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Please answer this one quick question (about fuel cells)

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Find the smallest diameter of an opaque object

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Angular Velocity Dynamics (Easy?)

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How Do You Solve These Challenging Physics Problems?

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Several Energy Related Questions

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Solving Fourier Series for Periodic Functions

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Elastic potential energy of toy car

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Focus moonlight wth a mirror system

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TEST TOMMOROW (i was absent when problems were explained)

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Solving Torque Rock Problem: Force, Location & Equations

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Power of Water Pump (from continuity?)

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How Does Cutting a Spring in Half Affect Its Oscillation Period?

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Hoop Rolling Up Ramp: Confirm if Altitude Higher Than in Part A?

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Calculating Satellite Height and Velocity for Geostationary Orbit

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How Does Tension Affect a Bicycle on an Incline?

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Conservation of energy (rotation+translation)

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Need Assistance with Physics Paper on Shuttle Launching

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Construct a Device to Move Across a Wire

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Calculating Angular Speed of a Bar/Glob System After Impact

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How do you calculate half-life for radioactive isotopes?

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Calculating Acceleration of an Object with Drag

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Physics 11 work done by friction

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Falling object (gravity + kinematics)

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Physics 11 kinetic and potential energy2

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Physics 11 Force and potential energy

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Mechanical Energy Transfer in a Spring System

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How Much Force Does Pam's Rocket Pack Generate?

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Increase power consumption with a capacitor

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Physics 11, kinetic energy problem

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Where can I find information on torque?

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More friction-related wackiness

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Projectile Initial Velocity at 38 Degrees: Find Help and Solutions!

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SHM: Half Energy at Displacement

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Bicycle and Pulley: What Will the Scale Read in Two Different Examples?

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Spring-mass system with nearest neighbor couplings

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Why Does the Cord Break at 200 N Tension in the Elevator Problem?

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Inductance and Coils Homework Solution

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Roller Coaster: Centripetal Forces

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What is the Largest Possible Radius for a Safe Vertical Loop?

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Calculating Diaphragm Acceleration in a Loudspeaker

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Calculating Artificial Gravity for Different Radii on a Space Station

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How Do You Analyze Motion Using V-T Graphs?

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Gravitation Problem Homework: Calculate Magnitude & Direction

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Solving for Kinetic Energy at Top of Loop-the-Loop

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One more: three block, a table, and a pulley

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Max Acceleration of Oscillating Platform

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Projecticle Motion: Clay or Rubber Ball?

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Why Doesn't Water Spill from a Bucket Tied to a String in Circular Motion?

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Force and potential energy of a particle

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Help with Kinetic/Potential Energy problem

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What is the formula for calculating the speed of light?

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Accepting/Rejecting Measurement of 58mm Using Cahvenenet's Criterion

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Changing components back into general

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Pressure - breathing through a reed

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Torque Problem: Solving for Angular Acceleration and Velocity | Homework Help

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Average Power delivered to Engine

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Why Does Sphere's Angular Velocity Differ with Different Reference Points?

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Solving Force of Friction for Homework

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Calculating the coefficicent of friction

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Easy question, I'm sure its something simple I'm overlooking

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Electromagnetic Radiation-Really easy but I am stuck

  • samdiah
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Calculate Interference in thin films

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Do I use a system of equations for this projectile motion?

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How Do You Calculate the Acceleration and Tension in a Pulley System?

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Diffraction of Light through Single Slit

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How far is the football displaced from its original position?

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Rope Tension in Static Equilibrium

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Solving SHM: Calculate Max Speed & Acceleration

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Calculate the potential energy of a rope hanging

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What Happens to a Copper Wire Carrying 400A at 12V After One Second?

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Incidence angle in a Fraunhofer single slit problem

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Calculating the Minimum Velocity of a Pygmy Blowgun Dart

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Drag racing (a symbolic power problem)

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Electricity: series and parallel circuit

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Question on Temperature/Kinetic Theory in AP Physics B

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Calculate the average force exerted on the driver by the seat belt

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Analysis about the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics

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How Does Energy Dissipate in an LR Circuit with a 10V Battery?

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Average force exerted on the coin by the soil

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How Thick is the Mica in the Double-Slit Experiment?

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Conceptual Electric Charge Problem - No Math, but I don't quite get it

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Coefficient of the static friction homework

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Velocity, Period, and Transverse Wave

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Displacement and average velocity

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Solve Static Equilibrium Problem: Stephen & Wheelbarrow

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Rotational dynamics/Rigid objects in equilibrium

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Calculating Oscillation Periods for a Floating Cylinder

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What is the average force exerted on a baseball during a pitch?

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Calculating Specific Gravity in Water

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