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Why can’t you permanently connect a multimeter to record voltage cross a capacitor?

Why can't you permanently connect a multimeter to record voltage cross a capacitor? What's wrong with it?
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What does +/- 1 digit mean for multimeter errors?

For the multimeter I'm using in school, the handbook says that they have an error in DV voltage of ±0.5% + ±1 digit. I do not really understand what they mean by ±1 …
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Do we need to know that microphone/speaker details in the Heineman Physics book?

Do we need to know that microphone/speaker details in the Heineman Physics book?
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why does doubling the rate of rotation of a generator double to voltage amplitude?

why does doubling the rate of rotation of a generator double to voltage amplitude?
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Practice test on Sound

Does anyone know where I can get a VCE physics practice test on Sound? I don't get any from school.
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Phase change in physics

What is phase change in physics?
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Why does my textbook say that 'each electron must produce it’s own magnetic field"?

Context: Electrons travel around the nucleus of an atom in circlelike paths, so each electron must produce its own magnetic field.
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I am interested in becoming a mathematics/statistician, however the university I am looking at attending is the only uni that requires a science prerequisite for this course..

What are my options? I am going to ask the university directly, but since they want a prerequisite of chemisty, physics or biology to enter their bachelor of science (even if its t …
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How do I interpret the graphs on pages 310-311 of Jacaranda Physics?

I don't get the graph on the top of both of page 310 and 311 of Jacaranda Physics 2. The (1) note indicates that the graph on page 310 includes information about light intensity b …
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Explain Lenard’s experiment and its significance

l don't get Lenard's experiment and its significance at all in relation to the photoelectric effect. The Jacaranda Physics textbook and accompanying the explanation is very confusi …
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What’s wrong with the wave model?

Higher intesity light, delivering energy at a greater rate, woudl produce electrons with higher kinetic energies, so the stopping potential differance would depend on in …
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Does anyone have unit 4 Chemistry, Physics or Biology trial exams?

Does anyone have trial exams for unit 4 Chemistry, Physics or Biology? Thanks :)
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Understanding sound detailed study in physics.

A free end for a sound wave is the opening at the end of a trumpet that projects the sound into the room. Some sound reflects off this free or open end and travels back …
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Inverting sound with knots

When a string has one end fixed so that it is unable to move (for example, when it is tied to a wall or is held tightly to the ‘nut’ at the end of a stringed instrument), the refle …

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