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How far from the Middle must the man stand to balance the boy

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Gravitational potential energy problem

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What is the Correct Radius of a Brass Rod Given Its Mass and Density?

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Find the tension in each of the cords

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Mechanical Resonance: Can Soldiers' March Cause 16 Hz?

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Why Does Acceleration Vary in a Ramp Experiment?

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Why Does Torque Increase with Radius?

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Another concentric sphere electric field question

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Vertical Circular Motion & Centripetal Acceleration

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How Do You Calculate Net Electric Force in a Square Configuration?

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How Do Potentials and Test Charges Interact?

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Damping I made an assumption I am not sure is right

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Calculate Horizontal Force at an Incline

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Force Problem with crash test car

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Gravitational potential energy challenge

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How far up the slope will the block get and will it come back down?

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Rotational Inertia (Moment of Inertia) of a Rod

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Forces on an Object: Find Acceleration, Mass, Speed & Velocity Components

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How Does Kinetic Energy Affect Spring Compression in Simple Harmonics?

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Moment of inertia of a thin spherical shell

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A Bar Suspended by Two Vertical Strings

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Density of Asteroids, Escape Velcoity and Jumping

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Solve Gauss's Law and Flux: 55.3M Excess Electrons

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How many pounds per square inch is exerted on the large block of steel

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Resolving Forces: Acceleration & Speed of 4kg Block on Inclined Plane

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How to Calculate Average Speed for a Commuter?

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Electric potential and electric field

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Conceptual Projectile Question

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What Is the Resultant Force Exerted by a Car on the Road?

  • jelly1500
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Electric field from concentric spheres

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Find the Contact Force Between Two Blocks

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How Do You Calculate the Density of a Body and a Liquid Based on Buoyancy?

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Yank and Pull - String Tension Problem

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How Far Will a Steel Ball Travel at a 29-Degree Angle?

  • am08
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Question about Applying V^2/r with two different velocities

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How much current (in A) flows through the ammeter for Circuit b?

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How Does Soap Film Thickness Affect Color Reflection in Optics?

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Electric Field and dipole moment

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Question about something reaching exactly +

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Calculating Electric Flux Through Cube's Left Face

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Optics in Water: AP Physics B Concepts and Calculations for Light Sources

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Calculating Maximum Velocity of a Dropped Object

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Two Blocks on an Incline: Solving for Acceleration and Tension

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Point charge formula and set-up

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Simple factoring that i can't do

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How High Will a Toboggan Go Up an Icy Hill?

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How Should the Quarterback Throw to Reach the Moving Receiver?

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How Is Electric Flux Calculated Through a Tilted Surface?

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Newton's Second Law of Motion acceleration problem

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Parallel vs. Series Resistors: Solving for Unknown Voltage and Current

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Projectile Motion - one question.

  • MoreZitiPlease
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Find Contact Force Between 2 Blocks

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Solve Physics Problem: 3000kg Space Capsule

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Calculating Tension and Acceleration in a Two-Pulley System

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What is the phase difference for two particles executing simple harmonic motion?

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Voltage Vaporization: 2.5C Charge, 3.3 MJ Energy, 1.32 MV Potential Diff

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Projectile Motion - one question.

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Calculating Kinetic Energy at Perihelion: Orbital Energetics Help

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Angles and forces/normal force

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Magnetic flux between coaxial conductors

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Change in Entropy of Ice Cube-Lake System

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A Spring Supporting a Box Containing a Block

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Vectors - Find resultant displacement

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Fast Car Collision Impulse Comparison

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Solving for Resistance and EMF in a Circuit

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Calculating Resistance of Composite Wire: Copper and Iron Combination

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Calculate Power Dissipated by a Lightbulb Socket

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Ideal Gas Law Application: Finding the Temperature of Air in a Tire

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What is the relative velocity of a canoe on a river?

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Calculating Power Dissipation in Series Lightbulb Circuit

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Calculating Power Dissipation in a Simple Circuit

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Solve Block on an Incline: Net Force, Accel, Speed in 9 m/s

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How Does Charge Location Affect Electric Field Intensity?

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What is the Work Needed to Move a Charge?

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Direction of angular acceleration

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How Strong Is the Electric Field at the Midpoint of a Triangle's Side?

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How Do Smoke Particles Move in a Glass Tube Observed Under a Microscope?

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Girl Climbing Rope: Avg Speed & Work Calculated

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What Frequency Does an Atom in a Cubic Lattice Absorb Radiation?

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Question about centripital force/friction/etc.

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Quick friction concept question

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Does Pipe Diameter Affect Water Flow in a Circuit?

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Calculating Power Output and Heat Dissipation in a Coal-Powered Plant

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Dielectric Help: Solving Parallel Plate Capacitor

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Method for instatnt cooling of water

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Physics 11 Speed and acceleraton

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Instantaneous Speed From Acceleration

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Solving 2D Motion: 80m Cliff, 1330m Distance

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Truck accelerating up/down on wedge with friction.

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Why does Coulomb's Law include a pi in the denominator?

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How Does an Electron Behave Between Parallel Conducting Plates?

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Does Sound Intensity Change with Frequency Shift in Doppler Effect?

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5. Energy of a Capacitor in the Presence of a Dielectric

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