Cut Definition and 256 Threads

  1. R

    Determine the distance between the helicopter and the package 2.0 seconds after the rope is cut.

    A helicopter holding a 70-kilogram package suspended from a rop 5.0 meters long accelerates upward at a rate of 5.2 m/s^2. neglect air resistence on the package. When the upward velocity of the helicopter is 30 meters per second, the rope is cut and the helicopter continues to accelerate upward...
  2. 2

    Wind turbine cut in speed decrease.

    my aim is to lower the cut in speed of the horizontal turbines. I know wind speed has a brutal effect on turbine output, so I want to use horns to speed up air. I plan to put a horizontal axis turbine in the midle of the hexagon You see on the pic. Each side of the hexagon is like a...
  3. D

    Will M1 Spin Around M2 When Rope is Cut?

    Ok this device is spinning around the center of mass(CM). CW------CM--------------M1---M2 while at full speed the roap is cut like so CW------CM-------------- M1---M2 does M1 spin around M2? It seems simple enough but I can't find the answer.
  4. J

    Am I cut out to take grad/postgrad physics?

    Hello. I'm currently taking my AS/A2 levels (in the UK, its the course before Bsc/Msc). I am finding it ok, and have scored consistently high (80% being an A, with my averages around 90%). Its not the work I'm struggling with, its rememembering old stuff! Its 6 months since I last looked...
  5. F

    Dividing a Circle into Equal Areas: A Mathematical Approach

    Given a circle radius 1 how do you divide it into pieces of equal area using parallel lines? Maybe find the area under f(x) = \sqrt{1-x^{2}} OK \int f(x)dx = \frac{1}{2} \left( x\sqrt{1-x^2} - \sin^{-1} (x) \right) Well how do you find the location for the cuts if you need to divide the...
  6. S

    Showing A={r in Q: r^3<2} is a Dedekind Cut

    How do I show that A={r in Q: r^3<2} is a Dedekind cut. Here is the definition I am working with. A subset A of Q is a Dedekind cut if and only if A satisfies the following 3 properties: (i) A is a proper nonempty subset of Q. (ii) If r is in A, s in Q, and s<r, then s is in A...
  7. maverick280857

    Sky Cut Meaning: Definition & Explanation

    What does sky cut mean?
  8. Evo

    How long does it take for a bleeding cut to stop when tightly compressed?

    How long should it take to stop bleeding after you have it tightly compressed? It's not bleeding as long as I keep it closed and keep pressure on it, but the second I remove the pressure, it bleeds like crazy. This is me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIBk1a3qdQ&feature=related
  9. W

    Navigating a Failed Coop: Finding My Best Career Option

    I just finished a coop term which I won't get credit for because my employer literally failed in every category. I had a long talk with him, and he told me very frankly that I'm the worst coop student he's ever had, and being a professor, he's worked with 256 students in total. He told me the...
  10. wolram

    Are Egypt's Pyramids Built from Marine Fossils?

    http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/28/2229383.htm?site=science&topic=ancient Many of Egypt's most famous monuments, such as the Sphinx and Cheops pyramid at Giza, contain hundreds of thousands of marine fossils, according to a new study. Most of the fossils are intact and preserved...
  11. E

    Is Cutting Your Own Hair Always a Better Choice Than Visiting a Barber?

    I think it is an abomination that a barbershop can stay in business. Every human being that owns a scissors and has at least one hand is capable of cutting his or her own hair perfectly fine. If you begin cutting your own hair when you are a child then my guess is that you will save...
  12. wolram

    Can Chemicals Cut Through Hardened Steel?

    I have a bet that no chemical can cut through hardened steel like in the movies, will i loose?
  13. D

    Cutting a Copper Wire for Different Resistances

    I need help with one of my Physics homework problems please! A certain copper wire has a resistance of 10.0 Ohm. At what point along its length must the wire be cut so that the resistance of one piece is 4.0 times the resistance of the other? What is the resistance of each piece? I worked...
  14. wolram

    Paper Cut Soreness: Envelopes Need Warning Signs

    Doing the staff christmas cards ,and i just paper cut my tongue licking an envelope, and it feels realy, realy, sore. envelopes should have warning signs on.
  15. Y

    Why Did Thieves Cut Off the Wrong Leg?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7142920.stm" is just terrible. What is the world turning into
  16. S

    Volume under a surface which is cut by a circle

    Hi! I have a function that only depends on z. It is homogeneous in both x and y direction. Then at a certain z-value I need the average value in a circle with radius r from this point. The circle is in the x-plane. How should my integral look like? Thanks to anyone that can help me.
  17. B

    What is the meaning of square root cut in Zee's Quantum field theory?

