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Tripling the Distance between Bright Fringes

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Thin-Film Interference Question. Quick One

  • cheechnchong
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How Does Height Affect Static Pressure in a Hydroelectric System?

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Rotational Pressure & Paraboloidal Liquid Surface

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How Do You Prove Matrices Like AA^T and A+A^T Are Symmetric?

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Solve Nuclear Physics Homework: How Many Grams of TNT Needed?

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Calculating Tension for Steel Wire in Piano

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What will be the final temperature of the system?

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Unravelling Spherical Waves: Intensity Behaviour Explained

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Solving Forces Acting on a Swinging Gymnast

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Ideal Voltmeters of DC Circuits

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Harmonic motion of coupled pendula

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Asynchronous/Synchronous motors comparison?

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The 'natural frequency' of an object. What does this mean?

  • Couperin
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Will an increase of voltage also increase Amps?

  • TSN79
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Trig problems (Interference/diffraction and slits))

  • AznBoi
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Wavelength Q: Train Speed 40m/s, Horn 320Hz

  • TbbZz
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Closest Approach of Alpha Particle & Gold Nucleus

  • map7s
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Calculating Angular Spread of Light in Glass Using Snell's Law

  • skinard360
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Air resistance of a high speed car

  • tomrule007
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Collisions and Momentum: Solving for Initial Velocity

  • tomrule007
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Elasticity: finding weight density

  • kthouz
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Diffraction Question: Calculating m

  • cheechnchong
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Torque/Static Equilibrium/Forces problem

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Multiple torques/forces on a disk, finding net torque

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Bead and loop-the-loop: normal force?

  • Physicist
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Motor Efficiency: Increase in Voltage & Why?

  • heena1988
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Lenz's Law: Direction of Induced Current

  • wakejosh
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Position of Normal Force in a Pulled 2D Rectangular Block

  • h8torade
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Moment of Inertia of Washer-like Ring

  • InSaNiUm
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Speed, Kinetic Energy, Force Problem.

  • marckc22
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Charge on object between two charged plates Problem

  • Galileo_Galilei
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What Are Common Power Rates for Household Electrical Appliances?

  • raman911
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Projectile Motion: Force vs. Time and Impulsive Force Analysis

  • leykis101
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Work and Kinetic Energy Problem for Pump

  • marckc22
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Force on Current in a Wire: A,B,C?

  • wakejosh
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Need help with Logistical Derivative Problem

  • goatrance
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Bernoullis equation and appropriate units

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What is the Kinetic Energy of a Block on a Pulley System?

  • marckc22
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Acceleration Dependent on Velocity

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Understanding Momentum and Impulse: A Baseball Problem

  • husky88
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Converging Lenses and image position

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Finding temperature coefficient with two resistance measurements

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Calculating Current and Magnetic Field of Wire: Magnetism Question Solution

  • Boulderbison19
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Electric field intensity/ charge magnitude question

  • AladdinSane
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Solving Momentum Equalization of Electron and Proton

  • Decan
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Is the Book Wrong About Total Internal Reflection and Snell's Law?

  • AznBoi
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Impulsive Force: Tom's Homework Solution

  • tomrule007
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Magnitude of an electric force problem with vectors

  • AladdinSane
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What is the lower energy level for a blue emission in the hydrogen spectrum?

  • Mitchtwitchita
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How Does Gravitational Potential Influence Kinetic Energy in Satellite Launches?

  • koujidaisuki76
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What is the Focal Length of a Convex Lens for Sharp Image Formation?

  • wakejosh
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Angular Momentum Sum: Calculating Work Done

  • manojanand
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Work done on a gas in a cylinder

  • Funktimus
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Forced landing of a plane - Find the minimum length of the barage

  • Aqua Marine
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Average Power in an AC current.

  • wakejosh
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How Much Would Each Half of a Cut Spring Stretch Under the Same Load?

  • Aqua Marine
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Conservation of energy of block and ramp

  • tomrule007
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Central Force Problem: Nature of Orbit when Force is Halved | Homework Help

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What Does a 9V Battery Indicate in Electrical Terms?

  • h20h
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Photon Energy: Frequency and Height in a Well

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Why is a Potential Divider Required in Sensor Circuits?

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Calculating Current in a Circuit

  • wakejosh
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Circular Motion - Satellites Problem

  • Galileo_Galilei
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Calculating 3.0 Coulombs Per Second in Amps

  • wakejosh
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Newton's Third Law of women standing

  • Galileo_Galilei
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Car race riddle (not too hard, not too easy)

  • Couperin
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Time constants, resistance and RC circuits

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What is the Speed of an Object in Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • FaNgS
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Intensity of light / measuring wavelength of light

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Why Is Applied Force Plotted on the Vertical Axis in Spring Graphs?

  • Kevin_14
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Projectile motion of a flying plane

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Proportion of atmospheric Carbon 14

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Proof: Collision of a Ball with Parabolic Mirror Y^2=2px

  • neelakash
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Solve Acceleration of 2.0 kg Block in Newton's 3rd Law Problem

  • pingpong240
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Electricity and magnitism question

  • pharaoh
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Speed aircraft carrier based on reflected pulse frequency

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Speed of the second hand of a smoothly running analog watch?

  • akoma714
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HELP i dont no how to do this problem

  • lilmixbrunette1
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Quick Question on the energy of a photon

  • twotaileddemon
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How Does the Angle of Approach Affect the Speed of a Mirror Image?

  • strawberry7
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Calculating pressure change with temperature?

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Currents and Phase relation in AC circuit with L, R, and C.

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How Does a Flare Fired from a Moving Truck Behave?

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Applications of Specific Heat Capacity

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Deriving Molar Specific Heat Equation

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Calculating Electric Field Strength from Potential in a 2D Region

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Entropy/ 2nd law of thermodynamics

  • BingoMan
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Homework help regarding forces of friction and their directions

  • MechRocket
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What is the centripetal acceleration of the end of the rod?

  • Heidikins07
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How far away must the plane be for the antiaircraft gun to hit it?

  • pingpong240
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Classical nature of the hydrogen atom

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Why Is Current the Same in a Series Circuit?

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Conserving Momentum in AB+C Reaction

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Is this tangential velocity or angular velocity?

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