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Electric field at corner D from two charges at opposite corners of a square

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Calculating Energy for Circular Orbit to Launching Satellites

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Error Propagation: Calculating Uncertainty of a Ratio

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Electric Field between two positivly chared surfaces

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How Do You Calculate the Electric Field Inside and Outside a Charged Metal Tube?

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What Force Keeps a Marble Rolling in a Vertical Tube?

  • kplooksafterme
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Wavelength (Colours) and line spectra.

  • LadiesMan
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Why Does My Calculation of Kinetic Energy Yield a Negative Result?

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Ranking vectors by magnitude and finding receiver to quarterback distance

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Circular Motion and maximum tension Problem

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How far does arrow penetrate into board

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How Can I Calculate Displacements and Speeds for My Physics Exam?

  • bird4
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Young’s double-slit apparatus problem

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Forces and Motion Midterm Review

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Work done by multiple forces on a pulled crate

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Electric Field, solving for distance

  • Goldenwind
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Flux of a Cube with a Corner Charge

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How to measure terminal velocity of a falling parachute

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Free Fall Motion - Max Height Reached by Helicopter

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Work Performed by Force F on Body of Mass m up a Hill

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What is the Angle Between Two Vectors with Equal Magnitudes and a Given Sum?

  • Melchior25
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How Does the Inverted Ray Diagram Work with Two Lenses?

  • Larrytsai
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How Does Friction Affect Motion in These Physics Problems?

  • shade585
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College Physics 1 - Composition of Forces

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Solved: Calculating Mass & Normal Force of Car on Slope

  • Rusk1
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Electric Field at (x,y) of 28.1 nC Charge

  • moonlight13
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Does the series with arctan terms converge or diverge?

  • rcmango
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Why hasn't anyone viewed my wave equation question?

  • sweep123
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Force from water pressure on a submerged wall

  • pianoman2700
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Average velocity for 90-km trip and catching up distance problem

  • pamba
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Detecting ocean temperature change from sound speed over 7600 km

  • vincikai
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What is the velocity of the given wave based on the wave equation?

  • sweep123
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Ideal Gas Law Chang ein VolumeProblem

  • Elzair
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Finding rocket acceleration when a bolt falls off at t = 4 s

  • ae4jm
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200kg weather rocket max altitude and flight time

  • jelder
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What is the magnitude of charge in nC on each bead?

  • cse63146
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Electrostatic Force of a hydrogen atom

  • MemoIhad
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What are the standard units for inertial mass and gravitational mass?

  • LadiesMan
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Calculating Acceleration of Skateboarder on 11.9m Ramp

  • miniz88
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Finding the Magnitude of Displacement in a Mountain-Climbing Expedition

  • miniz88
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Kirchoff's Loop Rule as applied to Capacitors?

  • fatcat39
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RC Circuits: Voltage as a function of time

  • SolfegeDuck
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What acceleration will bring you to rest right at the intersection?

  • jelder
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Which direction is the electric field in a copper-lead electrodes setup?

  • BuBbLeS01
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Measuring Temperature Using a Carbon Resistor

  • vachan
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1st year engineering physics problem

  • Vash
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Spring-Mass Problem: Natural Frequency Calculation

  • end3r7
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Calculate resistance for this diagram

  • ritwik06
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Finding F1 and F2 in a moments problem

  • palacefc8
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Moment of Inertia in slender rod - density varies

  • ph123
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Electrostatic force between more than 2 charges

  • moonlight13
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The Speed of Dark: Finding d with e/m

  • samsam
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How Do Physics and Trigonometry Intersect in Simple Motion Problems?

  • end3r7
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What are the rotational motion problems and how to solve them?

  • Twilit_Truth
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Pulleys and blocks - find acceleration

  • WiFO215
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Conservation of momentum and apple falling

  • evansbluefan
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Static Problem: Calculate Max Reach of Plank w/ M1=30kg, M2=15kg

  • yasar1967
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Solve Aeroplane Problem: Find Time t for Strike

  • Cathartics
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How Does Gauss's Law Apply to a Sphere with a Spherical Cavity?

  • GreenLantern674
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Calculating the Angle of a Hanging Ball in an Electric Field

  • cse63146
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Displacement vector of a clock's minute hand tip at different times

  • chaudown
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How much water is contained in a cumulus cloud and what is its mass?

  • AnkhUNC
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Rocket Height (Motion in streight line)

  • Scrum
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Energy: work with an inclination problem

  • Brt346
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How Is Energy Calculated for Four Charges at a Square's Corners?

  • Riogho
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Finding equilibrium of charged ball in electric field

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Calculating Acceleration of a Moving Car

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Calculating Total Distance Covered by a Subway Train in 84 Seconds

  • LICACS
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Minimum Thickness of a film with wavelength and index of refraction.

  • LadiesMan
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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Cable and Measure Angles in Physics?

  • meelikey
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Which quantity is a vector and when does A + B = C for vectors?

  • ian_durrant
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Should I use momentum or kinetic energy to stop an asteroid?

  • winston2020
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Solve Electric Potential - Find Charge (9e-05 J)

  • BuBbLeS01
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How can a magnetic field move a charged particle?

  • Smittens
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Using waves in high school phyiscs, im looking for a proper tutorial.

  • Senjai
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Apparent magnitude of binary star?

  • samblue
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How Does Elevator Motion Affect Spring Oscillation?

  • clipperdude21
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A question on electromagnetic waves (I think)

  • runciblesp00n
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Solve Electric Force II Homework Problem

  • Goldenwind
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What is the initial velocity of the ball thrown by Nicole?

  • ae4jm
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Electric Force vector components

  • Goldenwind
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Speed of light from microwave marshmallow experiment

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Electric Force Calculation for Particle 2

  • Zythyr
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Rotation Mechanics [disk-axle mechanism]

  • rohanprabhu
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Can two sandbags on a rope continue swinging forever if weighted correctly?

  • Enialb56
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How to Find the Mass of a Hanging Pole in Rotational Equilibrium?

  • shvnchizms
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Solve Simple Force Problem: Find the Ratio F/F(a)

  • ian_durrant
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What energy transfer occurs when pushing a boulder without movement?

  • Gear300
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Calculate Fill Rate for 183 US Gallon Bottle

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Static friction that wasn't a maximum

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What are the direction and magnitude of the net electric field

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Solve Freefall Problem: Find Speed of Stone Thrown Upward

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Expansion of Solids: Brass and Lead Rods at Different Temperatures

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