Recent content by ephemeros

I'm working on a debate on education as top priority in budget allocation but I'm on the con side... which would probably mean that I'm on the losing side :( but I just can't give up that easily! so I though of some things that 'might' convince the panel: on the quality of education we get...

A plastic sphere floats in water with 50.0% of its volume submerged. This same sphere floats in glycerin with 40.0% of its volume submerged. Determine the densities of the glycerin and the sphere. HINT: although it wasn't given in the problem, that the density of water is equal to 1.00 g/m^3.

A 0.150 kg glider is moving to the right on a horizontal, frictionless air track with a speed of 0.80m/s. It makes a head on collision with a 0.300-kg glider that is moving to the left with a speed of 2.20m/s. Find the final velocity (magnitude and direction) of each glider if the collision is...