length contraction Motion Special relitivity
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B Very basic acceleration problem (from a video on The Physics Classroom website)
I'm confused after 2 minutes of this video on acceleration; It starts with telling us that a car acclerates at 8m/s/s for 5 seconds. Then it gives a data chart which includes the car's position at each time interval. The data is as follows. O seconds; O metres 1 second; 4 metres 2 seconds; 16...- paulb203
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- Acceleration Classroom Physics Video
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Find acceleration of Moving incline with a block on it
My attempt: As I need to find acceleration I believe that I need to use F=ma(and thus draw a free body diagram). I drew the block's weight components(mgsinθ, mgcosθ) and concluded that the only force acting on the plane in the horizontal direction is the horizontal component of...- iceninja3
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- Acceleration Block Incline
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Finding acceleration from Velocity vs Position graph
The answer is E. I was initially very confused as to why the answer was not A but realized that the graph was velocity vs position (rather than velocity vs time) which means I can't simply take the derivative of the given graph. [FONT=-apple-system]One thing I tried was writing out the...- iceninja3
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- Acceleration Derivative Graph Position Velocity
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Acceleration of a suitcase in an accelerating train after getting pushed
I was doing one of MIT's 8.01.1x course and came across this question. In case 2, how would we be able to theoretically calculate the horizontal acceleration in this non-inertial frame? The course said that Newton's Law do not hold in accelerating frames. However, could we find the...- String theory guy
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- Acceleration Train
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Motion with Time-Dependent Angular Acceleration
I am not understanding how to even start the question- Zoubayr
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Motion
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Motion with constant angular acceleration
I am not understanding the 2nd part of the question where it is asked about how many revolutions will the blade make when it reaches full speed. Please help- Zoubayr
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Constant Motion
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Weird Thing About Coriolis Acceleration and Coriolis Force?
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- Acceleration Coriolis Coriolis force Force Weird
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Finding linear acceleration of a spool and cable
My angular acceleration is wrong but all I had done was torque which was 110 NM / I = 930 kg-m^2 and calculated 0.118 rad/s^2. But because this is wrong I am stuck and I have no idea how to find angular velocity to plug into the equation to find linear acceleration.- haven
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- Acceleration Cable Linear Linear acceleration
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Did I Miscalculate the Speed for a Leaking Cart Under Acceleration?
My approach is to use the definition of the Force with ##\displaystyle F = \frac{dp}{dt} = \dot{m} v + m \dot{v}##. Since ##m(t)## decreases linearly, I should be able to set ##m(t) = M - \Phi t##, thus ##F = - \Phi v + (M - \Phi t) \dot{v}##, which gives ##\displaystyle v = -\frac{ F - (M -...- PhysicsRock
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- Acceleration Cart Force Mechancis Ode
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I About Direct Laser Acceleration
How does this Lawson–Woodward theorem work. I read on the wiki that the particles cannot be accelerated by lasers. But I do see acceleration of electrons with free space. I wonder how this is done. https://rdcu.be/c0fRw http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.021303 In addition, I have...- redirmigician
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- Acceleration Accelerator physics Laser
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Find the acceleration of the system (2 blocks sliding on a table)
In both the cases 7 kg mass accelerates towards the right because of the 50N force. The unbalanced forces in both the cases are the force of gravity due to 5kg block and force of friction. Applying Newton's second law of motion to cases 1 and 2 yields the following results for acceleration...- paulimerci
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- Acceleration Blocks Sliding System Table
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Kinematics of movement subject to a variable acceleration
Can someone guide me how can I find time ?! I don't have any idea. This is a part of a question in Classical Dynamics.- MatinSAR
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- Acceleration Kinematics Movement Variable Variable acceleration
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I Vertical acceleration of the water bubbles in a kettle?
