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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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I'm in a dead meat spot right about now. I Am the the best procastinator ever. I have a 5 page science fair research paper due tommarrow. I was suppose to start it yesterday, but my friends dragged me out of the house to go to hooters at 10pm. How can i say no to hooters lol. On the way back we got lost and we didnt get back till like 2am. The next day,(today)Which was a nice day made me even more lazy. I spent the whole day washing my s instead lol and now i'm at work. If anyone can help me find facts or anyone who is familiar with "Distance and Constant Acceleration" Please help!. I need citations and all that crap, to be honest i never did a research paper before for a science fair. If anyone can give me some input on how to write this research up that would be really helpful.
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http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair...xwOjE3&from=TSW

I have 5 more hours before i get off work. I hope someone can help me.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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Hahahahaha


Sorry.

I appreciate your honesty in why it's not done and can't blame your decision to hit up the Hooters. The trick to doing well on school projects and reports is to pick your position, defend it to the death, and cite support of why you're right.

I banged off a lot of 3-6 week projects in one night when they were due the next day using the tips above. Obviously science and physics-based projects will require some more delicate maneuvering when you pick you position from which you'll be writing.

Good luck
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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To answer your first question, it should go something like this.

"Hey guys. . . yeah, I know I'm a douchetard, but I have to finish this paper, so I'm going to pass on going to Hooters."
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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Who the hell gets lost driving home from Hooters?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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distance and constant acceleration?

take the 2nd integral of acceleration. The area under the curve should be the distance. should be easy b/c it's a squared function.

at least that's what I remember from HS 20 years ago.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by zdave87,Nov 4 2008, 04:52 PM
Who the hell gets lost driving home from Hooters?
Someone that has hooters on their mind
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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constant acceleration?
Isn't that what happens when you push the gas pedal?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Backspin23,Nov 4 2008, 07:23 PM
Isn't that what happens when you push the gas pedal?
Only if you keep the gas pedal in the same spot. Constant acceleration is 0 accel. If you slow down, that's negative accel. If you WOT all of a sudden, that'll be positive accel.

As for the op. Bummer...5 pages isn't hard at all though for that topic. Just make sure your paragraphs aren't pages long and each paragraph ties into the next. Also make sure each paragraph has to do with your thesis and conclude the essay with your conclusion for your thesis. Are you in hs or something? Shoulda started science fairs in middle school.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AlX Boi,Nov 4 2008, 09:36 PM
Only if you keep the gas pedal in the same spot. Constant acceleration is 0 accel. If you slow down, that's negative accel. If you WOT all of a sudden, that'll be positive accel.
constant acceleration doesn't have to be zero. It can be negative, positive, or zero.

example: a person falling in absence of air resistance is constantly accelerating at 9.8m/s^2.

keeping gas pedal in the same spot doesn't always produce constant acceleration because the increasing frictional resistance causes a reduction in acceleration until the car achieve steady state at which accel is zero.
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Still up doing this joint haha
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