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Hi everyone. Given: an asteroid with the mass of 50,000,000 kg, which is moving with the velocity of oh-my-god particle -- 99.99999999999999999999951% of c. Due to relativistic effects, its total kinetic energy will be 1.44 E+36 Joules (Lorentz factor = 3.2 E+11). A hypothetical particle...

Homework Statement Given a graph (see below) containing the velocities of two stars with respect to the sun, I am asked to calculate the velocity of the centre of mass of a binary system. I am not given the mass of either star, nor the shape of the orbit nor the velocity of the centre of mass...

It's been a long time since I've attended school, over 33 years ago. So my question may seem basic to many here. I wish to calculate the partial volume of a cylinder for my excel spreadsheet project. The formula I've found is attached. (unable to type it) But I do not fully understand this...

There are 2 types of temp rise measurement for electrical devices, 1)resistance type 2) thermocouple type (direct measurement) My query is 1) which method is superior and please explain me the reason. 2) Which gives higher value of measurement? Thanks in advance.

Homework Statement I need to calculate a spring constant using measurements from a Hooke's Law Apparatus, a spring, and some weights. The weights are hung vertically from the spring and the distance is measured from the equilibrium point of the spring. If I'm solving for k, then k=F/x. I do...

Homework Statement A ##10 cm## (on y axis) by ##10 cm## (on z axis) flat plate is located ##5 cm## away (on x axis) from a point charge ##q##. Calculate the electric flux from the point charge to the plate. Can somebody solve it using surface integral using both spherical and cartesian...

Homework Statement A 95-kg mountain climber hikes up a mountain to an elevation of 5000 m. What is the change in the climber's potential energy? Homework Equations I might be missing something but here's everything that might be relevant: w=fx p=w/t p=f*v KE=1/2mv^2 PEg=mgh PEe=1/2kx^2 Wnet=E...

Hey! :o Let A be a regular ($n\times n$)-Matrix, for which the Gauss algorithm is possible. If we choose as the right side $b$ the unit vectors $$e^{(1)}=(1, 0, \ldots , 0)^T, \ldots , e^{(n)}=(0, \ldots , 0, 1 )^T$$ and calculate the corresponding solutions $x^{(1)}, \ldots , x^{(n)}$ then...

If I have a load that needs 57 milliamps for 4 minutes @ 1.5V, how do I calculate the mAh rating needed to satisfy that load?

Hi I don't know if anyone here design tube power amps. I am calculating the gain of the class AB output stage of push pull tubes and output transformer. Class AB by definition has a small signal region that both tubes are working and is operating in pure class A. Only when input signal is large...

Homework Statement Homework Equations This is a calculation about differential cross section of Yukawa potential. The Attempt at a Solution I can't understand how that highlighted part can be -1 , we don't know if the parenthesis term (iq-1/a) is negative or positive tho.

Homework Statement I have attached a picture of the question. A 2 Ci 137Cs source is equal to 2 x (3.7x1010 Bq) = 7.4x1010 s-1 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and for 50 weeks is a total duration in seconds of 7.2x106 s An 8 cm lead shield = 0.08 m IRR99 regulations set an effective dose...

Homework Statement this has been bugging me for a while now the angular momentum about any point p is given as ## \vec {L_p} = \vec {R_{cm,p}} \times \vec {P_{cm}} + L_{cm}\\ ## now if the body precessing around z axis and spinning about its own axis then angular velocity of body in lab...

Homework Statement Homework Equations q = mcat mols*hvap The Attempt at a Solution To decrease temp from 70 to 56 degrees (bp), q=mcat = 1195.5 to convert this gas into liquid , must do mols * hvap = 29129 joules to decrease temp from 56 to 0 thought, i get q= mcat = -7047 J (which is...

Homework Statement I don't have an answer key to these questions and it's my first time dealing with problems like this. so was wondering if my process is correct! Homework Equations q = m*deltaT*C q = mols*Hvap The Attempt at a Solution So, my reasoning behind this work is that there was heat...

Homework Statement Homework Equations No equations used (to my knowledge). Just arithmetic and understanding of what is being asked. The Attempt at a Solution Was wondering if my solution/approach to this question is correct or not? I don't have any answers to compare it to so any...

