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Thermodynamics: Urgent Questions on Gas & Mercury Expansion

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How Long Does It Take for a Wall to Pass a Train Window?

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A battery-battery-resistor circuit

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Question-Proper form for nuclear addition

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Kinematics of ball rolling motion

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What Steps Are Needed to Solve This Complex Pulley Problem?

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Calculating Average Acceleration of a Golf Ball

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How Accurate Are My Initial Velocity and Maximum Height Calculations?

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How Do You Calculate Resultant Displacement in Vector Problems?

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What is the area of a 7.000 μm thick leaf made of 7.000 oz of gold?

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Solving Physics Problems with the Box and Banana

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Fundamental Interactions Problem

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Linearizing Data: Velocity vs Time vs Distance-Time Squared

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Chosing to stop or accelerate through a traffic light

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Solving Oscillating Mass-Spring System w/ Non-Resonant Force

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Calculating Horse's Average Velocity: 130m in 18.0 s

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Electric Flux: Understanding and Explaining

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Method of Least Squares Linear Fitting

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Can We Hear Bat Cries? Investigating the Frequency Range of Bat Sounds

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How Does the Two-String Box Work with Strings and Corks?

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Lightyears and the surface area of a planet.

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Projectile motion cannon problem

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How to get an egg into a bottle

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Relative Velocity of two swimmers

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Equilibrium between release and decay Kr-85

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Can Work Be Expressed In lb x lbf Units?

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Calculating Antarctica's Ice Volume: Radius 2000km, Thickness 3000m

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Classical Physics - Pulley Problem

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Phsyics problem. I must find distance in Kilometers.

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Physics Problem. I must find the horizontal distance x between the 2 baloons.

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How Do You Calculate Theta for Vector Sum Using Component Method?

  • AraProdieur
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Need help determining force behind certain vectors

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Vector Physics Help: Find Resultant Force & Equivalent Force

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Why Do New Members Surge on This Forum During This Season?

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Electrostatics - two capacitors in parallel

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Can't remember how to differentiate this

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What's the angular velocity of the disk

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Analyzing Standing Wave Phase at Points P, Q, R, S, T & U

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Calculating Tension of Threads for Suspended Spider

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Solving Conical Pendulum Problem: Results & Tips

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Finding the Force Exerted on a Log Using Virtual Work Calculations

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How Do You Calculate the Time and Speed of a Falling Object?

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Tuning Fork Physics: Impact of Wax on Vibration Frequency

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What is the magnitude of the vector sum of the four vectors

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Weight of the Earth on the moon?

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Statics Problem: Solve for Magnitude of QR & PR

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Transformation between electric and magnetic fields

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Vector A - Vector B: Magnitude Calculation

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Charged Aluminum Spheres: Calculating Electrons and Attractive Force

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How Does a Golf Ball Accelerate Upon Impact with Concrete?

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Help with two 2D motion problems, PLEASE

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Work done on thermal systems confusion

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What Are the Units and Exponents in Basic Physics Equations?

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An elevator moving up and a bolt falling down

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Minimum escape velocity of a projectile required to rise a certain height

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Calculate Tension in Cables to Support Cantilever Beam

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Solving Room Temperature Issues - Help!

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Difficult Problem I Tried My Best

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Gravitational Potential Energy of a bag

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Nuclear Yield Math: Find Fusion/Fission Yields for Elements

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Elevator Torque and Angular Momentum

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Electricity and Magnetism- Energy sources and power stations

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Is mgh Always Applicable for Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy?

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Need some help on this question

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Can a Particle Accelerate Without Changing Speed? | Quick Physics Question

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Calculating Avg Speed of Round Trip: What's Wrong?

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What Is the Force Exerted by the Elbow on the Forearm?

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How Do You Calculate the Internal Resistance of a Thevenin Voltage Source?

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Calculate Net Force on Q3: Charge Position for Zero Net Force

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Calculating Maximum Height of Object Thrown Upward

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Calculating Spiciness for 400 People: Jalapeno vs. Habanero

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How Do You Calculate the Angle Between Two Vectors?

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Hg in U-shape tube, water is added. final h Hg?

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How Many Photons Do a Light Bulb and Microwave Emit Per Second?

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Parallel plate capacitor and magnetic field

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Determine the magnitude of the electric field

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Find the vector of the net Force

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How Do You Calculate Projectile Trajectory in Physics Simulations?

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Solving Car Overtaking Truck Problem

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Force, mass, acceleration (three problems)

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Minimum u to keep ladder from slipping

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Object Distance Homework: Find Distance in 2nd Sec

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Spring Constant Due to 2 Charges

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How to find the height where two same marbles have the same velocity?

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Does height affect the constant of proportionality?

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Net Force on Center Charge in Y-Direction in Square of Charges

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Block of ice sliding down inclined plane - final speed

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Can someone me? I have a pretty simple physics problem.

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Is There a Missing Number in This Sequence?

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Find Speed of Particles in B-Field

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