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How to use the completeness relation

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Using the angular momentum principle for 2 pucks

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Moment of inertia of door rotation

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Why is resistance of similar cases calculated differently?

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Moment of inertia about a perpendicular axis through its center?

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Object A is stationary while objects B and C are in motion.

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How Does Elevator Physics Affect the Work Done by a Cable?

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Finding the Work of a spring and friction with a changing angle

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Rocket thruster force and momentum in vector form

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Time of Fall in triangular and rectangular frame

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Conservation of momentum in two dimensions

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Buouyancy force and Archimedes' principle

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Problem about electromagnetic waves -- Writing equations for B(t) and E(t)

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Current through capacitors in parallel

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How Do You Solve Mesh Analysis with Multiple Loops and Controlled Sources?

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Forces - Space Shuttle Takeoff Calculations

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How Do the Temperatures of Star 1 and Star 2 Compare?

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Ratio of the length of resistive wires in a square

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Rank the four objects from fastest to slowest

  • JessicaHelena
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Surface Tension, find number of stitches to be made

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Orbital speed of an object in a circular orbit

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Voltmeter readings across a closed/open switch in circuits

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Energy in capacitor at steady state

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Pumpkin explodes into 3 pieces—find the third's mass, speed and direction

  • Forerunner546
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Solid sphere rolling along a track

  • JessicaHelena
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Energy removed from 1.5 kg liquid copper cooling to solid

  • DracoMalfoy
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Finding the tension of two cables holding an object at rest

  • WOLFY302
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Equation that relates gravity and period

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Elliptically polarized light incident at Brewster's angle

  • Alex Pedersen
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Center of percussion of a baseball bat

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Rate of Energy Transferred, Aluminum Pot

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RC circuit - Rate o'energy dissipated = rate o'energy stored

  • bornofflame
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How to calculate rebound speed of ball hitting a wall?

  • MattDutra123
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Two moving objects - box and cart

  • titansarus
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Solid Disk Pulley + 2 Mass system, v derivation using 2 methods

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How to find the acceleration due to gravity inside a planet?

  • Johnnie123
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Solving Symbolically: Height of Cliff with No Air Resistance

  • SavannahN
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Moving Down a Ramp: Answers & Explanations

  • JessicaHelena
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What Forces Contribute to the Torque on a Moving Robot?

  • Granger
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Change in momentum when given the speed (not the velocity).

  • MattDutra123
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'Force on pulley by a string' conception

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Do A and C have same or different KE at the end?

  • JessicaHelena
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Bus traveling at constant speed on a 6.0° incline

  • melovephysics
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Given an acceleration figure calculate speed and distance

  • Alexanddros81
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Do I need to consider mass in the equations?

  • SavannahN
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Field dependence on the potential in a wire

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Speed of a disc after a collision

  • Pochen Liu
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Electrical Conductor is in relation to heat transfer

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Center of mass and rotation question

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Finding the Torque on a Fixed Square

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Applying Ampere's Law to a Transformer

  • Master1022
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Why is aerogel used as an insulating material in skylights?

  • felipe douglas
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Why does condensing water vapor improve furnace efficiency?

  • felipe douglas
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Vis-viva equation predicting periapsis distance in two-body problem

  • Philip Robotic
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How to build an energy-efficient house

  • felipe douglas
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The components of force and velocity vectors in circular motion

  • PainterGuy
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What is the correct way to find the temperature of helium in this scenario?

  • Angelina21
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What velocity does a train need to go up and down the hill

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Work done pulling a cart over a pulley with angle parameterization

  • titansarus
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Initial displacement of a midpoint of a string?

  • Howard Fox
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White Roof Vs. Black Roof on a house

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Potential energy lost when rubber ball drops and bounces back

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Which wingtip will be positive when airplane flies?

  • songoku
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How Do Ceiling Fans Enhance Winter Heating Efficiency?

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How to Find y in a Double Slit Experiment Without Intensity Values?

  • zehkari
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When is attic insulation most important for heat flow?

  • Dreebs
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Block with 20N force: why is my kinetic energy calculation wrong?

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Mean Frequency and Frequency Spread of a Laser Pulse

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A typical monthly utility rate / Current and resistance

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A bullet has been shot from a moving car

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Work-energy v.s. impulse-momentum bar charts

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Mechanics problem with two masses, a pulley and friction

  • Ahmed Ayman
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Transverse acceleration in polar coordinates

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Creating a solution for all the answer choices

  • eri139
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Geometric optics: Thin lense equation

  • Beth N
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Calculate the mass of a star and a planet that orbits it

  • shk
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Pair Production: Which Conservation Law?

  • The Head
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Calculating tensions and acceleration

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Finding the magnetic field at a point

  • subhradeep mahata
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What is the net acceleration of the coin on a rotating disk?

  • ComputerForests000
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EMF and potential in a circuit

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Does average power equal the product of average voltage and current?

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Determining the height an arrow reaches when shot from a bow

  • otownsend
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Powering an LED via Induced Current

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Why add 3 instead of dividing by 3 in composite function

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Compression of a spring by an object in free fall

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Where Do Balls Collide When Dropped and Thrown Up Simultaneously?

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Tension in two ropes holding a board

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Expressing angular momentum in terms of velocity for a rigid body

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Retarding force when 50kg object falls 4m onto 6kg object

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Why does a longer stick fall over slower than a shorter one?

  • GoCubs12
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Calculating spring constant of a spring loaded cannon

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Determine if a car can pop a wheelie?

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Infinite time for an object to get K=0 conservative Force

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Maximum speed and magnitude of the acceleration of a spring?

  • Howard Fox
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Nature of charge at the junction of a composite wire

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Final velocities of two objects in a 2D elastic collision

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