y-axis and time on the x-axis and perform a 2nd order polynomial curve fit. We can then extract acceleration from the coefficient of the 2nd order term. The second method involves transforming the nonlinear data into a linear form by means of the logarithm from which we can extract acceleration. We are going to use both methods because it demonstrates the power of mathematics as a data analysis tool. Fitting the Data to a 2nd Order Polynomial Free-fall data is shown in figure 1 and has the form y
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Syllabus Course Information: Course Title: Introductory Mathematics Department Name: Department of Mathematics and Science Course Number: MAT 100 a Semester Offered: Spring 2014 Course Meeting Days: Tuesday‚ Thursday Course Meeting Time: 9:00 – 10:15 Course Meeting Places: BAC 002 Prerequisites: None Cr.3. (6 ECTS Cr.) Offered every semester. Blackboard Site: Introductory Math Forum‚ accessible under the condition that you are registered for MAT 100 a and for Blackboard at the
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PART 1 a) Logarithms were invented independently by John Napier‚ a Scotsman‚ and by Joost Burgi‚ a Swiss. Napier’s logarithms were published in 1614; Burgi’s logarithms were published in 1620. The objective of both men was to simplify mathematical calculations. This approach originally arose out of a desire to simplify multiplication and division to the level of addition and subtraction. Of course‚ in this era of the cheap hand calculator‚ this is not necessary anymore but it still serves
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Introduction Chemical Kinetics‚ described as the study of rate of chemical processes‚ varies on many factors to determine the time needed for a reaction to complete. The rate of reaction of a chemical reaction is important‚ as reactions are of little use if the time period needed for the reaction to occur is too lengthy. Many factors influence the rate of a chemical reaction‚ such as temperature‚ concentration and surface area. The order of the reaction is based on the concentration of the reactants
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planning to study biology in college‚ the process of natural selection explains so much about the modern day life on earth. There is perhaps no phenomenon more wondrous or perplexing than the development of complex life on our planet. Over the countless years of human existence‚ many have attempted to explain just how life came to be. I too have asked how complex life on earth arose‚ and for this answer‚ I turned to science. The process of natural selection is very important to my worldview because
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Natural Resource Management refers to the management of natural resources such as land‚ water‚ soil‚ plants and animals‚ with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations Natural resource management is congruent with the concept of sustainable development‚ a scientific principle that forms a basis for sustainable global land management and environmental governance to conserve and preserve natural resources.Natural resource management specifically
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Ethics and Philosophy- Paige Stewart a) Explain how Natural Moral Law can be used to decide the right moral action Plan: Explain the basic principles of Natural Moral Law Explain about the purpose and that everything seems to be striving to fulfil its purpose Link Aquinas to Aristotle ‘Do good and avoid evil’ Primary precepts and the use of reason to establish the secondary precepts Difference between real and apparent goods and interior and exterior acts Thomas Aquinas used his understanding
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Gods Gift to Calculators: The Taylor Series It is incredible how far calculators have come since my parents were in college‚ which was when the square root key came out. Calculators since then have evolved into machines that can take natural logarithms‚ sines‚ cosines‚ arcsines‚ and so on. The funny thing is that calculators have not gotten any "smarter" since then. In fact‚ calculators are still basically limited to the four basic operations: addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication‚ and division
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Bangladesh has always been considered a natural gas rich country. It is largely available in the eastern part of the country extending from greater Sylhet down to greater Comilla‚ Noakhali and Chittagong. It has also been discovered offshore in the Bay of Bengal. Natural gas plays an important role in the country ’s economy. It is an environment friendly fuel‚ which undergoes clean and odorless combustion. It is widely used as fuel for domestic (cooking and heating)‚ industrial (metallurgical‚ ceramic
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