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exercise concerning the inclined plane
I have an exercise to ask yourself.
A ball of mass m = 5 g starts at rest and travels 50 cm along a ramp
inclined at 45 ° to the horizontal. a) If we imagine frictionless motion
of the ball along the ...
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What is the energy of interaction between a point charge and an infinite cylinder?
I don't remember enough from my electromagnetism course and I can't find any simple, full example on this subject.
I know, that I can consider the cylinder as a wire with the same charge density (...
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Derivation of the self gravitational potential energy of a sphere
I have been searching on the Internet but have not found a derivation of the formula for the self gravitational potential energy of a sphere. Can someone show how to do this? I assume it involved 6 ...
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Charge, velocity-dependent potentials and Lagrangian
Given an electric charge $q$ of mass $m$ moving at a velocity ${\bf v}$ in a region containing both electric field ${\bf E}(t,x,y,z)$ and magnetic field ${\bf B}(t,x,y,z)$ (${\bf B}$ and ${\bf E}$ are ...
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Atomic weight in respect to the binding energy?
My book says that the weight of helium (with the nucleon number of 4 and proton of 2) is that of $6,6447*10^{-27}$ kg. Earlier the book stated that if the proton number is left out it means that the ...
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