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Resistance of a non-ohmic device from its I/V graph

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How Do You Calculate the Weight of a Block on an Inclined Plane?

  • Ceshe000
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How to find the y-component of Vi based on a Vy/t graph

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State Space Model of an RL Circuit

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Why does a brass shaft rolling down a ramp move slower than expected?

  • Johnnnnnnnn
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Physics: Circular motion and the orbital speeds of satellites

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Peak wavelength and Spectral Bandwidth

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Convert a spherical vector into cylindrical coordinates

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How Far Will a Block Travel Up a 32-Degree Ramp with Initial Speed of 3.7 m/s?

  • Cantphysics
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What is the minimum force at this angle that will move the box?

  • zehkari
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Projectile Motion - object that is shot at an angle of 55 degrees

  • Yellowkies_3275
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Half Atwood machine: acceleration after inital force

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Variation of potential energy with height

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Formula to calculate the charge in a sphere

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Driven Oscillation: Springboard diving

  • Beth N
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Which points on a transverse wave move upward at an instant

  • YMMMA
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Which open-top box holds most coins before sinking in water

  • dkk
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Electron acceleration in a 687 N/C electric field

  • amyc
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Find Her Acceleration (2 ice skaters pushing a 3rd skater)

  • Austin Gibson
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How to calculate a coefficient of performance (COP)

  • Screwed
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"How far did the car move while braking?"

  • Austin Gibson
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Car climbing a hill at constant speed with friction

  • Dan_321
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Charged cork ball in equilibrium in electric field

  • amyc
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Contact force between two blocks with different friction coefficients

  • devilish_wit
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Introductory Physics - Finding "little g"

  • MaximusDecimus
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Finding wavelength of sound in a pipe with given length

  • YMMMA
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Maximum acceleration of a car with two-thirds weight on drive wheels

  • sp3sp2sp
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Acceleration in an inertial reference frame

  • Swag ranger
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What's the Total Force Exerted on the Skater?

  • Austin Gibson
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Finding nearest neighbour equilibrium distance

  • Cocoleia
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Force from chin-up bar using speed-time graph at 1.6s

  • devilish_wit
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Compton Scattering- finding photon wavelength

  • PhysicsInNJ
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Proving eigenstates of A are eigenstates of B when [A,B]=0

  • jasonchiang97
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What will the wave velocity be in this string?

  • Zakiyah Afrin
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Cushion blown horizontally while falling from a roof

  • devilish_wit
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I have a hard time with kinematics involving inclined planes

  • devilish_wit
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Are the answer choices wrong? (electric potential energy)

  • lorx99
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Euler-Lagrange equation on Lagrangian in generalized coordinates

  • zhaos
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How much time for this person to drive across time zones? (vectors)

  • Shaq
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Electric Field Inside Concentric Spheres

  • lorx99
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Two Teflon pucks colliding on frictionless table

  • Vraj Patel
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Why does a human radiate more energy than they consume from food?

  • Xalkias
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Calculating acceleration of a falling orange

  • mr.plow
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Two objects kicked at different angles reach same height

  • shayshay00
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Electromagnetic field acting on a conducting infinite plate

  • papercace
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Vertical velocity component in projectile motion

  • YMMMA
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Significant figures in practical investigation report

  • winkyinky146
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Calculate RPM given the force of a torsion spring

  • saaaaam
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Block pressed against wall sliding up and down

  • sophia026
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Frequency and wavelength of a wave on a vertical rope

  • Helloworld
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Potential due to Uniform Charge Distribution (3d)

  • lorx99
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Electric potential integral with limits from -2 to 3

  • lorx99
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Flag direction on bicycle moving north in eastward wind

  • YMMMA
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Young's Modulus Experiment With a Glass Screen

  • Jeremy Feng
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Finding planet mass from string pulse travel time

  • komarxian
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Force applied on the pulley of a system

  • SakuRERE
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Find the missing force when the boy is pulled

  • issacnewton
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Finding the acceleration of two masses on a pulley system

  • Jpyhsics
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Thermodynamics of a Single-Component Ideal Gas

  • TRB8985
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Can Twine Support a 15-N Picture Without Breaking?

  • SakuRERE
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Conservation of Energy: Spring PE: Toy gun on spring

  • DracoMalfoy
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Potential of parallel plate capacitor

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Complex Kinematics and Dynamics

  • Vraj Patel
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Conceptual Question: Block on a wedge on a frictionless surface

  • msun5040
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Acceleration and Tension in a Two-Block System on an Inclined Plane

  • SakuRERE
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Electric Potential at Radius R of Concentric Spheres

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SR - Time dilation, space-time diagram, and radio signals

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Energy of a crystal in thermal equilibrium

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Optics Problem with a Double Lens System

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Fraunhofer Diffraction Pattern Ratio of Power Densities

  • says
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Two blocks, a fixed pulley and friction

  • SakuRERE
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Highest Frequency emitted by bremsstrahlung

  • Blanchdog
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Determining net force using Gauss' Law

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Reaction time uncertainty in measuring fall time with a stopwatch

  • NicolaiTheDane
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Finding ball velocity after spring release with friction

  • DracoMalfoy
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Combine the expressions for tension and solve for acceleration

  • asusal
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Truck carrying a box, friction problem

  • GrF58
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How Do You Calculate Robot Arm Motion to Reach Specific Coordinates?

  • Kernul
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Use Gauss' Law to find E-field, tricky problem

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Create the free-body diagram for the scenario below.

  • Clare
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Momentum and collision related problem

  • Finn007
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Net gravitational force on three collinear particles

  • Clare
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Forces on a Block and Friction on a Surface

  • JessicaHelena
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Calculating a ratio in Free Fall motion

  • vAhmed
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Calculate the electric field in all of space for a non conducting sphere

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Electric field of spherical shell

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Vectors and Two Dimensional Motion

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Calculating the capacitance of a system of two plates tilted at a small angle

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Prove the following identity [Einstein notation]

  • Mulz
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Derivation of electric potential charged disk from ring

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Finding minimum force to pull the napkin out from under the tea cup

  • Jpyhsics
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