Introductory Physics Homework Help Forum

Free introductory physics homework help step by step from qualified mentors. Algebra and calculus based general physics homework. High school and undergraduate level.

Threads

A 3.0 g coin moving to the right at 26.0 cm/s makes an elastic head-on colli

  • lettertwelve
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Find the Second Resonant length of an air column

  • Spookie71
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Why does a pencil sometimes jump backwards when a mass drops on it?

  • Zoe-b
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Average force on ball rebounding from 30m drop to 20m height

  • Roze
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12

Bicycle wheel with two radii: will it move forward or backward?

  • olga11
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15

Determine the kinetic coefficient of friction

  • EP
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11

Hydraulic Piston on te bottom of a hill

  • jenha14
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration of a Disk?

  • jonnyboy
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Signs associated with angular momentum

  • cardinalboy
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Oscillatory motion and Hooke's law

  • tarzanna
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Average acceleration race horse problem

  • galuda
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

How Do You Calculate Electron Mobility in Copper?

  • Staudinger
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

How Can I Solve These Vectors and Kinematics Exam Problems?

  • sabah
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Swinging on a rope minimum horizontal speed

  • fire765
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Simple Ladder leading against a vertical wall become complicated.

  • dr3vil704
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

How Does Sir Lost-a-Lot's Quest Impact the Forces on the Drawbridge?

  • eightbrown8
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Forces on a ruler balanced with a hammer hung from a string

  • opqpop
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Doppler effect and Ultrasound waves

  • mathcrzy
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Force and Momentum of diving board

  • JLPhysics
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Inelastic Collision of an object Problem

  • fire765
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Melting Ice with a Carnot Engine

  • xinlan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Image distance for star reflection in concave mirror with 1.70 m radius

  • rhxoehwhfh
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Work done on the Earth by the Sun

  • nothing123
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Calculating Gauge Pressure Have I worked it correctly?

  • predentalgirl1
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Albert and the Photoelectric Effect

  • Garen
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Image speed relative to Dubbie moving toward and away from a mirror

  • rhxoehwhfh
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Understanding Image Formation in Concave Mirrors

  • rhxoehwhfh
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Work done pushing an 80 N crate up a frictionless 30° slope

  • dominus96
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Finding forces on ruler balanced with hammer on string

  • opqpop
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Replies
1

Perfectly inelastic collision (distance)

  • complexc25
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

What is the efficiency of the engines?

  • Lyphta
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

When does an object start sliding as one end of wood is lifted?

  • mrkrupa
  • · Replies 28 ·
Replies
28

Torque Question airplane wheels

  • wannabenerd
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

7.0 g bullet embedded in 3.5 kg pendulum bob with 8.0 cm rise

  • lettertwelve
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Find the maximum height of a rocket fired vertically

  • galuda
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Solving a Particle's Spiral Orbit under Central Force

  • Varnson
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Replies
15

Quick easy graviational problem

  • Demin
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Compute Work Done by Air: 103kPa to 101.3kPa

  • Saladsamurai
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Finding Earth's orbital period from mass and distance

  • Demin
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Entropy vs Temp graphfind Volume?

  • Roger Wilco
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

Angular frequency of a pivoted plank with spring

  • myoplex11
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

How Fast Can Neutron Stars Spin Before Losing Surface Material?

  • kim3648
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Replies
2

How Much Gold Is in the Alloy by Mass?

  • myoplex11
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Maxwell's relations (thermodynamics): validity

  • plmokn2
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

The distance (not horizontal nor vertical) of a rock traveled in a projectile

  • yuki_meiseki
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

How Do You Calculate Angular Frequency in Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • myoplex11
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

How to Calculate Gauge Pressure to Compress Water?

  • predentalgirl1
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Total distance and time for a bouncing ball with coefficient of restitution

  • ZincPony
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17

Solving the Problem of Calculating Force and Torque on a Door

  • asura
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Finding surface gravity on Titania given mass and radius relative to Earth

  • envoystud
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Solving Light and Lenses Questions: Focal Length, Magnification, Distance

  • dranseth
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Energy Problem involving simple harmonic motion

  • myoplex11
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

Density, specific gravity, and uniformly accelerated motion

  • Trinakins
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

How far does a baseball player slide before coming to rest at third base?

  • theredlight
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Replies
4

Angular velocity of a diving diver using conservation of angular momentum

  • jayty22
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Induced EMF: Solenoid in Square Loop

  • triplebeem1
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Relative uncertainty implied by significant figures

  • Noor123
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6

How can I design a stable spring launcher for my ISU project?

  • rainbows
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Calculating the Speed of Water Exiting from a Sprinkler

  • bww
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

How Does Coulomb's Law Determine Force in a Charged Square Configuration?

  • v13tn1g
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

What Forces are Involved in Torque and Equilibrium Problems?

  • odie5533
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Torque and Power (looks pretty simple)

  • odie5533
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

What Happens to the Center of Mass When a Penguin Moves on a Sled?

  • keltix
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

Projectile launched at 20m/s to hit target 20m away at 5m height

  • Petkovsky
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Hot cup of delicious Radium Water

  • Badger
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Replies
2

Ap physics at my highschool gave me a hard question

  • chyle
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Calculating Magnetic Field Strength for Parallel-Plate Capacitor

  • spacemanrussell
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

What is causing the discrepancy in the bullet momentum problem?

  • Kites
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

Calculating Average Power in a Car's Engine

  • FatCat0
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13

Cricket jump impulse with 20g mass and 2.55m range

  • odie5533
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Where does the RC time constant equation come from?

  • akj_akj_akj
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Replies
5

Circular Motion and Gravitation of a star

  • Carpe Mori
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2

Pressure amplitude and force on eardrum from 124.5 dB sound wave

  • Jtappan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Fluids and pressures (artery question)

  • Cypripedium
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Calculating Resistive Force on Styrofoam Dropping from 2.00m

  • Gear300
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Replies
2

Inelastic Collisions and Dissipation of Energy

  • chiurox
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8

Calculating Speed Needed to Break a Parachute with Nylon

  • oscarwyatt
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Torque and paralle-axis theorem - question

  • Niles
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Photon emissions from hydrogen

  • natugnaro
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

How many photon emissions from hydrogen dropping from n=5 to ground?

  • natugnaro
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Easy Question- cant seem to get it

  • spacemanrussell
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

3 explanations of comet velocity. OK?

  • catkin
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Replies
1

Calculate the mass of the air in the cylinder

  • lunarskull
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7

Lagrangian for two masses hung by strings with rigid rod constraint

  • bamftyk
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Calculating Sound Intensity 24 m from a Loudspeaker

  • Jtappan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

How Does Playing Alone Affect a Violinist's Sound Intensity Level?

  • Jtappan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Calculating Force from Atmospheric Pressure on Sheila's Palm

  • Gamer_Hedwig
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Circular Motion and angle alpha

  • Carpe Mori
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4

Motion of an object attached to a spring

  • myoplex11
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3

Can You Calculate This Formula Using Given Values?

  • Goosey23
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5

Calculating Sound Energy from Isotropic Loudspeaker

  • Jtappan
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1

Completely Elastic Proton Collision

  • akatz
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6