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    Please help explain the reason for the errors displayed for my Java code

    I started with Eclipse but I found it too complicated for a beginner and so I switched to Bluej.
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    Please help explain the reason for the errors displayed for my Java code

    i corrected the java code. Thanks pbuk for the help. It was foolish of me not to put the strings for the months in double quotation marks but I did not know that one has to put these marks even when one goes to a new line.
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    Please help explain the reason for the errors displayed for my Java code

    //program showing an advantage of using arrays public class Arr3 { public static void main(String []args) { System.out.println("There are 31 days in the month of Jan"); System.out.println("There are 27 days in the month of Feb"); System.out.println("There...
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    Please help explain the reason for the errors displayed for my Java code

    //program showing an advantage of using arrays public class Arr3 { public static void main(String []args) { System.out.println("There are 31 days in the month of Jan"); System.out.println("There are 27 days in the month of Feb"); System.out.println("There...
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    Understanding Negative Velocity and Displacement on a Velocity-Time Graph

    A student who knows about integration will not ask why the area can be negative while one who does not know about integration will ask why the area below the x axis is negative. What answer can I give him then?
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    Understanding Negative Velocity and Displacement on a Velocity-Time Graph

    Hence such a question makes sense only to students who are familiar with integration. Am I correct to say this?
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    Understanding Negative Velocity and Displacement on a Velocity-Time Graph

    I think the area required is a displacement.
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    Why Is My Java Program Not Working?

    Please help me to find what my mistakes are in the following java program.
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    B What if an exercise wasn't uniquely defined?

    I am inclined to be in favour with the reply of "etotheipi', though I totally missed the perfectly logical reply of 'Vanadium 50'! Anyway, thanks for all contributions.
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    B What if an exercise wasn't uniquely defined?

    A math exam question asked for the ratio of two wheels given the required information about the number of revolutions made along a certain distance by the two wheels of a penny-farthing bike. Some students gave the ratio of the radii while others gave the ratio of the areas. What should an...
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    B Real numbers and complex numbers

    Now the math is more clear in my mind. Thanks Mark44.
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    B Real numbers and complex numbers

    I thank all those who posted their replies. But am I correct to argue as follows? Using only real numbers, √( (-2)(-3) ) = √6 is correct but √(-2)√(-3) does not exist as a real number. Hence Method 1 and Method 2 in my first post cannot be compared.
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    B Real numbers and complex numbers

    To find √(-2)√(-3). Method 1. √(-2)√(-3) = √( (-2)(-3) ) = √(6). Method 2. √(-2)√(-3) = √( (-1)(2) )√( (-1)(3) ) = √((-1)√(2)√(-1)√(3) = i√(2)i√(3) = (i)(i)√(2)√(3) = -1√( (2)(3) ) =-√6. Why don't the two methods give the same answer? Thanks for any help.
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    I Alternative formula for the Hamiltonian

    Thank you both, 'nrqed' and 'kimbyd'! Yes, my mistake was assuming that ##W_a## includes the rest mass energy. I derived it again and it turned out as the one given by Fermi, as 'nrqed' said.
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