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Conservation of Momentum and Thrown Objects

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Pendulum and Oscillating Motion

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Coulombs law, vectors and charge-HELP

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Polar Coordinates Angular velocity

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Moment of inertia of a merry-go-round

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Magnitude and acceleration [SOLVED] Magnitude and acceleration

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Calculating Kinetic Energy for Solving PE and KE Problems

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How Does Changing the Battery Voltage Affect the Charge on a Capacitor?

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Calculating Current Through Resistors in Loop Circuit

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How Much Exhaust Heat Does a Nuclear Power Plant Discharge Per Hour?

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How Does a Scale React When a Weight Lifter Pumps and Throws a Barbell?

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How Can a Motorcycle Overtake a Car with Different Accelerations?

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Electrons- conservation of energy - electric potential

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Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields

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Solenoid produces a magnetic field help

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Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires: Attraction & Repulsion

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(physics) Calculating eye diameter

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What Is the X-Component of the Electric Field in Coaxial Cylindrical Conductors?

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Calculate the energy in BTUs that is removed

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Equipotential Surfaces Question

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What Are the Surface Charge Densities on a Conducting Slab in an Electric Field?

  • heartofaragorn
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How Does Altitude Affect the Properties of Helium in a Balloon?

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What is the attractive electric force between the ions?

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Really quick question about minimum of function

  • Saladsamurai
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Calculating Maximum Magnetic Force on an Electron in a Television Set

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Force and Tension in Cargo Box and Strap System

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How to Verify Answers for Newton's 3rd Law Problems

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Rotational Kinetic Energy of sphere

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How to Solve Linear Momentum Bullet Problems?

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Tap water flow and water diameter at end of it (Bernoulli eqzn )

  • ~christina~
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Webpage title: Solving for Tension in a Rope Problem

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How Does a Dielectric Material Affect Capacitor Capacitance?

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What is the mass of m1 in a double mass block problem?

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Force Questions: Looking for Answers

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How Does Collision Affect Spring Compression and Motion?

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How Does Gravity Influence Us Without Physical Contact?

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Calculating Torque: Nonuniform Bar with Fixed Pivot | Homework Example

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Physics 11 Speed and acceleraton

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What Is the Pressure on the Upper Wing Surface During Level Flight?

  • ~christina~
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What is the moment of inertia of a sphere?

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Quick Q About W equally the negative change in potential energy

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Find Angles for Weight of 605 N

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What is the tension in cable 1 for a hanging chandelier?

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Bullet fired from below into block suspended by spring

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Acceleration on a slant/coefficient of friction

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Induced emf: Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law Question

  • predentalgirl1
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Gauss Sphere Surface / U = -W / f=ma=qE

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Optimal Banking Angle for a 730 kg Car at 90 km/h on a 170 m Curve

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What is the time constant in an RC Circuit?

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Estimate the number of hairs in a typical braid

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Calculating Angle for Magnetic Force of 2.2F

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Vector Question: Solved - Learn What to Look For

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Solving Equation of Motion for A and \Phi

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Distance Travelled by Doubled Mass Block with Unchanged V0

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Finding Radius of Aluminum Sphere

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Angle Ratios: Solving for θ between 0 and 360°

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What is the distance east traveled by the backpacker?

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Equivalent capacitance; complex circuit

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2003 AP physics mechanics problem

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Solving Sound Interference: Distance from Speaker A

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Electrostatics of balls on a string

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How Far Can a Brass Block Be Placed on a Rotating Turntable Before Sliding Off?

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How long does it take it increase speed?

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How Far Does a Charged Particle Travel in an Electric Field?

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Simple boat and river question(Vectors)

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Find the magnitude of the block's acceleration

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Electric Power: V^2/ohm Has SI Units of Power

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Vector - sum of two vectors * some const

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Checking the Current in a 12V Car Headlight

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How Do You Calculate EMF with Ohm's Law?

  • predentalgirl1
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Relationship of velocity of an electron/velocity of proton to mass ratio

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Another Current and Drift Velocity Question

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Current and Drift Velocity (multiple choice)

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How Do You Calculate Forces on a Fairground Ride Ramp?

  • Chris08
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Double check parabolic trajectory answers

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Use of Gauss's Law(Electrostatic)

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Phasor representation of plane wave propagation

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How Do You Calculate Electric Potential?

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How Do You Derive the Doppler Effect for Moving Observers and Sources?

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Does Quantum Programming Require Its Own Unique Languages?

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Rotational Equilibrium uniform boom problem

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Conductor with a charge problem

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Ferris wheel magnitude and period

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Calculate the work done on the gas during the expansion

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Dynamics of Circular Revolution

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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty in the Function f(x,z)=z/x?

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Thermodynamics Homework Help: Work, Internal Energy & Gas Compression

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Yr 11 question, trouble drawing diagram. Light.

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Time & Velocity Homework: Swimming Across a River

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My tricky wave problem. ehh its probably not tricky.

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AC Frequency: Calculating from V, I, & t

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Can somebody help me get started on this problem?

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To an order of magnitude, through how many revolutions will it turn?

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