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    Can Calculating Cylinder Dimensions Verify Tank Chart Accuracy?

    Correction: The tank is said to be 108" diameter by 204" long.
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    Can Calculating Cylinder Dimensions Verify Tank Chart Accuracy?

    Homework Statement I have a cylinder laid on it's side, a.k.a. a storage tank. I need to track the volume of liquid stored in said tank. I have a 'tank chart' that shows the volume of liquid in the tank for a specific 'depth' measurement. I think the measurements of the tank are wrong (and...
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    Why is there no sonic boom when shooting an air rifle at 1400 feet per second?

    I read that the speed of sound in air at 20 degrees celsius is about 1126 feet per second. When I shoot my rifle, there is a noticeable crack which I believe to be the 'sonic boom'. I also have 'sub-sonic' ammo that does not cause the CRACK, because the bullet is traveling slower than the...
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    Curvature of space/time question/problem

    I guess I don't understand what you are saying, because that doesn't explain why it moves AWAY from the sun before it curves back towards it. Also why doesn't a ball rolling towards (but not in a intersecting path) an object move away before it curves back towards it? Are the animations in the...
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    Curvature of space/time question/problem

    While watching a video on youtube about space/time, it explained space/time like a fabric with a ball on it. Rolling another ball past this first ball caused the second ball to curve. I get that part. then they said that Arthur Eddington went to test general relativity by photographing a...
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    Gravity and Terminal Velocity: Understanding the Relationship

    Newbie question here, so sorry if it is silly to those in the know.. If a skydiver reaches his terminal velocity because the drag caused by air at height x, why isn't the gravity at x/2 strong enough to overcome the already reached terminal velocity? It seems to me that a falling object...
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