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I Some questions about absorption lines
Hi, I was watching the following video. I need your help to clarify few important points. Thanks a lot in advance! Question 1: I'm not able to understand picture #1 below. I think that the frequency increases vertically downward but what about the horizontal scale? Compared to picture #1...- PainterGuy
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- Absorption Lines
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- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Thermodynamics and adiabatic lines -- Prove this statement
I tried by one way, seems ok and makes sense, but i am not sure if it is valid yet. $$P_{a} = c_{a}V_{a}^{(-\gamma_{a})}$$ $$P_{b} = c_{b}V_{b}^{(-\gamma_{b})}$$ $$(Pa,va = Pb,vb)$$ $$\frac{c_{a}}{c_{b}} =\frac{[V_{b}^{-\gamma_{b}}]}{[V_{a}^{-\gamma_{a}}]} = V^{-\gamma_{b}+\gamma{a}}$$ Now this...- LCSphysicist
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- Adiabatic Lines Thermodynamics
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Magnetic field lines around electron and wire seem to contradict
In the picture below, the direction of the magnetic field lines can be determined by using the right-hand rule with the thumb pointing in the direction of the current. If we use the right hand rule in the picture below, thinking of the yellow arrow as the current, we would not get the correct...- SamRoss
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- Electron Field Field lines Lines Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetic field lines Wire
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Graphing to find the intersections of lines and a parabola in this limit
Hello, I am currently in my college holidays and I have decided to do some maths to improve. My weakness is graphing and I am hoping to get some help or the solution on this question. Question: Let P(k,k^2) be a point on the parabola y=x^2 with k>0. Let O denote the origin. Let A(0, a)denote...- Jalal_khan
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- Graphing Limit Lines Parabola
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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I Two vectors and two perpendicular lines
In ##\mathbb{R}^2##, there are two lines passing through the origin that are perpendicular to each other. The orientation of one of the lines with respect to ##x##-axis is ##\psi \in [0, \pi]##, where ##\psi## is uniformly distributed in ##[0, \pi]##. Also, there are two vectors in...- LCDF
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- Geometry Lines Perpendicular Perpendicular lines Probability Vectors
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- Forum: General Math
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Electric field lines between a point-charge and a conducting sheet
figure 1: → I don't understand how to approach this problem. Basically it asks for the distance r.I think I should use Gauss's law, but I've been thinking about the shape of the gaussian surface and I'm not sure about how it should look or where I should place it. Any help would be useful...- huszarerik
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- Conducting Conductors Elecrostatics Electric Electric field Electric field lines Field Field lines Lines
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I In the Universe do straight lines exist?
In the universe do straight lines exist? I know over long distances like interstellar and even shorter distances like between the Earth and around the gravity of the moon lines tend to curve, but do straight lines exist anywhere? Or just a desire for them to exist in nature if not for gravity...- LightningInAJar
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- Lines straight lines Universe
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Finding the horizontal tan() lines of this equation
I've been able to find the tangent line with most equations, but I don't have any idea how to do it with a range of values instead of being given a singular value.- user02103498
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- Calculus 1 Derivatives Horizontal Lines Tan Tangent line
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Finding equations for electric field lines
Hi, I am interested in finding the equation for electric field equipotential lines. Ideally, it would be nice to have one equation that worked to find it for different geometries. Unfortunately, I don't think that exists. Assuming it does not exist, I think I would probably have to either solve...- js2020
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- Electric Electric field Electric field lines Field Field lines Lines
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Does creating fire break lines work to control forest fires?
I really don't want to get into politics, I am sick and tired of smelling and breathing the smoke from the forest fire in N Calif even I am living in the silicon valley. Trump said because Calif refuse to clear fire break lines, clear the debriefs, then once the fire started, there is no break...- yungman
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- Break Control Fire Forest Lines Work
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- Forum: Earth Sciences
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Why Are There No Solutions to This Vector Equation Problem?
