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Using a Stroboscope to Make a Propeller Appear Stationary

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Use Newtonian dynamics to find the speed at this position

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What is the angular acceleration of each wheel?

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Angular Variables and Tangential Variables

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The space shuttle is in a 300 km-high circular orbit

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How Do You Calculate the Angular Speed of a Fishing Reel?

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What is the kinetic energy of the block?

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How much work was done by a force to accelerate a block

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How to find the tension using the F=ma formula

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How Much Work Is Done Stretching a Spring?

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Calculating Force of Stifled Sneezes

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Work dragging 50 kg mass up a 25° ramp with friction

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Multimeter measuring full-wave rectified DC current?

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What is the moment of inertia and bearing friction of a rotating turbine?

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Satellite period, which equation?

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How to calculate theta from tantheta

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Bear on beam: tension and support forces at x = 1.10 m

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Finding Deceleration to Avoid Collision

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How Far Does the Person Move on the Ice?

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Coefficient of kinetic friction from shuffleboard puck deceleration

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Find Mass of Iron (Atomic Mass 56 g/mol)

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Retardation for a Train's Movement?

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Capacitors in parallel and in series

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How Long and Fast Does a Diesel Train Accelerate to Cover 6km?

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How Does Friction Impact Swimmers and Drivers in Different Environments?

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Wave from stone in lake: 40 waves in 4 seconds, radius 1.6 m

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How many trips will the box make before coming to rest?

  • octahedron
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Working of the Eye: See Virtual Images

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Chain on table - calculate work

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Practical applications of eigenvectors

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Current and voltage in parallel circuit with 12V source

  • IDreadPhysics
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How Much Work Is Required to Push a 10 kg Steel Block Across a Table?

  • kraaaaamos
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Conservation of Energy and Gravitation

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Projectile:Launching and landing at different heights

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Drag Force and Power on an inclined plane

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Power needed to keep car moving

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How Does an Elevator's Acceleration Change Over Time?

  • Prathep
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Calculating Centre of Mass on a Board on Ice

  • Omnie
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Cart on a 27° ramp and coin friction on an opening book

  • staz13
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Hard Wave Question (Really )

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How Many Oscillations Occur Before Amplitude Decays to e^-1?

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Max angle for total reflection in a corner reflector with n = 1.86

  • jiten827
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Buoyant forces with 2 liquids question

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A Metal Block submereged in water from a spring scale

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Rotating space station wheel: acceleration at rim when crew moves to center

  • GreenLantern674
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Spring constant and Hooke's law

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Finding student mass from bungee cord stretch and spring constant

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Max Height and Angle of Cannon in 12 m/s Ball Shot with 24J Kinetic Energy

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Images from Two Parallel Mirrors

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Flute beats and tuning joint extension with changing speed of sound

  • sam.
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Why divide momentum equations to eliminate final velocity

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What is the relationship between period and mass in a simple pendulum?

  • Skeptik101
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How Many Turns Will a Spinning Cylinder Make Before Stopping Due to Friction?

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How Does Archimedes' Principle Determine the Payload of a Hot Air Balloon?

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Finding tension and horizontal force for a tilted picture frame

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Finding harmonic number, frequency, and wave speed for a 7 m vibrating string

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Thermodynamics energy efficiency

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Electric field, potential and capacitance of a conducting sphere

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Images from Two Parallel Mirrors problem

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Kinematics[polar coordinate] concept problem

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What is the source of the magnetic field inside the box?

  • yeo
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Need Check on Collision Question

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Calculating Electron Count and Mass in a Charged System

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Moment of Inertia of Disc Problem

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Angular momentum of two particles and a rod system

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How Do Waves Affect a Fisherman's Boat?

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Pulley with Kinematics in One Dimension Question

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Calculate Max Kinetic Energy of Neutron in MeV, Physics Book Error?

  • Ry122
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Archimedes Crown Density Calculation

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How Do You Convert \( e^{1+j2} \) to Cartesian Form?

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Slingshot Physics: Calculating Projectile Speed from a Building's Height

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Calculating Horizontal Force for Displaced Chandelier

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Physics Problem: Magnitudes and Components

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Calculate Components of Hammer's Velocity at Edge of Roof

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Can Linear Expansion Formula Be Used for a Heated Brass Spring?

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Magnetism Question - Compare Radii of Circular Paths

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Calculating Speed from a Falling Ball's Gravitational Energy

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Are the translational and angular forms of Newton's laws equivalent?

  • Lil Frank
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Kinetic energy around an axis - two methods?

  • Niles
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Roulette wheel and ball passing positions with angular deceleration

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Kinematics question - which equation to use?

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How much does sound intensity increase for 30dB and 22dB?

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Refraction of light-apparent speed

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Calculating Average Torque on Coffee Can Down Ramp

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Sinusoidal Waves frequency Problem

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Calculating Depth of Water in Floating Cube

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Designing a MATLAB Program for Rocket Launch

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Calculating Torque Part 2: Finding d

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How Does a Climber's Mass Relate to Rope Stretch and Fall Distance?

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