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    Maximum torque question.

    You need to look at the angles they are talking about. It depends on which angle, they supply to how you use it.
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    Free school travel axed

    They are but details are not yet revealed. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/school-travel-cut-needed/2008/11/02/1225560624344.html Provisions would be put in place to help families who faced economic hardship, he said.
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    hand rules

    If you look at the picture below What direction would the induced current be if the size of the ring expanded to 15 cm? Increasing size increases flux, so you want to decrease the flux. Grip ring so, you fingers are coming out of page (oppose flux). So current is counter clockwise...
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    hand rules

    Of which, the first or the second statement?
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    Free school travel axed

    I doubt they will scrap the whole scheme. More likely, they will say they will pay to the nearest public school and if you elect to go further, then you will pay the extra.
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    How is scaling determined?

    By comparing how students go in all their subjects.
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    hand rules

    I prefer saying the force is going to stop the motion, so the palm pushes against the direction of motion. The thumb then points in the direction of the induced current. For some induced currents, you are better off using the right hand grip rule. Eg. Loops expanding and contracting or being...
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    hand rules

    You can use it but you need to understand how to use it. You don't need to change the hand rule.
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    Urgent Help!!!-cloud Chamber

    Have a look http://www.practicalphysics.org/go/Experiment_583.html The video shows what occurs and how to set it up. Download works, not sure about straight player. If you do it 2nd hand, you will still be expected to know the basic set up and what you observe.
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    Semiconductors- interesting questions

    The selection is normally based on the use of them to make a junction and the resultant bias you want to apply to it. Think of your answerr to how solar cells work.
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    hand rules

    There are a number of versions that do the same thing. Which you learn is dependent on which you are confident with. The answer from dolbinau is the simplest as it keeps the same meaning for everything and you don't need to change hands. You just need to remember to point your thumb in the...
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    Westinghouse Vs. Edison

    If you look back at the past papers, they have. The biggest thing was how you present the answer. They asked for arguments, so anyone who just quoted advantages of the Westinghouse method or AC couldn't obtain more than half marks. It comes down to structuring the answer to the question...
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    Australian Scientist

    They will never ask you to name an individual scientis because they have no way of checking the answers. The markers don't have access to computers to check every answer. They may however ask you to describe how you investigateed this, including reliability and validity.
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    Help with 06 HSC question

    They are asking you to: 1. Check the reliability of the author: Are they an expert in the field 2. Check the reliability of the publication? Is it nbiased, authoritive, peer reviewed etc 3. Date of publication: Is the data still relevent or have new theories and models been produced etc.
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    Products of Radioisotopes

    They expect you to know about PET scans and gased on that a product of radioactive decay (positron). They don't expect you to do nuclear equations to determine radioactive products.
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    2001 HSC paper

    Yes it is in the syllabus still. This is what they call a PFA question, which is seeing how you can apply your knowledge to society, science etc.
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    A DILEMMA! involving the masses of neutron in kg and in amu

    If you use the data sheet value and the conversion factor from the data sheet, then youwill be marked correctly, if all other working is correct. They will normally supply values in AMUs, if they want you to do it that way. Otherwise, you can convert any AMU data to kgs and work in the same way.
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    3u method Projectile

    If you use the 3 unit way and set up the equations correctly, you can still obtain morks for working, even if your final answer is wrong.
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    De Broglie - Core

    It as removed from the core in 2002, when a lot was cut out.
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    6/7 marker questions

    The board of studies released in 2006 a number of responses showing that longer questions can be answered in tables and dot points. http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2006exams/pdf_doc/physics_notes_06.pdf Q 21. This shows planning, rather than a number of unrelated...
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