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A Simple Pendulum: Concentrating Weight on a String or Rod

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How much lift is required to fly at level unaccelerated flight

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Masses hanging on massless meter stick problem

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Torque problem - game show wheel

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Calculating Power Dissipation in a Wired Circuit with Resistors and a 9V Battery

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Angular acceleration problem - fishing reel

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Angular acceleration problem - masses on massless rod

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Electric Energy: False Claims Debunked

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Walker's position using vectors and bearings in mountain rescue

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Polarization-polarizing filters

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Solve the Circuit: Find R1-R7 to Calculate A to B Resistance

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Bernoulli's Equation on water flow

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How Can David Estimate the Weight of a Non-Uniform Log?

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How Does Projectile Motion Affect a Coconut's Flight from a Tree?

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Cannon projectile fired from cliff height landing closest to cliff face

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What is the maximum speed of the ejected electrons? good times

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Where does energy come from when gases heat up during compression?

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What is the ground state energy of an electron? I thought i did this right

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SHM damping coefficient which envelope sign?

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The Equivalence of Mass and Energy

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What Is the Work Done by the Spring When Extended by an External Force?

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Solving a Physics Problem Involving Two Metal Spheres

  • Jacques
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How Do You Calculate Tension and Acceleration in a Towing Scenario?

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Mechanics Question of two balls

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1 Question with regarded to Centripical Forces

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Problem Determine the energy of an electron. Bohrs model fun

  • mr_coffee
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How you put gravity in for the equation

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How Does Standard Error Change When Inverting a Variable?

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Mechanics Part II: P, Q, and F Forces

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A ladder against a frictionless wall

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SCUnderstanding Sound Waves to Solving Time and Distance Problems

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Circular Motion and Gravitation questions

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Three experiments for specific heat capacity of metal

  • gem0688
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Inertial frames in special relativity

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Max Magnetic Force Experienced by Electrons Accelerated at 19 kV

  • spoonthrower
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Weight of truck from water displacement on a ferryboat

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Does a box with angled force slip or tip first?

  • danielI
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Resistor connected in series with a capacitor?

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Understanding Systematic and Random Errors in Scientific Measurements

  • gem0688
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Uniform Circular Motion of centrifuge

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Positively Charged Particle in a Magnetic Field

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How do circuit conventions relate to actual electron flow?

  • KCL
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Quiiiiick Questions about mirrors.

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Solve for Pulley Tension and Acceleration in a Three-Block Physics System"

  • Supernerd2004
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What lengths would be measured for two cars passing each other at 0.18c?

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Deriving the lorentz transforms

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Converting between W/m² and dB for sound intensity

  • Huskies213
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Converting Degrees to Radians on a TI-83+

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How to Calculate the Observer's Viewing Angle in a Refraction Problem?

  • U571-Phys
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How Do You Calculate Maximum Induced EMF in a Coil System?

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Find Solution to Ship Fuel Problem: 1.0 X 10^5 N Drag

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How much charge passes through a part of a circuit?

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Capacitors and Dielectrics of a circuit

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Gas turbine work and heat transfer with polytropic expansion

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Rainbow Visible to Hiker on Isolated Mountain Peak: 0.49 Fraction

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How much heat is generated from lost mechanical energy?

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Calculating Tire/Tyre Forces in Weight Distribution of 1400kg Car

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Calculating Work Done by a Varying Force: Positive or Negative?

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Index of refraction optics problem

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How Is Potential Difference Calculated in a Parallel-Plate Capacitor?

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How Is Terminal Velocity Calculated in a Magnetic Rail System?

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Calculating Time for Inductor Voltage to Drop to 13 V in RL Circuit

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Time to push a 2 kg bucket 5 m with 100 N force at 60°

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Damped Simple Harmonic Motion problem

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Understanding Mechanics and Relativity: Two Problems and Their Solutions

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Calculating Frequency, Wavelength, and Tension of a Sinusoidal Wave on a String

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Two-block pulley system with minimum weight to prevent sliding

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Units of k in the formula a = F*k

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Police car catching a speeder at 28 m/s with 3.6 m/s² acceleration

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How Do You Solve These Physics Problems on Work and Roller Coaster Dynamics?

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Forces and torque equilibrium with tensions and masses

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Conservation of energy of released ball

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Proof of an expression concerning an RLC circuit

  • batshwa
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Solve Wave Moving w/ Constant Acceleration: Hi Guys!

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Adding air resistance to airsoft BB projectile equations

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Table of specific heat capacity values?

  • gem0688
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Finding kinetic friction coefficient when box slides down inclined plank

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Calculating Work Done by a Constant Force

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How does a photo detector detect?

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Understanding Absolute Error & Resistance of Wires

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What Is the Expression for Acceleration in This MCQ?

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Understanding Normalized Equations in Wave Function Analysis

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Photodiode current measurement circuit diagram

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Gradient Units: For Hooke's Law Graphs

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Is torque a vector or a scalar quantity?

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Dependent motion - cable (rope) velocity

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Why do I feel cold when a breeze hits me after swimming?

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Gravitational Acceleration near a Massive Black Hole

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