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    Evaluate Limit: sin(cosx-1) / x

    Oops, figured it out just after I posted... just multiply by (cosx-1)/(cosx-1)... sorry! :blushing: Somebody can delete the thread if they want...
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    Evaluate Limit: sin(cosx-1) / x

    Hey, Just need to evaluate this limit, I know that the answer is 0, but I can't figure out how to prove it. Any help is greatly appreciated. lim(x-0) of (sin(cosx-1))/x Thanks.
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    Damped and Driven Oscillation of a Bridge

    I've solved it now... I was supposed to assume that since resonance was occurring, the natural frequency was approximately equal to the frequency of the driving force.
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    Damped and Driven Oscillation of a Bridge

    I can see what you mean (I think :smile: ). If I knew \omega_n I would be able to solve the problem. However, I'm not sure how I should go about finding \omega_n. In the physics course that I'm taking we are not really expected to be able to solve differential equations. Thanks!
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    Damped and Driven Oscillation of a Bridge

    Sorry that I had to use an image file, I was having a lot of trouble using the Latex system. http://www.flamingice.5gigs.com/Question.gif Ok... We know the amplitude of the oscillations, and the force per person, so all we need to do is find Fmax, by finding other values and substituting...
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    Simple Harmonic Motion assignment

    Ok, got it now. Thanks. :smile:
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    Simple Harmonic Motion assignment

    Hi, I'm having a few problems with an assignment. Here is the question, and the progress that I've made so far. (If you can call it progress... ) Q) A 500g cylinder of base area a=20cm^2 and height h=30cm is floating upright in water. A 50g mass resting on top of the cylinder is suddenly...
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    How Do You Calculate Molar Masses from Diffusion Rates and Density?

    Oh... OK, I get it now. Thanks lightgrav. I didn't realize that that was one of the properties of an ideal gas... Maybe I shouldn't be doing University Chem without having done High School Chem first... :rolleyes:
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    How Do You Calculate Molar Masses from Diffusion Rates and Density?

    Nobody knows how to do this? Come on, surely someone must be able to help? :smile:
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    How Do You Calculate Molar Masses from Diffusion Rates and Density?

    Hi, this is the question I'm having trouble with: A gas mixture is known to contain equal numbers of moles of two gases. The mixture has a density of 1.47g/L at 1.00 atm and 298K. In a diffusion experiment, one of the gases was found to diffuse 1.25 times faster than the other under the...
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    Solving a Puzzling Momentum Problem

    Yes, telco, I thought that too, when I was working through it in my head. But when I tried to do it on paper, I couldn't simplify the other unknowns in terms of the initial velocity. I still can't figure out how to do it.
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    Solving a Puzzling Momentum Problem

    Well, theoretically there are 3 unknowns - the initial speed of object 1, the final speed of object 2, and the mass of object 2. However, since we are given a ratio of the initial and final velocities of object 1, I think I should be able to cancel these out somehow. I just can't figure out...
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    Solving a Puzzling Momentum Problem

    I was looking through the revision section of my textbook in preperation for my test tomorrow, when I came across an interesting problem, which I can't manage to solve. :mad: The problem is: A body of mass 2kg collides elastically with another body that is stationary. The moving mass...
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    Why must an orbit become smaller when an orbiting body loses velocity?

    Sirus, I realize that if you are in a perfectly circular orbit, then the further away from the central body you are, the slower your velocity must be to stay in that orbit. But thinking logically, if you are in a circular orbit, and the satellite (for some reason) loses velocity, surely you...
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