I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce sphygmomanometer but I need to say it in a presentation in a couple of days. Can someone please write it phonetically for me as I don't have much of an idea at...
I have a basic physics problem at work, but since it's 30 years since I did any of this stuff, I'm struggling. Need to tow a 46000kg truck up a 6% gradient & work out power required in watts....
I watched the Big Bang programme on Panorama last night. I've never bought into the Big Bang Theory so it's nice to see that it is losing momentum among some scientists. Obviously no one can answer my...
Hi Guys, i don't really want to get into any creation Vs evolution debates but I was just wondering if there had been anyone who had tried to calculate the probability of all the components of the...
Need help with the following clues please. 23A: No elves disturbed a Central European S?O?E?E (7) 11A: Stylish, with it N?T?? (5) 27A: A figure of six lines ?E?A?R?C (8) 8D: Epic journey O???T?Y (7)...
In ther famous equation e-mc² we are told that mass and energy are the same thing and that one can be transformed into the other. I understand the sun turns Hydrogen (matter) into heat (energy)...
The aviation industry say that people are exposed to minimal radiation when flying (you could say "they would say that wouldn`t they") but when I took my mum to hospital for radiotherapy...
Three charges 0.1 coulomb each are placed on the corners of an equilateral triangle of side 1 meter. If the energy is supplied to the system at the rate of 1 kW, how much time would be required to...
A flour mill wheat is to be adjusted to moisture content 15% on a dry basis. If the whole grain receivd at the mill is found to contain 11.4% water initially how much water must be added per 100kilo...
Why is PI approximately 3.14 and not 3 or 4 or any whole number. Most of the universe is made up of objects based on spheres with PI=3.14. If PI was say 3 that would surely take geometry into another...