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Inelastic collision and angular velocity

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Phase change diagram for ice heated at constant rate

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What is the frequency of the car's vibration

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Inelastic collision of two spheres with gravity and air resistance

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How Does Sound Intensity Change with Multiple Instruments?

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Heat and max temperature Problem

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Finding charge and magnetic force for particle in uniform field

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How Do You Calculate Specific Charge Without Given Charge and Mass?

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Finding inductor current after current pulse ends in partial circuit

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Force on a Negative Charge Q1 in the Presence of a Long Rod

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Does the location of a switch affect current in a simple circuit?

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Will air bubbles in tempered glass expand and break it when heated to 200°C?

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Standing waves and harmonic waves

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Torque needed to accelerate a grindstone with friction

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What is the speed of propagation for a transverse wave on a string?

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Need to find center of mass of a rod

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Comparing energy and charge in two parallel plate capacitors

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Concept related Electrical circuit question

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Determine the particle's equation of motion

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How Do You Calculate Initial Angular Velocity with Constant Acceleration?

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Angular Velocity of 15kg Plate After 180 Degree Rotation

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Proportionality calculations (Coulombs Law)

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How Do You Solve Gravity Fun Problems About Earth, Moon, and Sun?

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Find initial velocity of 10kg sphere colliding with two 5kg spheres

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What is the wave speed of a transverse wave with given parameters?

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Magnetic field inside hole in half a wire

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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Friction on an Incline?

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Why Are My Mechanics Problem Solutions Incorrect?

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Uncertainty in Electron's Momentum in a 52 x 10-15 m Sphere

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Finding the angle in radial-transverse motion for a belt problem

  • Jason03
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Why do electron shells seem to move inwards as atomic number increases?

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Net Force on Rope in Tug of War?

  • timseb
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Count rate at different distances using inverse square law

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Dielectric with a parallel-plate capacitor finding minimum area

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Can I treat i as a constant when solving integrals with e^{iavx}?

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Calculating Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia at 773K Using the Law of Mass Action

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Angular momentum and velocity question, help

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Weight and Wheel (Linear and Angular Acceleration)

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How Does Water Pressure Affect Buoyancy in Different Submerged Objects?

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Is the Church Organ Pipe Open at Both Ends or Closed at One End?

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Optics : Diffraction gratings.

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Why was the Mars lander set spinning before its final rocket stage?

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Tension in string when monkey is at midpoint of bar

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Is velocity constant in uniform circular motion if speed is constant?

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Moment of Intertia of Spherical Cap?

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Roller coaster triangulation problem

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Turbine producing current - Ohmic heating

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How Does Liquid Volume in a Soda Bottle Affect the Sound Frequency Produced?

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Can X-rays Cause Electrons to be Emitted from Gold Foil?

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Calculating the Frequency of Oscillation for a Spring with a Hanging Block

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About the equation for net work done by nonconservative forces

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A few questions regarding Newton's Laws

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What is the initial charge on capacitor C1?

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How Is Upward Force Calculated in a Lever System?

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How Is the Mass of Mars Calculated Using Orbital Data?

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Energy to lower sea level by 1 cm using sand

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Physics 30 - Static Electricity

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What Is the Radial Acceleration in an Olympic Hammer Throw?

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Conservation of linear momentum/Galilean relativity problem

  • NoPhysicsGenius
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Two particles having charges separated by a distance

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Heat Loss in a House: Estimating k_eff

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Newton's rings: film thickness for light rings at 6250 angstroms

  • Jason+Strife
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Calculating a particles most probable speed

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Maximum speed and acceleration of a spring oscillator

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Where Do Physics and Chemistry Distinctly Diverge?

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Time dilation (special relativity) problem

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Calculating Max Voltage Across Resistor Network

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How Do You Solve Equilibrium Problems in Physics?

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Question Regarding Bulk Modulus

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What Determines the State of Matter of Elements at STP?

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Elongation Calculation for Non-Uniform Forces: Which Force Should Be Used?

  • manjuvenamma
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Is the matrix P = [[0,0],[1,1]] an orthogonal projection?

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Finding RLC from Freq and Impediance (AC Ckt)

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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass for Multiple Cubes?

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What is the Period of Oscillation for a Charge in an Electrostatic Field?

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What Sets a Current Pulse Apart from a DC Circuit?

  • Gear300
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How Does Resistance Change with Different Metals and Dimensions?

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Calculating Energy Needs: Converting KWh to g/year in a Typical Home

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How Far Does a Kangaroo Jump on Planet Y?

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Momentum of pendulum after hitting it with bullet

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Solve Water Refraction: Length of Stick's Shadow

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Vertical spring - elevator question

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Pressure/Introductory Thermodynamics

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What Is the Oscillation Period of a Rod Attached to a Spring?

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Restoring Force- any suggestions?

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What is the condition for destructive interference in thin films?

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Voltage drop across emitter resistor in NPN transistor

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Capacitor with a conducting core

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What is the Spring Constant of a DNA Molecule?

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How to Calculate Required Rocket Force for a Spinning Satellite

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How high can an object jump with stronger gravity?

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