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Calculating Tension in a Flywheel Drive Belt

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Help with power and force problems

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Mechanical Energy: A Q&A on I, II, III, IV

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Momentum Change & Collision Questions: Answered

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Solving Unknown Resistance in Series Circuit

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Pressure of stacked bricks question

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Maximizing Potential Energy in a Falling Mass-Spring System

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Calculate Power to Stop 32.0kg Wheel in 15s

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Why Bellyflops Hurt: Impact on a Water Surface

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Why Is Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions So Confusing?

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Air Resistance and Terminal Velocity

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Speed vs Velocity: Is There a Difference?

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Elastic Collision of two wood blocks

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Solve Tarzan's Force on Vine: 820N, 20.0m, 22.0°, 760N

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What is the normal force on an object being pushed into another object?

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How Do You Calculate Motion Diagram Parameters for Constant Velocity?

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How to control an angle of a catapult

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Golf ball problem (velocity, max height, hang time)

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Calculating Time to Catch Up Using Acceleration and Velocity Graphs

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Energy conservation problem with no starting approach

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Solving for v_1, v_2, and v_3 with Nodal Analysis

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Finding diameter of a wire based on the current and current density.

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Using energy conservation to find speed

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How Does Particle Decay Affect Momentum and Energy in Special Relativity?

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How can I build an electromagnetic motor for my grade 11 Physics class?

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Newton's Law/Mechanics Problems - Answers Found, Looking for Confirmation

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Linear Momentum Question: Force Exerted in Two-Body Interactions

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Did I Understand the 18-karat Gold Problem Wrong?

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Solve Vector Problem: Hurricane Path & Distance from Grand Bahama

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Max Height of m1 After Elastic Collision on Frictionless Track

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How Do I Find the Location of City C Relative to the Starting Point?

  • Kildars
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Help with qualitatively graphing velocity from a postion time graph

  • N. Thomas
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Calculating Kinetic Energy for a Swinging Wrecking Ball

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Find Velocity Components of Exploding Ball

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With what speed does the projectile leave the barrel

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Conservation of Momentum in Two Dimensions involving a barge collision

  • physics newb
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Help With A Concept on Work: Should be Easy

  • cheechnchong
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Struggling with Projectile Motion Problems?

  • shellz178
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The angle between two horizontal forces?

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Physics Help: Raindrop Mass & Styrofoam Acceleration Problems

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Calculate Marble Velocity at Angle Theta in a Smooth Pipe

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Calculating Spring Stretch in Series: 2.8 N/cm and 6 N/cm

  • muna580
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Strings and Pulleys - Find the energy

  • parwana
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Finding velocities after elastic collision without knowing mass

  • mikefitz
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Calculating Charge on a Sphere Given Radius & Potential

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A chain sliding down an incline

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Time at a certain reference line

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A freight train has a mass of 4.5*10^7 kg

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What is the minimum initial speed needed to pass the puck to a teammate?

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Angular acceleration spin-dry cycle

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How Much Work is Required to Stop a Rotating Wheel in 15.0s?

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What is the Moment of Inertia of a Cylinder with a Mass Hanging from a Cord?

  • John O' Meara
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How Much Work and Power Are Needed in These Friction and Incline Problems?

  • needhelp83
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Why is initial velocity confusing during free fall?

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Why Do Roller Coasters Have Oval Loops?

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Newton's Laws Question I don't understand this

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Coefficient of kinetic friction and pulling force

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What Angle Causes a Skier to Go Airborne on a Circular Slope?

  • Mbaboy
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Are My Buoyant Force Calculations Correct?

  • chuy
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Question regarding paper 5 ocr physics Click this

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How Do I Solve for i2 Using KVL and KCL in Circuit Analysis?

  • VinnyCee
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A few problems on MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION

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How Do You Calculate the Launch Speed of a Ball in a Pinball Machine?

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Tension in the coupling between the locomotive and the first car

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Gravitational Interaction Between Two Orbits

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Colliding Spheres Homework Problem - Find Answer in m/s

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Help Need help with an Atwood machine problem.

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Man Lifts 15kg Bucket from Well: Calculating Depth

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An 1520 kg car is moving to the right at a constant velocity of 2.94 m/s.

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Find the friction force impeding its motion.

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Solving Friction Problems: Calculating Work

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Solving a Vector Problem using the Cosine Rule

  • junior_J
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What is the impulse delivered by a bat to a baseball after contact?

  • map7s
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Work? maybe just kinematic ( I don't even know what it is)

  • Kalie
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I to solve a problem with bunjee jumping

  • trunks21
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How Do You Calculate Forces in Centripetal Motion Problems?

  • Stephanie
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Vectors Graphically ( Picture Included )

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Which Electromagnetic Wave Has the Lowest Frequency?

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Potential Difference between two points in battery

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Uniform motion earth's orbit question.

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What Factors Determine the Speed of the Second Block in This Physics Problem?

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Force on a Rolling Sphere: 2.4x10^-3 N

  • John O' Meara
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How Does Earth's Rotation Affect the Deflection Angle of a Plumb Bob?

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How Do You Calculate Angular Speed from Revolutions Per Second?

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Understanding the Force Constants of Springs in Combination

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Kinetic/Potential energy and thrown rocks

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How do you guys deal with problems having only 2 variable? Good fomula sheet?

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Projectile motion of ball at wall problem

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Terminal speed and forces question

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Solving Centripetal Acceleration for Banked Turns

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Calculating Final Velocity of a Yo-Yo Dropped from 0.8 m

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How Long Does It Take for a Projectile to Hit the Ground?

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