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Associative Operation with Four Vectors: Is it True?

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Pythagorean Theorem and Pendulums

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How Does a Copper Wire React in a Magnetic Field?

  • Ry122
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Uncertainty/errors in meter stick measurements

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration of Sliding Rocks on a Hill?

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Calculating/Simulating Vehicle Braking Force

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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction for chair pushed by spring

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Applying right hand rule and Lorentz force law with electrons

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Vector addition - Finding V2 when V1 and V1+V2 are given

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Calculating Planck's constant from LED experiment.

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Electron transition emitting 9.38 × 10^-8 m wavelength in hydrogen

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AC vs DC current Tesla vs Edison

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Electromagnatism - Find charge deos this sphere have

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Pushing object up incline - no friction

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Solve Centripetal Acceleration at 0.050m from CD-ROM Center

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Does Terminal Velocity Affect Electrons in Magnetic Fields?

  • The_Teacher
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Orientation Q: Plane Wave Propagation in Air

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Calculating String Tension in Rotational Motion: m, r, v0, g

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Is n = sin(30°)/sin(15°) the correct refractive index?

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What Time Do Clock Hands Align After 2:00 PM?

  • MJC8719
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How Do You Calculate Velocity from Kinetic Energy?

  • curiousgeorge99
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Magnitude of the change in momentum

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Finding Direction of Boat Movement: Bearing Calculation

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Ferris wheel RPM for weightlessness at the top

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Negative support reaction? (Statics)

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Race car average speed problem: 100 km total

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Understanding Escape Velocity and Gravitational Potential Fields

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Focal length calculation and graph Q

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How Do You Calculate Displacement in Vector Kinematics?

  • Tiplerfan
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At what time does the motorcycle overtake the car?

  • t_n_p
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Is the magnetic force on a moving charge conservative?

  • loom91
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Person jumping onto rotating merry-go-round initial kinetic energy

  • MJC8719
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Real Question This Time about a Merry go Round

  • MJC8719
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Different subsidiary notes with varying amplitudes

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Critical angle for light traveling from diamond into water

  • AlanxD
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Which Class Do These Levers Belong To?

  • ritwik06
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Why ignore heat from condensed steam cooling in calorimetry

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Turntable rotation rate Problem

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Rotational energy of two orbiting astronauts connected by rope

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How to Calculate Torques Using Tension and Force Components?

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Vertical Motion under Gravity Q)

  • Lavace
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Sliding Down a Spherical Surface

  • Paul_Bunyan
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Can Old Handouts Effectively Prepare You for Physics Tests?

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How Long is a Ball Thrown Upwards 3m Above Ground?

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Calculating Magnetic Field at Point P

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Solving Magnitude of Charge Problem with Coulomb's Law

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Calculating Launch Angle of Rock from Catapult on a Cliff

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Why does a bar magnet's north pole point toward Earth's north?

  • cuppy
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How much heat energy is needed to operate a metromelt for one hour?

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Trajectory of projectile with friction in air

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Moment of inertia, when a velocity of ball triples?

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How can Bernoulli's equation be applied to pitot-static tubes?

  • adamlep14
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Can forces on symmetric supports under a beam be determined uniquely?

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Can Oxygen Pass Through Water in a Suspended Tank?

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Effective resistance between A and B

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What is the centripetal acceleration of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun?

  • curiousgeorge99
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Electrostatic and Gravitational Forces

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Why do charged particles attract neutral ones if potential energy is zero?

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Finding constants in first-order RC circuit differential equation

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Finding weight and horizontal force with 48 kg mass and 70° angle

  • raman911
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When can the gravitational potential energy be zero?

  • BMWPower06
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Solving Angular Rotation Homework: Question b, c & d

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Diver's initial velocity from 3 m board

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Finding height when a ball takes 2.70 s to fall from rest

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Solve Polar Moment of Inertia for Thin Plate in 1st Quadrant

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Elevator Weight and Acceleration

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Integration (displacement or position)

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Estimating Jet Speed Using Sound and Light

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Solving for Minimum Camera Speed to Reach Passenger

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Who's Right in Force Problem: Jeep vs Tractor

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Calculating Angular Acceleration of a Rotating Door

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Bird Watcher's Displacement and Velocity

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Calculating Projectile Velocity to Clear 11m Wall

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Charge on 7 mF Capacitor Connected to 1 V Battery

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How do I calculate the elastic potential energy stored in a spring?

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Electric Charge Problem - Book error?

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Would melting icebergs raise or lower water levels?

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Is torque required to change angular momentum?

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How Do You Calculate the Focal Length of a Lens for a Projector?

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Use the formula for Final velocity

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Calculating Distance Traveled by Sam on Jet-Powered Skis

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Kinematics in two Dimension- projectile motion

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Planetary Motion - Energy Totals and Binding Energy

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How do you double the maximum speed in simple harmonic motion?

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Spring constant and stiffness constant

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Calculating the Frequency of a Car Horn Using the Doppler Effect

  • Morgan89
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Maximal static friction problem

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Hydrogen fuel cell presentation slide ideas

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