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How to find work done by Multiple forces acting on a object

This can be done in these simple steps

1) First draw a free body diagram of the body showing all the forces on it.

2) Carefully choose a X-Y coordinate system so that direction of the motion or direction of force lies in X or Y direction. This will simplfy the Problem

3) Applying Newton’s law find out any unknown forces


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Common mistake doing average speed calculation

Two most common errors you should avoid when you see an average speed question.

Mistake #1

The most common mistakes in average speed problems occurs when the question asks you to calculate the average speed of a object moving at two different speeds for different parts of the journey. Students are generally tempted to calculate the arithmetic mean (average) of the two speeds, and select a corresponding answer. This averaging approach is wrong.

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Integration of sin square x and sin 2x

Integration of sin square x can be calculated using trigonometric identities .Here is the formula for it $$ \int \sin^2(x) \, dx = \frac{1}{2} x – \frac{1}{4} \sin(2x) + C $$ Integration of sin 2x can be calculated using integration by substitutions .Here is the formula for it $$ \int \sin(2x) \, dx= \frac {-cos


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