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Analyzing a circuit with 1 point earthed

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Find the equivalent capacitance of the circuit

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E-field generated by constant current in a circular loop

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Behaviour of an accelerating beam of electron.

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Equivalent Capacitance of Five Plates with Uniform Area and Spacing

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Metal Stick that falls by gravity inside a magnetic field

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Capacitor+work energy theorem problem

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After how many time constants is capacitor energy 1/4?

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Calculating Mean Free Path Ratios in a Divided Ideal Gas System

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Capacitance of a Parallel Plate Capacitor

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Capacitance of spherical capacitor

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I am building a power-bank for a project, out of capacitors

  • themotionsickphoton
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How Do You Identify Spectral Lines and Calculate Fine Structure Constants?

  • John Greger
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Solving Gauss's Law Problem: Two +q Charges Separated by d

  • Avinash Verma
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Total Angular Momentum of an odd-parity shell-model state

  • says
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Is the Energy Density Formula Applicable to All Capacitors?

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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What are the steps to solve a polytropic process problem?

  • Joon
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Power generated by the steam turbine

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Potential difference in uniform electric field

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What is the Principle of a Capacitor?

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Velocity of a hollow cylinder at the bottom of an incline

  • Barnt
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Calculate velocity of the fastest neutron inside a 96Mo nucl

  • says
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Does the electric field within a conductor depend on its location?

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Simple coefficient of performance question

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River-boat problem (Relative velocity)

  • baldbrain
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Electric field and potential at vertex of cube

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Solving Fluid Dynamics in Syringe: Magnitude & Pressure

  • flutrpooch
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Find Angular Velocity for Moving Particle Parallel to x-Axis

  • Vatsal Goyal
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Calculating Minimum Speed for a Successful River Jump

  • DannyDon
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Rayleigh's Criterion + Moon (What am I doing wrong?)

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What Is the Correct Method to Estimate Ionization Energy in He-like Carbon?

  • John Greger
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Can someone help me to calculate the velocity at Stack Tip?

  • Suradanai
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Simple reversed heat engine problem

  • Joon
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Kleppner Mechanics: Disk and coil spring

  • MARX
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Solving Entropy of Mixing Problem in Physics

  • Loro
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Infinite chain of alternating charges (+/-)

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Why don't voltages add up numerically in an LCR AC circuit?

  • Pochen Liu
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What Was the Initial Speed of the Proton in a Collision?

  • kristjan
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Electric field between conducting and non-conducting sheets

  • Mirza Danish Baig
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Circular orbit change after gaining mass ejected from sun

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Electromagnetic Waves — Given E, find B....

  • astrolady022
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Tangential Acceleration/Tension

  • srekai
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Catapult Shooting Distance: 76.79m

  • robax25
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Centripetal Acceleration of Satellite

  • Physics53
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How Does a Spring Impact the Angular Frequency of a Pendulum?

  • Ujjwal Basumatary
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Proton vs electron, find the magnetic field for the electron

  • Alice7979
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Charge Flow in Earthed Conducting Shell with Non-Symmetric Configuration

  • Brilli
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Determine fine-structure constant

  • Philip Land
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-- Calculate force at CG & away from CG

  • aschopade29
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Time required store half the maximum energy in an inductor

  • prodo123
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Magnetic field in 3 dimensions

  • Alice7979
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What is the range and time period of this particle?

  • says
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Divergence of B, circular current loop

  • pobro44
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Which powers works on bead on a string?

  • Hadar
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What is the difference between the centre of pressure and the centroid?

  • Kiran Bose
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Bullet Momentum Force: 3.15x104 N

  • Pao44445
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Understanding Uncertainties: Explaining Common Questions and Misconceptions

  • TheFallen018
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When Friction the block m2 start to move?

  • navneet9431
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How do I do this trigonometry vector calculation?

  • Jan Berkhout
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Why Does the Bucket on Keel 3 Tip to the Left?

  • torukojin
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Number of waves from an oscillating source in one period

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Wave function - displacement - transverse wave

  • Jozefina Gramatikova
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Rod w/ Pivot and Attached Mass Pendulum

  • srekai
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Determining the Speed of a Rotating Disk with a Constant Force

  • Kenneth Dirk
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How Many Food Calories with Efficiency %

  • Edemardil
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A few questions regarding Neutral Objects

  • CGandC
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Rotational Mechanics question with spring

  • Ujjwal Basumatary
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Centre of mass of a hollow pyramid

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Relativistic Distance/Time Problem

  • chef99
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Solving System of Equations (including Trig)

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Find the velocity of the rain drops with respect to the man?

  • Indranil
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A question about liquid pressere

  • torukojin
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Energy dissipated by resistor problem

  • CynicalBiochemist
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Force on a part of a spherical shell on the other

  • Brilli
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Understanding Rigid Body Rotation: Solving Problem 4A and B from a Physics Exam

  • Kenneth Dirk
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I''What is the optimal resistance for maximizing battery terminal voltage?

  • Alice7979
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Understanding Simple Harmonic Motion: Explaining x=Acos(wt+phi)

  • Jozefina Gramatikova
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Understanding an Elementary Torque Concept

  • GaussianCurve
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AC circuit, voltage and frequency problem

  • Alice7979
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Hi, help me to check my answers, dynamics, energy and work

  • Eduardo Leon
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Electric Field and Potential Difference in a Coaxial Cable

  • 12x4
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Which Force is Represented by the Gradient of the Ball-Wall Collision Graph?

  • PhysicsIsKillingMe
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Should point at which E field = 0 coincide with V = 0?

  • David Day
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Conservation principles and particle-particle reactions

  • Jimmy Ridley
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Why 't = 0' here in this equation in the case below?

  • Indranil
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Double slits and convex lens interference

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Oscillating rod attached to spring

  • mbigras
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Force exertion by liquid in a jar

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Help with a few homework questions on force:

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Dependence of extention on length

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Mass needed to balance the magnetic force on upper rod

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Magnetization of the core of a long solenoid

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You're welcome, Rémi! Good luck with your exercise.

  • Remi David
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Muon production and decay from relativistic annihilation

  • caitphys
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How much energy do I consist of?

  • cliffhanley203
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Find the length of a roll of GI steel sheet given its weight

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Applying W=F*s for variable force

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Constraint equations in mechanics

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