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Kinematics Problem: Find Constant Separation of Ships

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Work done pushing a box at constant speed against friction

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Total internal reflection at 60° face of zircon block in water

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Time for a projectile to reach orbital speed with given force

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What is the Intensity Formula for Triple-Slit Interference?

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Force on spinning ice skater's hand as a multiple of hand weight

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Tension in a Frictionless System?

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Finding electric field from potential V(x,y,z) = A(x²,-3y²,z²)

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Calculating Translational Energy in a Nitrogen Gas Vessel

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What is the acceleration of a falling rock with air resistance?

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Does the rock travel 321m vertically when kicked off a bridge?

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Air pressure in a tire after compression and heating to 40°C

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Terminal velocity with Reynods# and Drag Coeff.

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Force of air resistance in wind tunnel

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What Is the Ratio of Ms to Mc?

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How Do You Calculate the Index of Refraction in a Light Refraction Problem?

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Finding resistance of a carbon resistor with resistivity formula

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Which type of image does a solar oven and search light produce?

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Translational energy vs. kinetic energy

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Calculating Kinetic Energy of a Charge at a Given Distance

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Photon collision with H2 molecule

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Rate of current changing through an inductor

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What is the length of the catapult?

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Harmonics and fundamental frequency questions

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Finding the unknown force direction for ring in equilibrium

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Motion of particle on wedge on smooth surface

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Angular Momentum of a conical pendulum

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Finding magnetic field component

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Calculating Final Angular Speed in a Rotating System with Added Mass

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Rotational motion of a uniform solid disk

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How to Calculate the Speed of a Solid Sphere on a Frictionless Incline?

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Problem about constructing graphs.

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Finding electric potential difference

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Speed of image relative to mirror when walking at an angle

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Question on refraction of light

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Calculating Density of Vapor After Heating 3-Liter Vessel

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Speed of transverse wave in a rope with given tension and mass

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How Does Doubling Pressure Affect Temperature in a Sealed Argon Tank?

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What is the initial velocity of the rocket?

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Force on supports of a diving board with diver at end

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Can someone check if i'm doing this right?

  • leehom
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Questions on Newton's Law of Gravitation

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Solving Circuit Problems: Finding Current in a Complex Circuit

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Electric Field of Two Unequal Point Charges

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How far is the image of the star from the concave mirror?

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Momentum Conservation - so hard

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Apparent distance of object in planar mirror

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What does two-dimensional motion mean?

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Finding the second force when a particle moves at constant velocity

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Calculating Rotational Kinetic Energy of a Falling Ball-Rod System

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Not an actual hw problem, but it might as well be

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Motion in a circle of helicopter rotor

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Proving Constant Horizontal Velocity for Particle w/ Drag Force

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How Is the Net Gravitational Force Calculated in a Triangular Particle System?

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Three Blocks with Forces: Calculating Contact Forces

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Particle with drag force proportional to speed squared

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Gravitational force moon problem

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Calculating the Distance of an Eye Chart: Tanya's Story

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Trig problems (relating to FBD)

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Bicycle wheel angular velocity and deceleration with braking

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Determining Car Speed Using Doppler Effect and Frequency Change

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Two blocks on an incline, trying to find acceleration

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What does the 'sum' in vector addition refer to?

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How Do Capacitors Store Charge in Different Configurations?

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Doppler Effect II (Both observer and source in motion)

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Superposition of moments of Inertia

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Frictionless pulley and static equilibrium

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An object rolling along a hemispherical bowl

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Angular motion using Newton's Laws

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Understanding Newton's Second Law in a System of Two Connected Blocks

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Solving for Kinetic Energy with Circular Wheel and Weight: Equation Included

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How Does Archimedes' Principle Apply to Hydrometer Design?

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Tension of rope between two blocks

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Elastic Potential Energy of a marble

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Moment of Inertia/Torque Question

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Calculating Relative Velocity of a Canoe on a River

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How Does Gravity Affect a Model Rocket's Upward Acceleration?

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Newtons 2nd Law: F=ma Along x,y or z Direction

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How Long Will the Volleyball Be in the Air?

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Water jet from air pressure: find velocity

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Solve Electrostatic Force Problem

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Reducing Resistance: True/False Answers

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Static and kinetic friction equations on an inclined plane

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Moments of Inertia object problem

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Newtons equation for gravitational force

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