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Capacitors: find he charge for the new battery

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Why total time taken s₁/v₁ + s₂/v₂ + s₃/v₃ in average speed?

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Simulating scintillation (twinkling)

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Landau Vol.1 Mechanics(3rd ed.) Ch.II §7. Momentum Problem

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Simple Pendulum undergoing harmonic oscillation

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Is the following decay process possible?

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If A = i + j + k and B = -I + -j + -k, what will be an angle....

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Gauss' law: find the electric field

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Buoyancy of Balls A and B in a Swimming Pool

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Reflection Coefficent in Ultrasound scan

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Hysteresis loop magnetization of Gadolinium

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Find the maximum safe depth of a submarine

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Why is the normal reaction force zero in the absence of any external force?

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Capacitors: find the dielectric constant

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Using conservation of energy vs. Newton's laws in a pulley problem

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Common velocity after truck starts pulling a car

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Using differentiation to find a general expression

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Physic (kinematics) — Displacement of an accelerating car

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Find the weight of a box sliding on a floor....

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How do I calculate the potential created by a dipole

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Finding b in Van der Waals Equation?

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How Do You Calculate the Magnetic Field Near a Current-Carrying Ribbon?

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Calculation of Change in Magnetic Flux Linkage Across a Wire

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What is the Angle Between Perpendicular Vectors?

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Momentum Kleppner Classical Mechanics Freight Car and Hopper

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Find the displacement from equilibrium after some time

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Flow of Water in a plastic bottle

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How Does Light Intensity and Frequency Affect Photoelectron Emission?

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How to find the net acceleration?

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Assumptions made when deriving the speed of light

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Combined magnitudes of two solar-type stars

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Mass suspended by bars in two configurations

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Amplitude problem — Car shock absorbers going over a bump

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A Physics 11 Elevator Work/Power Problem

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A Physics 11 Efficiency/Useful Energy Question

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Accelerating a car including the moment of inertia of the wheels

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Solving Equal Force Chain System Dynamics

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Need Help with General Plane Motion Equation?

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FBD of an aerogenerator (Windmill)

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Which Frequency is NOT Possible for a Vibrating String?

  • Aiyan
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Circuit problem involving sources and resistors

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Compare the wavelengths of a photon and an electron

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Distance the hoop travels up the incline

  • vbrasic
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Find the rate that the distance between two projectiles is changing

  • isukatphysics69
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Fringe Separation with a sheet of Glass

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Untangling a Confusing Circuit: Solving Kirchoff's DC Laws

  • Santilopez10
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Thermodynamics, find the work done from the graph

  • Alice7979
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Oscillations of Spring with Viscous Medium

  • robax25
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Photoelectric effect, calculating work function

  • Pochen Liu
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In moving out of a dormitory at the end of the semester, a s

  • Alice7979
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A runner weighs 687 N and 71% of this weight is water. (a) H

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Problem involving specific heat and graph

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Quantum Dot Problem (Griffiths 7.20)

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Ball hitting a wall with relativistic effects

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What is the distance between the Sun and the Earth?

  • Indranil
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Motion of rolling metallic shell filled with water

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Angular momentum about ICOR of a rod

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Why relativistic momentum equals the following?

  • Foruer
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An electric current in a wire occurs when....

  • TechAndrew
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Application of angular impulse to a problem

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Can C14 Atoms Be Detected Using NMR Despite 0% Natural Abundance?

  • HastiM
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Insect-ring system, conservation of angular momentum

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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How is net torque zero about hinge of rod in ball rod system

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What's the speed of the ball 1 second after it was kicked?

  • Melina
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What will be the acceleration of a 10kg block w.r.t. the ground frame?

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Was there a mistake in our final exam question about resistance?

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Condition for Instantaneous Acceleration = Average Acceleration

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Steps for converting one type of graph to the other?

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Angular momentum of a purely rolling body

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Relation between linear and angular momentum

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Angular momentum of a rod about hinge

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Real life problem about angular momentum conservation

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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How Does Lead Attenuate 0.5 MeV Photons Over 1.3 cm?

  • tastytau
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How to Determine the Distance d for Counterclockwise Motion of a Cylinder?

  • Tigers01
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Thermodynamics problem -- Find the mass of water that vaporizes

  • Alice7979
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How much heat in joules must be added to 0.841 kg of aluminu

  • Alice7979
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Power required to rotate a load of specific weight

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Estimate for the change in range for a proton

  • tastytau
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Height to which rolling ball rises on a surface

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Problem with solving for force constant k of spring?

  • David Day
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Iron Ring Expansion: Solve for Δθ to Find Temp Increase

  • baldbrain
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Rolling on a plank which is resting on friction less surface

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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What is the angle of incidence?

  • SmugBug
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Combined resistance in this circuit

  • Eitan Levy
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Find the velocity of a rolling disk at time t

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Are T and T2 the Same in Physics Equilibrium Problems?

  • prakhargupta3301
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Is the Tension in the String Correct?

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A thin steel plate is in the shape of a half circle

  • Melina
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Is today's exam question unsolvable? - Proton Motion in a Magnetic Field

  • APUGYael
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Charge on a rod of infinite length

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How Is Current Calculated in a Mass Spectrometer?

  • SHOORY
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Moment of inertia of a leftover square

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Can dx/dy always be used for integration and derivation on a circle?

  • SHOORY
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How many air molecules are there inside the tire?

  • SmugBug
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Are measured values and readings the same thing?

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