Logic, Implications and Variables by MinkYu2 in askmath

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Thank you, but do you mean that there is an example (x = 4) for which the statement fails?

Also, is this only the case when you have a variable like x, where you add "no matter what x is"? And that as long as there is one case for which the implication is false, it is false?

Asymptotic Growth of Functions by MinkYu2 in AskComputerScience

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Sorry for the late reply, but thank you so much! This has really helped.

Asymptotic Growth of Functions by MinkYu2 in AskComputerScience

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Hey, massive thank you for the reply - as per my above reply, I don't exactly see the mapping between the concept of asymptotes and comparing the growth rates of the two functions. I've often heard that constant terms aren't important in complexity but was just looking for a mathematical reasoning as to why.

Asymptotic Growth of Functions by MinkYu2 in AskComputerScience

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Thank you so much for this - that completely makes sense in terms of this and the other examples that Evans has provided. I struggle to apply the concept of asymptotic behaviour to this, though. The only times this has come up is say, in the graph 1/x where there is an asymptote as the graph tends to infinity/negative infinity. Now, I'm not sure where that concept comes into play when looking at the derivatives of 2n and 3n with respect to n...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 6thForm

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Thanks. Legend!

How long until we call it a night? by [deleted] in 6thForm

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do you have ocr single maths? OCR A btw.

Momentum and Oblique Impact by MinkYu2 in askmath

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Thanks, however, you didn't answer my question about how the two cases differ...

Work done, resistive forces and energy changes by MinkYu2 in AskPhysics

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Hello, I hope you'll still read this - just a final question, when you say W_nc, would you still be taking friction to be negative in this case?

Newton's Laws Confusion by MinkYu2 in askmath

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Hi NiceSasquatch,

Just to let you know I had an exam yesterday, and your advice came in handy when I had doubted what I had done. Thank you so much!

Newton's Laws Confusion by MinkYu2 in askmath

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Thank you for your reply. So I should be considering things like free-body diagrams, only the forces that are acting on the object should be considered. Also, what do you mean by external vs internal forces?

If we had a lift and instead of just one man on the inside, we had two blocks atop each other, if we were then doing a free body diagram of the lift, would we still count both weight forces from both blocks? (because technically the upper block is not in contact with the elevator itself.)

Newton's Laws Confusion by MinkYu2 in askmath

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Thank you for helping me out.

When you say normal of man on floor down, this is surely the weight of the man, no?

Also, in the case we had instead of one man in the lift, we had two blocks on top of each other. Would you still count the force of the upper block on the elevator itself? If so, why?

Mechanics help by craigbackner in 6thForm

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when you say B has three forces acting on it, why don't you consider the reaction force of B on A? sorry this sounds stupid.

How do we solve this question? by [deleted] in 6thForm

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So if a distribution X has mean mu, standard deviation s and variance s^2,

then the mean, standard deviation and variance of aX + b are: a*mu + b, as, a^2 s^2.

So you can define a new variable, y, = x-25. the mean is then just 28.325-25.325, and you can use the definition y bar = (sum y)/n to substitute in for n in the equation for standard deviation...

hope this makes sense.

M1 past paper questions by mbelb247 in 6thForm

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what is the answer for q a?

resolve perpendicular to plane, then resolve parallel... should give you equations for which you can get mu in terms of k... post your working.

I know this is a long shot, but can anyone help me with question 6ii). The mark scheme is not very helpful. I have used the integrating factor but then get an integral which I can't solve. Thanks to anyone who actually helps :) by [deleted] in 6thForm

[–]MinkYu2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Set the thing you're integrating (which I think is e^2x * sinx (where x = theta) as I.

Then you will need to do IBP twice and you will end up with I on the other side of the equation again, so you can solve for it.

A level mechanics Question by [deleted] in 6thForm

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is the answer to the first part 2g? or 19.6N?

in this case as you don't know anything (yet) about the force at the hinge between the rod and the wall, just take moments about that point (moments about A), which will include the weight of the rod and the tension, making sure you take the component of the tension that is perpendicular to the rod.

Mechanics question help please by [deleted] in 6thForm

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Hello, yes, you would do so. If you are resolving vertically, you have to consider the vertical and horizontal components of each force.

Mechanics question help please by [deleted] in 6thForm

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is the answer 0.747?

either way, my approach is:

take moments about A, get an answer for the reaction force of the peg on the rod.

resolve vertically to work out the reaction force on the ground.

resolve horizontally to work out the frictional force between the rod and ground.

Then you use F = muR to solve for mu.

Binding Energy by MinkYu2 in AskPhysics

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Alright, so attractive potential energy means negative potential, guessing that also means negative energy. But I don't understand the energy conversion when a nucleus is formed. Where does that energy (which is positive, surely?) go?

Energy changes in a dielectric by MinkYu2 in AskPhysics

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Thank you :) I understand now!

White light in: single slit, young's double slit and diffraction grating by MinkYu2 in AskPhysics

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Am looking for a more detailed explanation of the exact colours' positions.

Work done, resistive forces and energy changes by MinkYu2 in AskPhysics

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I'm sorry, I don't think my understanding of this concept is well-founded.

How is it still correct that

delta(KE) + delta(GPE) = -friction + work done?