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What Are Saturation and Cutoff Points in Drawing the DC Load Line?
while drawing the dc load line , , we take VCE = 0 and mark it as saturation point but but in saturation state VCE is very small but not zero..! I actually want to make clear that whether its a fact or is it just an assumption to find out saturation point..?? similarly for the cutoff point we...- ranju
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- Dc Drawing Line Load load line Points Saturation
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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MHB Points of intersection of polar equations
Find the points of intersection of $\rho=\cos\left({2\theta}\right)$ and $\rho=\cos\left({\theta}\right)$ By setting $\cos\left({2\theta}\right)=\cos\left({\theta}\right)$, we get the solutions $\theta=0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}$. My question is how come that doesn't give us all the... -
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Electric field inside at points on a conductive box
Homework Statement I'm having trouble understanding a concept. Given a conducting box with point a located outside the box, point b located within the (thick) wall of the box and point c located within the cavity of the box, I have to calculate the electric field at each of these...- Caiti
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- Box Electric Electric field Field Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Finding equation of a curve through 5 points
I'm trying to work out the equation of a curve through 5 very specific points... these points are (47.5, 46.3) (45,48.1) (43, 38.1) (40, 32.8) (37, 26.5) Thought of having general equation ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e and subbing all the points in and solving but that would take way too long... If... -
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MHB Comparing 3 Points on a 3D Graph
excuse my TERRIBLE drawing but roughly, is this drawing a good representation of the points? A(-4,0,-1) B(3,1,-5) C(2,4,6) in my drawing i have the axis as 2, 4, 6 etc- ineedhelpnow
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- 3d Graph Points
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- Forum: Calculus
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MHB Plotting points on ti nspire cx cas
how would i plot points in 3D on the ti nspire cx cas? like these 3 for example: (-4,0,-1), (3,1,-5), (2,4,6)- ineedhelpnow
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- Cas Nspire Plotting Points
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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PLEASE check my math. Creating points on a line using x, y and slope.
I know it's long but I really need help. I'm terrible at math. Anyway, given only a start and end point, I'm trying to draw a line by creating a number of points at regular intervals between those start and end points. This is what I have so far (it's from C# code so I hope it's not too hard to...- supremeruler
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- Line Points Slope
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- Forum: General Math
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Show that four points lie on a plane
Homework Statement (2; 0; 1); (-1; 2; 3); (3; 2; 2) and (3;-6;-3) Homework Equations PS→⋅(PR→×PQ→)=0 The Attempt at a Solution Hi all, I am just wondering if my calculations are correct, and in fact these points do not lie on a plane. My answer is = 50 and i am not confident. Can...- toupee
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- four points Plane Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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MHB Concavity and Inflection Points II
Hey guys, I'm having trouble with this problem set I'm working on at the moment. I'd appreciate some help with this question. I'm only asking about two. Please ignore question one. f'(x) = 2(x^ 1/3) - 1. Moreover, I proceeded to find f'(x)=0 and f'(x) = DNE, which gave me f(2^1/3)=4.74... -
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MHB Intervals of Increase and Inflection Points Question
Hey guys, I'm having trouble with this problem set I'm working on at the moment. I'd appreciate some help with this question: This thread is only for question one. Please ignore number two. So I used the quotient rule to differentiate, giving me: f'(x) = [2x(x-2)-2(x^2)]/(x-2)^3... -
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Probability of Points Lying in a Disk
Imagine points in a plane with a uniform density. To use a simple model, consider just a finite region such as the unit circle and randomly place M points into that unit circle. By uniform density, I mean that any infinitesimal area anywhere in the unit circle has the same probability of...- marcusl
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- Disk Points Probability
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Number of ways to select M cohyperplanar points in finite space
(I don't like the title, since it is a bit misleading. But, I couldn't think of a more descriptive title that fit in the length restrictions.) A recurring theme in a problem I am exploring is counting the number of subsets of size n in Z^{d}_{3} that have at least m mutually cohyperplanar...- Nick O
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- Finite Points Space
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- Forum: Linear and Abstract Algebra
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MHB Concavity, Inflection Points, and Intervals of Increase and Decrease
Hey guys, Need some more help again. I'll keep it brief. This thread is only for question one. Please ignore 2ab. I started off by computing f'(x) via the product rule and calculating the zeros, at which point I got: x= 1/√ 5 and x=√(3) However, I'm at a loss as to what I should do... -
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MHB Critical Points and Global Extrema Question
Hey guys, I'm doubting some of my answers and I'd appreciate some help. I'm only asking about 2abc, ignore 1ab please: For 1a, I simply took the derivative (as I did with all three of these questions) and calculated global and local extrema and critical points. Ultimately, I found that... -
What is the distance between two points
[SIZE="4"]Definition/Summary In the plane with coordinate system (O, \vec{i}, \vec{j}) are given the points A(x_1,y_1) and B(x_2,y_2) (see the picture). We want to determine the distance d between the points A and B. [SIZE="4"]Equations distance between two points (x_1,y_1) and...- Greg Bernhardt
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- Points
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Finding points of intersection algebraically between 2 trig functions
So I have several problems that ask me to find all points of intersection algebraically, but I haven't been able to make much headway on most of them. [SIZE="3"]The first problem Homework Statement Find all the points of intersection algebraically of the graphs of ... on the interval [0...- Kitty Kat
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- Functions Intersection Points Trig Trig functions
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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How can I use similar triangles to find points on a mirror?
