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Adjustment of Significant Figures

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Question about resolving forces

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Nuclear Stability: A Comparison of Binding Energy and Packing Fraction

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Radioactive Decay Rates and the Relationship between Decay Constants

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Calculating Binding Energy for C13 Neutron Removal

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Thevenin equivalent (symbolic circuit calculation)

  • Casper Hansen
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Calculate the given surface integral [Mathematical physics]

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Creating Mohr's strain circle from a strain rosette

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Question about a rigid body and energy

  • Clara Chung
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Most likely location of a particle versus expected value of

  • Prometheus18
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Probability of decay of a nucleus

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Change in the amplitude of a damped spring block oscillator

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Defining velocity as a function of distance

  • Marcell
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Stopping distance and static friction

  • sp3sp2sp
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Box on a conveyor belt (friction)

  • sp3sp2sp
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Figuring out when to use the two different voltage equations

  • cookiemnstr510
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What is the Correct Acceleration of the Rocket During Its Launch Phase?

  • TheKracken5
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Magnetic field due to spiral coil

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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In how many seconds will the n-th wagon pass next to me?

  • HAF
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Motion of a charged particle in magnetic field

  • Abhimessi10
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Electron brought to rest by the E-field, potential difference question

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Tension in Ropes: Solving Forces on Trunk

  • sp3sp2sp
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Electric Potential Equations: Understanding and Applying in Non-Uniform Fields

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What are the equations of these free fall/drag graphs?

  • Dowon Kim
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Point charge at the center af a cube

  • Mandaz
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How Do Impulse and Work Relate in Rocket Dynamics Homework Problems?

  • Persson
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Maxwell's wheel and the conservation of energy

  • archaic
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Potential energy and work relationship

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Speed of a proton through potential difference

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Understand Electric Potential Energy, Difference & Potential

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Finding the acceleration of an object on a parabolic ramp

  • Jpyhsics
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Motion problem: motorist's braking time including reaction time

  • chemie726283
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Physics rifle problem -- Forces and acceleration of the bullet

  • chemie726283
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Was the Driver Speeding Before the Crash?

  • Logan Batson
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Understanding Force Components in a Hanging Box System

  • StudentElias
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Finding effective spring constants

  • shepherd882
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Raindrop free falling -- calculate the velocity and time

  • chemie726283
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Projectile Motion: initial velocity problem

  • msun5040
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Doubling the time spent in the air by a thrown object

  • marksyncm
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Amperian loop-conceptual question

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Car Rounding Curve: Acceleration Calculation with C=2piR

  • Austin Gibson
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What is the total torque of that system?

  • Sameh soliman
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Finding the acceleration of a block of ice on a ramp

  • Jpyhsics
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How do we find the uncertainty of v in the kinematics eqn?

  • minamikaze
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How Do You Calculate Centripetal Acceleration in a Blood Centrifuge?

  • Jpyhsics
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How Far Can a Greased Watermelon Be Pulled Down an Inclined Plane?

  • Jpyhsics
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Electric Fields and Electric forces help

  • IITSRII
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Calculating the work done from an equation for variable force

  • giveortake
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Question about the Kepler equation

  • Clara Chung
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Airplane's motion relative to the ground involving wind speed

  • sp3sp2sp
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Lowering a climber with the belay rope routed through a pulley at an angle

  • Jpyhsics
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Attenuation Coefficient in an optical fibre

  • says
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Conducting Sphere With Cavity E-field / Gauss' law

  • cookiemnstr510510
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A plate carries a charge of -5.2 μC

  • isukatphysics69
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When Will We Arrive? Calculating Time Differences in Special Relativity

  • Robin64
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Electric field from spherically symmetric charge distributio

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Electric field sphere calculations with a hollow cavity using Gauss' law

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How to show speed is equal to group velocity?

  • Yoki
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"Critical" in reflected and refracted rays

  • Sabalaba
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When the spring is maximally extended, find v_1f

  • JessicaHelena
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Angular momentum relative to the origin

  • JessicaHelena
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Understanding meaning of inertial reference frames

  • ComputerForests000
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What is the solution for the integral of 2x?

  • Decadohedron
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Calculating Center of Mass in NH3 Molecule

  • JessicaHelena
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Finding the time it takes for two stacked blocks to travel

  • alexi_b
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How to get R= 2 ( square root ) h1h2

  • DLeuPel
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Two decelerating trains on a collision course

  • marksyncm
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Find when the acceleration is 0

  • alexi_b
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Elastic collision in one of the particles' frame

  • Malamala
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How to determine the change of resistance from I-V graph?

  • morrw1ndy
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Unreasonable answer for acceleration of an electron in field

  • yungquark
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Fresnel Equations and Snell's Law

  • says
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How to know 'the displacement of a particle is 'negative'?

  • Medicalboy
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Calculation of no. of spectral lines for group of similar atoms

  • Prabhu1
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Finding when acceleration is zero

  • alexi_b
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How far apart are the astronaut and satellite after 8.67 minutes?

  • alexi_b
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Finding the angle in which the resultant force points

  • alexi_b
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Does Instantaneous Velocity Account for Launch Height in Kinematics?

  • starstruck_
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Compton Scattering and Recoil Velocity

  • doggydan42
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Integration help on physics problem

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Finding Force Needed for 200 km/hr

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Electric field using Gauss' Law

  • cookiemnstr510510
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Physics 30 question about conservation of momentum

  • RRmy0440
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How do you find the acceleration needed to clear a jump?

  • physicstryhard
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Help with a simple exercise in astrophysics.

  • Xalkias
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What is the thickness of the drop if its radius is r?

  • Klaus von Faust
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Surface tension trivial problem

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How to fix this electric circuit

  • orpheus
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Uniform Circular Motion and Projectile Motion Help

  • Jacquelyn
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How to figure out the velocity and direction of the wind

  • orpheus
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Find min/max accel. for block to stay on wedge (static fric)

  • Lost1ne
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Applying Newtons Laws: Incline, static friction, kid on sled

  • DracoMalfoy
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Two loudspeakers emit waves, find wavelength

  • Moolisa
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With the info given, what are 3 ways to calculate wavelength?

  • newguy_13
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Finding the speed's dependence on angle θ

  • Rain10399
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Displacement -0.25i + 14.7j from Origin: Final Displacement

  • Austin Gibson
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Find the Y component of Electric field at a point

  • isukatphysics69
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Decay length of the evanescent wave

  • says
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Elastic potential energy (spring) problem

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