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Tension in rope when car A tows car B

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Answer Modulus of Speed: Calculation w/fluid mech.

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Finding distance to earthquake from seismic wave arrival times

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Urinary system, as a thermodynamic system

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Projectile motion rock throw speed

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Calculating the Distance Between Two Stones Dropped Off a Cliff

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Is It Groundspeed or Airspeed for Moth Flight in a Wind Tunnel?

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Maximum height reached by a ball using work-energy theorem

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Solve Electron Current in 1.00mm Gold Wire: How Long for 1 Mole?

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How Does Impulse Affect Cart and Boy Dynamics?

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Translate into scientific notation?

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Calculating Radius of Circular Area from Laser Power and Energy Density

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Can a Single Galaxy Estimate Provide an Accurate H0 Value?

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How far does the block travel after being released?

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Solution to Peculiar Problem: Can Closed Integral be Evaluated?

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Centripetal Force and Tension in Rotating System

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Question: Kepler's third law of planetary motion

  • Jess048
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Critical Density: H0=70km/s.MPC, Fate of Universe

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Waves: String Physics? Correct my units

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How do I identify which resistors are in series vs parallel in this circuit?

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Exam question, rotational motion.

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Solve Conical Pendulum: Find Speed, Period, Horiz. Comp., Rad. Accel.

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Doppler Effect Help: Solving Car Alarm Q with 21.06 m/s Speed

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Does adding mass to the bag increase centripetal acceleration of the plug?

  • lord_blurg
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What Is the Tension in the Support Cable?

  • Kelschul
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Calculating Velocity of a Block Shot from a Spring Gun

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Angular Velocity of u Shape - Solving for Angular Velocity

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Exclusion Principle - why doesn't degneracy balance weight?

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Orbital period of satellite above Planet X

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Extracting permeability from B vs. n graph with exponential trendline

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Find the induced emf between the ends of the antenna

  • map7s
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Projectile motion - limited given data

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What is the work done on the bucket in a frictionless pulley problem?

  • nguyenn2
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How Is Work Calculated When Pumping Water from a Half-Full Cylindrical Tank?

  • shogunultra
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Electric Field (velocity of a particle)

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Electron flow through a wire time

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Finding fulcrum position on a 5m lever with 300kg load and 100kg force

  • Alan Butcher
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How to set up six inertia and rotation problems

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What Are the Dynamics of a Motor Tethered to a Tower?

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Electric potential of concentr

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Battery Problem (finding current w/ batteries in parallel)

  • aleksxxx
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Can we apply work-kinetic energy theorem when capacitor plates separate?

  • prabhat rao
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Inertial and Non-Inertial Frames of Reference Question

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Predict Whether Collision will be Elastic or Inelastic

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Finding member forces in a truss with pin and cable supports

  • Bradracer18
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Force Problems Involving Two or More Objects

  • harmeet_angel
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What is the parallel-component of the weight

  • Jess048
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Equations of motion for uniform acceleration

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Ball bearings momentum physics problem

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What Causes Oscillation Errors in Air-Track Glider Experiments?

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Which Cable Has Greater Tension in a Spinning Chair Problem?

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Transfer Function of LRC Filter

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What Is the Difference Between These Electrical Power Equations?

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How Does Ceres' Gravity Affect Copper Wire Elongation?

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Equilibrium and Torque of quadricep muscles

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Rotational Kinetic Energy of ride

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How Long Does Light Take to Travel from the Sun to Earth?

  • bmack
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Minimum horizontal force to lift a bicycle wheel over a curb

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Net force from two forces on a book stack

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Measuring Frequency of stroboscope/strobe light

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Magnetic field strength against current

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What is the effect of an inductor on current in an AC circuit?

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Battery Problem - With Loop Rule (pic attached)

  • aleksxxx
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How Do You Calculate the Percent Change in Momentum for a Lorry?

  • spritchs
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Magnetic Force and Two Moving Charges

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Force on an oxygen ion in Earth's electric field

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Circular Motion/Gravity Problems

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How many electrons in a 25 Ah battery and through an 8 kW shower heater?

  • CathyLou
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Simple Momentum Question: Calculating Y-Direction After Given Angles

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Angular Momentum Problem of rod

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Magnet through Loop (Faraday's Law?)

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Calculating the Power Needed to Light NYC in the War of Currents

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How Do You Convert Angular Velocity to RPM?

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Coefficient of kinetic and static friction

  • matt000
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Why Does a Rolling Ball Stop Moving but Not Roll?

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Questions about dead light bulbs

  • pugfug90
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Coursework Ideas: Physics Ball Bouncing Experiment

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How Do You Calculate Particle Motion in the x-y Plane?

  • fruitl00p
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What are the Steps to Solve a Skew-Symmetric Matrix Problem?

  • Kolahal Bhattacharya
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Fourier transform of exp(-ax²)

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Proving the Complex Conjugate of a Matrix Determinant

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Find the direction and magnitude of the net magnetic field

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Is the Adjoint of a Unitary Matrix Still Unitary?

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Prove AB and BA have the same eigenvalues

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Finding final velocity and acceleration from distance and time

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Calculating Magnetic Field from Generator Graph

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How Is Average Velocity Calculated in a Car Race with TV Interruptions?

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Is the Motion of a Mass Attached to Two Springs Simple Harmonic?

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Mechanical Energy: Solve Snowball Problem

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Rotational Kinetic Energy Problems

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What provides centripetal force in a vertical circular loop?

  • danago
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Determining the force for culculating a ski tow's perf. on a slope

  • Helicobacter
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Electromagnetism: Turning effect of coil

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Mechanical Energy Homework: Zero Planet w/ 10kg Probe Launch

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