    Hello! I am just working through Zee's Quantum field theory in a nutshell and have a little problem. He calculates the free propagator and evaluates an integral (I doubt the integral is important for my question) when he writes "and the square root cut starting at \pm i*m leads to an...
  18. Q

    Calculating Force Needed to Cut Teflon Sheet

    i need to know the force that is required to cut a .010 inch thick teflon sheet (sort of like a hole puncher cutting out circular holes of paper) into 20 mm diameter circles. how would i even go about trying to figure this out? im trying to design a mechanism for a class that will cut these...
  19. V

    MATLAB Surface cut function in matlab?

    there're functions in MATLAB to plot a 2-D matrix as a surface. not supposing the surface is like a paraboloid, is there a function to cut it at a particular plane to observe the contour? any suggestions for the same would be appreciated. thanks.
  20. W

    Can a cube be cut in 27 smaller cubes in less than 6 cuts?

    Prove or disprove that it is possible.
  21. I

    What is the role of Dedekind cuts in defining the real numbers?

    this isn't homework this is from a book I am reading for fun L is the set of all negative rationals and zero and all numbers whose square is less than 2. R is the set of all numbers whose squares are greater than 2. this defines\sqrt{2} so that's cool i understand that, the irrational number...
  22. Evo

    Accidents Happen: Surviving a Cut Foot with Duct Tape

    Why is it you don't realize that you are out of bandages until *after* you gash the side of your foot open on a jutting piece of broken glass? Damn, it hurts. Ok, I put neosporin on it and folded some facial tissues and duct taped it to my foot. I don't look like a freak or anything. It's...
  23. S

    Cut the end of my right index finger

    I have sustained the worst injury known to geekhood. I have cut the end of my right index finger. Mouse-clicking has become a monumental task, comparable to scaling everest. :mad::mad::cry::cry::mad::mad:
  24. R

    What would hapen to coefficent of spring if we cut it

    what would hapen to coefficent of spring if we cut it into 2 equal parts?
  25. mbrmbrg

    How Does Cutting a Spring in Half Affect Its Oscillation Period?

    Homework Statement A simple harmonic oscillator consists of a mass m and an ideal spring with spring constant k. Particle oscillates as shown in (i) with period T. If the spring is cut in half and used with the same particle, as shown in (ii), the period will be : (choose one of the...
  26. Ivan Seeking

    News Well, I didn‘t cut and run, Mr. President

    "Well, I didn‘t cut and run, Mr. President" http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=12032 This is about as effective as any advertising slogan that I've seen in ages. The image of this woman who lost both of her legs after Bush declared victory in...
  27. G

    Why doesn't the residue theorem work for branch cut integration?

    I need help with a branch cut intgration. The problem is to show the following for 0< \alpha <1: \int_{0}^{\infty}{x^{\alpha - 1} \over x+1}={\pi \over sin\alpha\pi} I used the standard keyhole contour around the real axis (taking that as the branch cut), but using the residue theorem...
  28. O

    Mechanism allowing a blade to cut through tissue?

    Here is a question posed to me recently that I'd like to post for discussion. It has elements of biology and physics. A butter knife does a poor job of cutting through a tomato or your hand, whereas a razor sharp knife cuts through quite easily. Why is this so? What mechanism is at work at...
  29. Q

    Radius probability of random cut hemisphere.

    Imagine viewing a hemisphere normal to the equator such that it looks like a circile with the full radius of the hemisphere. Now randomly section or cut the hemisphere in a manner a tomato is sliced. If we only consider the portion of the hemisphere that contains the pole we should be...
  30. Astronuc

    Medical Cherry Juice May Cut Muscle Pain

    Students Who Drank the Juice Showed Less Pain and Loss of Strength After Exercise By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News Well chocolate, or rather certain ingredients in chocolate, is supposed to help one's muscles to recover from exercise, particuarly from weight-training and muscle...
  31. larkspur

    Best Tool to Cut a Large Bar of Soap in Half

    What would be the best way to cut a very large bar of soap in half? I have a bar of triple milled soap that is 11cm long, 7cm wide and 4cm thick. My hands too small to hold on to this bar in the shower. I have a miter box and the saw that came with it or a hack saw. Which one would be...
  32. S

    What is the contradiction in integrating around a contour with a branch cut?

    In complex analysis we say that for fn's like lnz we apply a branch cut along positive x-axis to make sure it's single valued. i.e restrict theta s.t 0<=theta<2Pi but we never allow theta to equal 2Pi as this would make lnz take on 2nd value. Let us integrate around a contour which goes from...
  33. bayan

    Finding an Acid to Cut Through Aluminium

    Hi. Is there any acid that will cut through Aliuminium (1mm thin).
  34. P

    Evaluating Volume of Curved Wedge Cut from Cylinder

    Trying to do this question: 'Evaluate the volume of the following solids... A curved wedge that is cut from a cylinder of radius 3m by two planes. One plane is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. The other plane crosses the first plane at 45 degree angle at the centre of the cylinder.'...
  35. T

    I just cut myself and I'm bleeding profusely

    Quick someone ask me how I cut myself. anyone? anyone? I cut myself with a damn golf ball. Its a long story. I'll start at the beginning. I'm sure everyone has opened up a golf ball and seen the rubber bands inside. I was showing someone the inside of a golf ball a few months ago and when it...
  36. L

    Could any curved space be a cut in a higher-dimensional flat space ?

