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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{0.92691 cm} x{2.50609 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{P1 - energy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} K.E = 1/2 mv\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} & Kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x (velocity)\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} EPE = 1/2 ke\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} & Elastic potential energy = 1/2 x spring constant x (extension)\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} GPE = mgh & Gravitational potential energy = mass x gravity x height \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} TE = mCΔT & Thermal energy = mass x specific heat capacity x change in temp. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} C = E/mΔT & Specific heat capacity = energy / mass x change in temp. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Efficiency = (useful energy output/ total energy input) x100} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} WD = Fs & Work done = Force x distance \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.30454 cm} x{2.12846 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{P2 - 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