robert wants to know his body mass to arbitrary precision. he has a big balancing scale that works perfectly, an unlimited collection of 1 -kg weights, and nine each of 0.1 -kg, 0.01 -kg, 0.001 -kg, and so on weights. assuming the scale is big enough, can he do this? what does this have to do with infinite series

robert wants to know his body mass to arbitrary precision. he has a big balancing scale that works perfectly, an unlimited collection of 1 -kg weights, and nine each of 0.1 -kg, 0.01 -kg, 0.001 -kg, and so on weights. assuming the scale is big enough, can he do this? what does this have to do with infinite series

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

5th Edition

ISBN:9780534408961

Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Publisher:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Chapter3: Oscillations

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 3.32P: Obtain the response of a linear oscillator to a step function and to an impulse function (in the...

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