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| - If you had to calculate the electric field by hand (at a single observation point) from 3 point charges, what steps would you have to use? | - If you had to calculate the electric field by hand (at a single observation point) from 3 point charges, what steps would you have to use? | ||
| - What is the difference between an insulator and conductor? | - What is the difference between an insulator and conductor? | ||
| + | - Read through the main question and look at the given code block. Read through the code line-by-line as a group and write out in plain English words (or pseudocode) what each line does. | ||
| ==== Main Problem ==== | ==== Main Problem ==== | ||
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| Jo Harding, an eccentric local scientist who has had a few run-ins with storms before, has proposed putting up giant metal T's, with the base of the T inserted into the ground, to protect the townspeople from being struck by lightning. Jo wants the base of the T to be made of wood and the horizontal top of the T to be made of metal. Mayor Rachel Wando is up for reelection and is willing to listen to any ideas to stop the rising death toll, but ever since the lightning storms started, she has been in non-stop meetings in which electric fields are being constantly talked about. She is becoming very concerned about what the electric fields around these T-shaped objects would be like. Mayor Rachel reached out to her friends at Stormchaser HQ for a model of what the electric field will be for one of these T's after it has been struck by lightning. | Jo Harding, an eccentric local scientist who has had a few run-ins with storms before, has proposed putting up giant metal T's, with the base of the T inserted into the ground, to protect the townspeople from being struck by lightning. Jo wants the base of the T to be made of wood and the horizontal top of the T to be made of metal. Mayor Rachel Wando is up for reelection and is willing to listen to any ideas to stop the rising death toll, but ever since the lightning storms started, she has been in non-stop meetings in which electric fields are being constantly talked about. She is becoming very concerned about what the electric fields around these T-shaped objects would be like. Mayor Rachel reached out to her friends at Stormchaser HQ for a model of what the electric field will be for one of these T's after it has been struck by lightning. | ||
| - | The code below is the beginnings of your team's work on modeling the electric field from the giant T. Complete the program | + | The code below is the beginnings of your team's work on modeling the electric field from the giant T. Complete the program |
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