Gareth56 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 All was going swimmingly well reading my College Physics book by Serway until the dreaded simultaneous equation which I hope somebody can help me with. I can handling them except when there are letters involved. Find 'd' I managed to get to this point then collapsed! Units have been omitted for clarity. -d sin35deg = -0.5(9.81)((d cos35deg)/25)^2 Apparently d = 108m Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerpy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 First simplify what you have a bit. The negative signs on each side cancel and multiply the two numbers on the right to get [math]dsin35 = (4.905)(\frac{dcos35}{25})^2[/math] then square the top and bottom of the fraction to give [math]dsin35 = (4.905)(\frac{d^2 cos^2 35}{625})[/math] cancel a d from each side: [math]sin35=(4.905)(\frac{dcos^2 35}{625})[/math] now it's just a case of rearranging and plugging it into a calculator which gives approximately 108. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth56 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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