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Calculating Tension in a String: Mass and Acceleration Relationship Explained
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Find Voltage & Current in Line After Grounding - l,t,i0,e0
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Sniper question not working out
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What is the work done by the two tugs pulling a tanker?
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Is Calculating Average Speed for a Round Trip Journey Challenging?
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Net force on ball from ground to top
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Solving Strain in a Box on the X-Y Axis: A Homework Problem
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Calculation for Asteroid Orbital Period
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How to Numerically Solve for a Fourth Force to Achieve a Specific Resultant?
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What is the Potential difference?
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Relativistic Particle Decay in Center of Momentum Frame
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I did it but a little more understanding needed
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How Far Can a Bug Crawl on a Spinning CD Before Slipping?
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How Do You Calculate the Mass of Mars Using Phobos' Orbit?
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Graphing the Motion of a Truck at a Traffic Light
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Thrown Upwards with one variable
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Equilibrium Temperature of water in cup
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Can You Calculate Volume with Only the Radius and Not the Height?
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A really good problem(Not for everyone)
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What are the rules for expressing angles and finding vector components?
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What is the acceleration of a block pulled by a force on a frictionless surface?
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X(3600s/1hr)^2=(1.38013017E+10in/hr^2)Conversion of 9.8m/s^2 to in/hr^2
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Calculating Spring Height: Block Released from Compressed Spring
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Distance from one focus to the other
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Understanding when to use sine and cosine to find x and y components
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How Fast is 40 km/h in Feet per Second?
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Projectile Launch Angle Calculation with Given Launch Speed and Maximum Height
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction for crate
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Solving Man's Velocity and Angle Relative to Water
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Initial and final state of hydrogen atom
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How is the Maximum Speed of a Point on a Progressive Wave Calculated?
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Find Shot Velocity Components | Projectile Motion Homework Help
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Calculating Takeoff Time and Distance for a Plane on a Runway
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Speed of satellite in circular orbit
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Radial and Tangential Acceleration
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How Is Work Calculated for a Charge Moving in a Radial Electric Field?
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Conservation of angular momentum
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Centripetal Acceleration and velocity
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How Does Gauss' Theorem Explain Tension in a Wire Connecting Charged Spheres?
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Question on Motion of a car round a banked track
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CD spinning - Centripetal Acceleration
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QB Throws Football: Speed, Angle, & Distance Needed to Catch
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Double slit problem, finding λ of second laser given data about first laser
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How Do You Calculate Path-Length Differences in Two-Source Interference?
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Proving 5G in G-Max Reverse Bungee in NZ & SG
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Calculate Velocity: Sandbag Position 1.25s After Release
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Conservation of momentum of a rifle
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Newton`s 3rd Law Tension Solved Question
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What is the Path Difference for a Diffraction Grating?
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Calculating the Net Force on a Model Airplane
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What is the net charge on the hollow conducting sphere?
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Proton's Final Speed in Double-Charged Capacitor
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Throwing a ball from a building [a trajectory problem].
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Jump Physics: Calculating Flea's Speed, Height & Acceleration
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Time for pulse to travel a length
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Velocity and acceleration of two objects
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Dipole Oscillation: Solving for Period
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How Does Amplitude, Energy, and Travel Distance Affect Wave Speed?
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How Does Gauss's Law Apply to the Flux Through a Cube Near a Charged Sphere?
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Relating force constant and frequency to mass
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Kinematic Equations for a Rocket with Constant Acceleration: Homework Help
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Work/Energy Problem: Maximum Height of Daredevil on Motorcycle
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Is My Calculation of the Final Temperature of Clay Correct?
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Finding the instantaneous acceleration
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Top 5 Physics Riddles: How to Solve and Understand Them with Expert Tips"
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Am I correct in my assumptions?
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Resultant Force magnitude of the acceleration.
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What Determines the Gauge Pressure in a Garden Hose with a Leak?
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Titled reference frame, N2L with position and velocity
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Using Kirchhoff's Rules to Solve a Circuit Problem with Resistors and Batteries
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Rock Climbing Homework: Find Speed at 2nd Protection
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Solving the Mystery of Clay Temperature Change
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Solving the Tug of War: Jackie vs. Sue
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How Do You Calculate Pressure Difference and Upward Force on an Airplane Wing?
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A spaceship travelling at 0.8c
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Ropes, Tension, Weight, & Equilibrium
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What are the displacement vectors and directions of a hiker's route?
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Understanding Circular Motion: How Do Frequency, Radius, and Mass Relate?
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Calculating Tension in Connecting String of Two Blocks
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A football is thrown upward at a 43 degree angle to the horizontal
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Breaking Records: French National Railroad's TGV Acceleration
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A projectile of mass 0.552 kg is shot from a cannon, at height 7 m,?
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Moment of Inertia/Angular Speed/Torque
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Initial Velocity of a kicked rock
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Explaining the Physics of a Rolling Cannon
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Calculating Minimum Stopping Distance for a Car at Different Speeds
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Finding the Time Elapsed in an Atwood Machine Arrangement
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Discovering the Composition of a Gold Crown: Mass, Density, and Ratios Explained
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Calculating Charge on Parallel Plates
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How Do You Return to the Oak Tree After Finding the Treasure?
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LearningPhysics one last runner problem
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How Do You Graph Velocity for Different Speeds and Time Intervals?
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What is the horizontal acceleration of a 7.00-kg block with two given forces?
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Runner and a bird heading towards finish line
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Rock Off Cliff: Greatest Speed?
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Physics Falling Bodies Question
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Train Collision Calculation: Red Train vs Green Train on 950 km Track"
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Finding how long it takes given changing acceleration
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Calculating Heat Required to Raise Water Temperature to 100°C
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Calculating Surface Charge Density and Distance in a Conducting Sphere Problem
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