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What Is the Acceleration of a Soccer Ball on an Incline?

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Troubling frictional force problems

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Solving Maximum Acceleration for 4WD Car on Dry Road

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1d Kinematics, missing something.

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Uniform Circ. Motion, Only Accel Given.

  • intelligentDesign
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Understanding Tension: External Force vs. Reaction Force on a Spring

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Azimuthal, magnetic and spin quantum numbers for n=3

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How far does his center of mass move up

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Forces and Work Done by Weight on a Ramp

  • Soaring Crane
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Is Acceleration Measured the Same in Meters as in Feet?

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Heating water with a kettle and calculating latent heat of vaporisation

  • CathyLou
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Should a Velocity vs. Height Graph for a Parachute Be Linear?

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Constant acceleration and free fall

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How Does Friction Impact Work Rate on an Inclined Plane?

  • Soaring Crane
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Photoelectric effect white light

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Projectile motion and pirate ship

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Calculating the Angle of a Projectile Fired for 3x Range Horizontally

  • jesuslovesu
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Elastic Potential Energy and the Spring Constant

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Work done by expanding gas in a gun on a bullet

  • TrippingBilly
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Weights on string in free fall with equal time intervals

  • Aleksandar
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Work done on a force using dot product

  • TrippingBilly
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The third law of Newton is always fulfilled?

  • chuy
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Calculating Work Done by Gravity and Air Resistance on a Falling Raindrop

  • shakejuhn
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What Forces Affect a Cyclist Coasting and Climbing a Slope?

  • Min_Shin
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Having some Serious Trouble with Problem

  • z3r0c001
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Electric Potential/Equilateral Triangle

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Block rotating on vertical rod at 36.9 degrees above horizontal

  • John O' Meara
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Work done lifting a 12 kg ladder from horizontal to vertical

  • Min_Shin
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Electric Potential/Capacitor Misconceptions

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Calculate Rise Time for Sinusoidal Signal at f_0

  • VinnyCee
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The Physics of Boxes with No Friction: 10N Push Test

  • caljuice
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What uncertainties should I assume when I only know the measured value

  • leright
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Specific latent heat of vaporisation from heating and boiling water

  • CathyLou
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Why Is My Calculation of Centripetal Acceleration Incorrect?

  • mmiller39
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Solving Raindrop Paths on Ellipsoid with 4x^2+y^2+4z^2=16

  • Haftred
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Calculating Distance Downstream with Relative Velocity

  • LastBloomingFlower
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Understanding Forces in Static and Dynamic Systems

  • PascalPanther
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Maximum mass of block C for A and B to slide together

  • superdave
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Question on motion in two dimensions:

  • integra2k20
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Rocket with constant acceleration: height 80m after 2.6s

  • XPX1
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Helicopter Forces: What Force Keeps Helicopter Aloft?

  • mathewings
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What was the initial velocity of the ball?

  • statefanchris
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Finding acceleration and tension with two masses and a pulley

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Newton's 2nd law involving pulley

  • ysk1
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Doppler effect star and earth question

  • valueduser
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Projectile with air resistance: finding average drag force

  • cheechnchong
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What Should Be Included in a Statics Lab Report Introduction?

  • Elson
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Calculating Angle Theta in a Two-Puck Elastic Collision

  • NotMrX
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How Long Will It Take for the Rescue Ship to Reach You?

  • bukky
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Calculating Force Exerted on a Baseball by a Pitcher

  • physics1234
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Eigenvalue for DC motor convergence rate

  • pcming
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Kinetic Energy of Automobile: 2100J at 5X Speed

  • Sparda
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Solve for Coconut Drop Height: Kinematics Help on a Sunny Beach Day

  • bukky
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How to Calculate Impulse with Mass and Velocity Change?

  • mikefitz
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Metal Strip Magnetic Field question

  • tigert2004
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Minimum acceleration for jumbo jet takeoff on 1.80km runway

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Centrifugal (Ficticious) Force problem

  • mst3kjunkie
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How Long Does It Take for a Skier to Stop on a Bunny Hill?

  • quickslant
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Sliding Block Problem (We must solve together)

  • Fusilli_Jerry89
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Impedance, vibration resonance, and pitch problems

  • Dunkaroos
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Tension Forces and rubber bands

  • NIZBIT
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Determine the tension in the two strings

  • BunDa4Th
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Simple but tricky problem, horizontal motion

  • phynoob
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Impedance and Frequency- directly or indirectly related?

  • Dunkaroos
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Finding Velocity and Direction in a Crosswind: Aircraft Navigation Problem

  • LastBloomingFlower
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Angle with respect to x or y axis.

  • ysk1
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What point in the sky should you aim a laser at to hit the Sun?

  • mprm86
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Finding velocity in non-uniform circular motion

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Differential mechanics equation

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Modified Atwood problem with five tensions and applied force

  • go2cnavy
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Graphing distance-time graphs for constant velocity motion

  • mastershake
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Vector question: dot product in cylindrical coordinates

  • JolileChat
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Tension on a man pulled by horses vs. anchored to a tree

  • Stevedye56
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Police car catching a speeder with constant acceleration

  • everlasting_truth
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What forces are missing from the free-body diagram for m1?

  • Dorothy Weglend
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What Are the Trajectories of Bugs Chasing Each Other on a Square?

  • littleHilbert
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Elevator Acceleration Calculation

  • youxcrushxme
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When to Add/Subtract Kinetic & Potential Energy?

  • rkslperez04
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Kinematics problem (one dimension)

  • Omri
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Inertia and density distribution

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Calculate the joggers average velocity

  • needhelprightnow
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Maximum force up a 45° ramp to keep a 22 kg box at rest

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Solve Dynamics Problem to Find Coefficient of Friction

  • Stevedye56
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Calculating Friction Force for Sliding Book

  • Fusilli_Jerry89
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Solve Monkey Dropping Coconut Problem on a Sunny Day

  • bukky
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How do you isolate the t-variable in the acceleration formula

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