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A proton moves perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field at a speed of 2.00 107 m/s and experiences an acceleration of 2.70 1013 m/s2 in the positive x-direction when its velocity is in the positive z-direction. Determine the magnitude and direction of the field.
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The Balkh River or Balkhab is a river in Balkh Province, Afghanistan.
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Puppeteers have two forelegs and a single hindleg ending in hooved feet and two snake-like heads instead of a humanoid upper body. The heads are very small, containing a forked tongue, extensive rubbery lips, rimmed with finger-like knobs, and a single eye per head. The Puppeteer brain is housed ... |
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All four Gospels record that in the melee that surrounded the arrest of Jesus in the Garden, someone cut off the ear of the slave of the high priest. Mark records it thus:
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What do Pat Robertson, Gregg Easterbrook, and Michael Shermer have in common? They’ve all moved from climate-change skepticism to the “global warming consensus.” These leading lights may help guide others toward this consensus too. And given the possibility that believers in global warming are right, I’d like to be cha... |
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Speed control during a work stroke can be accomplished by regulating flow to the cylinder. The check valve allows free reverse flow when the cylinder retracts. It normally gives finer speed control than a meter-out circuit.
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Show that the equation $$x^2+xy-y^2=3$$ does not have integer solutions.
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The $2$-category of topoi and geometric morphisms is not locally small. For example, if $A$ is the classifying topos for abelian groups, the category of geometric morphisms from $Set$ to $A$ is equivalent to the category of all abelian groups, which is not small. This problem of course persist... |
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Last Updated: Friday, 10 February 2006, 17:00 GMT
Pioneers look forward to solar future
By Richard Black
Environment Correspondent, BBC News website
"It feels very good," says Lynn Stevenson. "We like it; it's like we're in contro... |
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