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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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Calculate load on arm 1
A robot is designed with a motor directly attached at the pivot point of the lifting arm. The L inch arm has a weight of W1 lbs...

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Mechanical Advantage of a Gear Train
Calculate the mechanical advantage of a gear train. The mechanical advantage of a gear couple is given by MA = T_o/T_i where ...

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Magnitude of Balancing Force
A box weighing W1 pounds is placed where its center of mass is located d1 ft from the fulcrum. A balancing force is placed at th...

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How long do each of the stages of the rocket take to burn?
A space rocket has 3 stages: - stage 1, s1; - stage 2, s2; - stage 3, s3. If s1 burns 3 x as long as s2 which burns ...

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Current through resistor
Three resistors (R2, R3, R4) are connected in parallel as shown in the figure. If this combination is connected in series with ...

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Calculate Parallel Resistance
Three resistors connected in parallel have resistances R1, R 2, and R 3, respectively. Return the total resistance R total of ...

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Resistance of a light bulb
The current through two identical light bulbs connected in series is C Amperes. The total voltage across both bulbs is V Volts....

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Electrical Diode Current Calculation
In engineering, there is not always a single equation that describes a phenomenon accurately enough to be applied in all instanc...

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An Ohm's Law Calculator
*BACKGROUND / MOTIVATION:* Many important observations in math and science can be described by short, but powerful, equations...

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Force and Motion 3
Two robots push on a large object in the same direction. One robot pushes with a force of F1 Newtons and the other with a force...

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Force and Motion 2
Two robots are pulling on an object in opposite directions. One robot pulls with a force of F1 Newtons and the other with a forc...

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Colon operator of two vectors
You are given two vectors of equal length: VecStart, VecEnd Each vector contain a set of integers, where VecEnd(j)>=VecStar...

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Remove All elements less than 5
Given an input vector x, remove all elements of x less than 5 . Example: Input x = [ 1 2 5 7 3 ] Output y is [ 5 7 ...

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Basic commands - amount of inputs
Make a function, which will return amount of given inputs Example: amountinput(1,2,4,3,10) -> 5 , because we gave functio...

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String Logic 5
Example: 'CAT' --> 'TAC' 'DOG' --> 'GOD' 'MATLAB' --> 'BALTAM' 'ROSY' --> 'YSOR' 'TRUST' --> 'TSURT' 'MOSTLY' --> 'YLTS...

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Convert Volume Mixing Ratio to Density
The partial pressure of a constituent gas species of the atmosphere can be expressed in parts per million by volume. For exampl...

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Snow Accumulation and Structural Risks To Residential Properties
The density of snow depends on the amount of liquid water it contains: Dry Snow is about 50 kg/m^3 Wet Snow is about 200 kg/m^...

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Calculate Wind Chill Factor
The NWS Wind Chill Temperature (WCT) index formula for calculating the dangers from winter winds and freezing temperatures: Cal...

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Partial Pressure of Water Vapor from Relative Humidity
Buck (1996, 1981) published the following constants for the saturation pressure of water*: 6.1121 (mb) The saturation pressur...

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Pressure for a given Above Sea Level Altitude
For altitudes up to the stratosphere (around 11 km above mean sea level), the air pressure can be estimated from: with where...

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Air Density from Temperature and Pressure
The density of air can be estimated from the product of molar mass and molar density: Write a function that finds the densi...

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Molar Air Density from Temperature and Pressure
The molar density of air can be found from the Temperature and Pressure using the ideal gas law. where the Molar density STP ...

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Air Mass to Star for an Observer at Mean Sea Level
Air mass is a measure of how much atmosphere light from a source above the atmosphere (eg sun, planet, star) has to travel throu...

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Predict Cricket Stridulation Rate from Air Temperature
Stridulation is the process that creates a cricket's “chirp” by rubbing their wings or legs. According to the Old Farmer's Alma...

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Estimating Euler's (Oi-ler-z) Number
Euler's number is an irrational constant given by Starting with x=0, count the number of times you can add a uniformly distrib...

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Next Tribonacci Number
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Generate Tribonacci Sequence
The "Tribonacci" sequence is an extension of the idea of the Fibonacci sequence: That is, each new term is the sum of the thr...

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