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-%% include some useful goodies
-\RequirePackage[pdftex]{graphicx} % to include images
-%\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}
-%\RequirePackage{emp} % embed MetaPost pictures in LaTeX
-% you need to add \begin{emp*}\end{emp*} by hand, because emp parser
-% doesn't realize \end{EMP} might expand to \end{emp} or \end{empfile}.
-%\newenvironment{EMP}[1]%
-% {\begin{center}\begin{empfile}[problem#1]\begin{emp}(0,0)}%
-% {\end{emp}\end{empfile}\end{center}}
-
-
-%% define a few physics shortcuts
-%\newcommand{\U}[1]{\text{ #1}} % units shortcut
-%\newcommand{\E}[1]{\ensuremath{\cdot 10 ^{#1}}} % exponent shortcut
-%\newcommand{\dg}{\ensuremath{^{\circ}}} % degree symbol ^o
-%\newcommand{\vect}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathbf{#1}}} % make vectors bold
-%\newcommand{\p}[3]{\left#1 #2 \right#3} % parenthesis, e.g. \p({complicated expr})
-%
-%\newcommand{\ihat}{\vect{\hat{i}}}
-%\newcommand{\jhat}{\vect{\hat{j}}}
-%\newcommand{\khat}{\vect{\hat{k}}}
-%\newcommand{\rhat}{\vect{\hat{r}}}
-
-
-%% finally, set up some simple formatting.
-
-% fill the page
-\topmargin -0.5in
-\headheight 0.0in
-\headsep 0.0in
-\textheight 10in
-\oddsidemargin -0.5in
-\textwidth 7.5in
-\pagestyle{empty} % no room for page numbers
-
-% struts for table spacing
-%\newcommand{\Tstrut}{\rule{0pt}{2.6ex}}
-%\newcommand{\Bstrut}{\rule[-1.2ex]{0pt}{0pt}}