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Coefficient of Static friction
The coefficient of static friction between two surfaces is u. What force must be used to move a W lb. crate on a horizontal sur...

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Coefficient of Sliding Friction
A weight of W1 N rests on a horizontal plane. The plane is gradually inclined until at an angle θ = Ao with the horizontal, the ...

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Calculate the acceleration of a crate
What is the acceleration of a crate if two robots apply F1 N and F2 N of force respectively and a frictional force of FR N acts ...

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Coefficient of Kinetic friction
A robot exerts a F1 lb. force horizontally on a W lb. crate across a concrete floor at a constant speed. What is the coefficien...

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Find the mass of a rod
Determine the mass (in grams) of a rod of length L cm if it is in equilibrium per the diagram. In the diagram L1, L2, L3 are di...

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Calculate load on arm 1
A robot is designed with a motor directly attached at the pivot point of the lifting arm. The L inch arm has a weight of W1 lbs...

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Mechanical Advantage of a Gear Train
Calculate the mechanical advantage of a gear train. The mechanical advantage of a gear couple is given by MA = T_o/T_i where ...

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Current through resistor
Three resistors (R2, R3, R4) are connected in parallel as shown in the figure. If this combination is connected in series with ...

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Calculate Parallel Resistance
Three resistors connected in parallel have resistances R1, R 2, and R 3, respectively. Return the total resistance R total of ...

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Resistance of a light bulb
The current through two identical light bulbs connected in series is C Amperes. The total voltage across both bulbs is V Volts....

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Electrical Diode Current Calculation
In engineering, there is not always a single equation that describes a phenomenon accurately enough to be applied in all instanc...

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An Ohm's Law Calculator
*BACKGROUND / MOTIVATION:* Many important observations in math and science can be described by short, but powerful, equations...

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Potential energy calculation

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Force and Motion 3
Two robots push on a large object in the same direction. One robot pushes with a force of F1 Newtons and the other with a force...

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Force and Motion 2
Two robots are pulling on an object in opposite directions. One robot pulls with a force of F1 Newtons and the other with a forc...

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Magic is simple (for beginners)
Determine for a magic square of order n, the magic sum m. For example m=15 for a magic square of order 3.

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Make a random, non-repeating vector.
This is a basic MATLAB operation. It is for instructional purposes. --- If you want to get a random permutation of integer...

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Number of 1s in a binary string
Find the number of 1s in the given binary string. Example. If the input string is '1100101', the output is 4. If the input stri...

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Return the first and last characters of a character array
Return the first and last character of a string, concatenated together. If there is only one character in the string, the functi...

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Sum all integers from 1 to 2^n
Given the number x, y must be the summation of all integers from 1 to 2^x. For instance if x=2 then y must be 1+2+3+4=10.

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Create times-tables
At one time or another, we all had to memorize boring times tables. 5 times 5 is 25. 5 times 6 is 30. 12 times 12 is way more th...

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Getting the indices from a vector
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Determine whether a vector is monotonically increasing
Return true if the elements of the input vector increase monotonically (i.e. each element is larger than the previous). Return f...

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Swap the first and last columns
Flip the outermost columns of matrix A, so that the first column becomes the last and the last column becomes the first. All oth...

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Swap the input arguments
Write a two-input, two-output function that swaps its two input arguments. For example: [q,r] = swap(5,10) returns q = ...

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Column Removal
Remove the nth column from input matrix A and return the resulting matrix in output B. So if A = [1 2 3; 4 5 6]; ...

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Is this triangle right-angled?
Given three positive numbers a, b, c, where c is the largest number, return true if the triangle with sides a, b and c is right-...

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Dimensions of a rectangle
The longer side of a rectangle is three times the length of the shorter side. If the length of the diagonal is x, find the width...

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Solve a System of Linear Equations
Example: If a system of linear equations in x₁ and x₂ is: 2x₁ + x₂ = 2 x₁ - 4 x₂ = 3 Then the coefficient matrix (A) is: 2 ...

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Area of an Isoceles Triangle
An isosceles triangle has equal sides of length x and a base of length y. Find the area, A, of the triangle. <<https://imgur...

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