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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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Which Bohr orbit does the electron occupy in this atom?

  • map7s
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Understanding Isothermal Processes

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Kinematics - Mother catching up on child

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Thermodynamic Changes in Phase Transitions

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Why Is Frequency Selection Critical in Sound Interference Experiments?

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How Is Initial Vertical Velocity Calculated in Projectile Motion?

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Struggling with Practice Test Questions on Electromagnetism?

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Path Retraced: Find Condition for Elastic Collision

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Calculate Distance Between Maxima of 500 nm Wavelength Light

  • Mitchtwitchita
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Solving Hammer Launch Problem: 32.8m

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Solving a Basic Atwood Machine Setup Problem

  • Jordanosaur
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Train whistle frequency difference in approaching and receding

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What is the kinetic energy of the piece of mass

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What Determines the Velocity of a Dropped Weight on a Toy Car?

  • Gib Z
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Is there really no mass in photons?

  • rlinsurf
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Internal energy of the gas in a gasoline engine

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Tossing a projectile over a wall beside a platform

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Magnetic Field, copper wire, and solenoid problem.

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Power required to keep a sphere at 3300K

  • CurtisB
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How fast does gravity move and does it have momentum?

  • stripes
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Does the Center of Mass Change with Interaction Type or Reference Frame?

  • neelakash
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Binomial Theorem and Electric Field question

  • doubleUTF
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Forces on a car skidding to a halt.

  • RobertE
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How Much of a Bicycle's Kinetic Energy is in Its Wheels?

  • jjf5122
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Astronaut velocity after throwing an oxygen tank in space

  • Mike667
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Normal Force, Friction Force, Accel problem

  • Etsang2005
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Radioactivity detectors, lightning survival and magnetic field strength

  • f3nr15
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Final Temperatures of Gas in Rigid and Piston Containers Heated Equally

  • Funktimus
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Can We See Around Corners? How Sound Travels Differently

  • aquabum619
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What angle separates red and blue light refracted through glass?

  • samsungman
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Finding rotational inertia for a rolling body that reaches height h

  • Weave
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How to shape material to maximize gravitational field at a point

  • neelakash
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Calculating Electric Potential for an Earth-Cloud Capacitor

  • Boozehound
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Find the Optimum Spot to Minimize Wave Action in Large Water Tank Experiment

  • simplicity12
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Calculating illuminance from OLED to polysilicon-TFT sensor

  • niikos
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Circular Motion of motorcyclist

  • danago
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Find Specific Heat at Constant Pressure of Gas with Molar Mass M

  • chaoseverlasting
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Calculating Electric Force: 0.15 N in +y Direction

  • samsungman
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Centripetal Acceleration of object orbiting earth

  • Fusilli_Jerry89
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Determine the velocity of a hardball after it has been thrown

  • Murdoc88
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How Do You Calculate the Potential Difference in a Parallel Plate Capacitor?

  • Boozehound
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Traveling to the moon with a lot of physics?

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Frictional force on object falling 1.65 m

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Moving Loudspeakers on a Railroad Car

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Time Assumption for Newton Meter Projectile Velocity

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Electromagnetic fields and force

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Derivations of SI Units in my High-School Physics formulas.

  • f3nr15
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Terminal voltage and electromotive force

  • expresstrain
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Electron's Path Through Solenoid's Magnetic Field

  • mbrmbrg
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Can radiation pressure be used for propulsion?

  • cells
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Molar Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure Understanding

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Energy transfer in electricity conduction

  • loom91
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How Do You Calculate Theta in Simple Harmonic Motion with Rubber Bands?

  • kingwinner
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Tension in pulley support string before and after release

  • chaoseverlasting
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Max. velocity with given coefficient of static friction (μ_s)

  • Hendrick
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Angle Between Charged Particles in Equilibrium

  • chaoseverlasting
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What is the Relationship Between Linear and Rotational Speed for a Screw?

  • shurioz
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What Happens During a Collision of Three Objects on a Smooth Floor?

  • alchemphy
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Oh no, conceptual questions, I

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Sound wave interference from reflection off an obstacle

  • e(ho0n3
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Does Ohm's Law Equate to the Resistivity Formula R = ρ(L/A)?

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Find Max Power from 60Hz 4000A Power Line w/ 200m Wire

  • seang
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What is the longest wavelength for ionizing ground state hydrogen atom?

  • Dart82
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Point source sound intensity at different distances and decibel levels

  • El_Dustino
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Voltage in the Middle of an Electric Dipole

  • kaotak
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What is a Ballistics Pendulum and How Can I Use it for My Physics Project?

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How Much Voltage Is Needed to Detect Current Through an Insulator Like Paper?

  • DoubleHelix
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How Do You Calculate Apparent Depth and Light Angle in Water?

  • RoseCrye
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What is the Magnetic Field Around a Thin Walled Circular Conductor?

  • Brewer
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Amplitude of Sound Waves from Two Sources at a Point

  • e(ho0n3
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Why is the potential for an infinite wire proportional to log r?

  • chaoseverlasting
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Torque required to support 333g load on robot leg

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How Do String Tension and Mass Affect Oscillation Frequency?

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Centripetal force experiment with rotating and hanging masses

  • ellese
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What is the formula for calculating the speed of light in a medium?

  • RoseCrye
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Binding energy of a nucleon virus an electron

  • ND3G
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How did Archimedes solve the crown problem?

  • W24JBLV
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Will the Water Level Decrease When Ice Cubes Melt?

  • tronter
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Motion of a Sphere: No Friction vs With Friction

  • chaoseverlasting
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Calculating RMS Current from I(t)=3+4sinwt

  • chaoseverlasting
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Determining speed experimentally

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Calculating Tension in a Hanging Rope: To Add or Not to Add?

  • Fusilli_Jerry89
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Car Braking Distance at Different Initial Speeds

  • Mike667
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Mass per Unit Length of Violin Strings

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Calculating Velocity Change of a 300g Ball with Impulse

  • StellarZ
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Using physics in accident investigation

  • physicsbum
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If friction cancels force why is work done when kinetic energy doesn't change

  • Fusilli_Jerry89
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Quick force on the fulcrum of a lever?

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3-dimensional parametric equations

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