I am looking at a reflection of an object that is on the floor in a plane mirror. If the object is a certain distance away from the mirror, how would I use the properties of similar triangles to calculate the positions of the points on the mirror that each ray (one to top of eye and other to...- zoomba91210
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- Mirror Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Finding a plane based off 2 points and the z axis
Homework Statement Find an equation of the plane that passes through the points (4,2,1) and (-2, 9, 6), and is parallel to the z axis. Homework Equations a(X-Xo) + b(Y-Yo) + c(Z-Zo) = 0 The Attempt at a Solution Okay so for this one, I first tried to make a vector out of the...- hagobarcos
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- Axis Plane Points
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Wave intensity at different points
Homework Statement here's the question , ans any my hand written working. which one is correct ? my ans or the model answer? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution- desmond iking
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- Intensity Points Wave
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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'Average Distance' Between Many Points
Hello, I want to find out the 'average distance' between many points on a 2D plain. That is, if you were standing on a point, what would be the average distance to all other points? For example, if there are three points A, B and C. AB = 5, AC = 10 and BC = 15, adding these up and dividing by...- Nlc11
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- Points
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- Forum: Differential Geometry
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Coulomb's law three points on a line
Homework Statement Three point charges, q1, q2 and q3 all on x-axis (i.e y=0 and z=0) +q1 at x = 0 -q2 at dist from origin x = a +q3 at dist from origin x = -2a where q1, q2 and q3 are magnitudes of the charges. Assuming q1 = q2 derive magnitude of q3 in order for there to be zero net force on...- Roodles01
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- Coulomb's law Law Line Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Calculate all mid points of a line at a given interval
Hi guys & girls, I'm using Google maps coordinates to draw a line and want to divide the line by its length, giving segments where the length of each segment is equal to 1. EG: P1 p1.lat = 54.97435323116719 p1.lng = 54.9742647135445 P2 p2.lat = -1.6116368025541306 p2.lng =...- Rich2020
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- Interval Line Points
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- Forum: General Math
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Mean distance between points of 2D array
Say I have an N X N array of points, I would like a formula to give the mean distance between the points. There are lots of short distances but only two long ones (diagonal). There are plenty of algorithms to do this but I would like to work out a formula if there is one. Can someone point me in...- cosmik debris
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- 2d Array Mean Points
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- Forum: General Math
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Confusing points in relativistic dynamics
Hi everyone: I just started to learn special relativity but totally being confused about "velocity", "momentum" and "force". 1. The relativistic momentum is defined by "rest mass * ordinary velocity * gamma". There are 2 kind of explanations. The first one is combining "rest mass * gamma"...- Jeffrey Yang
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- Confusing Dynamics Points Relativistic
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Fortran [Fortran] Filling a disk with random points
Hi My FORTRAN is rusty and my brain is even more rusty. I want to populate an annulus with a randomly distributed set of points. Any hints or tips to get me thinking about this would be gratefully received. Thanks D- mrcotton
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- Disk Fortran Points Random
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- Forum: Programming and Computer Science
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Momentum and torque about different points
Suppose there is a point mass performing circular motion about an axis shown below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B36r-g6bshskV2hIcl91aXl4ZzA/edit?usp=sharing If the angular momentum is taken about the origin O, then the angular momentum L is not parallel to the axis of rotation. As... -
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Phase difference of 2 points in a same graph
Homework Statement since point P is ahead of point O, why the displacement , y , of P shouldn't be Asin(wt + 2pi/(x)) ? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution- kelvin macks
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- Difference Graph Phase Phase difference Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Multivariable Calculus: Points in a Straight Line
Determine whether the points lie in a straight line: 1) A (2,4,2), B (3,7,-2), and C (1,3,3) 2) D (0,-5,5), E (1,-2,4), and F (3,4,2) I'm not sure what method I need to use to show that they are or are not in a straight line. I know that the three points in a are not in a line but those in...- rmiller70015
