Paxton Derr

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Side of an equilateral triangle
If an equilateral triangle has area A, then what is the length of each of its sides, x? Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

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Calculate area of sector
A=function(r,seta) r is radius of sector, seta is angle of sector, and A is its area. Area of sector A is defined as 0.5*(r^2...

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Pizza!
Given a circular pizza with radius z and thickness a, return the pizza's volume. [ z is first input argument.] Non-scored bonus...

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Find the Oldest Person in a Room
Given two input vectors: * |name| - user last names * |age| - corresponding age of the person Return the name of the ol...

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Calculate Amount of Cake Frosting
Given two input variables r and h, which stand for the radius and height of a cake, calculate the surface area of the cake you n...

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Calculate supply voltage and total current
Three resistors are connected in series and each has a resistance in ohms. Resistor R2 has a voltage drop of ΔV2volts Find the ...

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Resistance in a circuit
Two resistors with values of 6.0 ohms and 12 ohms are connected in parallel. This combination is connected in series with a 4 o...

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Voltage in a lamp
A lamp is measured to have a resistance of R ohms when it operates at a power of P Watts. What is the voltage (in volts) being a...

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Resistance of a robot
What is the resistance of an industrial robot that draws P watts of power when connected to a power supply delivering V volts? R...

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Basic Mathematics 8
A robot is extending its arm and attempting to reach a game piece that is X” away and Yg ” off the ground. The base of the arm i...

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Basic Mathematics 7
Three generous robotics team mentors would jointly like to donate $N toward extra supplies. The second mentor is donating twice ...

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Basic Mathematics 6
A High School is trying to build their robot to be able to reach the hanging object which is H inches from the ground. Their ro...

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Basic Mathematics 5
The total area of all four equal sections of the game field is N ft². Each section has a rectangle of dimensions X ft x Y ft re...

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Basic Mathematics 4
Team #1 is in first place but only one point higher than Team #2. The sum of their two scores is N. What are each team’s scores...

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Basic Mathematics 3
It was announced during a Robotics Competition kick off that two of the trickiest scoring objects are: soup cans, and beach ball...

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Basic Mathematics 2
If a 4’ x 8’ sheet of ½” plywood weighs W lbs and you cut an L” x L” robot base from this material, approximately how much weigh...

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Basic Mathematics 1
If a robot is traveling on a north heading at v1 inches per second and has the ability to only make N degree changes in directio...

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Linear Motion 7
A robot has a maximum rate of acceleration of a m/s2. If the robot starts from rest and reaches a velocity of v2 m/s. How far ha...

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Linear Motion 6
An experimental vehicle traveling at v1 m/s is brought to a full stop in t seconds. How far does it travel before stopping? Roun...

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Linear Motion 5
A robot moving down an incline for 3 seconds undergoes a uniform acceleration of a ft/s2. If the robot has an initial velocity o...

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Linear Motion 4
A robot accelerates at a rate of A ft/s2. Assuming the robot starts from rest how much time is required to reach an object loca...

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Linear Motion 3
Suppose a robot is moving in a straight line and steadily increases its speed. It moves from v1 ft/s to v1+2 ft/s in the first ...

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Linear Motion 2
During testing in the desert, a remotely operated vehicle travels D kilometers over rough terrain. The testing takes place over...

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Linear Motion 1
An object travels N feet in the first second of travel, N feet again during the second second of travel and N feet again during ...

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Coefficient of Static friction
The coefficient of static friction between two surfaces is u. What force must be used to move a W lb. crate on a horizontal sur...

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Coefficient of Sliding Friction
A weight of W1 N rests on a horizontal plane. The plane is gradually inclined until at an angle θ = Ao with the horizontal, the ...

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Calculate the acceleration of a crate
What is the acceleration of a crate if two robots apply F1 N and F2 N of force respectively and a frictional force of FR N acts ...

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Coefficient of Kinetic friction
A robot exerts a F1 lb. force horizontally on a W lb. crate across a concrete floor at a constant speed. What is the coefficien...

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Find the force required to support a lever
Students are designing a robot that will lift a block to the equilibrium position for transport to the scoring area. They have d...

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Find the mass of a rod
Determine the mass (in grams) of a rod of length L cm if it is in equilibrium per the diagram. In the diagram L1, L2, L3 are di...

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