    For a beginner (as I am since a long time), it is convenient to conceptualize curved spaces as embedded within a familar flat space with more dimensions. Of course the intrinsic point of view is more elegant and suffice to itself. Nevertheles, I am asking this question: are there some curved...
  37. R

    Calculating Volume and Side Length of a Cut Cone - Is This Right

    This is a problem I had in a test and almost everyone got different answers for it, we discussed and well, I spotted mistakes in their solutions so I think mine is right but I wanted to check here and also ask if there is an easier/faster way to do it. There is a container that is similar to...
  38. Integral

    How Did Gamer Fleetfoot Illustrate Exploration Paths with an Apple?

    Yesterday, derivative, partial derivative and I encountered this old gentleman [URL]http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/shrewsbury/gammer.JPG who called himself Gamer Fleetfoot. He related to us the story of a meeting of Queen Elisabeth and her 3 highest councilors on how future...
  39. N

    Would it hurt if you got your eyelashes cut off

    Hey would it hurt if you got your eyelashes cut off or separated from you in some other way? They're just like any other hair, so it wouldn't hurt if they were cut off/separated from you right?
  40. O

    Toxicity - Superglue (cyanoacrylate) used to cover cut skin.

    Steve Harris, M.D. The above doctor's quote suggests that Cyanoacrylate adhesives (Super Glue, Krazy Glue) may be used to cover cuts. He suggests that it is non-toxic, but I am skeptical. I heard of this before and wanted to recommend this to someone who cut their finger and plays a...
  41. C

    Contour Integral with Branch Cut

    Hi, I've typed up my work. Please see the attached pdf. Basically, I am trying to sovle this problem. \int_0^\infty \frac{x^\alpha}{x^2+b^2} \mathrm{d}x for 0 <\alpha < 1. I follow the procedure given in Boas pg 608 (2nd edition)...and everything seems to work. However, when I...
  42. C

    US and G-8 should cut off all its AID to Africa

    Do you think more people should die becoz this 6 billion + pop can't be sustained with the ever reducing resources. We'd propbably have wars soon. And so I proclaim all state benefits like free medicine, etc should be banned to all(except my family). People should be even more greedier(except...
  43. M

    Solving Word Problem: 10m Wire Cut into Square & Triangle

    Hello I have this word problem that I am having problems solving. Hopefully someone can help Here is it. A piece of wire 10m long is cut into two pieces. On piece, of length x, is bent into the shape of a square. The other is bent into the shape of a equilateral triangle. (a) expess...
  44. Pengwuino

    Why is my dremel having trouble cutting wood?

    Why can't you cut wood... Ok so i have this dremel... 35000rpm and cordless. I got this mini-saw attachment shown here... http://www.dremel.com/html/home_fr.html Now i have this piece of wood and it has holes in it in a neat grid pattern (if anyone knows waht kind of wood has that). Its...
  45. T

    Why is Dedekind's Cut Used to Define Irrational Numbers?

    By Dedekind's cut we can define some irrational number, where L and R are two disjoint sets of all rational numbers. We know that rational and irrational numbers have different properties, that give us the ability to clearly distinguish between a rational number (expressed as a ratio between...
  46. S

    Cut a metal like aluminium in very small parts

    Does anyone know what tools are available to cut a metal like aluminium in very small parts and to join two parts together and still get a neat finish?
  47. marcus

    Hubble fix-up funds cut (MSN 21 Jan)

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6853009/ the white house cut entire budget for hubble "NASA told to focus on destroying telescope safely"
  48. V

    Spring with constant k cut in two

    Been thinking for a long time and can't come up with a conclusion! If you have a spring with a constant k value and you cut the spring in two(not exactly in half), does the k value change in the springs or stay the same? I'm thinking that the K value does not change because the length of...
  49. S

    Calculating Center of Gravity After Pizza Cut: A Headache?

    hi, here's my question... A pizza has a center of gravity at C, in the middle of the pizza radius = R A smaller circle of pizza is cut from the pizza of radius R/2 at the left side of the pizza so that one the diameter of the hole where the smaller piece was stretches from the edge of the...
  50. M

    Was the Iraq War Justified by Its Outcomes?

    In a brainstorming exercise in my English 151 class a few weeks ago, my teacher told us to write down all of the things that we feel strongly about on a sheet of paper. I couldn’t write anything. As she requested our papers I hastily wrote down a few things, but none of them I truly felt strong...
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