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Shear stress, what is a flat tie bar ?

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Mechanical energy of a pendulum- I just can't get it

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Questions on the basic principles of physics.

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How Does Torque Affect the Stopping Time of a Potter's Wheel?

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Relativistic time, distance and velocity

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Units of velocity and finding acceleration from distance and time

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Uniform Circular Motion of a satellite

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Asteroid Collision Course and Sagging Backpack

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Why Does Water in a Boiling Container Not Boil?

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Elastic collision of two billiard balls at right angles

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Area under the curve in PV diagram

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Velocity and acceleration of a person and train

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How high does a projectile shot at 1.30×10⁴ km/hr go?

  • tibessiba
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In a popular amusement-park ride, a cylinder of radius 2.00 m is set in rota

  • lettertwelve
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Tension of String/ Mass question

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Solve Optics Problems: Goldfish Eye & Spherical Refraction

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Topics for Physics Extended Essay

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Finding the Net Force on a Box on an Inclined Plane

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Calculating heat for melting ice and warming water

  • jack1234
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Find Apparent Weight of 85 kg Man on Elevator

  • Mitch ODriscoll
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Why Is Conduct Not Equivalent to Absorb in Experiments?

  • jack1234
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How Do You Time a Projectile to Hit a Moving Train?

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How Is Force Calculated in a Human Cannonball Act?

  • Rylynn97
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Three-block pulley system with masses 1.0, 3.0, and 5.0 kg

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Angular Momentum of a billiard ball

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Hockey puck sliding on ice with different friction coefficients

  • chiurox
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The gas is changing state?(q36)

  • jack1234
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Energy transfer from cool part to hot part(q38)

  • jack1234
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Is Internal Energy Always Proportional to Temperature?

  • jack1234
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About change of internal energy(q41)

  • jack1234
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Ideal Gas Law: Solve for T2 - Q26

  • jack1234
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Centripetal accel - airplane flying in a horizontal circle

  • lettertwelve
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Force question on elevator cable

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Finding friction force and acceleration on a 37° incline

  • copyfilew
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Block sliding down quarter-circle and colliding inelastically

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Tension and force of connected blocks

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Percent efficiency of three power generators

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Does Thermal Energy Determine Temperature?

  • jack1234
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How Does Friction Affect Energy and Motion on a Ramp?

  • physicsbhelp
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Orbital Energy of a binary star system

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How Much Energy Does It Take to Heat Ice to Steam?

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Calculating Pressure of Air After a Bicycle Pump Stroke

  • jack1234
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Question regarding vector diagram

  • nblu
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Particle Acceleration(No clue how to do)

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Centre of mass of velocity (q61)

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Calculate Force to Tip 5m Plank w/ 50kg Person

  • logglypop
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How Much Heat is Released When Water Cools?

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Solving Inelastic Collision and Simple Harmonic Motion Problems

  • physicsbhelp
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Finding block mass from pulse travel time in compound wire

  • trusean
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Guys, I have 4 easy questions. (probably easy to you)

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What Forces Create Torque on a Merry-Go-Round?

  • biomajor009
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How Do You Solve These Kinematics Problems?

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How many waves pass a point in 1 minute given wavelength and speed?

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Finding current through R1 in parallel-series resistor network

  • mujadeo
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How Does a Bent Wire Affect the Magnetic Field at a Point?

  • EvanQ
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Solve for Impact Speed of 0.25kg Pine Cone Falling 20m

  • get_rekd
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Max Force F on Rod Before Slipping: $\mu_s Mg$

  • skateza
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How to accurately represent motion using a vector diagram?

  • nblu
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Electronic Devices byfloyd Problem

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Circular Motion: Net Force, Speed & Direction at Top - M,L,g

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Derivation of angular acceleration

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What does it mean to determine the precision, expressed as percent

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Magnitude of thrust of rocket (q50)

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What Does the First Law of Thermodynamics Really Imply?

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How Small Can the Track's Radius Be for Safe Train Speeds?

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Frictional Force and µk problem

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Conservation of momentum for collision(q59)

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Center of mass of two particle system (q45)

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Easy Temperature and Kinetic Throey Problem

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Why does a penny fall into a glass when you flick the card?

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Momentum in two directions(q35)

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Help with explosion problem q34

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Blocks with light springs (q31)

  • jack1234
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Possibility to shorten the solving procedure (q13)

  • jack1234
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Rotational dynamics and static equilibrium question

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PV = nRT: Understanding Pressure Units in Gas Laws

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How Does a Pole Vaulter's Center of Gravity Affect Maximum Jump Height?

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Energy Density of a Charged Sphere?

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Calculating Period of Mars Using Kepler's Law: Appendix C

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Projectile moving from Earth's surface

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What Are the Common Challenges in Problem Solving?

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Gravitation Point Particles problem

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Solving for Car's Acceleration: 40kg, 30° Angle, 0.4 μ

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How to Calculate the Power Output of a Waterfall Generator

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How High Should the Cable Be Anchored for Equilibrium?

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Statics - long rod of linear varying density supported at both ends

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Calculating Angular Momentum of a Sliding Beam-Man System

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What is the fetal heart wall speed in m/s using the Doppler effect?

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How Can I Build a Cost-Effective Air-Powered Projectile Launcher?

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