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Calculating Earth's Absorbed Solar Power Using Stefan's Law

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Why is the vis-viva equation for elliptical orbits E_k+U not E_k+U_eff?

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Wes's Big Exam Thread - 3 Hours of Physics Fun

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Just translating the question.

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A rather challeging circuit problem

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What Is the Maximum Velocity of an Object in Harmonic Motion?

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How Do You Calculate Velocity at Equilibrium in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Dynamical Magnetism Faradays Law

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Two Doppler Shifts: 800Hz to 126Hz

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How Does Damping Force Relate to Velocity in a Pendulum?

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Magnetic Field Force: What Affects It?

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My first post, my first question

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Is there an electric or magnetic field acting on this electron

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Solving a Physics Problem on the "Zipper" Ride

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How to Find Work Done by an Ideal Gas with Given Conditions?

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Why do we feel heavier or lighter at differenthis parts of the lift?

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How Does Newton's Shell Theorem Affect Gravitational Force on Earth?

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Angular momentum and starship enterprise

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Calculating Buoyant Force of Ice to Find Mass - No Hints

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Question regarding pressure equ.

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Circular motion-centripetal acceleration

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Does light from a point source spread out?

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Wave length of a transverse wave

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How to Fill a 7.2m Pool in 2 Hours

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Thermodynamics problem - filling a bottle from reservoir

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Finding RMS velocity of an oxygen molecule from average kinetic energy

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Solving for capacitance in the equation V=Vo exp(-t/RC)

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E field transformation for rocket moving at 1.0×10⁶ m/s

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Charging a parallel plate capacitor

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Superimposed Simple Harmonic Motions: Resultant Time Period Analysis

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How to determine forward and reverse bias in diode circuits

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Solving Mechanics Problem: Ball, String, Fly, Velocity

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Understanding Damping Coefficients in Vibrational Systems

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Finding frequency equation for a tube using diameter

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How Does Friction Affect the Final Speed of a Crate?

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A Lesson on Lorentz Contraction

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Solving Sound Intensities - Hearing Threshold in W/m^2

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Expand the quadratic term for resistance equation

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How does a speaker create louder sound?

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A few questions - I want to make sure I did it right

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Confirming Convection: Heat Escape Through Unlidded Containers

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How do automatic doors work with photodiodes and lasers?

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Thin film thickness from reflected yellow light in ethyl alcohol

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Calculating Distance from Sound and Light Speeds

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Charged Particle in Magnetic Field

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Calculate Density of Oil and Water

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Blowing across a coke bottle (sound physics)

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Solving a Focal Length Puzzle: Find the Image Location and Size

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SL Atmospheric Pressure Calculation

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How do you find the angle of polarization? What is the formula?

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What are the steps for solving Maxwell's laws assignment?

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20.0-mH inductor potential energy problem

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Terminal velocity in finite time

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AC Theory Question: Transformers

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Efficiency Calculations for Mechanical Systems

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What is the Relationship Between Radius and Length of Coiled Tape?

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Conservation (energy and momentum) problem

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Listing all forces on someone swimming in a pool

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Simple Pendulum lab not so simple

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How Do You Calculate Work Done by an Expanding Gas?

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Fraction Of The Intensity Incident

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When to use L = r × p versus L = Iω for angular momentum?

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Exam III Practice Problems (liquids and pressures)

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Time for object to fall 500m from a cliff

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How fast do X rays travel in a vacuum?

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Calculate the position of the image

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What Is the Carnot Efficiency Formula for Engine Calculations?

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Normal force reading on scale in decelerating elevator

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What is the acceleration of a body sliding on a frictionless inclined plane?

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Calculating Cumulative Time Changes over 20 Centuries

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Why Is My Calculation of Acceleration Marked Wrong?

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LC circuit and fixed inductance problem

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Multirange Ammeter and magnitudes of the resistances

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The Hot Resistance Of the filament

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How Do Two Cars Accelerating Towards Each Other Meet?

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Rotational Kinematics of Running

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Particle Elastic Collision problem

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Doppler shift with moving car horn and bicyclist

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Solving for Rotational Kinetic Energy with Angular Speed and Masses

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What is wronge with this picture?

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Current through 20Ω resistor when switch reopens in LR circuit

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LC circuit with two capacitors and inductors in series

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Calculating Frequency and Wavelength of Sound Waves in Water and Air

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Resolving car headlights as separate sources with the Rayleigh criterion

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Hat current is needed to provide a modest 40 kN force? plug and chug

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What is the angular width of the central maximum?

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How do I connect circuit elements in parallel using breadboards?

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Minimum velocity for a stable Earth satellite orbit

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Electric Potential and Kinematics

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Relativistic conservation laws for inelastic collision

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How to Calculate Capacitance in a Parallel Configuration?

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How Do You Calculate the Distance Between Two Moving Ships Using Vectors?

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Boltzmann distribution for proton spin in NMR at 400 MHz

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How to find the mass of a piston from pressure and area

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Solving Current-Voltage Characteristic of P-N Diodes with ln i = ln i˚ + eV/2kT

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