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Optical absorption in Semiconductors

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

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

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Calculating Melon Coordinates on a Parabolic Bank: A Physics Problem"

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Possible positions of object in magnified concave mirror?

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Frictional Force: Inclined Projectile Returns with Half Speed

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Finding Zero Potential between Two Charges: Using the V=kQ/d Equation

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Cannon launch around Mercury with reduced gravity

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What Is the Acceleration of a Train Slowing Down on a Curve?

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What is the distance of the image to this lense

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Angle between rays emerging from isosceles prism with 23-23-134 degrees

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Work Question - 4.31 kJ Answer

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Is the concentration outside and inside the neuron important?

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Work done by water resistance on a 14 m/s skier at 35°

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Purcell's Electricity and Magnetism - question

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Can Static Friction Exist on a Moving Bicycle on a Flat Track?

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Minimum speed for salmon to jump a 0.55m waterfall 2m away at 32°

  • princesspriya
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Cat and Momentum: Final Speed of Sled 2 in Ice Sled Jumping Problem

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Energy of 1.7 mol of photons at 0.28 μm wavelength

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What is the energy dissipated in the wire?

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What Is the Net Electric Field Midway Between Two Charged Particles?

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Change of Momentum of 4.5 kg Object at 53° Angle

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Terminal voltage with three equal resistors in a battery circuit

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Finding the final distance of the dog from the shore

  • NAkid
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Understanding Spring Stretch in Hooke's Law

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Calculate Speed of Electron from Charge Density

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Cart pulled by rope at 20.2° with friction

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Gravitation Force Using Differentials

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Magnetic Flux through a Loop Calculation

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Work done on the jet by the catapult

  • kittymaniac84
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Why Does Reversing Current Source in EMF Problems Work?

  • joker_900
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Projectile motion of a baseball problem

  • princesspriya
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Gravitational potential energy of skier

  • kittymaniac84
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How does surface hardness affect ball bounce height?

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Two or more different equipotential surfaces to intersect?

  • soul
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How Fast Was Anna Driving Before the Collision?

  • wonderclass07
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Electric Field and Charge Density

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Velocity vs. time graph for U = k|x| potential

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How high does cheese rise when released from a compressed spring?

  • clope023
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What's wrong? Electron acceleration

  • studypersist
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Solving Tilted Axis Friction Problems

  • Maximillien
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How Is Impulse Calculated in Soccer Ball Deflection?

  • physicsgrouch
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How Much Work Does a Mover Do to Push a Refrigerator Up a Ramp?

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Electric field affecting a charged particle question

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Finding the Damping Constant for a Hard-Boiled Egg on a Spring

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Pendulum and roating disc (circular motion)

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Particle in a Box: Find Potential Energy U of x

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Finding the Angle Phi in a Gravity-Affected System

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Time for a bomb to hit the ground

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Find the size of the force due to wind and rolling friction

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A block collides with a horizontal spring

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How to calculate average braking force from velocity and stopping time

  • The_Nutt
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How Can a Spring-Loaded Camming Device Be Built to Maximize Weight Support?

  • captnbunny
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How do I fix my logic flow?

  • jesuslovesu
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What is the maximum horizontal distance it can jump?

  • the.flea
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Solved: Gauss's Law Problem w/Infinite Slab of Charge

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In what direction should the aircraft head?

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Equilibrium of a Rigid Body question

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Bending stress of beam in contact with a flat surface?

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Angle between velocities in 2D completely inelastic collision

  • hateAleen
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How Do You Calculate Tension in Strings for a Rotating Ball?

  • sailsinthesun
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Conical Pendulum Homework: Determine Force, Find Radial Acceleration

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Maximum speed of object between 2 springs

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Two metal spheres, one neutral and one charged, brought into contact

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What is the acceleration of a snowboarder when turning on a slope?

  • rugalas
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Does lifting a mass faster require more work or just more power?

  • platina
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How Do You Calculate Percent Error in a Conservation of Energy Lab?

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Calculating Roller Coaster Speed at Top of Loop-the-Loop

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How Does Uniform Angular Acceleration Affect Wheel Rotation Over Time?

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Electric field of a dipole along the y-axis

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What is the electric field at the center of curvature of an arc?

  • Thomas_
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Parallel plate capacitor problem

  • smithnh
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Dropping the ball (HEEEEEEEELP)

  • sugarboyae
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Potential Energy on an ideal spring

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Hockey puck sliding, basketball jump, car skidding, and bucket in well

  • wakejosh
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Calculating Tension in Cables for 17.0 kg Speaker

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The z coordinate of the center of mass of the box

  • hateAleen
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RC circuit time constant before and after switch closes

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Finding the density of a 1938 nickel coin

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Difficulty with non-inertial frames

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Divergence theorem requires a conservative vector field?

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What Is the Amplitude and Period in Forced Oscillation?

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Prove Electric Force on Triangle ABC Lies on Bisector

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Electric field given electric potential

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Simple Problem, I think theres not enough information

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Coefficient of kinetic friction adding

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Sprint Acceleration and Time to Top Speed Calculation

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What Are the Steps to Solve These Physics Problems on Motion and Forces?

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Calculating Distance Between a Window and a Roof in Freefall

  • PhysWalk
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How Fast is the Baseball After Being Hit 24.6m Up?

  • cstout
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Helicopter Speed Relative to Ground: Solve w/ Vector Components

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How Does Uniform Angular Acceleration Affect Rotation Angles Over Time?

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Egg drop experiment with weight drop and impact tests

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Angular acceleration of a computer disk

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