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A dielectric is inserted between the plates of a capacitor.

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Will a Box Slide on a Truck During a Sharp Turn?

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Proving the Mass Ratio of a Rocket using Logarithmic U-Substitution

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Parallel axis theorem and moment of inertia

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Ayren purchased a 1000W (120V) hair dryer in the USA,

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Photoelectric Effect, Threshold Frequency etc.

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Two uniformly charge spheres are firmly fastened

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How Do You Solve for Variables in Vector Addition Equations?

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Find 3rd Component of Y Velocity for Projectile Question

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Force applied to a ball thrown 7.23 m high

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What is the moment of inertia for small blocks clamped to a light rod?

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What is the asteroid's acceleration in unit-vector notation?

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Why Do My Physics Calculations Keep Giving Incorrect Results?

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Uniform Acceleration/Projectile Motion

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Elastic collision speed and time problem

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How Do San Francisco's Cable Cars Work Mechanically?

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Two 1.0-g beads are charged .?

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Conservation of Energy and Centripital Acceleration

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Kirchhoff's second law having exams soon,

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Gauss' Law (Why the opposite sign?)

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Space Station and motion sickness

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Where is the center of mass and black hole in this space system?

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What force is needed to keep the box at rest on an inclined plane?

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Static Friction - starting motion

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Free Body Diagram and tension force

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What Is the Earth's Acceleration Toward a Falling Student?

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Integral problem on electric potential

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Calculating Drag Forces on Arcs for Engineering Project

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Coefficient of kinetic friction of force sensor

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How Far Does a Bullet Travel When a Gun Recoils 2mm?

  • kateman
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Solving Inclined Plane w/ Frictionless Box: Find Accel & Force

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Linear impulse and linear momentum

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What is the tangential speed of the ball?

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Dynamics Questions: Spring Scale and Fire Helicopter

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How Far Does a Snowball Travel After Rolling Off a Roof?

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Plane diving at 30° releases radar decoy - height and time in air

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Electric potential calculation

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Uniform angular acceleration - degrees per second?

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Velocity of a mass being pulled across a level surface

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Tension in cord holding bundle in accelerating elevator

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Find speed and acceleration of truck

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Work Done to Stop 1590 kg Car from 82 km/hr

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How Does Launch Angle Affect Slingshot Range and Velocity?

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Rotational inertia of particle system

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Net Force on a 850 kg Car Moving Right at 1.44 m/s

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Work of a child going down a slide

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How Does Friction Affect the Distance a Block Slides on an Elevated Track?

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Solving Unknowns for 10 N Force and 3.0 kg Box

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Testing Ohm's law with everyday items instead of meters

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Solving for Water Flow Distance Under Faucet

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Hocky puck vel/displacement/acc

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Robot on track with time-dependent force F(t)

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Nuclear Reactions and Symbol Notation

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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction from braking distance

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1998 Electricity FR Answers Needed

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Find the ratio of the frequency of the damped oscillator

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Toy car motion: distance, displacement, speed and velocity

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AP Physics 2-D trajectory problem

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What Tension Must Ellen Maintain to Steady the Piano Descent?

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Work and frictional force on a Sliding Box

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How Far Did Big Bertha's Shell Hit During WWI?

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Pool depth from refraction at 18 degrees viewing angle

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Questions about x and y components of its change in momentum

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Constructing a Standing Wave Interference Pattern

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Calculating Wind Speed for City A to City B Trip

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Normal force on a pilot at the bottom of a dive loop

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How Does Projectile Angle Affect Range and Distance?

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Verify my calculation, bending moment torque

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Charge on a bead given the Electric Potential

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Distinguishing between different waves.

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Lux Lumens and Watts per square meter

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Gravitationtrouble setting up equation

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How Do I Calculate Currents in a Circuit with Different Resistances?

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How Do I Derive the Equation for Theta in a Tension Problem?

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Magnitude of torque on a current loop

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Water height in bucket with bottom hole using Bernoulli's equation

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Freefall, is the answer really 20 ?

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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass in a Three-Body Celestial System?

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What is the Radius of a Satellite's Circular Orbit Around Earth?

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Finding Average Speed and Velocity for a Round Trip

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Impulse and force from water stream hitting a vertical window

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A Satellite in Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Ball being thrown against a wall

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Hydraulic lift force and friction on a pipe plug in water

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Force needed for 3kg block to slide down 40° incline at constant velocity

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Car Radial and Tangential Acceleration

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Max Velocity for Banked Road Problem

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Why Is Calculating Tension in a Frictionless Pulley System Confusing?

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Solving Kinematic Problem: Object Thrown From 50m High Building

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Acceleration of Book on Incline: Forces & Friction Analysis

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Calculating Normal Force Acting on Car at Point B

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Work done by braking force without knowing acceleration

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How Much Force Can Be Applied Before a Penguin Slides Off a Sled?

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Crossing a River: Boat Direction and Time Calculations

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