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Momentum/velocity/position graphs

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Optics, camera lenses and object height/size

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Calculating Fluid Velocity in a Constricted Tube

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Finding Distance Between Lens Positions: Solve for a

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Two capacitors charged to different potentials when connected

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What Determines the Thermal Conductivity of Gases?

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What is the tallest straw that you could, in principle, drink from

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Doppler effect sensitive parabolic sound collector

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Integration questions for my astoronomy class

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How Does Resistance and EMF Affect Energy Transfer in a Circuit?

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Calculating Work Required to Move Test Charge

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Focal Length of Thin Lenses in Different Mediums

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How Does a Spinning Platform Affect the Period of a Pendulum?

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How High Did Jose Jump Above the Lowest Point on His Bungee Adventure?

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Electric charge to cause spark in air

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Why does mass have the force of gravity?

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Should We Invest in Tracking Space Rocks?

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Diffraction from a circular aperture

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Moment of Inertia Calculations for Varying Mass Rod and Hollow Ring

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Finding Distance Above Long Straight Wire Carrying Current

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Finding Spring Constants: An Experiment

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Ultrasonic transducer disk maximum speed in SHM

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Finding the age of the universe at a given redshift

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Calculating Coefficient of Static Friction with Oscillating Masses

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Simple fixed axis rotational problem

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Maximize Battery Lifetime: Drawing a Circuit

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Checking a Problem: Speed of Bending Rod Tip

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Problems involving electromagnetism

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How can I derive the quality factor in an RLC circuit?

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Frequency of mass on vertical spring with k=23.5 N/m

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An Air-Filled Toroidal Solenoid

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Minimum rear-view mirror dimensions to see entire rear window

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How Does Doubling Power Output Affect a Kayaker's Speed?

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Universal Gravitation Problem (Grade 11)

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Semi difficult fusion problem, thanks

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Can a Bird Fly Horizontally in a Cage With Downward Acceleration?

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Solving Buoyancy Problem: Find Depth of Cylindrical Rod

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Simple Fluid pressure-force question

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Moment of inertia of a right triangle

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Rotation, Torque, Static Friction

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Why fundamental frequency change doesn't match the expected formula

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Calculating Hydrogen to Helium Conversion in the Sun

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Angular Momentum of circular disk

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How Does Rewinding a Coil Affect Its Self-Inductance and Energy Storage?

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Sand/rice/gravel trap investigation

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Time of flight with air resistance

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Wavelength and resistance of an LDR

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Solving Block on a Sphere: Find Distance Below Top

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Energy conservation problem (two star system)

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Point charges and their movement in 3 space

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How Does a Nerve Cell Membrane Model Circuit Behave?

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What Physics Would Allow a Cow to Jump Over the Moon?

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Calculating thermal kinetic energy of a liquid.

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Proving Friction on an Inclined Surface

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Velocity of 84 kg Skier Jumper After Jumping 105 m Hill

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Photoelectric effect and Aluminum

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What is the Angular Acceleration of a Rod?

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Fundamental difference between classical and quantum mechanics

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Finding internal resistance of a 5V power supply with three resistors

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How Does Measurement Sensitivity Affect Current Detection in a Circuit?

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Resistance of a light bulb changing with temperature

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How can the invariance of the wave equation be shown without using tensors?

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How Does Torque Affect Angular Momentum in a Sanding Disk?

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What Happens to a Ball's Trajectory in a Partial Loop-de-Loop?

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Water and ice reaching thermal equilibrium in an insulated container

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Vectors and the trigonometric function

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Difference between angular velocity and angular frequency

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Speed of water reaching the second floor of a building

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Calculating Speed and Distance in an Inelastic Collision

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How Do You Calculate the Speed of a Water-Tube Towed by a Boat?

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Faraday's Law of Induction and wire loop

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Car slowing on wet unbanked curve with reduced friction

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Calculating Energy and Fat Loss in Stair Climbing

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How to Calculate Moles of Gas in a Heated Cubical Vessel Over Time?

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Roller Coaster/Energy conservation

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Bullet fired at a Block at rest.

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What is the distance moved by the canoe when a woman walks along it?

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Why Is Empirical Temperature Defined Using Constant Volume Gas Thermometers?

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Buoyancy Formula (Fb, mdg, T etc)

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Dropping the Ball: Solving a Physics Problem With 6.8 Joules of Force

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Magnetic fields and sodium ions

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Help with physics homework problem

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High school physics questions on potential energy, fields, and transformers

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Transverse Wave on a Hanging Cord

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What is the Work Done in a Ski Rescue?

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