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Old 10-25-2005, 11:17 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
It's sad how you loose the ability to do things if you don't practise it every now and then. Ofcourse the basics are in mind, but not perfectly.
Not when you realize you understand the basic concepts and know where to look for the answers. Imho thats the true point of school.
yeah, I remembered this stuff no problem back in high school when I went over it the day before....but now nose deep in senior ME crap the easy stuff kinda floats to the back
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Old 10-26-2005, 04:01 PM   #17
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thanks for all the replies guys, i figured it out after a while of work, i kinda spaced out when the teacher explained the formula, and it was no where in the book so i couldnt learn from there. Thanks for everyone who helped me 8)
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Old 10-26-2005, 05:39 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by ZfrkS62
::walks off to get asprin for sudden headache::
Glad I am not the only one! Christ, it has been like...umm.. 8 or 9 years since I did any Physics lol :shock:

I am glad I took the educational path I did, having read all that lot
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Old 10-30-2005, 01:19 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Korny_kid71
thanks for all the replies guys, i figured it out after a while of work, i kinda spaced out when the teacher explained the formula, and it was no where in the book so i couldnt learn from there. Thanks for everyone who helped me 8)
Which book do you use?
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Old 10-31-2005, 12:45 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by abbor
tension
tension is when something is being pulled and compression is the opposite, when something is being squished/crushed together
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Old 10-31-2005, 07:50 PM   #21
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tension
tension is when something is being pulled and compression is the opposite, when something is being squished/crushed together
That's about what I thought... Except from some expressions, it's actually kind of amazing that the language of science makes people from different parts of the world, understand the same explanations....
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