Homework Statement Calculate the z-parameters for this circuit. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I'm trying to apply Nodal Analysis in order to find V_1 and I'm not too sure where to go with this now.

Hi. I would like to know if it is possible to "reverse engineer" the formula below to find (G) if Ve, M and r are all known values. Ve = sqrt{2GM/r} Ve would be escape velocity, G would be gravitational constant, M would be mass of planet and r would be radius of planet. I hope I am...

Homework Statement Kindly see the screenshot attached below for the question. Homework Equations I=1/3ML^2 1/12ML^2 The Attempt at a Solution In the solution to this question, the moment of inertia of the hands (when outstretched) is taken to be 1/12ML^2 (combined). I think that it should be...

Hello, My question is about the calculation of phase shifts δl in scattering theory. Some article mention that we can obtain phase shifts by numerically solving the radial Schrodinger equation but I'm not sure how to do it. Do you know how to proceed? is there any code (python, c ++, ...)...

Hi! I hace been trying to calculate how many energy in form of beta radiation is emitted in one if those "Tritiglows" sold in Amazon. I did the following math (imatge) and got a really high energy. How is that posible? Where did I failed...

Good morning guys, So i want to make mechanism to cut log with diameter 5 cm and 120 cm length. So how i can calculate the force to cut this log perpendicular and paralel. What is tbe formula i can use? And how i can determine the saw thickness and rpm needed to cut this log? Thanks guys for...

Hi I have the following equation: Log(x/y)=A*(e^z(-1)) I know values of y, A, z. I need to calculate x from this equation. I need to ‘extract’ x first therefore Log(x)-Log(y)= A*(e^z(-1)) Log(x) = A*(e^z(-1)) +Log(y) x=10^[ A*(e^z(-1)) +Log(y)] I am not sure whether my formula modification...

Hi, good afternoon the problem is this: This device was assembled with the purpose of calculating the torque of a small motor. It measures the force F through a charge cell. The calculations performed for the moment were made using the data provided by the load cell and distance "d". However...

Hey, The question sounds like this: I have 100 fs 400 nm pulse passing through the CaF2 crystal. After passing, it gets twice wider (200 ps). What is the length of the crystal? Can anyone share the equation which would help me to calculate this? Thank you in advance!

Homework Statement Calculate the geometric phase change when the infinite square well expands adiabatically from width w1 to w2.Homework Equations Geometric phase: \gamma_n(t) = i \int_{R_i}^{R_f} \Bigg< \psi_n \Bigg | \frac{\partial \psi_n}{\partial R} \Bigg > dR Infinite square well wave...

Homework Statement I have tried to answer the superposition question in the included file. I have gone through the workings as the same as in my john bird electrical book. I believe I have done nothing wrong in my approach and should be getting the same answer as my thevenins answer. the...

Hello. How can one calculate the duration of fall of an astronaut "lost" to 20 m of his shuttle? We can assume that they are stopped at the beginning of the fall. I do not see how. Dylan

Hi all, I'm doing a stress analysis and I’m considering 3 buried pipelines carrying oil. Vibrating wire strain gauges have been installed in different sections for a total of 468 strain gauges. These have been arranged on the surface of the pipelines 120°apart: This pipelines have...

Hello all, Looking for ideas on how to calculate mass flow rate from a velocity contour plot. The cross-sectional area is circular. An example of the velocity contour plot is shown in the figure below: In most of the cases (as exemplified above) the flow is non-axisymmetric. Any suggestions...

Homework Statement An pillow is inflated with an pressure of let's say 20 hPa. Afterwards we place a weight of 10 Kg on the pillow, what is the pressure increase within the pillow? P athmosthere = 1013 hPa P cushion = 1013 + 20 = 1033 hPa m = 10 Kg g = 9.81 m/s^2 Amount of air in the pillow...

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Hi, I'm having trouble calculating the normalized frequency for a multimode fiber. Here's the formula: V=(2π/λ)⋅a⋅√(n12-n22) where λ=900 nm, a=200μm, n1=1.460, n2=1.455 Here's how I plug in the numbers: V=(2π/(900*10-9))⋅(200*10-6)⋅√(1.4602-1.4552)=167This is an easy calculation I know...

I'm in year 8 and have a maths question for science. I have been given some information to go off. We have a task where we have to 'plan' a new mine proposal. I am doing accounting. I need help with 2 questions. - How much silver, copper, and gangue will be produced - How much money will we...