I think that we can say that PPR = α*PRPS where PR and PS are the points where occurs the intersection on the line R and S. Obs: line r and s are found by knowing that the straight line intersection of two planes are n1 X n2 [cross product] Lr = (0,1,-2) + y(-1,1,1) Ls = (0,1,-1) + u(1,2,1)...- LCSphysicist
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- Line Lines Point straight lines Vector
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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How Are Stress Lines and Streamlines Related in Physical Models?
I was initially curious by the fact that streamlines around a circle appear the same as the lines of stress around a hole: I understand that streamlines are the contour lines of the stream function ##\psi## which satisfies the Laplace equation. I was wondering there is a related function for...- person123
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- Laplace equation Lines Material Stress
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- Forum: General Engineering
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Force & energy in cutting and stretching magnetic field lines?
I have an ordinary switchable magnet for holding tools to a lathe. It's like a magnetic force gearbox, but I can't quite understand the force multiplication. When placed on a steel surface the switch force is approximately ~5N on both finger and thumb at 1.5cm radius acting over a 3cm arc...- Luke2642
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- Cutting Energy Field Field lines Force Lines Magnet Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetic field and forces Magnetic field lines
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Torque on an atom due to two infinite lines of charge
Hope someone can help!- nfepow
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- Atom Charge Infinite Lines Torque
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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EMF below Power Transmission Lines
Many years ago I was responsible for maintaining the integrity of a buried fiber optic cable that utilized a railroad right-of-way. Kinda like watching submarine races ! Along much of this routing, transmission towers / power lines would be adjacent to the railroad. Talking with railroad...- FFjhh
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- Emf Lines Power Transmission Transmission lines
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Home experiment - 'seeing' magnetic lines of force?
Thought of doing this one years ago! Basically, I want to 'see' the magnetic force lines that surround a conductor when energized (with an alternating current). I appreciate that what I will see (or at least I am hoping to see) is the pattern formed by the iron dust in response the the field...- LentilSoup7
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- Experiment Force Home Lines Magnetic
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Finding tangent lines for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥^3 − 𝑥 + 6
not quite sure if this is right.. can someone confirm?- ttpp1124
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- Lines Tangent
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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B Spectral Lines: Scrambling & Differentiation
How are different elements spectral lines naturally 'scrambled' and then differentiated by observation, into each and every element contained in a 'single' light beam emanating from a light source? Is the term 'single' correct in this context and if not can you explain why?- roineust
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- Differentiation Lines Spectral lines
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Calculus and Vectors - Determining intersection for lines and planes
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- Calculus Intersection Lines Planes Vectors
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Calculus and Vectors - Lines and Planes
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- Calculus Lines Planes Vectors
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Determining Coordinates - lines and planes
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- Coordinates Lines Planes
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Determine the distance between the following points and lines
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- Lines Points
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I Perturbation lines for the 1s hydrogen electron
Does anyone know theory about how the perturbation lines are for 1s hydrogen electron? By perturbation I mean the perturbation that is caused by moving an electron so that the E-field lines it emits becomes dragged. by perturbation I mean for example dragging a charge as described below Above...- georg gill
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- Electron Hydrogen Lines Perturbation
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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Spectral lines from electron energy transitions in this atom
Do they mean something like this?- Jeff97
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- Atom Electron Energy Lines Spectral lines
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Intuition behind fields in Transmission lines
How can traveling wave exist on transmission line if wires are perfect conductors (how voltages can be different at different positions on one perfect conductor)? I mean electric fiels should be zero on equipotential source. I know if length is too long compared to wavelength, we get phase...- Amartansh
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- Antenna Electromagnetics Electromagnetism Fields Intuition Lines Transmission Transmission line Transmission lines
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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MHB 3.2.15 mvt - Mean value theorem: graphing the secant and tangent lines
$\tiny{3.2.15}$ Find the number c that satisfies the conclusion of the Mean Value Theorem on the given interval. Graph the function the secant line through the endpoints, and the tangent line at $(c,f(c))$. $f(x)=\sqrt{x} \quad [0,4]$ Are the secant line and the tangent line parallel... -
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MHB Explore Contour Lines in Geogebra: Drawing and Finding Functions
Hey! :o I am looking at the following: 1. We have the function $f(x,y)=y-x^2-1$. Write the appropriate commands in Geogebra that draw a contour line with $f(x,y)=\frac{3709}{2000}$. Could you give me a hint what command we have to use here? Do we just plot $y-x^2-1=\frac{1374}{2000}$ ...- mathmari
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- Lines
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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Some lines from the book "Ideas and Opnions" by Albert Einstein
I read these lines from the book Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein- "Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses." what I interpret from is that knowledge is obtained by observing...- Rishabh Narula
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- Albert einstein Book Einstein Lines Philosophy
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Why is the Hydrogen Spectrum Ambiguous?
