Objective: To acquaint the student with basic principles of using measurement instrumentation and to help the student become familiar with several measuring devices used in physics and apply them to measuring length and mass. Particular emphasis will be given to the use of the Vernier Caliper and the Micrometer scale. Formulas, rules: Density: ρ=M/V Volume: Cylinder: V=π r^2h Rectangular box: V=l×w×h r: radius = d/2 d: diameter l: length w: Width h: Height M: Mass Results
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You hire your friend John to help design your new kitchen. John is a creative designer but needs your help with the mathematics before he can get started. The new kitchen is to be 20 feet long, and its width is 75% of its length. The door to enter the kitchen is on the short wall and is 10% of the width of that wall. You want to put in marble countertops, but you don’t want them to take up more than 1/20 of the space in your kitchen (space is in ft2). What is the largest area the counters
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Week 8 Assignment 1 Keila Stinson Strayer University MAT 540 Dr. Negash Begashaw March 2, 2015 In the case study regarding Julia’s food booth a solution needs to be determined as to if investing in a booth to sell food during Tech football games is a sound investment. Julia is considering leasing a booth to sell food outside of Tech stadium at home football games to generate revenue in order to finance her final year at the school. After all of her expenses are paid Julia wants to bring
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CIVL 261 – Traffic and Transportation Engineering ANSWERS FOR ASSIGNMENT 4 Geometric Design of Highways QUESTION 1: The elevation of PVC = 877.62-(3 ft/station) (10 station) = 847.62 ft. The elevation of PVT = 877.62-(5 ft/station) (10 station) = 827.62 ft. 2 Consider y = ax + bx + c G − G1 − 5 − 3 = = −0.2 where a = 2 2L 2(20) b = G1 = 3 c = 847.62 Therefore, y = −0.2 x 2 + 3x + 847.62 dy = 2( −0.2) x + 3 = 0 ⇒ x = 7.5 dx SPRING 2002 sta. The elevation at the highest point is: y = −0.2(7
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500 ft from the lake and marina, lake access included. House is 5 miles from UCF, and is 2000 square feet, on 1/2 acre of land. Front yard swing and wrap around covered porch. 3 car covered carport parking, and patio in rear. 4 beds/2 baths; Interior Laundry room. Ceiling Fans, and water & Sewer included. It is C5e wired and ready to go. Fenced back yard, and side yard fenced. Cinderblock and Brick construction. It is rural and quite but minutes from city; a great area for raising a family.
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This file MAT 222 Week 3 Assignment Real World Radical Formulas contains solutions to the following tasks: 1.103. Sailboat stability. To be considered safe for ocean sailing, the capsize screening value C should be less than 2 (www.sailing.com). For a boat with a beam (or width) b in feet and displacement d in pounds, C is determined by the function. a).Find the capsize screening value for the Tartan 4100, which has a displacement of 23,245 pounds and a beam of 13.5 feet. b). Solve the equation for
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What Does Parallax Mean If you are an avid fan of guns and enjoy practicing your marksman, you have probably heard the term parallax a time or two. It is a common term that is used when talking about rifle scopes and if you are someone who practices long range shooting, you will most likely benefit from a scope that has it. The big question then becomes whether you understand what it does or even what it means for you. Most people who do understand what is parallax in a scope, want to know if it
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I have always been a relatively short person, standing at (exactly) 5'3.5" tall. My mother's side of the family consistently stands at 6'0" or taller, while my father's side averages a bit smaller than even I am; clearly one set of my genes dominates. The half inch is, of course, very important. When I penciled my height in on my learner's permit application, the man at the DMV graciously rounded my height up to 5'4", a whole 0.3" above the average woman's height reported by the CDC. In my day-to-day
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