Question is simple, as we all know water boils at the bottom surface and it forms tiny bubbles. These bubbles grow up and rise in the water until they detach. What is the acceleration of these bubbles compared to gravitational acceleration? - Is it constant velocity? - Is it approximately...- mastermechanic
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- Acceleration Bubbles Vertical Water
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Solving an Inertial Mystery: Angular Acceleration and Mud
So, my idea would be that this happens at an angle ##\theta = \frac{\pi}{2}##, or quarter of a whole rotation. At this point, the wheel starts moving right again, after going to the left. Due to it's inertia, the piece of mud would want to keep it's current direction of motion and therefore fall...- PhysicsRock
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- Acceleration Angular Angular acceleration Inertial Mystery
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B Fundamental Problems With Exam Question: Moving Truck & Acceleration
Is it just me or are there some fundamental problems with this exam question ? What is driving me bananas is you have a moving truck (constant velocity). Then the truck "accelerates" but the block in the back of the truck "stays in the same place". Does this mean relative to the ground...- neilparker62
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- Acceleration Exam Fundamental Truck
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Acceleration required for ship to avoid crashing into another ship
I drew a x(t) graph to try to map out what was going on. I guessed that in order to just barely avoid the crash, the velocity of Enterprise (v.e) will have to decrease to match the velocity of Klingon (v.k). So v.e final = v.k Since we're looking for the acceleration, I used this formula: vf^2...- crememars
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- Acceleration Ship
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Integration of acceleration in polar coordinates
I made this exercise up to acquire more skill with polar coordinates. The idea is you're given the acceleration vector and have to find the position vector corresponding to it, working in reverse of the image. My attempts are the following, I proceed using 3 "independent" methods just as you...- tent
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- Acceleration Coordinates Differential equations Integral Integration Polar Polar coordinates Polar equations
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Understanding how time derivative = acceleration
I'm having a hard time understanding some concepts and would really appreciate some help(not super smart so I need some things basically dumbed down). In my physics lab we're going over Newton's Second Law. There's a statement in the lab papers I don't understand. It states "As you should know...- SlowLearner1218
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- Acceleration Derivative Math and physics Phyics Time Time derivative
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Acceleration of a person jumping off of a bathroom scale
fnet=ma Fn-fg=ma 840 - (72)(-9.8) = 72a a= 840 - (-705.6) /72 a=21.19m/s^2 The correct answer is 1.9m/s^2 unsure of how to get that- Physics_Amazing
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- Acceleration Scale
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B Acceleration -- How is the intermediate displacement speed derived?
I don't know if I wrote it correctly- huc369
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- Acceleration Displacement Speed
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B Can anyone tell me some formulas for acceleration?
我是一名高中生,对加速度的一些计算感到困惑,请与我分享一些信息 (translation by the Mentors via Google Translate): "I am a high school student and confused about some calculations of acceleration please share some information with me"- huc369
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- Acceleration Formulas
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Acceleration of the cart on a Ferris Wheel (Circular Motion)
After 3,32 seconds, vt should have varied by 0,695*3,32. I have done a previous exercise where you only needed to calculate the radial acceleration in this scenario. There, I took the vt after the given time, squared it and then divided with the radius. I remember clearing that one, so in this...- Crunge
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- Accceleration Acceleration Cart Circuar motion Circular motion Motion Phyiscs Wheel
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For a Pendulum: Knowing Acceleration Find Maximum Angle
PS: By the way today I had exams in Physics and this problem was the first one I had to solve :p (unlucky) The question was to find the maximum angle θ that the pendulum can reach if we know that the magnitude of the acceleration is the same when the mass is located in the highest and the lowest...- babaliaris
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- Acceleration Angle Maximum Pendulum
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Relative motion with constant acceleration
I think the question is wrong. My answer : But it should be wrong because : I think the question is wrong … But I'm not sure …- MatinSAR
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- Acceleration Constant Constant acceleration Motion Relative Relative motion
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I What Causes the Initial Acceleration Phase in Molecular Behavior?
Princeton U. has a great intro to molec. behav. w. sound, but neither there or elsewhere have I found much on the initial acceleration phase. Is it assumed that movement over these nano-distances is already happening at c - and then there is just more of it ? How can a little stone you drop on a...- ndvcxk123
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- Acceleration Molecular Phase
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- Forum: Classical Physics