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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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How Do You Calculate Fr and Xr in Distributive Load Problems?

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What is the net torque on a square metal plate if given three forces?

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Center of gravity of an irregular object of mass

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Coefficient of Friction (Styrofoam on Water)

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Length of Wavelength in closed aircolumn

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Find out the velocity and time

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Find the Min. Balloon Diam. for a 269kg Lift

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When to use tension and acceleration equations for pulley systems?

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Calculating Work Done on a 16kg Crate by Force and Weight

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Solving a Differential Problem with Chain Rule

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What is the voltage? AC circuit

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Vectors forming a parallelogram

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Five statics and rotational dynamics problems

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Ideal Gas Law: Calculating Pressure and Moles of Helium Gas

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Calculating Projectile Motion: How Changing Force Affects Arrow Speed

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Compare the efficiency of two cars.

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Determine the average force that the water exerts on the diver

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Kinetic energy and rigid bodies

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Sheer stress due to a hole puncher

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How Does Amplitude Change After Multiple Oscillations?

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Resonace frecuency and peak current

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Where do friction forces point in this two-block pulley system?

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Coulombs law and electric fields

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How Do You Solve Difficult Matter and Energy Problems?

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Time dilation with spaceship at 0.75c and 0.92c

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Rate at which energy is dissipated

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Angular momentum calculations and planetary mass ratios

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Ball passing the 00 on a slowing roulette wheel

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Find initial speed, travel time and max height above the ground

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Projectile Motion Questions: Solving for Time and Velocity

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What Is the Impact of a Ferris Wheel's Motion on Apparent Weight?

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a cart

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How Do You Calculate the Inductance of a Coil?

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Uniform Circular Motion of an object

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Wat are the units of angular velocity of precession?

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The angular momentum of a flywheel

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Pressure Calculation for a Container with Water and Olive Oil

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Linear Acceleration at the Top and Bottom of a wheel

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Momentum and Impulse for a flywheel

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Projectile fired at an angle from 1m

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How Does Inductance Affect Current in an RLC Circuit?

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How Does Torque Affect Acceleration in a Rotating Disk System?

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Stroboscope flash rate for stationary three-bladed propeller at 12.6 rev/s

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Electric Field Strength at Point Z

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Problem Involving Work Required for Stretching Spring

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Work, force, and distance problem

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Calculate Hydrostatic Force for Pumping Out Water from a Circular Pool

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Projectile Motion: Finding Time

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How Do You Plot the Inequalities Y < X and Y > -X on a Graph?

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What Are the Forces Acting on a Box Sliding Down a Ramp?

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Solving for Time Gain in Pendulum Clock Covered by Lead Layer

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Wind turbine energy HW Question

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Finding the Mass of an Aluminum Cup Based on Heat Transfer in a System

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Spring oscillator starting from rest at maximum displacement

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Work and power for a 120 kg sleigh pulled at constant velocity

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Kinetic energy of moving automobile

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Rotational Motion of blocks and string

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Components of weight on a 25° inclined ramp

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Calculating Compressive Stress and Change in Length of Tibia Bone

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A projectile equation, and then some

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Calculating Arrow Flight Time: Solving for Distance and Angle

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Understanding Velocity, Acceleration, and Equations

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Thermal Equillibrium (I am missing something here)

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Falling cat - how long is the cat in the air

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How far does an 8 kg block slide after a compressed spring releases it?

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Static Equilibrium and tension of a cord

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Conservation of Energy in different frame

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Potential Energy as a function of x

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Determining Maximum Height of a Projectile Shot Upward from Earth

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Velocity of Striking Ball After Collision: Billiard Ball Physics Problem

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What is the final speed of a block and the angular speed of a pulley?

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How Many Moles of Air Escape When Heated?

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Derivation of exponential density function for air

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Why is the system not considered isolated in this scenario?

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Solve LR Circuit Problem: Find New Values for R & Vo

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How do we detect neutrino particles if they have no mass or charge?

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Atmospheric Density, exponential decay derivation

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How Do You Determine the Kinetic Energy of a Satellite in Orbit?

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Conservation of angular momentum help

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Volume Charge Density in a long Cylinder

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How Does Circuit Resistance Change with Increasing Triangle Numbers?

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Solving Power Energy Problem: Inclined Plane 30 Degrees, 6.4m Long

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Kinetic Energy Formula Expansion / Wnet relation.

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What is the role of centripetal force in vertical circular motion?

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Understanding Spring Compression: How Doubling It Affects Stored Energy

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