Cube Definition and 593 Threads

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    Compressor with a displacement of 10 meter cube hour

    ]Hi Guys Can you help me with this : If a compressor with a displacement of 10 meter cube hour is displacing gas with a pressure of 10 bar, it is displacing 100 meter cube hour ?? (10 meter cube x 10 bar) rgds Marco
  2. C

    How Many Paths Can an Ant Take on a Cube with a Black Hole?

    Suppose an ant is on a vertex of a cube. On one of the three vertices neighboring the ant, there is a black hole. On each move, the ant travels to one of it's neighboring vertices, being careful not to pass through the black hole. The ant makes N moves in total. How many different paths lead the...
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    Electrostatics: cube with 3 charged walls

    Homework Statement There is a cube with a side length of 0,2m. Its three adjacent walls bear an area charge of -2nC/m2. Find the strength of the electric field at the center of the cube. Homework Equations E = \frac{\sigma}{2 \varepsilon _{0}} dE = \frac{\sigma dS}{4 \pi \varepsilon...
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    Distinct Colorings of a Cube: How Many Are There?

    Check it out: 'Each of the faces of the cube are colored by a diff erent of six fi xed colors. How many of the colorings are distinct?' I figured it would be 6!,very simple. But no,there's a trick, can u figure it out!
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    Thermal Expansion of Cube and Sphere

    Homework Statement A solid sphere and a solid cube are made from the same material. The sphere would just fit within the cube, if it could. Both begin at the same temperature, and both are heated to the same temperature. Which object, if either, has the greatest change in volume? The...
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    A question about standard metric cube

    Hi everybody, I'm having difficulties sizing a compressor for natural gas. First,my assumption is to take natural gas as mixture of ideal gases.The compression must be between 9 and 32 bar and it starts at 45 °C. I know that volumetric flow rate must be 85000 Sm3 per day ,where I assume 15°C and...
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    Magnetic Field Strength: Inverse Proportionality to Square or Cube?

    I have read a number of journal article that state that magnetic field strength diminishes inversely proportional to the square of the distance. BUT more than one has stated that the field strength is inversely proportional to the cube of the distance from the surface of the magnet. Which one...
  8. A

    Cool Coffee with Melting Ice Cube: Solve for T

    Homework Statement An insulated Thermos contains 190 cm3 of hot coffee at 83.0°C. You put in a 18.0 g ice cube at its melting point to cool the coffee. By how many degrees (in Celsius) has your coffee cooled once the ice has melted and equilibrium is reached? Treat the coffee as though it were...
  9. S

    Physical model for Completing the Cube?

    Completing the Square for finding the general solution for a quadratic equation by using a two dimensional drawing is easy. Since we can not so easily draw a three dimensional figure to help in finding a solution to a cubic equation, has any clever mathematician ever found a three dimensional...
  10. W

    Coulomb Force Point Charges on Cube

    Hello, I'm having a little trouble with this: Coulomb Force Point Charges on Cube Homework Statement Identical charges of Q (C) are located at the eight corners of a cube with side L (m). Show that the coulomb force on each charge has magnitude: 3.29Q^2/4\pi\epsilon_0l^2 Homework Equations...
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    Group of rigid rotations of cube

    I'm having trouble visualizing some of the rotations that compose this group. Clearly the group has 24 elements by argument any of 6 faces can be up, and then cube can assume 4 different positions for each upwards face. My book describes the rotations as follows: 3 subgroups of order 4...
  12. C

    A cube of some substance floats

    Homework Statement A cube of some unknown material floats in a pool of mercury. 43% of the cube is above the surface. Find the density of the cube.Homework Equations Fb=pVg d=m/VThe Attempt at a Solution So I Googled the density of mercury and found that it is 13,594 kg/m3. I also know that 57%...
  13. S

    Magnetic field at the center of a cube of wires

    Homework Statement Find the magnetic field at a point p in the center of the cube with side length 2b. Homework Equations Biot-Savart Law The Attempt at a Solution I attempted using the biot-savart law, but my answer contradicts what someone told us as a hint. Supposedly the...
  14. A

    26 is unique between a square (5^2) and a cube (3^3)

    i.e, a^{2} \pm 2 = b^{3} has (25,27) as the only solution. Now, can you prove it?
  15. R

    Empty conducting cube with 4 sides at ground and 2 sides at V

    Homework Statement Empty cubic box of dimension "a" with conducting walls. Two opposite walls are held at a constant potential V, while the other walls are grounded. Find an expression for the electric potential inside the box. (Assume box centered on the origin, walls are all normal to one...
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    Chain rule derivative applied to an ice cube

    Homework Statement A cubical block of ice is melting in such a way that each edge decreases steadily by 9.8 cm every hour. At what rate is its volume decreasing when each edge is 10 meters long? Homework Equations V(t) = (l(t))^3 m^3 l'(t) = 0.098 m/h The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Electron in dielectric cube (Quantum Mechanics)

    Homework Statement [PLAIN]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1685/wergp.png Homework Equations H\psi = E\psi The Attempt at a Solution For part a) I used H\psi = E\psi to get: E = \frac{\widehat{p}}{2m} + \frac{Kx^2}{2} + \frac{e\Phi_o}{a}x and assuming E = Q? and rearranging for K...
  18. A

    Volume of Cube changing with respect to time.

