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Ballistic Pendulum displacement

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Finding the Resultant Force of Three Vectors

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Calculating Height from Work and Rotational Motion of a Rigid Body

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Stupid Buoyancy, this is getting ridiculous.

  • Saladsamurai
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How Are Standing Sound Waves Solved?

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Analyzing Force and Mass Data: Finding the Force of a Fan

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Photoelectric Effect and ozone layer

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Gauss' Law With an Infinite Cylinder of Charge

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How Do You Solve Vector Addition Problems?

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Rank Bulb Brightness A-F: Physics Solution

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Momentum question-just checking my method

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What is the magnitude of the impulse in a ball-wall collision?

  • chaotixmonjuish
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Work done on package by gravity: 784JNet work done on package: -37.7J

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Nonuniform circular motion merry-go-round

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How Do I Solve This Vector Displacement Problem?

  • Bensky
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How Do You Calculate the Power Exerted by an Elevator Cable?

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What Length of Bungee Cord Should the Daredevil Use?

  • twotaileddemon
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Thin Film Question: Finding Oil Slick Thickness

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Why is y = (2m) cos (kx) dimensionally correct?

  • mooneh
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Calculating Gas Temperature Change Using the Ideal Gas Law

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How Do You Solve Rectilinear Motion Problems with Missing Data?

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How Is Work Calculated When Stretching a Spring?

  • jumptheair
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Approximation to simple harmonic motion.

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Help with Kinetic and Potential Energy

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Voltage Drop Across Transmission Lines

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How Does Cutting One String Affect the Acceleration of a Rod?

  • delecticious
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Need help with physics questions with charges and velocity

  • tripz1196
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Physics Boat Problem involving velocity

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Air Resistance free fall problem

  • conradmiguel
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How Do You Solve Physics Problems Involving a Pulley System with Two Students?

  • driedupfish
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Static equilibrium with a suspended sphere on a wall

  • gills
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Angular Frequency for Small Oscillations

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Sound waves move from air to water

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Vector Problem: Get Home from 15.0 km Away

  • janhen200
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Weight of block and static friction

  • rcmango
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Moment of Inertia Problem: cylinder pivoting ona bearing

  • delecticious
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How much will he weigh on a different planet

  • rcmango
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Skier velocity and friction problem

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How Does Magnetic Repulsion Affect Puck Velocities in Elastic Collisions?

  • pinkyjoshi65
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How is the particle's speed at points B and C determined?

  • pcandrepair
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How to Determine if a Collision is in 2 Dimensions?

  • pinkyjoshi65
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Calculate Acceleration of 2.0kg Block w/ Pulleys & Blocks

  • Grapz
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Calculating the Speed of a Cylinder on a Frictional Ramp

  • delecticious
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What is the Apparent Weight of a Pilot at the Bottom of a Loop?

  • physstudent1
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Elevator starts from rest with constant acceleration

  • splac6996
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Work and Kinetic Energy of cord

  • saber1357
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Help with springs and potential energy problem

  • GeoMike
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Maximum Static Friction Force for Spinning Disk and Block System

  • splac6996
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Force that the wall exerts on the wedge

  • klm
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Solving Tension Force in Plank Supported by Cables

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Capacitance and Voltage Confusion

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Flywheel Kinetic Energy in Delivery Trucks

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Electric fields in a plane, :smile:

  • JFonseka
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Solve Centripetal Force for m_1 in Frictionless Table

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How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration of a Cylinder?

  • sheri1987
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Final question of the day help finding impulse of two billiard balls

  • pebbles
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Find the tension in each rope torque

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Maximum Deformation of Springs in a Collision: Deriving the Equations

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Solve for Velocity of Two Falling Balls | Challenging Physics Problem

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What is the internal resistance r of the battery?

  • robbondo
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How to Calculate Work Done by Friction without Coefficient of Friction?

  • baseballer10p
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Potential Energy of a Conservative Force

  • Jacobpm64
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Elevator 2 part Question - Box Dragging

  • Larrytsai
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Work done stopping a car that decelerates over 25.5 m

  • teriblekelly
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What is the speed of m2 after the spring is released?

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Kinetic Energy Vs. Potential Energy confusion.

  • teriblekelly
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Horizontal Speed of bullet fragment

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Ball of mass rolling down an incline

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Calc Angular Accel of Solid Cylinder - FxR Method

  • sheri1987
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Solving Momentum Conservation: Finding Velocity & Direction

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Solve Forces and Acceleration for Two Crates in Contact - Casey

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Emergency HW Help: Algebra 2 Linear Programming - Maximize Profit

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Calculating energy lost in collisions?

  • pebbles
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How Do You Calculate Net Force on an Inclined Plane?

  • JohnJay
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Velocity Calculation: Boat Crossing a River at 1.50 m/s - Problem Solved

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Gravitational Potential Energy of an elevator

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Circular Motion: General Equations

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A block on top of another on a horizontal surface.

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Radius of Orbits: GPS Satellite & Earth

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Solve Rotation Questions: 2.53 Revs in 6.28 & 19.3 Secs

  • shell4987
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Final speed of two billiard balls

  • pebbles
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Is Kinetic Energy Direction-Dependent?

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Application with conservative and nonconservative forces

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How Fast Does the Rim of a Spinning Disk Travel?

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Solve Spring Gun Question Homework

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Star temperature from B-V color

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Sound intensity is measured on a logarithmic scale

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Measuring Elasticity of Balls using Collision Method

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How Does Magnification Change When Switching from Convex to Concave Mirror?

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How is Rotational Kinetic Energy Calculated for a Merry-Go-Round?

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