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The tension in the line between A and B

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Work by Gravity / Conservative Forces

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Circular Motion of a motorcycle

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Vacuum cleaner and octopus sucker force with pressure difference

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Tangential Acceleration Along an Oddly Shaped Road

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How Do You Calculate Velocity Change with Time-Dependent Acceleration?

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Off-center elastic collision with m2=2m1

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Optics: Applying Sign Conventions Twice?

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Question on Planet Hi: Why is the Answer B?

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Why apply sign conventions twice in mirror and lens formulas

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How to Calculate Magnetic Flux Through a Desk?

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Inelastic Collision of a Bullet into a Block

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Apparent Weight and Geosynchronous Orbit

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Tension of string of pendulum at lowest point

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Max Speed for Car on Banked Curve of Radius 80m, 19^\circ Angle

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Vector Magnitude C: Calculating Magnitude

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Phase shift when light travels through a 1.4 refractive index medium

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Lead block pushed 20 m on floor: thermal energy and friction work

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Calculate Horizontal Force at Bottom of 7m Ladder for 72kg Person

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Rocket-Powered Hockey Puck: Kinematics Analysis

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Moment of Inertia + Energy question

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Steel Ball Density: Impact of Water Filling on Mercury Surface

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Linear Conservation of Momentum of electron

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Mass launched up a ramp by a spring(friction)

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How far does a point on a wheel travel during angular acceleration?

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Athelete jump finding starting speed

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How do I make a simple free body diagram for a poster assignment?

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How Do You Calculate the Specific Heat of a Metal in a Water Container?

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How Should Physics Principles Be Applied in Bungee Jumping Analysis?

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A conducting loop around a magnetic field

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Pendulum problems - determine speed of the ball

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Help with Number 4.16: Solving Moments

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Finding final temperature when lead shot mixes with water

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Tangential Acceleration Problem.

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Conservation of Energy bungee jumping

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Circular motion: could this happen?

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Are These Thermal Expansion Statements Correct?

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Max Speed for Car on Concrete Curve of Radius 80.0m, 19.0^\circ Angle

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Work done by Gravity on a liquid

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Heat required to convert ice at -11.5°C to water at 60°C

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Winch Physics: Finding Rates of Change in Vertical and Horizontal Directions

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How Do You Calculate Velocity After an Angular Elastic Collision?

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How Do You Calculate the Net Horizontal Force on a Dam Using Integrals?

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Solving Newton's 2nd Law: 5kg Mass, 60N Tension

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Average Force Applied by Catcher

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How to Solve an Incline Plane and Pulley Problem?

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Work-Energy Principle: Finding the Length of a Rough Patch

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How Do Protons and Alpha Particles Behave After an Elastic Collision?

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How Far Will the Spring Compress When a Block is Dropped?

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Will the Ball Hit the Fence or Pass Above It?

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Which force gives the scale reading?

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Calculating the efficency of a hydrogen fuel cell

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How long will it take the police car to catch us to Sylvia’s car?

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Does Constant Power Result in Constant Acceleration for a Car?

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Why Does the Ideal Gas Law Fail at the Critical Point of Carbon Tetrachloride?

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Finding acceleration of pushed crate

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Solving Incline Plane Work Problems

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Calculating Truck Speed from Frequency Shift

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Splitting forces into components

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How Do You Calculate Angular Momentum for a Rotating Rigid Structure?

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How far and how fast did Tanya travel while cycling?

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Calculating Work in a Circular Motion Amusement Park Ride

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Torque about a point using cross product of position and force vectors

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Non-Uniform circular motion with friction

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Conservation of Energy with Friction: Where Does the Block Stop?

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Deriving the Value of an Exponent

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Finding collision point on pool table with conservation of momentum

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Geosynchrously orbiting satellites

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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation deflection

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Tangential force on circular saw carbide tips at 2400 rpm

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Find the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the ramp

  • missashley
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What is the Rate of Entropy Production from Heat Leakage in a House?

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How long does it take to heat this water

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Mechanics: Solve Swimmer A and B Problem

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Thermometer pressure physics problem

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Does a damped oscillator stop at the equilibrium position?

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Solving the Problem of a Cold Room in 16 Minutes

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Solving Gauss' Law Electromag Question w/ 100V Battery

  • magicuniverse
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Calculating Age of Universe with Hubble's Constant

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Checking coplanar force equilibrium solution

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Conceptual Question on Kinetic Friction

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What Are the Tensions and Angular Acceleration in a Hanging Rod System?

  • biomajor009
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How Does a Rotating Pail Affect Water Surface Shape?

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What was Dan’s final velocity at this time?

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Solving for Speed for Projectile Motion

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Trouble Determining Moment of Inertia Formula

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Static Equilibrium: Find Normal Force and x-Coord of CM

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