    Homework Statement The volume V of a cube with sides of length x in. is changing with respect to time. At a certain instant of time, the sides of the cube are 5 in. long and increasing at the rate of 0.1 in./sec. How fast is the volume of the cube changing at that instant of time? The...
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    Volume of a cube as a function of surface area

    Homework Statement Express the volume of a cube as a fuction of the total surface area Homework Equations Surface area = 6x^2 Volume = x^3 The Attempt at a Solution So, we need to manipulate the surface area equation so we can use it to find volume right? SA = 6x^2...
  20. C

    Resistance calculation in a cube

    Homework Statement each edge of a cube is built with a one ohm resistor, body diagonals are also built with one ohm resistors each. find out equivalent resistance across any two adjacent vertices. Homework Equations i guess it deals with star and delta transformations The Attempt at...
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    Thermodynamics ice cube problem

    First of all, hi, and thanks ahead of time... I've been working on this homework for almost a week, even asked the teacher for help but still haven't been able to figure out what I've been doing wrong/missing. its online work so ill copy paste it Homework Statement (a) Two 32 g ice cubes...
  22. T

    Calculating flux when charge on vertex of cube

    Homework Statement A point charge q = 112 x 10^-9 C is placed at the centre of a cube of side l = 0.2 m. If the charge is moved all the way to one vertex of the cube, determine the flux through each of the faces. Homework Equations None. The Attempt at a Solution I looked at...
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    Pythagoras and Vector coordinates of a cube.

    Homework Statement Basically we are given the coordinates for A=(13.0492, 30.9498, 9.01115) and C=(1.97687, 4.68868, 17.3632) which are two top corners of a cube that is sunk in the ground partway (specifically it's based on the cube near the Melbourne museum). But we don't know where the...
  24. Spinnor

    Square with edges, cube with faces identified.

    Say I randomly give each edge of a square a direction and then I identify opposite edges, do I always come up with a two-dimensional compact manifold without boundary? Seems there are eight different edge orientation assignments, many being equivalent? How many different spaces? Can I do the...
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    Moment of inertia for a hollow cube. Rotating about diagonal opp corners

    Hi Folks, I am designing a piece of kinetic scultpure that will involve cubes made from aluminium square tubing rotating around an axis that passes through two diagonal corners. I am trying to determine motor size to drive this thing, and to do that I need to know its moment of inertia. Math...
  26. A

    Need to find the volume of a rounded cube.

    Hello everyone. I'm currently working on a project (independent study and not homework) and I find myself having to calculate the volume of a cube with rounded corners and I'm stumped. Any help would be really appreciated. The cube itself is 8 cubic meters (2m on each side) and the rounded...
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    Fluid Mechanics : Ice cube melting and Surface Energy Que.

    Q. 1. if a ice cube is placed in a container containing liq on which it is floating. then is it possible that after ice melts, water level rises in vessel in any particular case. 2.Does heat evolves when water rises in a capillary. and how much heat is evolved in height of liq in capillary...
  28. Loren Booda

    How can you fill the cube to one-sixth its volume?

    Given only water and a cubic container with one open face, how can you fill the cube to one-sixth its volume?
  29. T

    Angular momemtum with a puck and ice cube

    Homework Statement A 100 g puck is attached by a length of string to a 500 g block of ice. The string passes through a hole in the centre of a horizontal, frictionless table, and, because it is revolving in a circle of radius 20 cm, the puck is able to support the ice. (Refer to attachment...
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    Fluid Mechanics : Ice cube melting and Surface Energy Que.

    I have a que. if a ice cube is placed in a container containing liq on which it is floating. then is it possible that after ice melts, water level rises in vessel in any particular case. Does heat evolves when water rises in a capillary. and how much heat is evolved in height of liq in...
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    How Do You Calculate Total Flux Through a Cube with Non-Uniform Electric Field?

    Homework Statement A cube has lengths L. E(x) = {a(x+L)2i - (ayL)j where a is constant Find the total Flux through the cube. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution i know the flux is 0 through the z = 0 and z = L planes but the other sides and the top & bottom i am...
  32. C

    Finding the Coefficient of Static Friction for a Cube

    Homework Statement A cube of side l rests on a rough floor. It is subjected to a steady horizontal pull F, exerted a distance h above the floor as shown below. As F increases, the block will either begin to slide, or begin to tip over and thus rotate. Determine the coefficient of static...
  33. H

    Proving the Three Cube Roots of 1 with w

    Homework Statement Let w be a primitive cube root of 1. show that 1, w,w^2 are the three cube roots of 1. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I'm not quite sure how to even start this. any help will be greatly appreciated.
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    Angle between two diagonals of a cube.

