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The Partitioning of Kinetic Energy

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Kepler orbital trajectories and 'effective potential'

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What Are the Lengths of Open and Closed Organ Pipes Based on Their Frequencies?

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Why use sine for wall force but cosine for torque in ladder problems

  • Mr. Snookums
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Heisenberg uncertainty principle (simple stuff)

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String resonance with increased tension and standing wave pattern

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Finding equivalent impedance with capacitor in parallel

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Simple Harmonic Motion and Damping

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Muons at 0.8c and two-speaker sound interference

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Rotation of rigid bodies: yo-yo

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Physics Collision, Momentum, and Pendulum Problems for Exam Study

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How Thin Must the Oil Film Be to Appear Red?

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Harmonic Oscillator kinetic and potential energies

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How Do You Calculate Temperature and Pressure in Boyle's Law Problems?

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Reassurance for Physics Coursework (Sound)

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Period of a Simple Pendulum in a Moving Truck

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Does reflecting all light make a material black?

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Circular arc of charge, integration question

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How Do Car Audio Amplifiers Work?

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Calculating Error in Resistance Measurements

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Modern Physics, Finding wave length problem wee

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Steam turbine work and power with unknown heat transfer

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Are My Wavelength and Frequency Answers Correct?

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Solve Faraday's Law: Find Current in Circular Wire

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Finding the maximum height of an arrow shot in the air

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Finding torque in xyz coordinates

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Finding the mass of a cube with variable density using triple integrals

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Accelerated charges radiate energy

  • Kenny Lee
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Solve Beam Torque Problem: Find Cord Tension & Hinge Force

  • Mr. Snookums
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Archimedes Principle and resonance

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Spaceship taking circular turn

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The Twin Paradox: Reconciling Time Dilation and Relative Velocity

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Calculating First Meeting Point of Pulses in a Stretched Wire

  • nick85
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Calculating Power from Mass, Acceleration, and Time?

  • BH_1984
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Calculate the wave speed in each string

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Solving for the speed of a recoiling H atom

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Trouble Comprehending Energy and Work

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Tell if the impedance is complex inductive

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Why Does an Aluminum Ring Levitate Above a Magnetic Coil?

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Calculating Specific Enthalpy of Air at Different Temperatures and Pressures

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Alpha particle accelerating from +220 V to -120 V

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What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B in an infinite sheet of current?

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Work output from a water turbine at 2000 kPa inlet

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Momentum problem (motion of a system of particles?) Slingshot around moon

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Rotational Dynamics on a door knob

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Finding motor and frictional force for a 2 kg car accelerating to 16 m/s

  • Alain12345
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Relationship between Hubble's Constant and the Age of the Universe

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Understanding Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a plank of mass

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Simple vector addition question

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Torque and Rotational Equilibrium

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Angular impulse and angular momentum questions

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Induced Current in Aluminum Ring Around Solenoid

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Water pressure vs. area of an object

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Induced EMF and long steel beam

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Why does Bernoulli's theorem explain paper rising when you blow over it?

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What is the shape of a rotating mercury surface in an astronomical telescope?

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Torque and the Two Conditions for Equilibrium

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What is the Heat Flow through a Copper Bar?

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Simple static equilibrium problem

  • Mr. Snookums
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Water pump exit velocity with 1kW power input

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Understanding Work and Energy Transfers in Gas Processes

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Water Pressure - Horizontal or Lateral

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Finding decay constant and half-life from activity measurements

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Is the Biot-Savart Law Based on Experimental Evidence?

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Specific Heat Capacities/Latent Heat

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Solve Buoyant Force Problem: Helium Balloon for Levitation - 70.1 kg Mass

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The Principle of Linear Superposition and Young's Double-Slit Experiment

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Which Molecule Velocity in a Gas is Greatest?

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What is the direct of the induced current in the circular loop

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Which Hurts More - Cricket Ball or Plastic Bullet?

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Help with 4 momentum and collision problems

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Tension in rope between falling objects

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Determining Electric Field in a Ring-Shaped Charge Distribution

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Finding the potential for a charged disk on a test charge

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Power in lifting a ball and orbital period of a satellite

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Force between 2 Atoms in solid state physics

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Calculating Tangential Acceleration for Rotating Objects

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Force exerted on a 16cm wheel traveling over a bump

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Transverse and Longitudinal Loads

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Factors that affect the trajectory of a projected mass.

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Moment of inertia of a uniform solid sphere

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How Far Does a Motorcycle Travel When Hearing a Siren at 90% Frequency?

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Can someone explain to me what i did wrong on this quiz? waves

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Calculating Final Speed After Momentum Boost of 85N

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How Does a Car's Stopping Distance Change on a Downhill Slope?

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Going Crazy: Solving an Isobaric Process Problem

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A cylinder and sphere rolling without slipping

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What is Chelsea's kinetic energy at t=2.50s?

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Solving the Problem of Plane Height for Destructive Interference

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Rotational motion (flywheel) problem

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