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Helping setting up Nodal Equations

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What creates the reaction force in a vertical circle?

  • daveyavey
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How about this: Identifying Types of Forces: A Quick Guide for Science Students

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How Do Pulleys and Tensions Affect Masses and Forces?

  • rickportega
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Relating a_{2x} and a_{1x}/a_{1y}

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What are the differences between scalar and vector quantities?

  • libertylovescie
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Learning Physics 014 & 015: Find Acceleration

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Calculating Time Interval for Ball to Strike Ground | Ball Velocity Question

  • I am a Newbie
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Solve for Tension: Find Magnitude of Tension in Connecting Cord

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Calculating Flight Time for Birds in Windy Conditions

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Weight on an Incline: Understanding Angles

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Calculating Force on Handle of 23-kg Suitcase

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What is the kinetic energy of the electron?

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How Does Fluid Velocity Compare at Different Points in a Siphon Tube?

  • nath_quam
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Find Change in Charge of Identical Capacitors w/ Dielectric Insertion

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How Does CO2 Volume Change When Released to Ambient Air?

  • dsignguy
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Tricky Electric Charge Problem

  • PFStudent
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Question about thermal energy due to friction

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Calculate Golf Ball Velocity Components: x & y

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Calculating Wave Speed of a Sinusoidal Wave with a Given Equation

  • johnchang
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Time and Displacement Graph Help

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Air Puck Correct Method or not

  • rash219
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What is the velocity and position of a bus after a given time?

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When will the car and van collide if they do at all.

  • ~christina~
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Kinematic Equations: Can They be Used with 0 Acceleration?

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Flux Calculation for Sphere of Radius R and Detector Acceptance D

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How Is Damping Calculated in a Spring-Mass System?

  • miann
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Pendulum problem: Horizontal force and work done

  • DukeJP2010
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Determine the magnitude ad direction of the vector

  • innightmare
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Solving Physics Problems: Max Height, Velocity & Horizontal Dist.

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What does the area under a force vs. position curve represent?

  • sisika
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Solving Elevator Problem: Physics Student in Accelerating Elevator

  • sheri1987
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Throwing a Ball Horizontally from a Building: Physics Analysis

  • Ecterine
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Solving for Time in Uniform Circular Motion and Moving Sidewalk Problems

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Deriving Formula for Surface Area of Black Hole

  • Werg22
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Optics - Diameter of moon viewed through telescope

  • elizabeth9681
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Is My Beam Hinge Pin Calculation Correct?

  • BIGEYE
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Solve Car Chase Question: 110 km/h and 170 km/h

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Force Problem with football punter

  • Claymore
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How Does Friction Both Propel and Slow Down a Car?

  • screaminseamin1
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Need help with a Slope problem

  • rbm003
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Derive Formula for Surface Area of Black Hole

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Projectile Motion and initial speed

  • devilsangels287
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What is the distance traveled by the block in the next 5.70 s?

  • Heat
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Projectile Motion - Trajectory

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Which has the larger moment of inertia?

  • eraemia
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Calculating Trip Time for Laser Beam to Moon and Back

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Nonconservative Force Question-

  • perfectionist17
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Determine the length of l (equilibrium)

  • ND3G
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Solve Car Chase Problem: Find (Delta)t & Speed of Car B

  • Karma
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Induced charge between/above infinite charged plates

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Normal Force, Static and Kinectic Friction.

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Help with free falling object problem

  • mathphysicnb
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Two blocks hanging on an incline

  • chaotixmonjuish
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Calculate Tension in String 1 for Hanging Sign Problem

  • chaotixmonjuish
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Finding kinetic force and net work

  • thatgirlyouknow
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Eliminate some variable from two equations

  • danni7070
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Field and Potential of 3 charges conceptual problem

  • mitleid
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Trouble finding the acceleration

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Calculating Uncertainty of g in Propagation of Error

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Analyzing a Wave: Homework Solutions

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Vector Displacement: Find Speed, Velocity, & Angle

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Potential difference between Bird's Feet?

  • mrlucky0
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How Does Archimedes's Law Apply to Harmonic Motion?

  • Omri
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Horizontal Projectile Motion Question

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Newton's Laws: Finding the tension in a cord.

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Magnitude of the overall Velocity problem

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How Fast Must a Volleyball Be Served to Clear the Net and Land Inbounds?

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Understanding Charge and Electric Fields

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Find the time the ball is in motion

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How Does Ramp Angle and Friction Affect Ice Block Speed?

  • physicsgirlie26
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What should be on the x and y axis of this graph?

  • w3tw1lly
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When is the Scalar Form of Coulomb's Law Negative?

  • PFStudent
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What is an example of an object accelerating while its velocity is zero?

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Motion of a Block with Three Forces

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Calculating Energy of a 701nm Photon

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What is the height of the plane when the decoy was released?

  • B-80
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Tension in Rope Problem: Calculating Tension in a Ski Lift Tow Rope

  • physicsgirlie26
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Projectile ball on curved runway (conservative forces)

  • thatgirlyouknow
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When does the particle first cross the negative x axis?

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Rocket Acceleration, position and velocity

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Calculating Force of Attraction between Earth and 3.0 kg Mass

  • sheri1987
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Help with average speed/instantaneous speed

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Newton's Law of gravitation using kepler's laws.

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Ideal gases: irreversible transformation

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Inelastic relativistic collision

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How Do You Calculate Electron Force and Speed in Bohr's Atom Model?

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Terminal Velocity and Mass Relationship in a Proportionality Argument

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Mom of Special Needs High School Student NEEDS HELP

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How Do You Solve Basic Gravity Problems in Physics?

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Where is the zero power point between two positive charges?

  • JBemp
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Erupting Volcano Kinematics in 2D problem

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Help Solve Part (b) of M1 Question | Cathy

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Solving for Unknown Force with Two Given Forces and Constant Velocity

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Finding the angle of 3-dimensional vectors.

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