I was asked in a test this question: Electron in hydrogen falls from level 4 , how many lines we will see on the ejection spectrum? I hope I translated it well. I see a lot of question about those lines but can’t find information about it. Can anyone explain it to me? -
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Magnetic field lines and magnetic flux density
I'm trying to understand the relationship between the "number" of field lines passing through a region and the magnetic force in this region.I understand that the drawings are of course conceptual: we cannot draw "all" the field lines (although can be visualized with iron fillings).Also the...- AlanTuring
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- Density Field Field lines Flux Flux density Lines Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetic field lines Magnetic flux Magnetic flux density
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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B Other lines of evidence for Dark Energy? (Besides supernova data)
Hello. My current understanding (please correct, if wrong) is that the expansion of the universe is observed to be accelerating, rather than coasting or slowing down. The tentative cause of this acceleration has been given the placeholder name of 'Dark Energy'. One line of evidence for this... -
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MHB Finding lines through given point perpendicular and parallel to given line
Hey, not sure how to translate this from my native language, I hope you understand what I mean. Write down for the line y = 2x + 3 perpendicular and parallel lines passing through the point (1; 1) equations.- swag312
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- Line Lines Parallel Perpendicular Point
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- Forum: General Math
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I Absorption lines and emission lines in stellar spectra
Why do we see more absorption lines in stellar spectra than emission lines?- Haynes Kwon
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- Absorption Emission Lines Spectra Stellar
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Propagation of Error for Sodium Doublet Lines
The equation we used in this lab was Δλ = (λ^2 / 2Δd) where Δλ is the separation of the sodium D doublet lines and is the value we're trying to calculate, λ^2 is the wavelength of sodium light given in the lab manual (589 nm) and Δd is the distance one of the mirror moves to go from one faint...- Browntown
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- Error Lines Propagation Sodium
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculating the equations for the tangent/normal lines
9. When I do this problem I know my slope is -3 because f'(2)=-3. I then went and substituted and got y+5=-3(x-2) which simplified to y=-3x+1 10. I get lost here because the tangent slope would be 0, which would give me the equation y=-2. The normal means perpendicular and the perpendicular...- fulton33
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- Calculus Lines Normal line Tangent line
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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I Condition for a pair of straight lines
While determining the condition for the pair of straight line equation ##ax^2+2hxy+by^2+2gx+2fy+c=0## or ##ax2+2(hy+g)x+(by^2+2fy+c)=0 ## (quadratic in x) ##x = \frac{-2(hy+g)}{2a} ± \frac{√((hy+g)^2-a(by^2+2fy+c))}{2a}## The terms inside square root need to be a perfect square and it is...- rajeshmarndi
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- Condition Lines Pair straight lines
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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Ground clearances for transmission lines
Why are ground clearances so large for 765 kV towers? I did a little research on this and even if the switching surge factor is 3 and you have a factor of safety of 1.5, in air (3 kV/mm), it corresponds to 1.62 m of maximum arc length, which doesn't explain why towers are so large. According...- lagrangman
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- Ground Lines Transmission Transmission lines
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Spurious diagonal lines and black screens on Win 10 Pro
I own a HP Probook 450 G6, with Windows 10 Professional. The laptop was working properly till today morning. Now, when I started it this evening, I started getting spurious lines from MS edge. Chrome is displaying complete black screens. PF from MS Edge Gmail from Chrome PF from Chrome...- Wrichik Basu
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Not necessarily homework help but I do not understand Field lines
Homework Statement: This is not for homework but I have an AP physics exam on field lines and am confused about the proportionality between the charges of objects and the number of field lines. Homework Equations: E=(k*q)/r^2 I am struggling with the number of field lines to put based on the...- Boop de Boop
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- Ap physics 1 Electric field lines Field Field lines Homework Lines
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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MHB Proving parallel lines using points and vectors
Hey, this is a problem given to me by my prof for an assignment, and the TAs at my tutorials haven't been much help. Was wondering where to go with this question. Also, I'm a uni freshman who isn't used to the whole concept of proofs, and a lot of what my profs say seem to be a slew of...- algebruh
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- Lines Parallel Points Vectors
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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Insights Signature of the Sun: Analyzing the Solar Balmer Series Lines
Continue reading...- neilparker62
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- Lines Series Solar Sun The sun
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- Forum: Atomic and Condensed Matter
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I Find the closest distance between two lines segments?
