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Newton's second law with two objects

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Minimum force to slide a board out from under a box

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Calculating Charge and Tension in a System of Suspended Spheres

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Why is there no helicoptor with a single rotor?

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Electric dipole charges/Electric Field

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Finding the centroid of a region bounded by y=sqrt(x) and the x-axis

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Max Lifting Potential on Earth vs. Moon

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What Does T Represent in Hockey Force Problems?

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How do the forces on block B affect its motion?

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How Do Newton's Laws Apply to Weight Lifting?

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Calculating Centripetal Acceleration and Force on Child

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How Do You Calculate the Distance of Sound Traveling Through Different Mediums?

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Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy: A to B

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Calculating Frictional Energy Transformation in Satellite Reentry

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Earth's orbital acceleration and net force from the sun

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Electric field and potential at the center of a square of point charges

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Momentum Concepts [Checking my Understanding]

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Charge Distribution on a Conducting Hollow Tube

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Why Is My Calculation of Thermal Equilibrium Temperature Incorrect?

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Finding the third force when three spring scales on a force board are balanced

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Solving Kinetic Energy: How Do I Rearrange the Equation for Mass?

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How Do I Calculate Stress, Strain & Young's Modulus?

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Solving Stopping Dist for Automobile w/ Coeff. of Kinetic Friction

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Does hot water really freeze faster than cold water?

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Two blocks on incline with different friction coefficients

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What is the work done by air resistance on a falling pilot?

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Calculating Stopping Distance Using the Work-Energy Theorem

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Finding direction of motion from position equations at t=0 and t=3.5

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Angular Width of Electromagnetic Waves emerging from two buildings

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Examples of Electric Field Lines

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What is the magnitude of charge on each sphere?

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Electric Field of a Spherical Shell: Sketching E vs. r

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Phase Difference Problem, Ratio of I/Io

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What is the Charge on the Styrofoam Ball in an Electric Field Experiment?

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Kirchhoff's Rules and Systems of Equations

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How to Solve for Amplitude and Phase Constant in an Oscillation Problem?

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Checking answers for nested conducting shells with Gauss's law

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Understanding Centripetal Force on Rollercoasters

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Newton's law and forces on the elevator

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Solving for Initial Speed and Time in Projectile Motion

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How to calculate damage in a car crash simulation with reinforced doors

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How Do Capacitors Affect Charging Time in a Circuit?

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How Is the Sensitivity of a Ballistic Galvanometer Determined?

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How Do I Calculate the Electric Field of a Charged Copper Plate?

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Calculating Friction and Velocity for a Slowing Object

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How Much Heat Does the Range Element Transfer in an Isovolumetric Process?

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Find Net Electrical Force of Electrons on Proton

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Amplitude, frequency, and energy?

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Proton's Closest Approach to Mercury Nucleus

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How Do You Calculate the Electron's Energy in the Bohr Model?

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Are Tensions Represented as Unit Vectors in Physics Problems?

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Standing wave velocity for string with 100 Hz oscillator and 5 segments

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Vehicle reversing with 9.8 m/s² and two objects thrown upward

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Magnetic flux through a solenoid problem

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Sprinter acceleration distance in 50-meter race

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How Does an Imperfect Spring Affect the Velocity of a Released Ball?

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Calculating Turn Time for a Banked Airplane

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Resistance due to temperature change

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Calculating # of Electrons in a Ping-Pong Ball w/ Charge of 3.2x10-5C

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How Do You Calculate the Couple in a Force-Couple System at Point O?

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Equipotential Lines and field mapping

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Finding maximum height and initial velocity for thrown balls

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Speed in still water/ throwing object horizontally.

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Solving the Sliding Rod Equilibrium Problem on a Wall

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Amplitude of Sinusoidal Motion for 0.269 kg Mass on 80.3 N/m Spring

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Friction force on 2.5 kg block with horizontal and vertical forces

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Standing Wave Frequencies in Wire & Pipe: Similarities & Differences

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How is the construction of an ac ammeter different from an dc ammeter

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Finding final velocity after 2D collision between two objects

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What Is the Amplitude of the Third Harmonic in a 200kHz Square Wave?

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Fuse Wire Length and Capacity: A Discussion

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Charge on capacitors C₁, C₂, C₃ in 18V circuit

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Pair production photon electron problem

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How Do You Calculate the Output Power of a Laser After Multiple Adjustments?

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What does p represent in Kepler's third law equation?

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Current/Voltage relationship for a filament lamp?

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Converting (having major trouble)

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What type of polarizing lens minimizes glare from reflective surfaces?

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What Is the Weight of a Spherical Metal Object If Made of Pure Gold?

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Period of circular motion given centrifugal force and radius

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Understand the momentum and velocit

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Pressure Variation on spacecraft

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Solving Variable Resistance Circuit: Ohm's Law

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Centripetal acceleration of electron in Bohr hydrogen atom

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How Does Adding Particles Affect Entropy in a Multi-Level Energy System?

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Why does a current-carrying wire melt in the middle?

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Elastic collision between identical shuffleboard pucks at angles

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What Is the Center of Mass for a Rod with a Sphere Attached?

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Using a water tank's weight to compress air in a cylinder

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Problem with Classic where do they meet Problem

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Static and Kinetic Friction. Box sliding in the back of a truck.

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Solving Vector B in Polar Notation: -3.85 and -4.59?

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Finding the Speed Needed to Propel Packages Up an Inclined Ramp

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