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Amplifier (non inverting) question

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Classical mechanics, angular momentum and velocity not parallel, why?

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How Is Tension Calculated in an Acrobat's Wire?

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How Do You Calculate Impulse and Force in a Rear-End Collision?

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Momentum problem (should be pretty easy I think)

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Divergence in cylindrical coordinates at radius a

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Free Fall and max altitude Question

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Would someone explain this in general terms?

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How Do You Calculate the Time for a Mass to Fall Using Moment of Inertia?

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Calculating Space Shuttle Velocity: Astronaut Melroy's Historic Flight

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How Do You Calculate the Second Mass in a Static Equilibrium Problem?

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Calculating Initial Velocity of Metal Ball on Ramp

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Finding wave speed in a string given period and antinodes spacing

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Final Velocity of Second Ball After Collision

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Calculating Energy Required to Heat and Change State of Ice in an Oven

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Ice skater coefficient of friction with unknown mass

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Elastic collision: larger mass hits smaller at rest, find speeds and angles

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How Many Rocks Must a Child Throw to Maintain Constant Speed in a Wagon?

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Velocity of skier slides off a frictionless hill

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What is the bird's speed immediately after swallowing?

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Finding instantaneous speed as string winds around rod in circular motion

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Does Water at the Top of a Dam Have Kinetic Energy?

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How Much Power is Needed to Boil Water in a Coffee Mug?

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What is the Correct Approach to Solving a Challenging Pulley Problem?

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Are there any basic formulas for motion in kinematics?

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Momentum of a 100g ball dropped from 16m

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Ladder vs Wall Homework - Force Calculation

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What is the Tension in Scaffolding Ropes?

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Car accelerating on ramp - power of engine

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Converting angular velocity to rpm for circular motion

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Centripetal acceleration of a bicycle wheel point at 7.0 m/s

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Finding friction force and coefficient when applied force causes acceleration

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How Does the Doppler Effect Alter the Frequency Heard by the Engineer?

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What Is the Amplitude 3cm from an Antinode in SHM?

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What Impulse Does a Handball Deliver to a Wall?

  • ~christina~
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Work and displacement physics problem

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How to Determine Pressure with Different Density Liquids in a Manometer

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Why does glass look green when viewed at the edge?

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Magnetic field at point P from two arcs using Biot-Savart law

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Ladder network.attenuator chain?

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Statics - sphere with string attached

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Why does a rigid body have uniform angular acceleration?

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Simple conceptual question - rolling object question:

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Why does a projectile travel farthest at 45 degrees?

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Finding acceleration from graphs (s vs t^2)

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Charge flowing through a capacitor

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Electrostatic Self-Energy of a Uniform Density Sphere of Charge

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What is the Amplitude of the Magnetic Field for a Point Source?

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Velocity of sports car in truck collision using momentum conservation

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Thermo -> Heat Pump, confirmation.

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Circular Motion and artificial gravity

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Terminal Velocity of a sky diver

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Angular Acceleration of a rubber wheel

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Solving a Long Jump Problem: Find Takeoff Speed & Increase Jump Distance

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Effects of Air Resistance on Simple Harmonic Motion Graphs

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Neutron star density and mass calculation

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How Does the Work-Energy Principle Determine the Motion of a Thrown Rock?

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Finding final temperature when ice melts in warm water

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Can a Stunt Biker Clear a 45m Gap at 20m/s and 30 Degrees?

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How Does Spring Constant Affect Work Done on a Stretched Spring?

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Physics question - object released at equillibrium position of spring

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I dont understand why this is wrong. can someone me?

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Calculating the Angle of Force for 0.140 kg Ball Attached to a 0.600 m String

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How Long Does It Take for a Block to Slow Down on an Inclined Plane?

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How to determine if an equation represents a linear function

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Fundamental frequency and tension of a guitar string

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What is the impact time and average force in a bullet-wooden block collision?

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Calculating Velocity & Kinetic Energy of Bicycle Racer Rolling Downhill

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Gravitational force inside a uniform sphere and shell theorem

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Average power to climb stairs and power dissipated by braking car

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Projectile motion, tightrope tension, and door torque problems

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What is the Force Constant and Minimum Height for Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Is Acceleration Zero at the Maximum Position of a Spring-Mass System?

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Acceleration of an electron through a uniform electric field

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What is the Minimum Height for Simple Harmonic Motion on a Trampoline?

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Solve Amplitude for Guitar String Vibrating in Fundamental Mode

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Calculating Vertical Deflection of Electron in Parallel Plate Setup

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Solving a System of Equations for Internal Forces at E

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Variable force and kinetic energy from a graph

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Terminal Velocity Steel Ball Bearing in Oil

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Stone kicked from 52 m cliff with initial horizontal velocity

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Calculate the smallest possible distance between the two electrons

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Solving a Physics Problem: Cannon Shell Split and Momentum Calculation

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Calculating Photon Emission and Threshold Wavelengths

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How Do You Calculate Average Force from Power and Velocity?

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Calculating Tension in a Cord Attached to an Inclined Crate

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Charging capacitor in parallel with resistor circuit

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Why Is Initial Velocity Equal to Final Velocity in Parabolic Motion?

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Vertical Component of a Velocity Vector

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Mass of cylinder using ang.velocity

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Kinetic Theory Of Gases - radiometer

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Block dropped onto spring: finding oscillation frequency

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Solving Bernoulli Problem: Find Water Tank Height

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