04/26/19
What would happen if $F=m\\dot{a}$?
What would happen if instead of $F=m*d^2x/dt^2$, we had $F=m*d^3x/dt^3$ or higher?
Intuitively, I have always seen a justification for $\\sim 1/r^2$ forces as the "forces being divided equally...
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04/23/19
Why Present Value and not Future Value?
This is a question in an online finance lesson, and I know what they want for the answer. But I'm not at all a novice at financial matters, so in my mind, I would do this differently.
The question...
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04/13/19
Why can't we ascribe a (possibly velocity dependent) potential to a dissipative force?
Sorry if this is a silly question but I cant get my head around it.
04/09/19
a bear tries to push a tree with 900N of force, but the tree doesn't move. How much force did the tree exert in the opposite direction the bear was pushing?
a bear tries to push a tree with 900N of force, but the tree doesn't move. How much force did the tree exert in the opposite direction the bear was pushing?
03/16/19
Particles for all forces: how do they know where to go, and what to avoid?
Here's an intuitive problem which I can't get around, can someone please explain it?
Consider a proton P and an electron E moving through the electromagnetic field (or other particles for other...
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02/24/18
The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle
The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side. If a triangle has one side that is 8 inches and a second side that is 4 inches less than twice the third...
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09/21/15
A first number plus twice a second number is 16. Twice the first number plus the second totals 14. Find the numbers.
Completely lost
09/20/15
Someone's paddling down a river with a current of 2mph, the first trip took 1.5 hours, the return trip took 2.5 hours. How fast are they paddling
I just need to convert this into numbers
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