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What Is a Precessing Ellipse and How Does It Relate to Orbital Dynamics?
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Electromagnetism question (Stump book) - Dielectric
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Question: How can I calculate the steepest slope of a hill using its equation?
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Proving Divergence Theorem using Gauss' Theorem
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Solve Gyroscopic Precession Homework: Find Time for 1 Precession
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Entropy Change of Supercooled Water Freezing Spontaneously
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Problem in finding the electric field()
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A ball on a carpet, while we pull it
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A bicycle tire that has a slow leak,
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Magnitude fo the compressive stress
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Rocket Acceleration in a Uniform Gravitational Field: Analyzing Momentum Change
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How can I find the shape of an orbit under an inverse cube law of force?
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Need Physics Homework Help: Banked Curve Problem with Friction Force"
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Molar Specific Heat Homework: Calculating Change in Internal Energy
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Columb distance/charge balancing problem
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Finding Potential Energy of a Particle Constrained to a Surface
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How Big is the Balloon When Helium Tank Pressure Drops?
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Calculating Work on a Frictionless Horizontal Table
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How to Calculate Artificial Gravity in a Rotating Space Station?
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Effusion Gas Leakage: Estimating the Rate of Escape Through a Hole
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Physical reason for diagonal matrix
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Can Mathematica Plot Functions with Undefined Parameters?
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Mathematical problem from the course of reactor physics
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Do Angular Momentum Components Commute with Nabla Squared and r Squared?
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Force on Particle due to Sphere with Cylindrical Hole
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Electric Flux through a Spherical Surface at the Origin
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Two Quick Questions Regarding Lasers - I hope this is the right place to ask
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What is the new orbit if k is halved in a circular orbit with F(r)=-k/r^2?
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Bungee chord (standing waves and antinodes.)
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Velocity in Lorentz Transformations
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Elastic collision between an unknown mass and an alpha particle
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What is the volume ratio of a helium balloon at different altitudes?
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Temperature distribution two semi-infintie bodies
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What is the wavelength of the sound waves emitted by two speakers?
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Optics Homework: Blue Light Diffracted by Grating
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Understanding Motion in a Pulley System
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Solving for Electric Field of Uniform Line Charge | Coulomb's Law Example
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Young's Two-Slit Exp: Calculate OP w/ Wavelength 6.0*10^-7 m
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Net electric force on neg charge next to a pos charge, inbetween a elec field
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Interference and diffraction of light
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How Do You Calculate the Half-Life of a Radioactive Substance?
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Is a Car Considered Alive Based on Its Energy Use?
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How Long Does It Take for a Flywheel to Stop with Applied Tangential Force?
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Elastic collisions between proton and helium nucleus
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How Do You Calculate Forces on Charges Using Coulomb's Law?
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Lorentz Transformation: Solving Homework Statement
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Proving Vector A and d\vec{}A/dt Are Perpendicular With Constant Magnitude
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Find the electrostatic potential due to a hoop of charge
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Problems related to eigenfunctions and eigenvalues
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Finding equation of motion from lagrangian
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How Does Theta Affect Particle Speed on an Accelerating Sphere?
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Charge density and potential in a semiconductor
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Exploring the Significance of 1/4 in Kinetic Theory's Molecular Flux Formula
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How Do Derivatives Estimate Measurement Errors?
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How Can Total Momentum Remain Zero Post-Explosion in a Moving System?
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Homework Problem Involving Forces, Torque, and Moment of Inertia
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Fluid mechanics: Separation surface of a source in a parallel flow (3D)
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Quantum/linear algebra and vector spaces
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Special Relativity, please explain the meaning of this problem
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How to Calculate Velocity and Position of a Proton in an Electric Field?
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Solving Retard Potential Homework for Sinusoidally Varying Line Current
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NMR, Nuclear & Electron magnetic moments
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Calculating Weight at Earth's Equator: 600.0 N to 597.9 N
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How to Solve These Rotational Dynamics Problems?
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A Medieval Knight attacking w/ a Cannon
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Particle in a Box: Probability of Ground State & Excited State
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Gauss's Law: When to Use r & R in Charged Spheres
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Spherical Harmonics Homework: Calculate Coeficients & Express Function
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Energy States- Bossons & Fermions
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Ideal gas law problem concerning the exponetial atmosphere: part 4
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How Do You Calculate the Range of a Cannon Ball on an Inclined Plane?
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Solving for Projectile Motion: Initial Velocity, Angle, Time, and Distance
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What Is the Frictional Force Between Block and Table After Bullet Impact?
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Electric Field in Cavity of Conductor: Explained
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Effect of a magnetic field on a bean of particles.
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What are the Initial Velocities of Two Cars Colliding at Different Directions?
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How Do Transmission Lines Function as Parallel LC Circuits?
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What is the Quadrupole Moment in Jackson's Multipole Expansion Problem 6.4b?
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Calculating the pressure of a hailstone
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How to Calculate Average Force Vectors During a Collision?
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An approximation of the ideal gas law for real gases
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Calculating size of charge distribution with a known electric field
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Why Does B(cm^3/mol) Change Sign with Temperature?
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Acceleration of Protons and Electrons at a certain distance provided.
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How Is Heat Energy Distributed in H2 Combustion?
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Thermal Expansion of Mercury and Water
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Linear/Surface/Volume Charge Density
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Calculating Instantaneous Flow in a Siphon - Help Needed!
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Hydrostatics and fluid mechanics
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Solving the Displacement of Particle on a Stretchy Spring
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Ideal gas law problem : part 3
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Is the Size of a Wave Packet Constant in Quantum Physics?
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Which Convention Should Be Used to Calculate Electromagnetic Tensor Invariants?
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Calculating Charges on Uniformly Charged Spheres
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Understanding Polar Coordinates and Derivatives in Mechanics
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Mass sliding through a metal bar consisting of two conducting rails
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How can I understand the Thevenin Theorem and its formula for e?
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How to Calculate Entropy Change for Different Scenarios Involving a Can of Coke?
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How to Structure a Scientific Report with Multiple Experiments?
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Electron spin in magnetic field
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