If I have two line segments, how can I find the smallest distance between them? Any one point on each of the segments can be chosen for comparison. (to go a step further, a circle's outer edge and a line segment) Thanks in advance.- kolleamm
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- Lines
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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Municipal water lines in cold climates - history of technology?
In the USA, the usual solution to keeping water lines from freezing is to bury them. In cold climates this implies digging deep trenches. (On another forum, a person from Minnesota said water lines are typically buried 7 ft deep.) In the days before modern excavating equipment, were...- Stephen Tashi
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- Cold History Lines Technology Water
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- Forum: General Engineering
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Insights Understanding Bohr’s Helium Lines
[url="https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/understanding-bohrs-helium-lines/"]Continue reading...- neilparker62
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- Helium Lines
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A Are unstable particles ever really external lines in QFT?
Let's for example consider the Z boson. It can't directly be detected; so is it ever really correct to draw it as an external line on a Feynman diagram? I've seen processes involving it before be written as something -> Z + something, then Z -> ... but since unstable particles aren't really on...- bjj
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- Lines Particles Qft Quantum field theory
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- Forum: High Energy, Nuclear, Particle Physics
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Does the block move along the pink dotted lines
Does the block move along the pink dotted lines as attached in the figure below? I tried to draw the FBD of the small block ##m ## at the lowermost point which is also attached below.(The direction of ## v_0 ## is actually tangential) Is the figure above correct? If not, why?- Kaushik
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- Block Centripetal acceleration Lines Motion Sphere
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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B I need word problems about a pair of straight lines
Hello, I want to see word problems on pair of straight lines to know the real-time applications. I want to find out what it means if a straight line intersects/is parallel to other straight line. Thanks!- pairofstrings
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- Lines Pair straight lines
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- Forum: General Math
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A geometric proof (minimizing the length of two lines in a rectangle)
So, I know it can be proven using calculus, but I need the geometric one. So, I got that ^c=^d and therefor, the amount of increment in one of a, is equal to the other(^e=^b). (Also 0<a+b<Pi/2) And AP'=BP'=BD/sin(a) and BP=BD/sin(a+b) and AP=BD/sin(a-b). AP'+BP'=2AP'=2BD/sin(a) and...- ali PMPAINT
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- Geometric Length Lines Proof Rectangle
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Two geometry problems -- lines and straightedges
Hello all, I need some help on two exercises from Kiselev's geometry, about straight lines. Ex 7: Use a straightedge to draw a line passing through two points given on a sheet of paper. Figure out how to check that the line is really straight. Hint: Flip the straightedge upside down. I would...- LittleRookie
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- Euclidean geometry Geometry Lines
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Plumbing How do PVC sewer lines get sloped using 90 degree fittings?
Diagrams of PVC sewer plumbing show vertical pipes connected to horizontal pipes with fittings that make a 90 degree turn. So how, in practice, do we achieve the recommended minimum 1/4 inch per foot slope for the horizontal pipes? Do we make the horizontal pipe slope by installing the...- Stephen Tashi
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- Degree Fittings Lines Pvc
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- Forum: DIY Projects