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- Calculus Line Multivariable Multivariable calculus Points Straight line
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Solutions about Singular and Ordinary points
Do you need to know power series solutions to learn laplace transforms? It is because I am having trouble learning solutions about singular and ordinary points. If yes, then I'll come back to solutions about singular and ordinary points.- Mathmanman
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- Points
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- Forum: Differential Equations
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Finding a Hyperbola w/ 2 given points
Homework Statement Find the equation for a hyperbola centered at the origin with points (-10,3pi/2) and (2,pi/2) Homework Equations x^2/a^2 -y^2/b^2=1 or y^2/a^2 - x^2/b^2 = 1 * r=ke/(1±ecos(theta)) *cos can be replaced with sin and the ± is either a plus or a minus depending...- yopoe
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- Hyperbola Points
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Points close to the source not behaving like inverse-square
Homework Statement The problem - confirm that the amount of radiation measured from a source is related by inverse-square to the distance. Here is a graph of my data fitted to y = a1 * x^a2. Every point is an average of 3-8 measurements (as many as needed to have a statistical error of...- steamyoshi
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- Points Source
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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How to find minimum turning points
I have a function: f(x) = Asin2(x) + Bcos2(x) + Csin(2x) and I want to find the minimum turning point(s). To start with, I calculated: f'(x) = (A - B)sin(2x) + 2Ccos(2x) Therefore, turning points occur when f'(x)=0, or: tan(2x) = 2C / (B - A) To find the minima, I then want to...- weetabixharry
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- Minimum Points Turning
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- Forum: Calculus
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Find the points where electric potential is zero?
There are two charges 2 C and 3 C and 100 cm apart from each other. Find a point where electric potential is zero? Consider 2 C charge on the origin.I have tried out but don't get it solution... 1) If you take point between two charges then 2 C----------100 cm------------------3 C...- Hardik Batra
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- Electric Electric potential Points Potential Zero
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Find Cubic Equation from Four Points?
I am working on finding the area of a solid object. I have 4 points that I need to calculate a cubic equation from. I have tried relentlessly but to no avail I always get the wrong answer. The four points are;(0,2.7) (0.5, 2.9) (1,3.2) (1.9, 3.4) Using excel, the formula should be...- dionwaiters
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- Cubic four points Points
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- Forum: General Math
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How to estimate 2 points on the unit circle
I have some noisy data (x-y coordinates) containing two distinct clusters of data. Each cluster is centred at an unknown point on the unit circle. How can I estimate these two points (green points in the diagram)? We can assume the noise is Gaussian and noise power is equal in x and y...- weetabixharry
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- Circle Estimate Points Unit Unit circle
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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MHB Find Intersections of y=sin(x) and y=1-x^2 | Mangoqueen54
Here is the question: I have posted a link there to this thread so the OP can view my work.- MarkFL
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- Curves Intersection Points
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- Forum: General Math
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Mechanical energy equation for flow b/n 2 points
Homework Statement a) Write down the steady-state mechanical energy equation for flow from point (1) (located at the free surface of the creek) to point (2) located at the free surface of the tank. For the purposes of this problem you can assume the pressures at both points are atmospheric...- schmiggy
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- Energy Flow Mechanical Mechanical energy Points
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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MHB Locating Points for Vector Field $F$: $F_x=0$, $F_y=0$, and $|F_x|=1$
Given Vector Field: $F=2(x+y)\sin\pi za_x-(x^2+y)a_y+\left(\frac{10}{x^2+y^2}\right)a_z$ specify the locus of all points at which a.) $F_x=0$ b.) $F_y=0$ c.) $|F_x|=1$ please help me get started with this. thanks!- paulmdrdo1
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- Field Points Vector Vector field
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- Forum: General Math
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MHB How do I determine the coordinates of points on a 3-D coordinate plane?
