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Kirchhoff's Laws and current through resistors

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Finding the charges on surfaces (hollow spheres)

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How Fast Was the Ball Going When It Left the Incline?

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How Does the Normal Force Affect Dynamics in Different Frames of Reference?

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Force and Impulse physics problem

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Finding the electric force on each sphere

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Can someone clarify this please? Confusing Wording

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Why Does Current Density Yield Different Results in Two Scenarios?

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Calculating Force Constant in a Spring Collision

  • PhysicsOPhun
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Calculating Thrust & Force During Space Shuttle Liftoff

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Angle of Bullet Fired: Solving for the Initial Angle

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Is the Work Done by the Electric Field Positive, Negative, or Zero?

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How Do You Calculate Current and Voltage in a Complex Circuit Diagram?

  • kazekko
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What are the Kinematics of a Car Plunging off the Grand Canyon Edge?

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Motion problem with two rocks being released at different times

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Resultant Force for circular motion on a banked track

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Calculating Absolute and Gauge Pressure in a Gasoline-Filled Container

  • JWHooper
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Finding the equivalent resistance b/w a and b

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Solve Internal Resistance Homework Problem

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How do electric flux and radius affect each other in a Gaussian sphere?

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Field strength and energy of electrons in a magnetron

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Uncertainity and Error Question

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Accelerated mass and spring system

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How Fast Must the Magnetic Field Change to Induce a 3.4 A Current in a Coil?

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Calculating Velocity Using Work and Friction

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Finding the Momentums of Two Cars in a System

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Conservation of Angular Momentum of Turntable

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The heat capacity of an ideal gas.

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Magnitude of final velocity. Due today

  • kdizzle711
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Springs, Kinetic Friction, and Distance help me please

  • PhysicsOPhun
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Finding Wavelength: Ripple Tank Wave Speed & Frequency

  • x-little-reme
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If a particle and a system have zero momentum

  • DJW
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Mastering Physics 9.42 - Momentum of rocket/debris

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What Happens to Kinetic Energy During Latent Heat of Fusion?

  • ghazni
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Calculating Work and Friction on a Crate on an Incline

  • Sheneron
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How Does Temperature Affect the Viscosity of Milk?

  • mibson
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Help calculating light intensity

  • Mastagamer
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Maximizing Accuracy: Comparing Average and Instantaneous Velocity Calculations

  • OrbitalPower
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Microstates and oscillators help

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Integrating: mg/b(1 - e^(-bt/m)

  • jmwachtel
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How Does Muscle Size Influence Lifting Capacity?

  • Goldenwind
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Why Does a Car Run Off the Road When Going Too Fast on a Curve?

  • physicsdude12
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Finding Velocity of Positive ion with Volts given.

  • dkr1207
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What is the magnitude of the force between the two charges?

  • yo_man
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Will the Thrown Ball Overtake the Falling Flowerpot?

  • MuchJokes
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Heads occurs 15 times out of 20 - Is it a fair coin?

  • phono
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Focal Length: cm-1 Conversion | 0.0759cm-1

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How Much Lead Is Needed to Sink a Floating Log?

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Impulse basketball homework Question

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How Does Gauss's Law Apply to Electric Fields at Points P2 and P3?

  • jesuslovesu
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Introduction to Thermodynamics - Two Basic Problems

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How Do You Find the Zero Electric Field Point Between Two Charged Particles?

  • physicsbhelp
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Work on an object moving in a circle.

  • jj8890
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Finnding greates common denoinator

  • Physics_MHS
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Solving a Power Problem: Work & Inst. Power

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What is the potential difference between points a and b?

  • max1205
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Angular Acceleration, Max/Min, and Grav. Attraction

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Conservation of Momentum in Collisions

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Vector Addition: Solving for Magnitude of B in C+B=7i+5j

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Please check if I did it right?

  • yaho8888
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Relating solar energy area to power/time?

  • Tineras
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Police Car Siren Frequency and Wavelengths

  • ~christina~
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What is the Maximum Angle for Total Internal Reflection in a Prism?

  • xinlan
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Electric potential - Is the teacher wrong?

  • tony873004
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Solve Charge Density (rod) Homework Problem

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Drawing Kinematic Graphs for Negatively Accelerating Velocity-Time

  • dranseth
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Conservation of Energy max height

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Potential that has had me stuck for hours

  • Destrio
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Determine distance traveled up an incline w/ friction

  • Cbookman
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How Does Bubble Size Change with Depth in Fluid Mechanics?

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Newton's Laws of Motion on an airplane

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Conservation of Momentum Problem

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Calculating the Average Current of a Rotating Charge q | Insulating String

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Moment of inertia of a flywheel

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How Does Water Pressure Vary in Different Shaped Tanks?

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Kinetic energy of a particle help

  • Sheneron
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Calculate Current Through Battery Connected to Resistor

  • katiemc124
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Solving Kinematics Problem: Who Wins the Race?

  • undefinable
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Series Circuit Resistance: Finding R1 and R2 | Step-by-Step Guide

  • Sino87
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Calculating Magnetic Flux in a Solenoid-Loop System with Varying Angles

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Investigating How Water Volume Affects Ice Melting Rate

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Solve Satellite Problem: Find Speed at Maximum Height

  • yasar1967
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What is the work done on a bucket hanging in a well?

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What Is the Minimum Height for a Block to Complete a Frictionless Loop?

  • nightshade123
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Calculating Proton Speed: 120V Potential Difference

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Calculating Current Density in Solar Wind: nLAe Method Explained

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Calculating Current in Resistor of Magnetic Flux Circuit (V=18V, R=30Ω)

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Direction of Induced Current for A Moving Loop of Wire

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What Are the Quantum Numbers for a 3d State in Hydrogen?

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Finding the value of the coefficient of elasticity for a 1D collision.

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Pipe and Bernoulli's Equation: Solving for Mass and Gauge Pressure

  • ~christina~
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What is the Radial Acceleration

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Is Assistance Available for an Electromagnetic Theory Problem?

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Optical absorption in Semiconductors

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Which Liquid Requires More Volume to Conceal a Coin: Oil or Water?

  • jakey
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Will an image appear larger or smaller in oil than in water

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