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Normal force acting on an loop?

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Thermodynamics: entropy and engines

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Solving Spring Gun Physics Problems: Acceleration, Speed & Height

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Calculating Force Exerted by Gas on Container Walls

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Thermal Physics: Kinetic Energy of Neon Molecules

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Total Stopping Distance at 80mph: How do you calculate it?

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About perfectly inelastic collision

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Radius of synchronous satellite from a planet

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How Many Balloons Can One Helium Tank Fill?

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Car Crash and Such: Investigation and Analysis

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Finding acceleration of a pulley using forces?

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How to throw a super ball so it bounces between two points

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Sound intensity increase as a result of wave interference?

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Kinetic Energy of Object Question

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Angular momentum and Springs (2 ques)

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Momentum problem (Car and object)

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Helium Balloon and Compton Generator

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Calculating Spring Force Constant from a Dropped Ball

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Oblique impact of smooth spheres?

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How Do You Calculate Initial Acceleration in Newton's Laws Problems?

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How Do You Calculate Pressure and Force in Deep Sea Conditions?

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Bouyancy, Pressure, Spring Scale

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Why Does My Series Circuit Show a Voltage Discrepancy?

  • Ry122
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Calculating Displacement & Intensity of 1665 Hz Wave

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Find the Phase of a horizontal spring

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Can a Bead on a Parabolic Wire Exhibit Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Plane flying west with southward crosswind: what heading angle?

  • MoreZitiPlease
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Magnitude of acceleration problem

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Vo = (310 Hz / 340 m/s + 0 m/s) * (340 m/s / 342 Hz)Vo = 0.907 m/s

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Calculating Intensity of Sunlight Reaching Jupiter

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How long to heat 250 mL of water with a 350W immersion heater?

  • iheartpink
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Calculate Moment of Inertia & Angular Momentum of Helicopter Main Rotor

  • captainjack2000
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Collision between 0.5kg cube and 5kg ball on a table

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Simple Harmonic Motion of an ideal spring

  • Jtappan
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What Happens to a Punctured Pressurized Canister as It Sinks in the Ocean?

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Coefficient of kinetic friction for a sliding baseball player

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Solving Two-Block Friction Problem - Force Calculation

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Calculating Length of Pendulum with 12.0 N Weight and 1.2 s Swing

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Basic Mechanics - Projectiles Q's having problems

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Huygens described light as a wave

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Physics Problems: Fighter Jet, Forces, and Airplane Speeds Explained

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Questions on momentum and collisions

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Your friendly physics retard is at it again

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Why Is Concrete Weak in Tension and How Can It Be Improved?

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Calculate Mass of Missing Piece Exploding Boulder

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Resultant of 1 cm and 4 cm Vectors: Max & Min

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Simple Harmonic Motion and parallel-axis-theorem

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One mass on, one half off, attached by a string

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What Does v² Represent in the Equation v² = u² + 2as?

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Calculate the components of the vector

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How Accurate Are My Vector Addition Results?

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of a Spring in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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What is the velocity at impact?

  • scotthands
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Help with a problem of a Sphere

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What Equations Are Used in Projectile Motion Calculations?

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What Are the Vertical and Horizontal Forces on Door Hinges?

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Dynamical Equations & Free Body Diagrams: Solving for Net Force and Torque

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Bead confined to a circular hoop

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How do I calculate the moment of inertia for a wagon wheel with spokes?

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Calculating Distance Traveled on an Incline with Friction

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Calculating Focal Length and Minimum Diameter for Laser Beam Diffraction

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Understanding Gravity: The Role of Forces in Momentum Questions

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What Is the Magnitude of the Pulling Force Exerted by the Wife?

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Transverse wave problem. It's a doozy

  • Mr. Sinister
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Spring-propelled block over cliffs with friction

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Doppler effect with 600 Hz generator on rotating rope

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How Many Fission Reactions in a Year

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Designing a Roller Coaster: Higher Hills After the First? Explained.

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Avg. temperature rise & energy conversion

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CENTER OF MASS of a circular conical surface

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Impulse, Momentum, and Baseball

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Can't find mistake on Spring/block Energy problem

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Can static friction cause an accelerating train to stay on its tracks?

  • jack1234
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Net work done on boat by locomotives

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Reducing Risk of Injury: The Impact of Air Bags on Stuntmen's Falls

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Mass energy released in U-235 fission to zirconium and tellurium

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Why does a metal bar on a wooden deck feel colder than the wood?

  • jack1234
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Why Must We Use Absolute Temperature for Ideal Gas Law?

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Help with force vectors problem

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How Far Does a Block Slide Up an Inclined Plane?

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Calculate the mass of sand added to the bucket

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Collision With Linear and Angular Momentum

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Calculate RMS Voltage for 120V, 60Hz Transformer

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Bowling ball, incline and torque

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Universal gravitation problem

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Rotational dynamics-rotating door w/ 4 panes

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Two hanging masses supporting object

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Degrees of Freedom and Molar Specific Heats

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Rectangular sheets, angular velocity time?

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Why can't people grow infinitely tall?

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How Does Friction Affect the Velocity of a Mass on a Spring?

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How to Calculate the Initial Angle of Incidence in a Mirrored Maze?

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How Is Oxygen Partial Pressure Maintained in Deep Sea Diving?

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What is the equation for average angular acceleration?

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