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Net Force Calculation Using Velocity Graph

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Saving Lives Through Seat Belts & Air Bags

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Calculating Tension in Suspended Loudspeaker Cables

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What is the magnitude of the force of the car on the truck?

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Electric Potential - first concepts

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What constant force must Bob exert on the rock to throw it with this speed?

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Help: tension of a line with a hanging weight?

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How to Solve an Old Speed/Trajectory Problem When Standard Methods Fail?

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Single Slit/Diffraction Problem

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How Does Projectile Motion Calculate Distance and Height?

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Constant acceleration question

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Forces involving static friction

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What is the acceleration of an object moving with a constant acceleration?

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Velocity of Motorist with Respect to Police Car at Intersection

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What is the tension in the cord of a helium balloon tied to a child's wrist?

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What is the acceleration of an object with two given forces acting on it?

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Calculate the Volume of an Iceberg

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Forces between 3 charged particles

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Ionic Bonding p.2: Na+¹ + O-² to Na2O?

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After what time interval does the ball strike the ground

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Find an FM Radio station's wavelength, frequency given

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Combining ions to make ionic compounds

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Some more angles and refraction a little twist this time

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Charged Aluminum Spheres: Determining Number of Electrons

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Solve Drowsy Cat Flower Pot Height Question

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Understanding Venturi Pump: Calculating Fluid Flow and Suction Speed

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Solve Engineering Problem: Air Flow Speed in Duct for 3x4.5x6m Room

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Newton's Third Law: Understanding Forces Between Compact Cars and Vans

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Speed and magnitude of velocity

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Solving a Mass-Pulley System: m1 & m2

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How High is the Arrow at 150 Meters Downrange?

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Newton's laws&Conservation of Momentum

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What is the Minimum Speed for a Diver to Clear a Cliff Ledge?

  • Ecterine
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Can someone check my precision for a meter stick, vernier cailper, and micro

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Assignment On Couples and moments

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How Do Hyperbolic Functions Relate to Trigonometric Functions?

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What is the speed of the crossbow arrow when it is released?

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Resolving power on an inclined slope

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Trajectory: integrating for position

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Car acceleration calculation problem

  • AraProdieur
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The addition of three simple harmonic motion

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Calculating Distance and Height of a Tossed Ball in 2D Motion

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Calculating Car Speed After Sudden Braking

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Find the electric field produced by the atom at the Bohr radius

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Find Force at Point A & B to Support Rod

  • Mike McCue
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Tension is horizontal rope tied to hooks at each end

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Calculate the Resultant Vector of 3D Vectors

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A Mass on a Turntable: Conceptual

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Impact of a ball due to gravity and momentum

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Thin Lens Equation - Hypothesis

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Solving Rocket Motion: Initial and Final Mass Calculations

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Refraction problem, involving mirrors

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Help with motion in one direction

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(special relativity) derivation of gamma with approximation of v c

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Will a Passenger Slide Off the Seat Without a Seat Belt?

  • Sean77771
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Solving for Speed of Blocks in Uniform Pulley System

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How Do You Calculate Direction in Vector Displacement Problems?

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Excess electrons on a lead sphere

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Solve for Ice Mass to Reach 33C in Water: Q=mL

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Calculating Net Displacement: How to Find the Final Distance Traveled by Jim?

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What Is the Resultant Force When Two People Pull on Ropes Attached to an Object?

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Solve for Theda: sin2theda = 0.339

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Rocket Force - Max Range vs. Time

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Can't remember how I got these answers

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Finding the Angle of Release for a Dive-Bomber in 2D Motion

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Relative Velocities with angles

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Size and direction of the change in velocity

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How Do You Solve for Time and Final Velocity in Physics Equations?

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Calculating Bee Motion: Speed, Distance and Time

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Thermal Expansion on Pendum- Period related question

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Moment of inertia of a sphere about an axis

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How Do Squared Vector Components Relate to the Dot Product?

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Ice Skating Collision: Solving a Physics Problem

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Ball Freefall Problem: Calculating Distance Traveled by Ball and Stone in m"

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Finding the Magnitude of Pushing Force with Kinetic Friction?

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Displacement: Magnitude and Direction

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Acceleration and velocity question

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Understanding Vector Forces: 250 N at 50 Degrees

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Is This Uncertainty Propagation Correct?

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Find the Height of Ball and Stone at Intersection | Vertical Freefall Problem

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How Fast is the Car When It Passes the Train?

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Motion of a projectile thrown from a plane

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Speed of a helicopter determined by sonar

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Solving an Angle with Trigonometry

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Is My Calculation of Centripetal Force Correct?

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What Are the Maximum and Minimum Resultants of Vectors with Magnitudes 4 and 5?

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Momentum of child running problem

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Man & Dog: DistanceTraveled Ques.

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How Does a Vertical Force Affect the Acceleration of a Two-Block System?

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Why the distance increases is because the car switches lanes?

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3D Vector Calculations: A Beginner's Guide

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Newton's Laws of Motion on a helicopter

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Calculating the Height and Time of a Kicked Stone

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Calculating Resultant Velocity of Airplane in Different Wind Conditions

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How Does Rocket Fuel Consumption Impact Acceleration?

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