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Dynamics - Relative velocities in rigid bodies

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Minimum Horsepower for Dragging a Box at a Given Speed

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Forces and Power: 18.5 HP to Drive 2320 kg Auto at 62.0 km/h

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Calculating Total Energy of A and B Nuclei in Center of Mass Frame

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How Does a Particle's Motion Change Direction and Velocity Over Time?

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Acceleration From Earth's Rotation

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One-Dimensional Motion, Bullet-through-a-board-type question

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Solving Mass of 2nd Disk with Angular Momentum

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Acceleration Question* * (Physics 11)

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Electric Field in center of half spherical shell

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What Forces Create Equilibrium at Point P?

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Relative velocities of rigid bodies

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Parcel falls from car roof after collision with wall

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Why does a finger in the middle of a spinning fan trace a larger circle?

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Solving Induced EMF Problem with Jordan's Help

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Wave velocity at different points on a string

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Diving board and torque problem

  • Bob Loblaw
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Yo guys how do i graph acceleration

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Tungsten filament-finding length of coil

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Collision between two balls physics problem

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Moment of inertia of spherical shell problem

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Rotational kinetic energy of a bike wheel

  • Bob Loblaw
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Calculating the Force of a Fist on a Glass Bottle

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Finding pendulum bob height at maximum swing angle

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How far does the car skid before coming to a rest

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Fluids problem - gauge pressure

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Average force on a 1.4 kg ball bouncing off the ground

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Newton's Laws and the coefficient of kinetic friction

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What Is the Potential Energy at Point B?

  • Yuravian
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Calculating the Time of a Bullet's Flight from a Rifle Aimed Horizontally

  • spirit2014
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Question on circular motion and Newton's laws

  • excel000
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Calculating Distance and Velocity in a Moving Object Scenario

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Just had a Test and I could not get this one

  • Saladsamurai
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Doppler Effect in Circular Motion

  • confusedinphys
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Freuuency: Variations of a String

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A Simple Mechanics Problem: Help with Calculating Forces and Energy

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Amusement park ride (circular motion)

  • ~christina~
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Ball rolling up a ramp to demonstrate conservation of energy

  • mass835
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Centripital acceleration (electron movement)

  • ~christina~
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Solving the Unstoppable Coyote's Speed Challenge

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Finding instantaneous velocity from a position-time graph tangent

  • mooneh
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How Is Maximum Velocity Calculated for a Mass on a Spring?

  • camherokid
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A fireworks rocket is launched vertically upward at 40 m/s

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How Deep Can a Snorkeler Dive with a 1/20 Atmosphere Lung Pressure Difference?

  • thatgirlyouknow
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How High Does a Rocket Go If It Accelerates for 4 Seconds?

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Electric Field/Electric Potential (Gradient Notation)

  • PFStudent
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Kinetic Energy of a hydrogen electron

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Circular Motion of a wire on a plane

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Planetary motion the mass of the sun

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Van de Graff Current: Solving Homework Equation

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What is the Coefficient of Friction for a Braking Car with Given Parameters?

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Water manometer to measure change in pressure

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Electric force on between 2 rods

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Coefficient of kinetic friction of skis

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What is the weight on a planet with twice the mass and radius of Earth?

  • pinkey
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Gravitational motion usingly earths radius

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Colliding particles with equal masses with given elasticity

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How to Calculate 1.23 ± 0.03 + Pi?

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How Long Does a Sonar Signal Take to Return from the Ocean Floor?

  • Spookie71
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Forces Exerted by 1kg, 2kg, and 3kg Blocks

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Spring Force and Acceleration with Friction

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Find Gravitational Force Component on Inclined Plane - 388.5 N, 36.1°

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Tension in Cables Supporting a Watermelon on Scaffolding

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Natural frequency of a spring(self-weight only)

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Find torque of a ball on the end of a light rod

  • mathcrzy
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Cube suspended in liquid - find tension

  • Saladsamurai
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Understanding Average Speed Calculations

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Electric and Magnetic field relationship

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Simple harmonic motion of ornament on tree

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Physics Giancoli Ch 5 # 21 Determining mu of banked curve

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Easy change in direction question

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How Does Quadrupling Playback Speed Affect the Mach Number in Film Effects?

  • Idioticsmartie
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Pebble in a rolling tire - finding velocity and acceleration

  • gills
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What Minimum Force is Needed to Lift a Wheel Over an Obstacle?

  • Destrio
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How Do You Solve Incline and Spring Problems in Physics?

  • Draco
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Atwood machine with three tensions: T1, T2, and T3

  • Vanessa23
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Current in relation to magnetic fields and velocity

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How Do You Calculate the Motion of a Pebble in a Rolling Tire?

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Maximum height of each ball after elastic collision

  • Paulbird20
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How Much Work is Required to Compress a Spring in Specific Scenarios?

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Finding the moment of inertia of a wheel with a hanging 15 kg mass

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What is the New Speed of a 15,500kg Train?

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How Does Emptying Sand Affect a Balloon's Acceleration?

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Bullet passing through block in ballistic pendulum

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Maximum speed for a car rounding a flat curve with friction

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Finding the mass of a hockey puck - inertia

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Do photons have to accelerate to the speed of light

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Calculating Instantaneous Speed of C.M. of a Stick

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Finding resultant vector R = A + 2B - C using vector addition

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Two masses on table and one hanging over pulley with friction

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Disk with constant angular acceleration: 7.0 to 18 rev/s in 83 revolutions

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Centripetal Ride: Chain Rated@3000N - Will it Hold?

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Is Snell's Law Misleading in Refraction Calculations?

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Protecting an egg dropped from 40 feet with cardboard and tape

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Tangential acceleration in circular motion with a(t)=0.5t

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Solving a Puzzling Lift Problem: Net Upward Force on the Man

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Rank Bulbs A-F: Brightest to Dimmest

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Finding true temperature from miscalibrated thermometer readings

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