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How Large Should Your Solar Panel Be to Power Your Home?

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Calculating Power from 1800 N-m of Work Per Minute

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How Is Induced EMF in a Moving Car Antenna Calculated?

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Voltage and electric field in circuits

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Work, energy and power question

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Merry-Go-Round physics homework

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Kinetic Energy, Momentum, Projectile Motion ( A real stumper )

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Block Sliding on Horizontal Plane & Incline: Speed & Distance Covered

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Calculate Magnitude of Force, FAL, to Keep Ladder from Falling

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Which Bench Will the Baseball Hit in the Stadium?

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Solving Connected Particles Homework Problem

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Understanding Electric Potential

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Why Do Reactions Differ in Problem P16.3 Compared to Standard Statics?

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Gravitational Force of Bowling & Billiard Balls - Homework

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Question concerning two bodies in space

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Velocity Components and Magnetic Force

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Solving Two Point Dipoles - Find Torque of p1 & p2

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Rotational Motion of a Stick: Analyzing Accelerations

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Rotation and Linear Bonus Problem Help

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Rotation and Linear Motion Help

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What Angle Should the Rifle Be Aimed to Hit a Target 800m Away?

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Calculate the moment of inertia of this sphere

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Newton's Law of Cooling of pizza

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How Do Newton's Laws Explain the Motion of a Pushed Chair?

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How Do You Solve a Physics Problem Involving Forces and Motion?

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Using Newton's laws to solve problems

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Parallel/Series circuit theory/concepts

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Calculate Water to Increase Cylinder Pressure from 50 to 150 PSI

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Moving Particle and Different Fields

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Finding a landing speed from spring constants

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Calculating Velocity Components of Running Horses Using SOHCAHTOA

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Equilibrium Force: Solving Tension in Cable B

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Tossing Rocks on Frictionless Ice: Calculating Angle and Speed

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Von Braun and contribution to space travel [no maths]

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Calculating Monarch Butterfly Flight Time in Steady Wind Conditions

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Calculating Thrust Force of a Model Rocket

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Determining the Force Between Crates in Motion on a Concrete Floor

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Flux in a Wire Loop w/ a Magnetic Field

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Why Do Sparks Occur at the Head of an Electric Train?

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Effect of Increasing Wire Width on Resistance

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Investigation: Factors Affecting Friction

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Work done by force moving a particle

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Relationship between voltage and the strength of an electromagnet?

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Solve PCAT Physics Problem: Lawn Mower Force & Acceleration in 2.5s

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Work done on the object problem

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Total Energy a 12V Battery Can Supply

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Mass Defect: Pb-210 Nuclear Binding Energy

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Calculate Distance for Work Done by Force

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Riding the Train -Vecotrs & components

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How Do You Calculate Buoyant and Net Force on a Helium Balloon?

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How Do You Calculate the Components of Weight on an Inclined Plane?

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Physics 1 student, making a physics based and I need a little math help

  • someoneYEAH!
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Solving an Unexpected Problem: Newton's Third Law

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Circular motion- slipping problem

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Calculating Potential Difference Between A(0,1) & B(1,0)

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Right Hand Rule and Magnetic Field

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Problem involving circular movement and friction.

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Solve Acceleration Problem: Maggie & Judy 100m Race

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Point Charges True and False problems

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Conducting Wire Homework: Find J0 & B Inside Wire

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What is the solution for the total resistance of the infinite ladder network?

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Finding Current in a Parallel Circuit with Multiple Resistors

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What is the history of the Medicina Radio Observatory?

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Atwood's Machine and incline plane combined.

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Intensity of Light by Polarizers

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Electrical Energy and Power (Wrong because of decimal place)

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I need some really good questions

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Momentum-impulse vs. rectilinear motion equations

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Calculating Solar Water Heating Efficiency

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Constant velocity of the mass center

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Conservation of Momentum in two dimensions

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Solving Moving Crests Problem: Acceleration Zero @ .75m

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Optimizing F to Find the Optimal Theta Value

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Force on a Current in a Magnetic Field

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Nuclear Reaction for Alpha Particle Bombardment

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Solve Pressure Problem: Lift 1000kg Car w/Hydraulic Pistons

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Momentum Principle Related to Velocity

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Rotational Equilibrium and Rotational Dynamics

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Circular Motion of a Car: Finding Friction Coefficient

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What Is the Damping Constant of One Spring?

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Parallel Plates and Electric Field

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Elctric potential ,electric field strength,EPE

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How Long Is the Track on a Full-Length CD When Stretched Straight?

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Solving Light & Dispersion: Angle of Incidence of Blue Light

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Point charges and force of repulsion

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Calculate Electric Field Magnitude at x=0.5, y=0.5

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Determining nuclear radius by electron diffraction

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Two point charges electric field

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Solving Elastic Collision Homework: Player 2's Final Velocity

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Does Water Flow Create a Suction in Supply Pipes?

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