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In order to find the recoil velocity of a spring

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How Fast Was the Freight Car Moving Before Hitting the Springs?

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Distance traveled by a accelerating truck with steel load.

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Coefficient of Rolling Friction

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Understanding Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

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How far from the edge of the cliff does the model rocket land?

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Rates of pressure and volume change

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Space station between Earth and moon with equal gravitational forces

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A mass spring system w/ recoil and Friction ?

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How Do You Solve Projectile Motion Problems Without Specific Values?

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Boat Passenger Velocity on Stairs in 2D Motion Problem

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Block on a frictionless incline

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Spring potential energy when 1 kg and 3 kg blocks separate

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Pilot diving vertically at 310 m/s, maximum 9.0g acceleration

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Frictional force on 43 kg block at rest on 19° incline

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Tension in a pulley system with two masses

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Find the Moments of Inertia question

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Three masses connected by cords over a pulley with different accelerations?

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Magnitude of the recoil velocity of the nucleus

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This one has bothered me for a while (electric field)

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What Are the Truths About the Center of Mass?

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Newton's Second Law Particle Problem

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Firecracker shot straight up at 54 m/s

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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction for spring-launched block

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Kinetic Energy of Pulley System with Unequal Weights

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Gauss's Law/Energy Problem with Concentric Spheres

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Why Does a Falling Particle Take 9/11 of Total Time to Cover Half the Distance?

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Counterweight mass for lowering actress on pulley system

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What Are the Force Components and Radial Acceleration in a Conical Pendulum?

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Car and truck collision with equal mass, combined velocity 28 m/s

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Work & GPE Homework Solution: m, R, h

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What is the Torque on an Outstretched Arm with a 21.5 N Weight?

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Why do dP/dT, dT/dV and dV/dP multiply to -1 for an ideal gas?

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Calculating Horizontal Force for Displaced Hanging Object

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Does tension provide the centripetal force on a rotating object?

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Calculating Maximum Speed and Initial Displacement of a Glider on a Spring

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What is the net torque on the pulley about the axle

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How Do Rocket Acceleration and Car Forces Calculate in Physics Problems?

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Truck colliding with passenger car - Who will be more hurt?

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Net gravitational force on ball A from balls B and C

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What is the initial acceleration of the rod's CM?

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Calculating Acceleration on an Inclined Ramp with Two Sliding Packages

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Block on steel table pulled by string: tension and velocity

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Measuring the wavelength and position of a photon

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What is the velocity of a 178 gram object thrown 97 meters?

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How do I solve problems involving rotational motion?

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Work done by a harmonic oscillator

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Rate of revolution for a dryer?

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Banked Highway Curve: Calculating Maximum Safe Speed

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Five physics problems: friction, thrust, and tension

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What are the calculations for resistors in parallel?

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Maximum velocity at the top of a roller coaster?

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Answer: Object with Most Mass: Goodyear Blimp

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Orbit, and Centrifuge questions

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Acceleration down slope constant or increasing?

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Problem with projectiles launched horizontally

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Finding height and time from angle and velocity

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How Do You Solve These Two Pressure Calculation Problems?

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Electron Motion in a Magnetic Field: Kinetic Energy Considerations

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How Many Revolutions Does a Car Make From Rest to a Specific Acceleration?

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System with varying mass - String

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What are some ideas for a physics-based game project?

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How to Calculate Work on a Satellite in a Gravitational Field

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Calculating Revolutions with Changing Acceleration on a Curve

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Why dimensions can be treated as algebraic quantities?

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What Are the Coordinates of the Circle's Center?

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Calculating Net Force from Change in Velocity and Time

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Why Am I Getting the Wrong Answer in My 2D Motion Projectile Problem?

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Finding gravity through experimental data

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Small Elastic Ball Dropped from Height of 1.1m onto an Incline

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Calculating Mass of Star from Orbital Distance and Period

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Distance to cannon from sound and cannonball arrival times

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Impulse and average force of ball

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Phase difference in sound wave interference from two sources

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How Do You Calculate Elevator Cable Tension Accurately?

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Solving a Lab to Place the Cup for the Ball

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What Force Must a Window Washer Exert to Ascend at Constant Speed?

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Conservation of Energy and Moment of Inertia

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How Is the Scattered Photon's Energy Calculated in the Inverse Compton Effect?

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Minimum speed to clear a roof with projectile motion

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Does a car braking at -11.2 m/s² hit a hole 30.0 m away?

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2 masses and 3 pulleys/accelaration

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Confusion over an Inclined Plane Question

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Solving the Question of Units for Dropped Mass on Surface

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Work done dragging 56.9 kg exercise machine 71.2 m with friction

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What would the greatest force on the vine be during the swing?

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Rate of Current: Solve Homework Equation for US Students

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Will a 100 g mass slide at constant velocity down a 21° incline?

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Finding tension and force components in a hanging beam system

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Direction of friction on blocks with applied forces

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Matching force conditions to block motion on a ramp

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Find H of a Ski Jump: Solving a Projectile Motion Problem

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What is the velocity of a steel block after moving 1.20 meters?

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Magnitude of Acceleration of ball

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Kinematics 2D: Find Particle's Accel. Vector

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Multiple Pulley Problem [SOLUTION]

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Calculating Satellite Speed Based on Orbit Period

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Finding force and acceleration for a system with friction

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