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Effective spring constant of a charged DNA molecule

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Finding Momentum of 0.12 kg Ball Thrown Upward at 20 m/s

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Elastic Collision: Find V1', V2' with M1, M2, V1, V2

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Impulse Question (Really Difficult)

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Conceptual Understanding: 2nd Law and Coefficient of Friction

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Elastic Collision - but no Final Velocities given

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Energy lost in conversion of steam to ice

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Specific heat of a piece of metal dropped in water

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A solid cylinder has a mass of

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How Long Will It Take for Ice to Melt in a Styrofoam Cooler?

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How Do You Calculate the Change in Focal Length for a Human Eye Lens?

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Heat required to melt an iceberg

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Heat equilibrium between two different rods

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Internal Work of a Ball Shot Through a Sand Bag

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Solving Pressure Problem in Experiment: What is the Force?

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Two Pendula on 70cm Strings Collision Angle

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Electrostatic Lab: Rub a Balloon for Styrofoam Repulsion

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The smallest unit of electric charge is what?

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Human Eye Optics - Answers Needed

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How Do You Calculate the Total Energy of a Rolling Sphere?

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How Does Rotational Motion Affect a Cube and Pulley System?

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Gravity Help: Earth to Moon Distance

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Bernoulli/Pascal Tarpaulin Problem

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Pulley System: Acceleration & Angular Acceleration

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Conservation of Momentum and Inelastic Collisions

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Solving a Hot Air Balloon & Champagne Cork Problem

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How Far Can the Painter Walk Without Tipping the Plank?

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Work, Energy and Power (Work Problem)

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Ratios of Initial to Final Energy/Momentum/Velocity

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What force must be applied to lift the load?

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How High Can a Projectile Go When Launched at 10 km/s?

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Word force and friction problem

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Balancing the Forces on a Steel Beam Construction

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Questions regarding conservation of energy with heat

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Force and Friction problem help

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Spinning Object on Flat Surface

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Solving for Frequency & Wavelength of Light in Air & Glass

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What Angle Should a Projectile Be Launched to Reach Specific Distances?

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Conceptual problem about two blocks released from a compressed string

  • KatieLynn
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I have Q's from my Honors Physics

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How Does Displacement Affect Momentum in a Frictionless Spring System?

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Does Distance Affect Angular Velocity and Tangential Velocity on Earth?

  • Eternalmetal
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Retraction/reflection help please

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At what velocity does the stone impact? (Link to picture included)

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Tension Calculations for Hanging a Sign at a 30° Angle | Homework Help

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Help Period of oscillation of the mass

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Angular Momentum of a sanding disk

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Potential Difference for X-Ray Emission

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What formulas can be used to calculate the mass of Jupiter?

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Car's velocity after being hit by a force

  • KatieLynn
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Calculating Total Force on Diving Bell's Port

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Steel Block Rotating On A Steel Table

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Hanging sign, torque and pivot points

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How Much Kinetic Energy Does the Target Retain After Collision?

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Why emit alphas, not other nucleon groups?

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Solving Collisions & ZMFs Homework: Mass 4 Particle Deflection

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Atwood machine - find kinetic energy

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Why Is It Harder to Rotate A Rod with a Mass in the Center?

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Solving Space Junk Momentum Problem

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What Forces Are Needed to Maintain Equilibrium on a Frictionless Surface?

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Understanding Force During a Crash: Solving as a Multiple of Weight

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General Launch Angle (Vectors) HELP

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Calculating Beat Frequency of 3 Frequencies

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Just some conceptual stuff about car crashes

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Current, Resistivity, and strange questions

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Gymnast Equilibrium: Tension Calc.

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Average force in a collision problem

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Rate of spring compession from block on incline

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Archimedes Principle: Calculate Outer & Inner Radii

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Solving the Mountain Climber Problem: Tension & Contact Force

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Force Equilibrium of house painter

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Ball dropped from building - find speed and kinetic energy

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Calculating Tension in a 2 Mass System

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Does Throwing Iron Overboard or Melting Ice Affect Water Levels?

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Double Pressure: What are the Effects on Temperature & Volume?

  • JerLynn
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Do Heated Objects Affect Time and Temperature Perceptions?

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Calculating Torque and Work: Flywheel Mass, Radius, and Time Interval

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Sliding Ice Block Homework: Calculate Mass of Ice Melted

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Adding resistor and capacitor in parallel

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Fat: the fuel of migrating birds

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What Is the Final Velocity of a Cart Pushed with a Force at an Angle?

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Calculating Work Done by Forces on a Moving Object

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Why Does a Block Topple on a Moving Cart?

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How Much Work and Power Does an Elevator Motor Need?

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Spring constant, should be easy?

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How Is Whiplash Explained Through Physics?

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Please explain this entropy change formula for me?

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How Do You Calculate Final Velocity with Given Force and Time?

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Print ViewEquipartition Theorem and Microscopic Motion

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Gravitational Force on satellite orbits

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Solving Transfer of Energy: Find Height Dropped for Bowling Ball

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy in a ball of clay

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What is the momentum at maximum height?

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How Do Tensions on Either Side of a Rotating Pulley Compare?

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