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Eng Mechanics: Resultants of force systems

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How Is the Retarding Torque Calculated in a Rotating System with Friction?

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How Does the Photoelectric Effect Apply to X-ray Tube Mechanisms?

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Light intensity after removing the second polarizer from a three-filter stack

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Torque exerted on trap door by rope

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At what distance does a cat make a wooden plank tip?

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Can I Use a Capacitor to Power My Home Outlet?

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Destructive interference and fringes

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Kinetic energy with momentum equation

  • ~christina~
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Change in linear Momentum(rebound)?

  • grouchy
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Box being pulled up a ramp by a horizontal force

  • phys101
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Calculating Force on a Simple Water Squirter Plunger: A1, V1, A2, V2

  • Genza
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Conservation of energy of a sliding block

  • anap40
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Understanding Conventional Current and Electron Flow

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Gravitation/Average Force Problem

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Blood temperature drop from sweating during exercise

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Box on a ramp: What is the reaction force on the box due to the ramp?

  • phys101
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What Are the Best Physics Logic Puzzles on Forces and Energy?

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Near Point Without Spectacles: 1m

  • SwaggerJohn
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Final Velocity (involving momentum)

  • grouchy
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Sound wave intensity of elephants

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Displacement of a car before it stops

  • missashley
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How Much Force Stops a Pole Vaulter?

  • sensesfail
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Painting a Dome with rollerskates

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Time When Pendulum Clock is Put on Moon?

  • petern
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What Is the Spring Constant and Velocity of a Box on an Inclined Plane?

  • tachu101
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Work done and rotation of record player

  • mattyisphtty
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What Is the Angular Acceleration of a Steam Engine Flywheel?

  • sana masih
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Rotational kinetic energy of two astronauts connected by a rope

  • Noor123
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Tension Force Direction in Inclined Block Problems

  • chantalprince
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Calculating Average Force of Bullet Impact on Block

  • Freaker
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Find Speed in Centripetal Motion

  • petern
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Rigid body acceleration question

  • suspenc3
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Calculating Force on Pillars: A Physics Moment Question

  • jisaac
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Conservation of momentum spaceship problem

  • twotoes777
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Kinetic energy: car stopping, finding speed of car

  • enso
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Find Tension for Centripetal Motion

  • petern
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Calculating Magnetic Field of Two Wires at a Point (x, y)

  • twalters84
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How many bricks stacked to reach one atmosphere of pressure?

  • koolkris623
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Calculating Wavelength of a Harmonic Wave

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How Do You Calculate Total Work on a Car Coasting Downhill in Physics?

  • iceman90
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What Are the Tensions in the Cables When a Crane Lifts a Load?

  • iluvschool699
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Does the parallel-axis theorem work for an axis outside the body?

  • Niles
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Where Has the Missing Energy in a Stretched Wire Gone?

  • Iamtoast
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Friction in the Direction of Motion

  • chrisdapos
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What Distance x Gives the Least Period for a Physical Pendulum?

  • ghetto_bird25
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Momentum of bullet fired into target

  • Metalsonic75
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Force and motion from a graph: acceleration, work, speed and impulse

  • tachu101
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Mechanics: mass on moving slope. no friction

  • sweep123
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Projectile Problem: Distance and Max Height

  • GusTu2007
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Resultant of || forces: Eng mechncs

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Which Block Hits First, Block 1 or Block 2?

  • Himanshu
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Extended Experimental Investigation.

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Notation issue with the integration of exponents.

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Representing a wave as a complex number.

  • Fallen Seraph
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EMF in a small ring moving along the axis of a larger current loop

  • captain.joco
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Weather balloon acceleration with 5.0 kg instruments

  • blue__boy
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Tethebal| problem, radial acceleration, angle of ball orbit

  • izforgoat
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Elastic/inelastic collision - speed?

  • rubyred401
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Max Elongation of Spring in 2 Mass Spring System

  • -RooneY-
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Moon falling from rest to Earth impact speed

  • brendan3eb
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3-dimensional center of mass problem

  • brendan3eb
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Pivoting Rod and Ball - Rotational Dynamics

  • DelPopolo
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Work and Energy of an extreme skier

  • chantalprince
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Trouble calculating the equilibrium of this object

  • kjthesandman
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Inertia of unequal masses on pivoted rod

  • motalha
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Is the Gravitational Constant Always Equal to 6.67*10^-11 in Newton's Law?

  • blue__boy
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Weight of Astronaut on a Centripetal Shuttle

  • izforgoat
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Equilibrium at Constant Velocity

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Fluid and depth of hole problem

  • ghetto_bird25
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Light reflecting between mirrors at 60.5 degrees

  • Winzer
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Vibrating a 75g Bungee Cord: Standing Wave Formation

  • strikingleafs01
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Whats The answer and reason of this?

  • sufyanu
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Vibration and Frequency Questions

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Is Momentum Conserved in a Collision Between Two Charged Planets?

  • raman911
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Angular speed of a falling vertical rod using energy conservation

  • 7starmantis
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Kinetic energy and explosive yield of a 2 km comet impact

  • lloyd_lex
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How does the energy change in a capacitor with variable plate distance?

  • chopticks
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Solving Elastic Collision of Blocks with Masses 12 kg and 6.8 kg

  • anyone1979
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Electric Field of Equilateral Triangle Charge Distribution

  • pinkyjoshi65
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Where Will the Ball Hit the Floor of the Railcart?

  • supercali
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How Is a Child's Swing Speed Calculated Using Energy Conservation?

  • bphysics
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Position vector relation between comet and earth

  • karnten07
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Tension in Cable: Solving Using Trig

  • ChaosCon343
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Modify Radius of Iron for Density Accuracy

  • Ryo124
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Max Electric Field on 4.3mC Ring of Charge: Radius 4cm

  • chopticks
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Overcoming friction and then some.

  • anyone1979
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Finding kinetic energy when a spring is stretched halfway

  • anyone1979
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Deriving the Focal Length of a Concave Mirror

  • wiz0r
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How does a jumping bug affect the rotational dynamics of a uniform bar?

  • eeriana
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Using a Stroboscope to Make a Propeller Appear Stationary

  • rcmango
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Use Newtonian dynamics to find the speed at this position

  • Jessikalinphy
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What is the angular acceleration of each wheel?

  • rcmango
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