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Comparing Cars A and B: Who Wins the Race?

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Projectile Range: Why 45 Degrees?

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Calculating Acceleration of a Pulley Off 6-Story Building

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Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution and average speed

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Solve Gauss' Law: Volume Charge Density in Region r > a

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How Long Does It Take a Thrown Ball to Reach a Wall?

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Taylor's Theorem

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Angle from Multiple Forces in Physics?

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Velocity is Relative: Reference Frames

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Calculating the Rotational Inertia

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Conservation of Energy Problems

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Dual Vector Spaces: Understand What They Are

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How Do Projections and the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality Connect in Linear Algebra?

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How Far Does a Runner Travel with Varying Speeds?

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Calculating Time & Speed of Package Dropped from Plane

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Comparing Distances in Sport & Automobiles

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How close can you get to a stop sign before you start braking?

  • bbface_assassin
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Kinematics - What do these variables mean?

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Use of Complex Numbers in Electromagnetism.

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Calculating Power Required for a Tank to Travel Uphill on an Incline

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Physics Problem involving Kinematics

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Charge on Parallel Plate Capacitor

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How Many Revolutions Per Minute to Equal Free-Fall Acceleration?

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Velocity/Accelration/Displacment all in one question.

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Projectile motion of a football punt

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What is the force and tension needed to hold a swinging ball?

  • sphykik
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How Do You Linearize the Equation d=vit + 1/2at^2?

  • daewoo
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Quick Question on Uncertainty of PI

  • circuscircus
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Ball launched throught semicircular chute

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FindingTension, Dissimilar Angles.

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Projectile Motion of soccer ball

  • twotaileddemon
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Calculating Friction Force in a Truck Accelerating at 2.27 m/s^2

  • azila
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Why are conductors embedded into airplanes?

  • indigojoker
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How to Calculate T2 in a Massless Strings System?

  • larla
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Kinematics Equations: Solve for Stone's Velocity & Time

  • CathyLou
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Newton's second law integration

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How Do You Normalize Maxwell's Speed Distribution Function?

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How Can an Op-Amp Comparator Circuit Monitor Soil Moisture Levels?

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How to Calculate the Speed of M2 in a Pulley System After 1.35 Seconds?

  • sheri1987
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Prove that v(t) is any vector that depends on time

  • Oblio
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Understanding the Electrical Field Lines of a Charged Insulating Disk

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Collision in a One Lane Tunnel: How to Calculate Distance and Time?

  • saber1357
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How Do You Solve for Acceleration in a Two-Mass Pulley System?

  • sheri1987
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How Do They Calculate the 9 Degrees in the Force Diagram?

  • circuscircus
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Motion in One Direction: Finding Average Velocity

  • saber1357
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Calculating Ball's Range on Incline 15 Degrees

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Calculating Velocity and Acceleration for a Moving Car

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Cavendish Experiment: Significance of Balls

  • MarekS
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Max distance for person to catch up to bus

  • circuscircus
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This seemingly-easy reference problem is making me crazy

  • prelic
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How Does Tension in a String Behave in Zero Gravity?

  • Oblio
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Why cant there be an electric field in a conductor?

  • indigojoker
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Theoretical Range Equation Derivation

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Find the speed of the bird relative to the ground

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Astronaut Acceleration Question

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Forces on Moon: Weight, Normal Force

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Scale in an elevator physics problem

  • conniechiwa
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When to Use mgcos(theta) and mgsin(theta): A Free-Body Diagram Explanation

  • SpicyRamen
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Acceleration vs Time Find Velocity

  • circuscircus
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When Will the Thrown Ball Reach the Ground?

  • veloix
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Dimensional Motion Homework: Find Displacement, Speed, Velocity

  • innightmare
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Free fall acceleration of a bolt

  • suxatphysix
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Constructive and Destructive Interference of Waves at pi/50 Time - Find Points

  • Tom McCurdy
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Basic Thermal Conductivity Question

  • Roq
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Friction Forces and max braking force

  • DeadFishFactory
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Solving Physics Problems: Dropped Stones, Thrown Balls, and Falling Tiles

  • SomeHustler
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How Does Acceleration Affect Constant Velocity in Particle Motion?

  • Destrio
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Homework Question (Newton's Laws)

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Why Is My Calculation of the Dielectric Constant Incorrect?

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Mechanical energy required each cycle to operate the refrigerator

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Pulling mass on flat plane at an angle.

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How long does it take for a package to fall from a hot-air balloon?

  • suxatphysix
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How Do You Calculate Time for a Nonstop 190m Elevator Run?

  • blinkbubble
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How can I convert R to units of ft•lbf/lbmol•°R?

  • rootX
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Why can't I convert temperature units using simple conversions?

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What is the Current in this Circuit with Given Values?

  • engineer_dave
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Solving for Acceleration: 8.3kg Block & 25.3° Angle

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Calculate Contact Force: Car and Truck Collision on Icy Road

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Calculating 2A + 3(B+C): Vector Addition

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Introduction Physics: Free Fall problem

  • Ashford
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Kinematic Problem Help: Calculating Distance and Speed of Two Moving Cars

  • jdhutto
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Calculating Maximum Altitude and Time in Air for a Weather Rocket

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Calculating Initial Speed - Revisited

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Why Does Distance vs. Velocity Create a Parabolic Graph?

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Motion Problem, Find Average Speed

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Acceleration Logic is this right?

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Grade 12 Physics help, Kinematics

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Calculate the Sprinter's Final Speed at the Finish Line

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Vector Problem-Direction and Magnitude

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Solve a Simple Physics Problem: Boat Speed and River Flow in 30 Minutes

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Elastic collision between neutrons and deuterons

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Conservation of momentum and hockey puck

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