    Find the angle between the diagonal of the back and left faces of a cube with one vertex on the origin A) 60 degrees B) cos^-1(1/sqrt(6)) C) cos^-1(1/3*sqrt(2)) D) 90 degrees E) 120 degrees The two diagonals eminate from the vertex at the origin. I will write [u] to mean the "norm"...
  35. M

    Angle between two diagonals of a cube.

    Find the angle between the diagonals of the back and left faces of a cube with one vertex on the origin. A) 60 degrees B) arcos(1/sqrt(6)) C) arcos(1/(3sqrt(2)) D) 90 degrees E) 120 degrees. I think the answer should be D) 90 degrees. Since these vectors are diagonals on the face of the cube...
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    N-dimensional cube problem with clever solution?

    Homework Statement http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4535/asdty.jpg Homework Equations I think the relevant equations are the divergence theorem [PLAIN]http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/9/b/09b08625d572f4d7c9ceb7585241dc36.png The Attempt at a Solution Since it hints at a...
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    Electric flux through cube with nonuniform electric field

    Homework Statement A closed surface with dimensions a=b=0.400m and c=0.600m is located as shown in the figure (be aware that the distance 'a' in the figure indicates that the rectangular box sits distance "a" from the y-z plane). The electric field throughout the region is nonuniform and...
  38. T

    Thermodynamics, heat in a copper cube transfer to water

    Homework Statement When a copper cube of side of 2.0 cm is immersed into a perfectly insulated container filled with 1.0 kg of water at 5 degree celcius , the temperature of water rises to 7 degree celcius . Assuming that no heat is lost to the surrounding , calculate the original...
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    The SOLUTION SET of a MATRIX is a point, line, plane or cube

    How do you know if the solution set of a matrix is a point, line, plane or cube? How do you know the dimension of the solution set? P.S.: This is NOT a homework question. It's a general question about something I'm not 100% clear about
  40. M

    Prove two squares and a cube equal an integer

    Homework Statement Disprove or prove the statement that every positive integer is the sum of at most two squares and a cube of non-negative integers.2. The attempt at a solution I'll call the numbers that can be squares a and b. C will be the cube. The easiest way to disprove something is to...
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    Is a Point Inside a Tilted Cube?

    I'm trying to figure out if a point is in a cube that could be tilted in any direction. How would I do it? I can get anything you need for this problem. Thanks in advance.
  42. M

    3 cube roots, 4 fourth roots, and N nth-roots of -1

    My "Computational World" class is supposedly an intro to computer science without programming, but the questions are all over the place. I'm completely stuck on this question: Show expressions for: (a). 3 cube roots of -1 (b). 4 fourth roots of -1 (c). In the general case, N nth-roots of...
  43. D

    How do you calculate the total E-field for a cube with a 3D vector E-field?

    I have a cube with sides l and therefore a total volume of l^3. The E-field is ax + by + cz where a, b, and c are known constants. It says to find the total E-field. The answer is (a + b + c)*l^3. I have no idea how they get this. I tried summing up all of the sides separately bit I kept getting...
  44. R

    Flux Through a Cube: Calculate Φ & q

    A cube, placed in a region of electric field, is oriented such that one of its corners is at the origin and its edges are parallel to the x, y, and z axes as shown to the left. The length of each of its edges is 1.3 m. (a) What is the flux through the cube if the electric field is given by E...
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    A 8.0×10^-2 kg ice cube at 0.0 degrees C is dropped into a Styrofoam cup

    Homework Statement A 8.0×10^-2 kg ice cube at 0.0 degrees C is dropped into a Styrofoam cup holding 0.35 kg of water at 12 degrees C. A) Find the final temperature of the system. Assume the cup and the surroundings can be ignored. B) Find the amount of ice (if any) remaining. C) Find...
  46. M

    Square root and cube root question

    Homework Statement why is it possible to take the cube root of a negative number and not a square root of a negative number? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
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    Factoring something with cube power?

    Homework Statement I need to find where these two intersect: x = y^3 x = 3y + 2 Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I set them to equate: y^3 = 3y + 2 y^3 - 3y + 2 = 0 How do I factor this??
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    What is the Electric Flux Through a Cube and How Can it be Calculated?

    Homework Statement A cube has sides of length L = 0.500 m. It is placed with one corner at the origin as shown in Fig. 23-29. The electric field is uniform and given by E = (2.50 N/C) i - (4.40 N/C) j. Find the electric flux through each of the six cube faces S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6...
  49. F

    Ice cube into water/thermal equilibrium

    Homework Statement A 400 cm3 glass is filled with 100 g of ice at 0°C and 170 g of water at 25°C. Characterize the content of the glass after equilibrium has been reached. Neglect heat transfer to and from the environment. _ g (mass of water) _ g (mass of ice) _°C (equilibrium...
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    What Are the Correct Euler's Angles for Rotating a Cube?

    Homework Statement What are the Euler's angles corresponding to the rotations of a cube in \theta radians around each of its principal axes around the x: \theta=\theta \phi=\psi=0 around z:\psi=\theta=0 \phi=\theta around y:\phi=\theta=\theta \psi=-\theta is it correct...
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