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    Elliptical motion in polar coordinates

    Corrected. Thanks again.
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    Elliptical motion in polar coordinates

    I think I have completed the exercise but since I have seldom used polar coordinates I would be grateful if someone would check out my work and tell me if I have done everything correctly. Thanks. My solution follows. Since ##\left(\frac{x}{a}\right)^2+\left(\frac{y}{b}\right)^2=1## it follows...
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    Maximum voltage in the primary circuit of a transformer

    Ah, I think I have understood now. Since ##V(t)=V_0\sin(\omega t)## it must be that ##B(t)=B_0\cos(\omega t)## with ##\omega=2\pi f=\frac{2\pi}{T}=\frac{2\pi}{2\delta t}=100\pi\ \frac{rad}{s}## so that ##V(t)=V_0\sin(\omega t)=-N\frac{d\phi(\vec{B})}{dt}=-N\frac{d}{dt}\left( B_0\cos(\omega t)S...
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    Maximum voltage in the primary circuit of a transformer

    The alternating current will create an induced voltage given by ##V=-N\frac{d\phi(\vec{B})}{dt}=-N\frac{\Delta\phi(\vec{B})}{\Delta t}=N\frac{2 B_0 S}{\Delta t}=\frac{240\cdot 2\cdot 65\cdot 10^{-3}\cdot 10\cdot 10^{-4}}{10\cdot 10^{-3}}=3.12 V## and since this is the effective voltage, the...
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    Two charged spheres hitting each other

    ah, of course! I don't know how I didn't see that before, I was thinking I hadn't understood the situation correctly but it was just a typo, many thanks.
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    Two charged spheres hitting each other

    Thanks for your interest in my question. I had already included my work, the only thing left to do was to show the formula I had derived with the numbers plugged in, which I have now done. The number under the square root is actually positive, according to my calculator.
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    Two charged spheres hitting each other

    Since the forces involved (gravity and electric force) are conservative we can use conservation of energy. The initial energy is ##E_i= k\frac{q_1q_2}{r_0}-G\frac{m^2}{r_0} ## and the final ##E_f=mv^2+k\frac{q_1q_2}{2r}-G\frac{m^2}{2r} ## so from ##E_i=E_f ## we get...
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    Apparent depth of an object underwater

    Thanks. I got ##x\approx 18\ m## and an apparent depth of ##d'\approx 0.19\ m##.
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    Apparent depth of an object underwater

    I would know how to solve this problem if the person had been standing pratically above of the object underwater by using Snell's law and the approximation ##\sin(\theta)\approx\tan(\theta)## fopr ##\theta## small, but in this case I don't see how to find the angles ##\theta_1## and ##\theta_2##...
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    Conducting rod in equilibrium due to magnetic force

    The problem is that with my ##A=\frac{2Rmg}{hL^2B_0^2}## I get a current...
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    Conducting rod in equilibrium due to magnetic force

    I get the same result I got in my initial answer: ##i(0)=-\frac{Lh}{R}\frac{dB(0)}{dt}##, ##i(0)LB(0)-mg=0\Rightarrow -\frac{L^2 hB(0)}{R}\frac{dB(0)}{dt}=mg\Rightarrow \frac{dB(0)}{dt}=-\frac{mgR}{L^2 hB(0)}## so ##i(0)=\frac{mg}{LB(0)}##
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