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Is the polarizer angle behavior in polarizing beam splitters as expected?

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How Does Capacitance Affect Current in an AC Circuit?

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How Fast Can You Raise a Bucket with 104 W Power?

  • PhyzicsOfHockey
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What was the cat's speed when it slid off the table?

  • moshilover
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How Do You Solve for Inductance and Resistance in an RLC Circuit?

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AN implementation of gauss's law

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Finding radius for half Earth weight in rotating space station

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A little assistance with Friction mu k

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How Do You Calculate Force and Acceleration in Physics Problems?

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Capacitors in Series and finding voltage

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Opposite Charged Plates with Sphere

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Bicycle speed at bottom of hill with friction

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How do I find inner resistance from voltage and current measurements?

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Electronics - Designing a ciruit

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Solve AS Level Statics- Mechanics Questions

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Isn't the normal acceleration always towards the center?

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Acceleration assumed in the wrong direction again

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Parts for Project: Finding What You Need for Success

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Work and power to pull skier up a frictionless slope at constant speed

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Rutherford Scattering and relativistic effects

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Shortest wavelength for Be3+ lines using lithium reference

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Solve the Daring 510-N Swimmer's Minimum Speed Physics Problem"

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Solving differential equation x'' = ax

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Solve f=ma Problem: Find Acceleration, Forces on Blocks

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What Is the Minimum Photon Energy Needed to Produce a Proton-Antiproton Pair?

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Electron in an electirc field.

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AS Phyics Coursework-Sensor Project

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Rod slider with spring: find velocity components at r = 0.5 m

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De Broglie wavelength of a 6.0 eV electron

  • MrDMD83
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Finding dimensions of a toothpaste box with square ends

  • venger
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Math Methods in Physics, find FODE

  • DieCommie
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How Much Power is Needed to Lift 89 Skiers Up a Slope?

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How Do You Solve Capacitor Problems Using Kirchhoff's Laws?

  • AG1189
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Solving 2 Weights on a Pulley Problem

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Solving the Equation 135=w(w+12): What are the Best Methods?

  • venger
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Finding total current and power dissipation using phasor diagrams

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Using Gauss Law to Solve a Planar Slab of Charge Problem

  • brad sue
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Mass on spinning cone: find range of radii for no sliding

  • bobthebanana
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Bicycle speed at bottom of hill with friction

  • Aikenfan
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How Do You Find the Dimensions of a Prism with a Volume of 42 cm³?

  • venger
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What is the Magnitude of Force Exerted on a Meteorite Striking a Car at 530 m/s?

  • PhyzicsOfHockey
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Coulombs Law Problem: Find Point Along Y-Axis for Zero Electric Field

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Projectile motion with quadratic air resistance for A2 coursework

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Finding center of mass velocity for two 30 kg masses in vector form

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Speed distribution for a sample of N gas particles

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Direction of a satellite in a circular orbit

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How Long Does It Take for Ice Thickness to Double in Cold Conditions?

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Confusing wording? Energy conservation part two

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Problem 39: Why Does He "(569 - 1)/2 = 284"?

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Hydrostatics - pressure increases with depth

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Simple FBD problem: person, chair, earth

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Hard Optics Problem: Calculate Magnification & Image Distance

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Finding acceleration from light gate timing of a falling card

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Finding the wavelength of a bullet using wave-particle duality

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Angular Velocity: Formula for Max Velocity of Wood Block

  • Brett bALL
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How Does Scattering Angle Affect Light Polarization?

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Conservation of Angular Momentum / Kinematics.

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Which Diagram Shows Accurate Current Flow?

  • krnhseya
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Proving Total Kinetic Energy of Particles

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Solving for Tension in an Inclined Plane System with Two Connected Blocks

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Terminal velocity and drag coefficient?

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How far apart are equipotential surfaces with 10 volt difference?

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Gravitational potential energy of tarzan

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Difference between parallel and series

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Solving 12V Battery Problem with Resistors

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Dissolving Solids: Can They Be Reformed?

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Centripetal acceleration of a race car on a circular track

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Solve Mass of unknown atom in Collision Problem

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Calculating Current in Parallel Circuits for Scientists

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How much work is done on a bicyclist and her bike when coasting up a hill?

  • PhyzicsOfHockey
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Tennis ball bouncing on the floor - How high does it bounce?

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At What Angle Does a Skier Leave a Sphere?

  • Shazbot
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Electricity Homework: Calculating Energy, Volume & Distance

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Runner's power and displacement

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Calculating Speed of Center of Mass for Rotating Disk on Pivot

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Angular Acceleration and wheel revolution

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Distance - Finding Equilibrium Point for Net Force

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Applying the rules of significant figures to calculations

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How to Calculate Current in a Coated Tube Connected to a Battery?

  • Soaring Crane
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Dynamics: Moving wedge with mass on it

  • bobthebanana
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Is My Spaghetti Bridge Design Ideal for Maximum Weight Support?

  • Marghk
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How Can Two Different Resistances Dissipate the Same Power?

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What is the speed of the sports car at the second marker?

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Rocket with Variable Mass and Air Resistance.

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How Deep Is the Lake After Dropping a Ball from 30 Meters?

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What is the Time and Final Velocity of a Stone Thrown from a Cliff?

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Car traveling north then east: displacement, speed, velocity

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What is the stopping distance of the car?

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Tangential Acceleration of park ride

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Sound intensity at 25 m is 25 dB; how close for 80 dB?

  • MrButtPutts
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Circular motion with a string with weight

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