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Charge on a parallel-plate capacitor with 2.32 cm electrodes

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Solving for Electron Transfer Between Charged Spheres

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How Does Current and Magnetic Field Affect the Force on a Power Line?

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Where Will a Proton Move When Facing an Electric Field?

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Calculating Acceleration and Forces in Rotating Rod with Fixed Hinge

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Finding charge on two repelling balls hung from threads

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What Color Appears When White Light Hits a Thin Oil Film on Water?

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How Fast Will Zeke Slide Down the Hill?

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Friction proportional to speed on a 5° hill

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Electric Field Strength: Calculating for 0.75 g Plastic Bead

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Electric force between two charged spheres 3.06 cm apart

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How Do You Convert Daily Caloric Intake to Watts?

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What is the strength of the electric field

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How Long Does It Take a Skier to Descend a 22° Incline?

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Why Does Adding 2π to the Phase Angle Yield Equivalent Solutions in SHM?

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Particle Position from a V(m/s) vs T(s) Graph

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How to Calculate Net Electric Force Correctly?

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Determine magnitude of the components of these forces

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What magnitude charge creates a 4.17 N/C electric field at 9.78 m?

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Finding q1 when q2 experiences no net electric force

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Calculating Mass and Normal Force of the Most Massive Car Ever Built

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Power generated by water falling 50 m at Niagara Falls

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What is the Young Modulus of Nylon Rope?

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How Do You Calculate the Amplitude for a Mass to Fall Off in SHM?

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Point charges and static equilibrium

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Calculating Air Drag for Projectiles Lab

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Finding normal force on a pulled box with friction

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Finding the charge of object A from electric field magnitude and direction

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Calculating Momentum and Collisions in Repetitive Collision Problems

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Solving Gauss's Law Problem: Determine Electric Field on/in Sphere

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Refractive Index Calculation for Light Passing from Substance X to Substance Y

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Initial velocity for stopping rotating cylinder

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Collision between objects with momentum conservation

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Energy transformation equations

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How Much Work Does a Woman Do to Start a Turntable in Motion?

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Calculate the torque exerted by the car around the back wheels

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Understanding Torque Direction: A Practical Approach

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Solve Vectors Question: Catch Friend in 5 Min on Interstate 83

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Deriving Shear Stress on a Conical Bore Fluid Element

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Rotational inertia of nonuniform cylinder

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Why Do B_x and C_x Have Different Signs in a Truss Analysis?

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Calculating Friction Force, Mass and Gauge Pressure in an Emergency Tank

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TORQUE A cylindrical fishing reel has a mass of 0.65 kg and a radius of 4.3 cm .

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Finding Minimum Magnitude of Force Fr

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Block pushed up frictionless incline

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Finding the unknown force in a moments problem with a retort stand

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Definite integral of (1 + 3x) from -1 to 5

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Max Theta for Block and Rod System

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Problems with velocity-time graphs

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Calculating Force Needed to Move 4.8 kg Block Against Wall

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Pos. et neg. particle in circ. motion

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Magnification of an image - How does the image look like?

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Finding oxygen mass from PV=nRT in a compressed cylinder

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Focal Lengths of Two Lenses of a Microscope

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Work done in Compressing a fluid in a piston (Bulk Modulus)‏

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Comparing intensity and distance for identical vs similar light sources

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Calculating Bathysphere Mass for Constant Descent at 1.10 m/s

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Refraction Problem- very easy but

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Is it easier to hold a swinging partner than a stationary one?

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Is the Second Hint for Newton's Law of Restitution Correct?

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Finding force to accelerate electron using work-kinetic energy theorem

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US electrical energy consumption and work with luggage on stairs

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What Is the Index of Refraction of the Liquid in the Tank?

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What is the relationship between the angle theta and the charge q?

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Light reflecting from two perpendicular surfaces

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Drawing reflected wavefronts and angles of incidence and reflection

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How Does Immersion Affect Spring Scale Readings?

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How Long Does It Take for a Space Station to Rotate Once?

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What is the correct method for solving this Newton's Third Law problem?

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How to Solve Work and Energy Problems in Physics

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Torque needed to overcome air resistance in rotating ball

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Rotating objects in non-inertial frames

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Centripetal Force Lab: Converting Linear Speed to Radians/sec

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Banking Angle, Normal/Centripetal Force?

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Mechanical Waves Homework Answers: Niles

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How Is Force Calculated for an Object Falling Under Gravity?

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Tangential acceleration problem

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Understanding Energy Changes in Motion

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How Does Gravitational Acceleration Affect a Helicopter's Upward Motion?

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Finding filament temperature when resistance is temperature-dependent

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Equilibrium problem involving wierd static friction

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How Does Coulomb's Law Apply to Electric Fields at Points A and B?

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Wave frequency from wavelength and speed

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How Does Reducing Distance Affect Force Between Charges?

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Solving for q2: Find Charge of Particle 2

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How Do You Calculate Gravitational Force Between Earth and an Asteroid?

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Find the angles of refraction for these two colors.

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What is the net charge after adding electrons?

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Ball Drop Phenomenon: Designing a Multi-Ball System for Maximum Elevation

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Thermal Expansion of Metal Ball Problem

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