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Solving Centripetal Acceleration for Banked Turns
- FortyFeet
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Calculating Final Velocity of a Yo-Yo Dropped from 0.8 m
- Menisto
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How Long Does It Take for a Projectile to Hit the Ground?
- needhelp83
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Calculate Max Force Exerted by Octopus in Salt Water 32.3m Deep
- amjber2
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What Is the Initial Velocity of a Ball Thrown Upwards from a Building?
- petal5
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What Are the Reaction Forces When a Book is Pulled Upward by a String?
- fro
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How Do Paramagnetic and Ferromagnetic Materials Differ in Magnetic Fields?
- Zinc
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Surface tension, capillary action, viscous fluid
- amjber2
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Coefficient Kenetic Friction and Kenetic Force
- BluE
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How Do Physics Principles Determine the Outcome in Log and Elevator Scenarios?
- eureka360
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Calculate Net Work Done by Fpush, Fgrav, Fnormal - 5N, 5m
- sundeepsingh
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Conceptual Moment of Inertia Question
- Menisto
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Finding Acceleration in a Rotating Tube
- Plastik
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Physics: distance, rate, time problem
- rcmango
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Power and conservation of energy
- gosabres
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Where does the image form in a biconcave lens with reflection and refraction?
- NutriGrainKiller
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Why do neutrinos from a supernova arrive with a ~1000 s time difference?
- Warr
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Solving Two Object Collision Problem
- gaimon
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Calculating Velocity of Center of Mass for Two Particles
- mikefitz
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Coefficient of friction and scale reading in accelerating elevator
- ownedbyphysics
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How Do You Calculate the Charge and Mass of Sodium and Chlorine Ions?
- glid02
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Clarifying Forces in a Two-Mass System
- wtf_albino
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Which Box Will Accelerate Faster on an Inclined Slope?
- SNaHHaN
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Nonuniform Circular Motion of a steel table
- pcmarine
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Calculating Buoyant Force on a Helium-Filled Balloon
- amjber2
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Soundwave and interferance problem.
- hysics
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Why does cutting a spring in half double its spring constant?
- DLinkage
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Truck skidding distance with doubled mass and halved speed
- AznBoi
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Velocity and acceleration of jeep P relative to jeep B
- kara
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What Are the Velocity Components of the Center of Mass?
- wolly6973
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Firework Explosion: Find the Speed of 3rd Piece
- mikefitz
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Calculating Submarine Recoil Speed from Torpedo Launch
- mikefitz
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Geometric optics problem wording unclear
- NutriGrainKiller
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Speed of package shot up frictionless ramp by spring
- Kalie
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Understanding Elevator Forces: A Problem in AP Physics B
- gladwarez
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Torque / Static Equilibrium Question
- ohlhauc1
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Calculating the Distance of a Block from a Table After a Bullet Collision
- mikefitz
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Some Newton's Law Questions: Understanding External Forces and Reactions
- AznBoi
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Do Spherical Waves from Point Sources Transform into Plane Waves?
- TheEdge
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Friction versus Gravity (Work on an Incline)
- Ronnin
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Calculating Momentum of Firing Marksman with X and Y Components
- mikefitz
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Collar sliding on circular rod with velocity-dependent friction
- indedlokcathexis
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Why Must a Particle Decay into Two or More Photons to Conserve 4-Momentum?
- thenewbosco
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How Fast Does a Dragster Accelerate?
- krazykaci
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Boat Acceleration: Calculate Force, Mass & m/s^2
- krazykaci
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Understanding Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
- AznBoi
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Pulley problem: find equilibrium
- bebeoshea
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Speed of person firing gun on ice
- mikefitz
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Why is work zero in free gas expansion if pressure causes expansion?
- shamanblues
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Calculate Acceleration of 8.5kg Mass Due to Proportional Force
- krazykaci
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Problem with Electronic Feedback?
- gunblaze
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How Does Force Change as a Diver Falls?
- merced
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Rotational kinematics - acceleration
- physgirl
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Rotational kinetic energy of a disk
- physgirl
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Why does the heat calculation use 1 kg instead of 0.250 kg?
- sapiental
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Why add capacitors and resistors to an NPN transistor circuit
- jasum
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Introduction to Statics as Part of Mechanics
- Bert
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Calculating Energy Lost Due to Friction in Incline Pulling Scenario
- BunDa4Th
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Determine the work done by the applied force
- BunDa4Th
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Frictionless pulley Forces Problem
- ubiquinone
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What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration
- ubiquinone
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Two cars approaching an intersection
- inner08
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Can both of these equations be right?
- Dorothy Weglend
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Force of friction with multiple coefficient of frictions
- ziptrickhead
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Distance Formula: No Velocity Needed
- LL88
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How Is the Acceleration of the Center of Mass Calculated with Differing Forces?
- Ridonkulus
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Understanding Moments: A Method for Solving Question 2.b.i.
- Magic Mushroom
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How can I use the speed of sound to calculate the air temperature?
- Sabres151
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Musical question regarding concert pitch/philosophical pitch
- physics_06er
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How Does Distance Affect Photocell Output?
- einstein2603
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Work-Energy Theorem rock throw Question
- hollystella
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2000 mT Setting - What Does It Mean?
- alfredbester
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Are both my textbooks wrong about banked tracks.
- Damned charming :)
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Electric field and potential for concentric charged spheres
- cyberstudent
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Finding spring constant and damping coefficient of speaker flexure
- ivan6496
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Flywheel slowing from 160 rev/min to rest in 1.2 hours
- kiwinosa87
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Can Frame S' Make Two Events Simultaneous?
- da_warped_1
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Why Do Monochromatic Light Fringes Have Better Contrast Than White Light?
- Tonauac
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Work done by gravity, friction, and normal force on a block sliding down an incline
- BunDa4Th
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What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?
- Incog
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Calculate Rotational Inertias of 4 Particles
- kiwinosa87
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Is a Two-Stage Carnot Engine More Efficient Than a Single-Stage Engine?
- sapiental
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Solving Spring-Mass System: Force of Reaction as a Function of Time
- thenewbosco
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Calculating Angular Velocity and Time in a Frustrating Problem
- kiwinosa87
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College-level centripetal force questions
- Tkennan
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Home run, roof slide, football punt, and train-car collision problems
- WinWolfz
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Maximum entropy and thermal equilibrium
- sapiental
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Non-uniform circular motion (i think)
- bigredd87
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How far will this block travel when launched on the floor?
- Mbaboy
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Calculating Acceleration on an Inclined Ramp with Kinetic Friction
- ccarlson_07
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How to Find the Force Needed to Reduce Acceleration by 50% in Atwood Setup
- parwana
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Why is a potential divider necessary in a hot wire anemometer circuit?
- Jridley3
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Normal force at the top of a ferris wheel
- Ronnin
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Expression for field due to magnetic monopole
- Amith2006
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Without prefix: What is the maximum power and force output of a trolley motor?
- vu10758
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Calculating Acceleration of a Sailboat Using Wind and Water Forces
- Touchme
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Balancing forces in three dimensions
- Birdeye
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Friction and acceleration of a 2.5 kg block pushed at -36°
- randybrent
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Maximum mass for block C to keep A and B sliding together
- PhysicsinCalifornia
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