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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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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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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?

  • KachinaEarth
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Runner and a bird heading towards finish line

  • anglum
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Rock Off Cliff: Greatest Speed?

  • eraemia
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Physics Falling Bodies Question

  • Phan
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Train Collision Calculation: Red Train vs Green Train on 950 km Track"

  • brendan3eb
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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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R= the square root of x^2 + y^2

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Should be a simple problem but im stuck

  • anglum
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Newbie Physics Help: Vector Addition & Subtraction

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Calculating Minimum Asteroid Size for Astronaut Safety

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Solve Projetile Motion Homework: Max Height h = 0.25R tan theta

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Solving Displacement: A Route Analysis

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Calculating Sun's Distance with Light Speed | Need Help with Equations and Units

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Calculating Race Time: Intro to Physics Help for Beginners

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Calculating Constant Acceleration of Stopping Airplane

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Calculating Flux in Box with Charged Boards

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Orbit Transfer to Lower Apoapsis of a Mars Orbit

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Problem: Given Angle and Distance

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Advantage of doorknobs with long handles

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How Do You Convert Length Measurements to Volume?

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Conservation of Momentum of two carts Problem

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How Does Rocket Motion Change After Engine Failure?

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Solve for Speed at Start of Long Jump: 6.5 m/s

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How Is Centripetal Acceleration Calculated for a Stone Thrown by a Sling?

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Does Kepler's Second Law Indicate Variable Orbital Speeds?

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Understanding an instantanious velocity lab

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Calculate Average Density of a Person Hanging in Mid-Air

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How to Solve for Distance and Time in a Two-System Motion Problem

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How do I solve this motion problem using the given equations?

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Effective reisistance of an unbalanced wheatstone bridge.

  • Mr Virtual
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Fiber Optic Refraction: Calculating Light Ray Distance and Reflections

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Physics Lab - Projectile Motion - Deriving a Position Vector

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String vibration and frequency,amplitude,length

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Angle of Vector B & X-Axis: Calculate Degrees

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Solve Pulley Problem: Force Magnitudes & Ceiling Force

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Calculate Alexandra's Calories Burned in 8 Weeks of Training

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Figuring Out Angle Between Two Points

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Derive Equation for Launch Angle | Physics Solved Variables

  • Remulak
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Finding the Height of a Building Using Free Fall Motion

  • Zero_Bishop
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Need help with homework problem

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Rocket Acceleration and Free Fall Homework Help

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SOS How do you fing the coefficient of kinetic friction? SOS

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What Angle is the Path of a Moon Landing Descent Vehicle?

  • anglum
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What is the average speed during acceleration?

  • anglum
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How Far East Did the Backpacker Walk?

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How Do You Graphically Solve Vector Displacement Problems?

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What Is the Northern Component of an Airplane's Velocity?

  • anglum
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Train Braking Distance Calculation

  • CathyLou
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Finding Displacement with Constant Acceleration

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How Do Moving Frames Affect the Observation of a Puck's Path?

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How can Eldar toss an apple to Rahwa at the top of a steep hill?

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Free falling object and Newtons law

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Closed Circuit without components

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How Much Force Stopped the Diver Underwater?

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Classical Dynamics prob, please.

  • ChronicQuantumAddict
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Understanding Photon Emission from Atoms

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Torque calculation, is this correct?

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Baseball Physics: Solving Velocity and Net Force with Drag Coefficient

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How Do You Calculate the Electric Field Inside a Bored Insulating Cylinder?

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How Do You Calculate Initial Velocity in Projectile Motion?

  • Remulak
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Yr 11 Trebuchet Project Calculations

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Box hung over pulley at an angle?

  • BlueSkyy
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Electric Field Strength Calculation for a Point 0.01m to the Left of a Charge

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Projectile motion of a football

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