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How Quickly Can a Rock Be Hoisted with Limited String Strength?

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Solving a Physics Problem: How Far Will the Ball Land?

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What is the tension in the coupling

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How Do You Convert Different Units of Measurement in Physics?

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Reason for Different Focus Distances in Converging Lens Lab

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Find Speed and conservation of energy.

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Pendulum mechanical energy at different amplitudes

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Prove the law of conservation of momentum with an example

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Why does the ball on the curved path reach the bottom first?

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How Does Friction Affect Rotational Motion in Physics Problems?

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How Do You Solve These Challenging Physics B Problems?

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Satellite Problems: Find Velocity of Satellite 3600km Above Earth

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Radius of Curvature of Convex Mirror: -17.39 cm

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Finding torque (vector cross product)

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Work and friction for a 70 N flight bag pulled at 52° angle

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Work done by friction and pumping water to cloud altitude

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Solve Tension in Three Blocks of Mass: m1, m2, m3

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Do two masses released from rest collide with equal velocities?

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Calculating Spring Constant with Hanging Spring and Mass

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Calculating Potential Energy Stored in Compressed Abductin

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Calculating Center of Mass for a Group on a Boat

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Calculating Work Output, Input, and Effort

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Calculating Torque of Diver on Board: 1.82 m for 56 kg

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Common Mistakes in Hologram Recording and Processing: Avoiding Poor Results

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Polarization intensity equations for light passing through filters

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Calculating EMF and Internal Resistance of a Battery in a Circuit

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Physics Torque Question: Calculating Maximum Climb Height on a Smooth Wall

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How Do You Classify Materials Based on Magnetic Susceptibility?

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Is k Ever Negative in Hooke's Law?

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Constant damping force on springsystem

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Torque Required to Stop a Rotating Grinding Wheel

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Energy Conservation of an object on an incline

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Calculating KE of Slowest Emitted Photoelectron

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How Is the Direction of Gyroscope Precession Determined?

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Why Is Nuclear Binding Energy Proportional to the Mass Defect?

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Establish wheatstone bridge priciple by using kircchof's law

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What angle gives a range equal to twice the maximum height?

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Where can I find the specific volume of steam at 179.91 deg Celsius?

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Measuring the Distance to an Exploded Star

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Drawing a free body diagram on the mass

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Strain and Young's modulus problems with copper wire and suspended rod

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Solve Snowball Question: Physics for Scientists and Engineers

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Problem understanding divergence test

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Centripetal Acceleration amusement park ride Question

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Calculating Moment of Inertia of a Sphere

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Finding the Frictional Force between Two Blocks

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Rotational Motion around a Fixed Axis

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Finding normal force, net force, and acceleration with applied force and friction

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Conservation of Angular Momentum of a Disk

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Position vector of moon orbiting Earth which orbits sun

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Water gun fired from child sliding down 45° incline

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Calculating Tire Revolutions for 101000 km Distance

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Solving for Speed in Elevator Motor Operation

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Calculating Total Energy and Vertical Height of Rolling Sphere on Incline

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Simple Spring Constant Lab not adding up

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Problems involving Newton's law

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Why doesn't a magnetic field do work on a deflected electron beam?

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How to Balance a See-Saw with Different Weights?

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How to Calculate the Mass for Static Equilibrium of a Suspended Leg?

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Figure skater spinning (rate of rotation)

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How Do You Calculate the Linear Speed of a Rolling Disc?

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Solving a Motion Problem in 2 Dimensions

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Concave mirrors - where is the object

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Why Speed Limit for Vehicle Skidding Independent of Mass

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Finding rope extension with skier acceleration and water resistance

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Bicycle Wheel Friction: Average Torque Calculation

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Calculating Liters of Water Raised From Well

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What is the Formula for Calculating Force in a Hydraulic System?

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Rotational equilibrium and tension question

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Isotropic loudspeaker - calc based

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How Can I Maximize Marks on My Physics Assessment?

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How Does Shear Modulus Affect the Distance Traveled by a Rubber Sole?

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Bullet Drop vs. Bullet Shot: Which Reaches the Ground First?

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Impossible Question in CIE Physics Exam: Is It Really Unsolvable?

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Pressure Problem (math error I think)

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Why Can't SHM Explain a Ball Falling Through Earth's Radius?

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Calculating Change in Volume at 8.80 km Deep

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Question: Investigating Energy and Forces in a Vertical Circular Motion

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Calculating forces in an object that is leaning

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Work Done by F on a Ball: Path or Displacement?

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What is the force on a wire in a magnetic field?

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Water oscillating in a u-tube manometer with 0.1m initial displacement

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What is the problem with banking?

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Why Does Polythene Show Different Permittivity Values in Experiments?

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What is the relationship between centripetal acceleration and g-forces?

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Friction Force on Inclined Surface: How It Depends on Angle

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Collision Problem and Newton's 2nd Law

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Spring gun problem without a spring constant.

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Equivalent resistance across AB in an infinite resistor network

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What is the theoretical minimum force

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