I have a sample problem : Photon, with energy E, is absorbed by m. Then, mass m becomes m' (i think it's relativistic mass). Calculate the new mass. My teacher solved the problem as follows; P1=( E/c, P3dphoton); // momentum of the photon P2=(mc, 0); // momentum of the stationary mass...

Homework Statement Homework Equations \overrightarrow{F} = \frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{qQ}{r^2}\hat{r} The Attempt at a Solution I found to hard summarizing all forces directly adding each to other. The solution of this problem is only matter of drawing the 13-sided polygon and forces...

Dear all, I want to calculate thermodynamical properties of my molecule which I am calculating its thermodynamical properties of non-ideal part using Molecular dynamics. I need ideal gas state total energy, Cp, and Cv in several different temperatures. I am using opt+freq at B3lyp/6-311++G(d,p)...

Hi I was hoping some of you would give me a clue on how to solve this complex number task. z = (1 +(√3 /2) + i/2)^24 → x=(1 +(√3 /2), y= 1/2 I think there must be some nice looking way to solve it. My way was to calculate |z| which was equal to [√(3+2√3)]/2 → cosθ = x/|z|, sinθ= y/|z| After...

Homework Statement A rocket has weight 10,000 kg and it needs to carry 5000 kg with acceleration 3.5 m/s². How much thrust force is necessary for the rocket to have a flight from Earth to space? Homework Equations F=ma[/B]The Attempt at a Solution I try that, According to Newton's law, (...

Homework Statement Attached Homework Equations On page The Attempt at a Solution I'm quite confused as to how to find V1? I'm quite sure it isn't 0. I can't seem to think of a way to find it

So I've found the following formula for calculating the gear ratio of a planetary gear. Tr Turns of the ring gear Ts Turns of the sun gear Ty Turns of the planetary gear carrier R Ring gear teeth S Sun gear teeth P Planet gear teeth ( R + S ) ×Ty = R × Tr + Ts × S The example I saw on the same...

Hello Forum, Given position and related time data, what is the most correct way to calculate the instantaneous speed? For example, given the data (x1, t1) , (x2, t2), (x3, t3) , (x4, t4), (x5, t5), is the instantaneous speed at time t3 given more correctly by v(t_3) = \frac{(x_4-x_2)}...

Homework Statement I have to calculate the propagation of uncertainty for my error analysis lab but I am getting a percentage error of about 22-34 percent, just because the partial derivative of gravitational acceleration with respect to time has a large value. Could somebody please help? I...

Homework Statement This question is problem 1.3.1 from Herbert Callen's textbook in Thermodynamics, second edition. In the answers I have the following: Mole fraction of NaCl = 0.057, molar volume =$18\times 10^{-6} m^3/mole$. How did they arrive at these answers? did they multiplied the...

Homework Statement In the 3rd pictures , it's stated that q ( flow rate) = vA = kiA , so , i = hydraulic gradiene = difference in head between 2 points/ length . But , i am not sure why A ( area) is given by $$l_1$$ , $$l_2$$ and $$l_3$$ only ? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I...

Homework Statement The maximum no of spectral lines for a single atom during it's electron's transition is given by [∆n(∆n+1)]/2 . But I don't seem to arrive at the answer when a group of atoms are present . The question was - What is the maximum number of spectral lines possible for Balmer...

1. The Problem Statement Calculate the equivalent resistance between O and the circumference. Each wire has 24 ohm resistance and the circumference has zero resistance. 2. Homework Equations Not needed.3. Attempt at solution I tried to use symmetry to solve this problem. I understand that...

Hello, does someone know where to find a calculation of Schrödinger's cat experiment? (like psi(cat)=|dead> + |alive>...)

Photoelectric effect 1. Homework Statement A metal surface is illuminated with monochromatic light and it becomes charged to a steady positive potential of 1.0V relative to its surroundings. The work function energy of the metal surface is 3.0eV, the electron charge is 1.6 x 10-19 C. Calculate...

Hello. I wanted to see how much more efficient a car would be if hydrogen and oxygen (created through electrolysis of water) were injected into the engine alongside gasoline. I got lost when I found out that I would need 241.8 kJ/mol of water to electrolyze it...