Can someone please help me with this? I can't for the life of me figure out how to do these points. How do I line up the x, y, and z? I just can't grasp it and can't find anything online.- ssmith9bmr
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- Coordinate Plane Points
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Finding the angular velocity of a cube about different rotation points
Homework Statement A homogeneous cube of sides l is initially at rest in unstable equilibrium with one edge in contact with a horizontal plane (θ = 45 degrees initially). The cube is given a small angular displacement and allowed to fall. What is the angular velocity of the cube when one face...- Wavefunction
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- Angular Angular velocity Cube Points Rotation Velocity
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Moments about two points of an object
Homework Statement hi guys this is an image of the rear wheel of a push bike going into a corner as well as what i think are relevant forces, i need to calculate the moments or torque at A (the contact patch) and B (the hub centre) this is to calculate the force on the left hand side of the...- shott92
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- Moments Points
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Saddle points of functions of n variables
Hi, I need some clarification on exactly which critical points are saddle points. The definition I am finding everywhere is that "A saddle point is a stationary point that is neither a local minimum nor a local maximum." My question is: what kind of minimum and maximum is the above definition... -
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Finding equation of a plane with 3 points
Homework Statement Homework Equations N/AThe Attempt at a Solution The problem is that I don't get the right answer which is: 2x + y + 7z = -3. Can you please help me find where I went wrong?- uzman1243
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- Plane Points
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Help required w/ vectors: general equations, intersection points
Homework Statement In this question we consider the following six points in R3: A(0,10,3) B(4,18,5) C(1,1,1) D(1,0,1) E(0,1,3) F(2,6,2) a) Find a vector equation for the line through the points A and b b) Find general equations for the line from a c) Find a vector equation for the...- need_aca_help
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- General Intersection Points Vectors
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- Forum: Precalculus Mathematics Homework Help
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Resistance between two points in complex circuit
Homework Statement I have attached a circuit scheme from old textbook. Basically, there are 17 resistors which every has resistance R and we need to find the resistance between points A and B. (I added numbers to each resistor so it would be easier to communicate). Extra question of mine - is...- Anonimas
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- Circuit Complex Points Resistance
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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What is the percent span for the old and new set points
In order to increase production rate a reactor set point was increased from 160 psig to 190 psig. The reactor pressure transmitter was recalibrated from 0-200psig to 0-300 psig what is the percent span for old and new set points. Can you please explain to me how to find the answer. The book says...- jim1174
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- Percent Points Set Span
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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MHB Runge-Kutte: stability of fixed points
Show that the explicit Runge-Kutta scheme \begin{equation} \frac {y_{n+1} -y_{n}}{h}= \frac{1}{2} [f(t,y_{n} + f(t+h, y_{n}+hk_{1})] \end{equation} where $k_{1} = f(t,y_{n})$applied to the equation $y'= y(1-y)$ has two spurious fixed points if $h>2$.Briefy describe how you would investigate...- ra_forever8
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- Fixed points Points Stability
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- Forum: Differential Equations
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MATLAB Export Standardized Matlab Data Points To Excel
Dear Experts! I currently have a sets of data with different time interval and I plotted it into MATLAB from excel. Is there a way for me export the files or calculate the mean, standard deviation etc so that I can calculate error etc. It would be great if I could do it in Matlab. I am...- jeeloong
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- Data Excel Matlab Points
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- Forum: MATLAB, Maple, Mathematica, LaTeX
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Equilibrium Points of a System given its Lagrangian
Given a system's Lagrangian, How can we calculate the equilibrium points corresponding to the system? also how can we determine if that's a stable equilibrium?- dwellexity
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- Equilibrium Lagrangian Points System
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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MHB Finding equation of parabola with 3 points given
Hello, I am supposed to find the equation of a parabola with the points (8,10)(11,10)(10,20/3). I have tried putting these values into y=ax^2+bx+c, but get different answers each time, like c=-160, which is not right! A step by step explanation would be greatly appreciated, as I am very unsure...- phoenixcat
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- Parabola Points
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- Forum: General Math