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Work Function and Wavelength Relationship in Photoelectric Effect

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Find the equation of a thermodynamics process in terms of temperature

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Calculate Distance for 5ft-lbs Impact w/ 1.18lb Sphere

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What is a dimension?

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Understanding Net Force and Normal Force in a Frictional System

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Lenz's Law and Current's Direction

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Where is the Zero Electric Field Point for Two Fixed Charged Particles?

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What is the Work Done by an Ideal Gas Expanding at Constant Temperature?

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Why Does Brushing Your Hair Give It Volume?

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What then is in unit-vector notation

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Calculating Rail Gun Distance for Escape Velocity

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General physics contest problems

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What then is in unit-vector notation if Bx = By?

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Solving for Distance Traveled on a Slope with Friction

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Solve Physics Problem: Racing Car Mass, Acceleration, & Forces

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Calculating spring energy in a pumpkin catapult design

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What is the real time of free falling in a gravitational field?

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Solving a Tough Physics Problem: Force Exerted by a Falling Chain on a Table

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Electrostatic force and # of elementary particles

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Proton, electron and coordinates

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Why does heat transfer occur at a faster rate at lower temperatures?

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How Do You Calculate Work in a Reversible Ideal Gas Cycle?

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String in vertical circular motion

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Finding orbital velocity for the Moon without object mass

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Ball rolling down a ramp hitting another ball at a different height

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Just understanding wording - optics

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Determine Inside Diameter of Horizontal Pipe Constriction

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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Solve the Pendulum Beam Problem with Simple Equations | Homework Help

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What is the initial temperature of the heated aluminum bolt?

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Finding Tension in a Hanging Rope with a Particle

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Problem with find angle btw vectors (magnetism problem)

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Work Required to Push/Pull a Crate

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How do you build a home-made speaker using magnets, plastic, coils, etc.?

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How Do Students Convert Mechanical Energy into Thermal Energy?

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Rotational Speed: Calculating Final Velocity on Embankment

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Why Does Water Flow at Lower Pressure Than Atmospheric Pressure?

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Finding initial velocity from maximum height equation

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What is the speed and angle of a swinging pendulum?

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Terminal velocity of a lacrosse ball?

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How Do You Convert Charge to Energy in Capacitors?

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Calculating laterel acceleration from change in direction (bearing)

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Simplifying impedance equation for RLC circuit current

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Ball on string rotating at 1 Hz, frequency when string is reeled from 5m to 3m

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Capacitor Charge Equality in Parallel and Series Configuration

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Solving for Terminal Voltage and Current in a Battery Circuit

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How Do Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems Simplify Circuit Analysis?

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Sign convention in the RC discharge loop equation

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Net Impulse Question: Calculate Momentum, Impulse, and Change in Momentum

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Electric field and capacitance for non-parallel plates

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Tension difference in a steel cable dragging a block

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Conservation of Energy Questions

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Help writing hypothesis for force, mass and acceleration experiment

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Buoyant force on a floating 0.5 kg wood block

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Finding Time from Accel and Distance

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Mathematical Analysis of Boiling Two Eggs vs. One Egg

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Work and transformation of energy

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Two-Rock System in Circular Motion?

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Calculating Density of a Liquid with Archimedes' Principle

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Solving Drywall Weight Problems

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Monatomic gas absorbs 400nm light and emits 400nm and 600nm

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Rail way car acceleration problem

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Centripetal/Projectile Motion: Proof of Formulas for v^2=mgy

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How Does Mass and Friction Affect Acceleration in a Pulley System?

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Where Should a 55kg Mass Be Placed to Balance a Suspended 25kg Beam?

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Solve EM Waves Problem: Time Difference of Important News Transmission

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Inelastic collision: where did my kinetic energy calculation go wrong?

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Young'a double slit experiment

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Calculating Gravitational Force Between a Doctor and a Baby

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Which Force Application Minimizes Effort When Moving a Box?

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Calculate Time to Move 2 Isolated Masses: Gravitational Field

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When Materials are Pulled/Fixed

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At what distance is the object from the mirror?

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Problem question on power calculation

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About a bee flying inside a moving train

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How does a mousetrap mechanism work?

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Momentum of a projectile and ship

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Dan's Momentum Change: 4m/s to Ground Zero

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Electric Potential conducting shell

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Air puck revolving on string through hole with suspended mass

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How Is Thermal Energy Calculated in an Inductor?

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Rotational Dynamics Homework: Velocity Vector & Wire Strength

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Relationship between a V and R?

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Finding Centripetal Acceleration on Earth's Surface?

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Calculus with the electric field

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What Is the Value of g in the Pressure Calculation Formula?

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Problem, Newton's 3rd Law Astronaut/Satellite

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How Does Increasing the Diameter of a Manometer Affect Liquid Levels?

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Calculating Work for a Pulled Carton Across Floor

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Calculating Bat's Velocity Using Doppler Effect

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How High Can a Model Rocket Go with a Specific Impulse of 100 Seconds?

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Current in parallel wire repelled with 10 N force

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How to Calculate the Horizontal Distance of Light in Water Using Snell's Law?

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Electric potential from three point charges

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Physics problem involving work done by friction

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