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Position of block sliding down incline with and without friction

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Quick physics (motion) question:

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Convex mirror with convergent beam: image position and magnification

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of All the Water on Earth?

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Duck displacement problem and kinematics homework check

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Atmospheric pressure and density.

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Solving Planck's Uncertainty Problem for Baseball Motion

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Why does the Michelson-Morley experiment predict T1/T2 > 1?

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Electric field strength in a square.

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Work and horsepower to pull a 65 kg skier up a 30° slope

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How Do Electric Charge and Electric Potential Energy Differ?

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Electricity and Magnetism in a veloctiy selector

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Electric Field Distribution in a Charged Hollow Metal Sphere

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Calculating Temperature Change for Steel Rod Stretching

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Zobel network in parallel with a speaker

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Finding stream diameter 13 cm below a faucet using continuity equation

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How Do You Calculate the Time a Ball Stays Above a Certain Height?

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Finding weight in Newtons and scale reading in accelerating elevator

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Which angle are they asking for?

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Number of images formed by 3 mutually perpendicular plane mirrors

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Solving a Trolley Acceleration Dilemma: Power vs. Time

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Rotational Motion and acceleration Question

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Finding coefficient of friction from grindstone torque and normal force

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Force in a dynamics of rotation problem?

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Nature of image formed by a plane mirror

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What is the gravitational field of a flat disc?

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Calculation involving Parallel Plate Capacitor

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Electric force between K+ and Cl- ions 9E-10m apart

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Drawing diffraction angles for red and blue light with a grating

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Calculating Velocity of Propelled Object Using Bernoulli's Equation

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Energy differences when climbing a flight of stairs

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O Physics:How does jumping work?

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Determining Currents and Potential Difference in a Circuit

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Moment of inertia of a rod about an axis

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How Does Wind Affect the Velocity of an Aircraft?

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Moment of inertia for three perpendicular rods

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How Fast Must a Puma Jump to Reach 11.5 Feet?

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Final displacement after traveling 4.5 km SE, 3 km E, 6 km N, and 30° NW

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Terminal Voltage Battery 12V - 1.90A 6W Resistor

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Energy to ionize all hydrogen in the Sun

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How does friction affect the distance of a sliding object?

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Escaping Imprisonment on Earth or the Moon?

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How Do You Choose the Correct Kinematics Equation for a Problem?

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Essay of fluid dynamics for IB diploma

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Identical Springs: Stretching 0.160m with 50 Coils

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Finding Tension in a Piano Wire Wrapped Around a Tuning Peg

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Why does intensity decrease with successive mirror reflections?

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Image formed by a convex mirror

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Why Does a Unified Atomic Mass Unit Differ from Calculated Values?

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RC Time Constant and Average Slope

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What is the average velocity equation?

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Final temperature of gold bar dropped into water

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Three 9 kΩ resistors in series with 1625 mV battery

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How Does the Bohr Model Explain Ionization Energy in Hydrogen Atoms?

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How Do Momentum and Impulse Impact Your Golf Swing?

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Finding the Torque in a 3000 lb Car Acceleration

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Direction and magnitude of induced electric field in Faraday's law

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Frequency of vibration of air column

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Minimizing tunnel construction cost with two companies using calculus

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Finding Displacement through integration

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Experiment utilizing Fourier Analysis

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Deriving Velocity Expression for Angular Impulse in Polar Coordinates

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How Do I Double Integrate Discrete Acceleration Data to Find Displacement?

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Reading on Newton's law of universal gravitation

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How Is Lambda Max Derived from Planck's Law?

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Do All Engines Have the Same Efficiency as Carnot Engines?

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What is the voltage across the capacitor plates

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LAB - capacitor discharge and time constant

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How Do Forces Distribute in a Block and Tackle System?

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How Do Forces Affect the Center of Mass Displacement in a Two-Object System?

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Electric work and potential difference

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Lower Specific Heat Capacity: Why Does It Transfer Heat Faster?

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How Do You Calculate the Magnitude of a Daughter Nucleus's Momentum?

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Is weight 900 N or 882.9 N for a 90 kg person on Earth?

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Snells Law and the Refraction of Light

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Finding friction coefficient to stop the big box on a slope

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Electromagnetics - Two long wires carry equal, but opposite currents

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How Do You Calculate the Frequency of Microwaves Using Standing Waves?

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How Do You Calculate the Angle for Skiing Down an Incline?

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Do Sinusoidal Equations Represent Different Wave Types?

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Power radiated by a speaker with 20 cm circular opening

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Isentropic steam expansion to 550 kPa from 2000 kPa and 250°C

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Calculating Planck Constant and Work Function in Photoelectric Experiment

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Calculate the heat during the canon ball rise

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How do you calculate electrical energy?

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Do linear and angular momentums overlap?

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Calculate Current in B-Field Loop @t=8s

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Equipotential surface

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Increase in frequency of tuning forks

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