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Calculating the Mass of a Tractor Being Dragged by a Tow Truck on Wet Concrete

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Two conceptual questions: Magnetism

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How Do Voltage and Magnetic Fields Affect Electron Force?

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What's the Difference Between Cold and Hot Transitions of Light?

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Why does a light bulb burn out?

  • peteza
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A physics problem involving an inclined plane and a block

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Angular Deceleration Homework: 1200 Revs in 40s

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How to Calculate Force of Friction and Acceleration for a Block on a Chalkboard?

  • keyser.soze
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Sub-units micro-farad and pico-farad

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What Causes the Magnetic Field in Magnetized Iron?

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How to Solve a Work and Force Problem with Constant Velocity and Friction

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The Physics of Ice Melting:Water Level Changes

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How Do You Calculate Speed After a Partially Inelastic Collision?

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Calculating the Diameter of the Moon's Virtual Image

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Calculating Velocity for Cannon Ball with Wind Velocity

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Wave and Interference (can you help me?)

  • kingwinner
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Finding Velocity of Wedge in Mass Momentum Problem

  • psycovic23
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What is the Formula for Calculating Power and Accounting for Friction?

  • Winner
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Where Did I Go Wrong in Solving This Physics Problem?

  • BIGEYE
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Calculating Reaction Forces in a Plank System: Bill and Dave

  • Lavace
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Determining p and q in Equilibrium

  • Lavace
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Speed of electron into electric/magnetic fields

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How high does the ball rebound?

  • edr2004
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Is the Period of Centripetal Motion Proportional to the Radius?

  • lord_blurg
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Finding the potential difference?

  • Simon316
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Three capacitors connected to a battery

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Question regarding Motion in two or three dimensions.

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The voltage and current caused by a wave? Does distance matter?

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Calculating Projectile Acceleration and Barrel Travel Time

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Solving Snell's Law Problem: Find Refractive Index at Height h

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340 Hz note is played outdoors. Temperature and wave length

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How to Design a Device to Launch an Egg Over Obstacles?

  • BassMaster
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Coefficient of Friction of a olympic skier

  • William Bush
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Analyzing Ball's Vertical Displacement on a Ramp

  • THE 1
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Electric Field Corner homework problem

  • kitty9035
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Cathy's Question: Motor on/off with LDR and Resistor?

  • CathyLou
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Modeling motion with air resistance (integral calculus)

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How Does Solar Wind Affect Earth's Electric Environment?

  • Sanjay101
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General Physics Question - Rod moving about a pivot

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How Do You Solve a Kinematic Problem with Time-Varying Acceleration?

  • Buddy J.
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Period of a Mass on a Spring in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Schrodinger's equation and potential energy

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Archimedes principle free fall problem

  • heidari
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What Determines the Outcome in an Elastic Collision Between Two Croquet Balls?

  • anightlikethis
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Solving Incline Problem Homework: Find Distance & PE

  • kokok
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Thermodynamic equilibrium and Entropy

  • DieCommie
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Solve Centripetal Force Question: Find Vehicle Speed

  • harmeet_angel
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Parabolic motion. air resistance?

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Roller Coaster, Cosine 'ramp', Exit Velocity?

  • jim.nastics
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How to Solve Velocity Problems in Physics Homework?

  • talksabcd
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Collision problem cant figure it out

  • jjf5122
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Temperature and pressure problem

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A question about Centre of Gravity

  • clevermartin
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Double Pendulum Homework: Small Angle Approximation

  • zell99
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Understanding Multi-Decay Chains: Basic Explanation & Diagrams

  • big man
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How Much Work is Done to Change the Circular Path's Radius?

  • thedark_master
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A Rather Simple Freefall Question

  • Arepo
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De Broglie Wavelength of Electron

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Inductor Currents: Find L for 15kHz Oscillator & 6V RMS, 65mA Peak

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If the speed of sound is 330 m/s. How high is the cliff?

  • galeontiger
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Thin Film Interference (Interferometer)

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Period of Small Amplitude Oscillation for Hoop of Radius 50cm

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Conservation of Energy problem

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Restoring force (negative or positive)

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Two objects two differents accelerations

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Find Largest Focal Length Lens for Photo of Poster - 2.79mm

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Question about light intensity and resistance

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Calculate Angular Velocity of a Diver in Tuck Position

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How High Should the IV Bag Be to Ensure Fluid Flow into the Vein?

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What's the UNIT after you take the natural log?

  • kingwinner
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Wave travel along a tensioned rope

  • macgirl06
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Solve Physics 11 Problem: "Did Person Catch Bus?

  • 67NICK67
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AP Physics B help - Electromagnetism

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Investigating Frictional Forces and Spring Extension

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How Does the Right Hand Rule Determine Magnetic North in Solenoids?

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How Does Bulb Brightness Vary in Parallel and Series Circuits?

  • fuschiso
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Entropy and temperature of the system

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Calculate the acceleration of the block

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Solve Frictionless Table Clay-Bar Impact Problem

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Pressure above & below the surface of a lake.

  • thedark_master
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Angles made by angular momentum vector with magnetic field

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Why Does a Ball Sink on Water Surface?

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Question on Le Chatelier's theory?

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Radius of the path of a charged particle in a mass spectrometer

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Position of Floating Cylindrical Disk in Water

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How Do You Calculate the Frequency of a Mass Oscillating on a Spring?

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Gravitational potential energy-help

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Magnitude of charge on oil drop (electric field)

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Electric Potential: Q, a, b, Vb & Va

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Calculate the number of excess electrons

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Calculating Inclination & Time of Revolution for a Conical Pendulum

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What is the average angular speed of the grindstone?

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Potential difference of a capacitor

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Dielectrical constant / relative permittivity

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