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What Are the Two Angles for a Fire Hose to Reach 2.0 Meters?

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Shear force and bending moment diagrams with applied moment

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Fundamental Frequency of a String

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Elevator Forces: Fupward vs Fnet vs a

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How to Balance Masses for Simultaneous Impact in a Momentum Problem?

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Verical and Horizontal Circles

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Car rolling down a hill. How high will it go up another incline?

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What Is the Constant Acceleration of the Departing Train?

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Calculate Newton's Law Force to Keep Moon in Orbit

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Spring scale reading with equal masses on pulleys

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Model the forces as constant over a short interval of time

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Rocket Momentum: Max Velocity Calculation

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Speed of a bullet after passing through a block of mass

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Vertical Projectile Motion: Finding Speed at Maximum Height

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Using Atwood's Machine to Measure Time Intervals

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Multiplication of vector problem

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Why a 30 mph vs. 40 mph Impact Makes a Difference

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Why do different sources give different distances for the Earth-moon distance?

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Potential Difference and Potential Near a Charged Sheet

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What Forces Act on a Man and Platform System in a Pulley Setup?

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Calculating Maximum Speed of a Swinging Girl

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Calculating Forces on Inclined Surfaces

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Does a brown chicken egg have more strength than a white one

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How High Does a Ball Go When Thrown Upward at 25m/s?

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Expressing height in Inverse GeV

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Electric field at center between two charged 12 cm disks

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How Does the Lambda Zero Particle Decay Affect Kinetic Energy and Momentum?

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Calculate 0.100 ohms Resistance of 5.46m Lead Strip

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Upward force and tension when helicopter lifts truck

  • saber1357
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How Does Throwing a Ball from a Moving Truck Affect Its Velocity to an Observer?

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How High Does the Rocket Clear the Wall?

  • Vaalron
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How Can I Solve These Vector Motion Problems for My Test Tomorrow?

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Ball swinging on a string with a peg in its path

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What is the initial potential energy in the spring?

  • azila
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Algebraic Equations for Basic Tension in a Hanging Block System

  • shotgunbob
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What Is the Mass of a Book Accelerating on a Wooden Table?

  • rfurtado
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How Do You Calculate Friction Force on an Inclined Ramp?

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Solving a Drunk Driver's Collision Problem

  • DevilishNole
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Can Normal Force Be Negative in Apparent Weight Calculations?

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Calculating Tension in Vines: A 5.0kg Monkey at Rest on Vines A and B

  • Fire Slayer
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Print ViewElectric Potential Energy versus Electric Potential

  • Badger
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Work done by friction on a sliding refrigerator

  • kasiu
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Phase difference and number of wavelengths

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Help with Tension Homework: Calculate Net Upward Force & Tension

  • saber1357
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Laws of Forces and Motion: Block Sliding Down an Incline

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Torque balance on horizontal beam with cable and hanging load

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How Can the Net Force Be 10 N with Forces of 4 N and 10 N?

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Coulomb's Law and charged particles

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Find Initial Speed for Olympic Basketball Player to Score

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Make a value scalar or vector?

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Gravity at one Earth radius above Earth's surface

  • queen of hearts
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Forces on a 3000 kg elevator at rest and in motion

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What is the coefficient of kinetic friction

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Coeffincient of static friction

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Decelerate is often used to indicate that an object is slowing down

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Tension and normal force on a car held by a cable on a frictionless ramp

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Questions on Lenses: Projecting a Slide on a Screen

  • Obama
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What is the magnitude of force with which Betty pulls?

  • saber1357
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Magnitude and Direction of Electric Field - Question

  • UNG
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4-digit perfect square with unique digits and prime square root

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If her mass is 50.0kg what is the tension on the rope?

  • engineer2010
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What is the Tension on a Spring Scale for an Object on an Incline?

  • saber1357
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Is it possible to have a positive acceleration and slow down?

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Calculating Work Against Friction in a Loop-the-Loop Track

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How Can You Calculate Plane Acceleration with a Watch on a String?

  • engineer2010
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Solving the Superflea Jump Problem: How High Can it Jump?

  • sam_hall88
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Fish shoots water droplet at bug

  • ~christina~
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Determine the magnitude of and direction of the velocity

  • azatkgz
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Relativity - Professor in spaceship examning students

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How Much Force is Needed to Accelerate a 1000 kg Car at 2 m/s²?

  • screaminseamin1
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Equilibrium normal reaction force problem

  • ThomasHW
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How Does a Conical Pendulum Maintain Constant Velocity?

  • sweetygirl
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Max and average EMF from rotating dynamo coil

  • danago
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Maximum compression of spring when 1.8 kg block drops from 55 cm

  • cd80187
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Calculating the energy of a hydrogen atom

  • Benzoate
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What Is the Mass of the Caboose After the Collision?

  • MooCow
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Finding friction force on a rolling wheel with applied horizontal force

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Calculate the center of mass of a semi-circular metal plate

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Calculating orbital radius and speed of an asteroid in the asteroid belt

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What is the relationship between g and a in physics?

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Moment of 2.5 kN force about point C using cross product

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Will the Farmer Move the Stubborn Mule?

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How Do You Calculate Normal Force and Work Done in Physics Problems?

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Why Is Magnetism So Challenging to Understand in Physics Problems?

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What is the electric field problem involving two point charges?

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Gravity Strength: Moon vs Earth Ratio of Height Reached

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Forces on Particles: 3 of 4 Forces Acting on 10kg Mass

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How much work is done on the car by the rope

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Angular Impulse and Angular Momentum

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Acceleration and rotation of centrifuge

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Projectile Motion Tossing a Bag from Dayton's to IDS

  • ~christina~
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Normal force and friction coefficient for 517 N package pushed at 50°

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Plane flying crosswind at 120km/h with 50km/h perpendicular wind

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How Do You Calculate Equivalent Resistance Using Node Voltage Analysis?

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What is the tension in a rope for a moving box in Newton's Second Law?

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