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Calculating Tire Pressure: Ideal Gas Law and Temperature Change

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What Is the Jumper’s Speed at 12.5 m Above the Water?

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What Speed Range is Safe for a Car on a Wet, Banked Curve?

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Positioning of a concave mirror

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Heat Transfer, Blackbody Radiation

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I think this is an energy problem

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Maximizing Rotation: Solving the Clay & Pivoting Rod Problem

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What Happens to the Cube's Velocity After Colliding with a Pivoting Rod?

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Calculating Electron Motion in an AM Radio Broadcasting Circuit

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Elastic and Inelastic: Finding Maximum Spring Compression

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Why is this wrong THRUST? i showed work

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Calculate the torque about the potential pivot point

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Linear momentum and impulse problem

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Relativity Problem: Find Passenger Speed Relative to Bank

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Ageing of the universe using percentages of Uranium?

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Maximum Speed on Gym Floor with Coefficient of Friction of 0.8

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Help Total mechanical energy question

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Which solution is correct (Tension)

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How to Determine Proton Movement in Electric and Magnetic Fields?

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Understanding Circuit Measurement Techniques and Symbols

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Calculating Object Movement in SHM: Period, Amplitude, and Distance

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Impulse and momentum of two particles

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Determine the period of the motion

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What is the Correct Way to Calculate the Period of Io?

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Can someone check my logic? simple harmonic motion.

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Why Does Mass Affect the Period in This Pendulum Problem?

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Internal resistance of a solar cell; strange results?

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Really basic what happens when the switch closed question

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Griffiths' Notation for Vector from Source to Field Point

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Calculating the Angle at which a Hanging Ring Will Rise with Two Sliding Beads

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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How to Solve Moment and Friction Problems in Mechanics

  • Chantry09
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What is the role of the phase constant in simple harmonic motion?

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Two blocks - one on a table and one hanging - acceleration with friction

  • Hemmelig
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Force needed to make a disk climb a step

  • Towelie
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Pendulum conservation of momentum

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Moment of Inertia: Where Does the 1/2 Come from?

  • kyin01
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Isochoric and Isobaric (Ch.15 problem #26 Wiley+)

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Finding the Phase Constant of a Sinusoidal Velocity Graph

  • bcjochim07
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Why are arch bridges stronger than beam ones?

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Solve Thermodynamic Signs Homework: W C → A, Q A → B, etc.

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Tunneling Energy Changes: A Conceptual Question

  • EngageEngage
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Angular motion with constant acceleration

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How using the average velocity gives the exact value of s?

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Calculating Moment of Inertia for a Cylinder with Varying Radii?

  • TBoy
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Calculating Maximum Displacement of Pendulum from Ballistic Impact

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Initial Angle of Pendulum: Solving for Angle Using SHM Equation

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Kinematics of the human canon fly zaccini

  • Newton86
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Observing the Electric Field of a +4.3µC Charge

  • arabianchick
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Need help Finding binding energy

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Calculating Particle Distance from Density and Number

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Deriving Vector and position vectors from Force vector

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Speed of an Electron in an Electric Field

  • HELLO11
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Find the Mass of Ice Needed to Cool 800mL Water to 0.0°C

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Dampened Harmonic Motion and oscillation

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How Do You Calculate the Mass and Radius of Planet Physics?

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Solve Physics Problem: Urgent Cessna-182 Plane Mass 1290kg Glide Angle

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a Pendulum

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Angular momentum of a thin uniform rod

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How Do You Calculate Centripetal Acceleration in Terms of g?

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Speed of an Electron in an Electric Field

  • HELLO11
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Rotating binary star system & three star system

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Rubber balloon is rubbed against a wall and then sticks to the wall

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Nonsinusodial wave function problem

  • EngageEngage
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Free fall acceleration astronauts problem

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Finding the potential difference of an alpha particle.

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What is the Coordinate of Point B in a Sinusoidal Wave?

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Relativity: Breakdown in Simultaneity Question

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Moon earth system escape velocity

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Toy car conservation of angular momentum

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Calculating Resultant of Forces on 6.2KG Box in Lift

  • DeanBH
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Where Do Magnetic Fields Cancel Out in Intersecting Wires?

  • doggy physics
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Why is the angle adjacent to the horizontal 30°?

  • King
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Solving a Linear Motion Question: Two Cars, 70km & 4.4m/s & 2.5m/s

  • agbe981
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Kinetic and Potential Energy calculation

  • Blubla
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Work in a circular track question

  • pcwizz
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Solving the Sliding Component Problem

  • miked
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Testing gradient against a value

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Find the speed of the block at this point

  • fizwiz
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Question about light reflection

  • kaptinmorgan
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Minimum Coefficient of Friction for a Banked Curve

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Why Does My Calculation Differ from the Textbook's Answer?

  • bcjochim07
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How Does Mass and Inertia Affect Acceleration on an Inclined Plane?

  • ASUengineer16
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Calculating Uncertainty in R Using Partial Derivatives

  • questions
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What Is Earth's Equilibrium Temperature Assuming Blackbody Radiation?

  • FreeAnnyong
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How can you determine initial velocity without the given information?

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Sound intensity - the threshold of pain

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What Is the Initial Downward Acceleration of an Iron Ball Submerged in Water?

  • Bizznaatch
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Calculating Rocket Speed at a Distant Location

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Solving Bowling Ball Slipping Problem with Conservation of Total Energy

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Wavelength and Frequency with Temperature

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What is Ann's final position in different reference frames?

  • Sanjay87
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Temperature of ice-water mixture

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Having problems with my physics class

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How to Calculate Tire Contact Area from Weight and Pressure

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Very Simple = a negatively charged rod will only attract what?

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