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Beaker with water on a weighing scale

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Question regarding Elastic Potential Energy

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Acceleration change in freefall

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Struggling to Understand Relativistic Phenomena

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Magnetism and Current Carrying wires (?)

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Which drop of water has more force to hit ground?

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Why Do Initial and Final Conditions Swap Places in Scientific Fractions?

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Directions of velocity and acceleration

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Which Way Will the Ball Swing When You Brake?

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Mechanics 3 Elastic Springs and Strings Problems

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Boiling water - oscillation; when oxygen needs more room

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Radial and Tangential Acceleration of a train

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Electric Field Direction at Point z=a for Two Perpendicular Lines of Charge

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Why different objects behave differently with light?

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Coaxial pair of infinitely long charged solid conductors

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Direction of heat? Hot to cold Please explain.

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Question about Dynamics- force, acceleration

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How Do You Determine Instantaneous Velocity from a Tangent Line?

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What Causes Different Acceleration Calculations in Sled Dynamics?

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Question about transverse standing wave including violin string

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Capacitors connected in series.

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Calculating Speed of Charged Particles in Electric Field: An Example"

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Troubleshooting a Wrong Answer with Coulomb's Law

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Do Standing and Traveling Waves Share the Same Period?

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What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force between two point charges?

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Is the Echo Frequency Increased When a Dolphin Approaches Fish?

  • physicsgal
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White Holes & the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

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Analyzing Motion of Ball in Strobe Diagram

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What Happens to Capacitance When Voltage Doubles?

  • Bradracer18
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What is the acceleration of objects falling on the moon in a vacuum?

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Angular Dispersion of Visible Light @ 45deg Incidence

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Thermal equilibrium with water and ice

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Radioisotopes with the greatest activity?

  • danago
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What is the Coefficient of Static Friction for a Car on a Circular Track?

  • vijay123
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Who does the work in lifting magnetic material with natural magnets?

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What are the methods for solving impulse and momentum problems?

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Understanding Tension, Weight, and Forces: A Scientific Inquiry

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Basic Physics Problem: Solving Work with Forces on an Inclined Plane

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Why Does Friction Allow Different Car Accelerations on Ice and Road?

  • MalayInd
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Sound Intensity and Sound Waves

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What Are the Key Concepts of Electric Charge and Potential?

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Electric field and change in Voltage question

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Ferris Wheel Physics Problem: Average Speed & Key Launch Angle

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Gauss's Law and Flux: True or False?

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Relevant sites of roational motion

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Binding Energy & Nuclear Reactions

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How Many Photons Are Emitted Based on Intensity and Photon Energy?

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Understanding Electric Force: Calculating Change in Potential Energy

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What is the relationship between work and potential energy?

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My gravitons move out at the speed of light

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What is the mass of the lead block suspended from the wooden block?

  • MD2000
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Centre of gravity,centre of charge

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How does gravity grow through acceleration.

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Mysterious Phenomenon: Throwing Paper out a Train Window

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What Color Does Pure Water Actually Emit?

  • Kolahal Bhattacharya
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What Voltage is Needed for Two Toasters in Series?

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Finding Electric Field and Speed of Electron in a Parallel-Plate Capacitor

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Exploring Neutrality in Atoms and Hydrogen Mass

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What Angle Should a Quarterback Throw to Hit a Stationary Receiver?

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How much of our body is vacuum and other questions

  • Lisa!
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Really simple Question Just want to see if I'm applying correctly

  • binahkitty
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Relationship between volts and charge

  • Jacques
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How can I find the optimal launch angle for maximum distance?

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Calculating Minimum Distance Between Two Power Lines (50 kV)

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Parallel orientation lower in energy than antiparallel orientation

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Refractive index & dielectric constant

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Calculating Water in a Tank Over Time

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Graphing a Hyperbolic Trigonometric Function: Radian vs. Degree Mode

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Luminous intensity in different directions

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Fired Bullet Formula: Calculate Fallout Height

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Electromagnetic apply to aerospace.

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What Happens to the Voltage When Capacitors Are Connected Together?

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Calculating Luminous Flux: Solving for Total Light Output in a Room

  • Amith2006
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Torque Req. for Fixed Rot. Acc.

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Newton's second and third law questions Where am I wrong?

  • benji
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How Do Helicopters Fly Using Bernoulli's Principle?

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Is the Image Formed by a Concave Lens Real or Virtual?

  • Amith2006
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Radioisotope Activity & Biological Half Life

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Find Distance of Electric Charge 3 from q1: 13.9 cm

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How Do You Calculate Rocket Momentum Changes in Physics Problems?

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How Does Projectile Motion Determine Maximum Height and Time to Peak?

  • Musicman
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Calculating Pressure Difference for Indoor Plumbing

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Solving a Rookie QB's Trajectory Problem

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AP Physics C Projectile Question

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Calculating Acceleration and Distance: Entering the Freeway

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Motorcycle Acceleration: Find Position, Velocity & Max Velocity

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Solving AC Generator Problem: Find Voltage Output

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Does a telescope magnify distant objects?

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Determining Velocity of a Police Car Using the Doppler Effect

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Image confusion(electrostatics)

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Gravitation and Circular motion.

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