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Electron deflection in crossed electric and magnetic fields

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Collisions in One and Two Dimensions

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Deriving the Coefficient of Rolling Friction for a Cart on an Incline

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Calculating Average Drag Through Plasticene

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Uniform beam with weight: find support forces F1 and F2

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Solution: Distance Traveled by Car with Air Resistance

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Speed needed to tumble over a cliff railing

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Find block mass given pulley angular acceleration and string tension

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Minimum horizontal force to move a particle on an inclined plane

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Gravitational Potential Energy Calculation for Satellite in Orbit

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Simple Steps to Solving Force-Related Problems

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Do steel reinforcement bars degrade concrete's insulating value?

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Suggestion on antimatter coursework

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Principle of Conservation of Linear Momentum

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How Does Mass Affect Velocity in a Two-Ball Pendulum Collision?

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Questions on Electrostatics/Electricity/Stuff?

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Phone a friend question and specific heat

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What other functions do home air conditioners have besides cooling?

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Estimating Atmospheric Masses Using the Barometric Equation

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What is the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics and How Does it Define Temperature?

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What is the Kinetic Energy of the Daughter Nucleus?

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Newton's second law with forces and connected masses

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What is the tension on the line when the elevator is accelerating

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How Does Current Affect Magnetic Force and Torque in a Rotating Loop?

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Optical spectrometer experiment

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Satellite Orbital Transfers: How to Calculate Work Done by Rocket Motors

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Why Does a Rigid Electric Dipole Move in an Electric Field?

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Should You Adjust Your Thermostat When Leaving Home for Short Periods?

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Solving a Momentum Problem: Calculating Average Force and Impulse

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How Fast Must a Turntable Spin to Slide a Bug Off?

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Why do EM waves with different frequencies have the same speed?

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The cost to transmit the energy to the city each hour is $534.944.

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How Do Asymmetrical Stepladder Masses Affect Vertical Forces?

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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Height of a Projectile Shot Upwards?

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Box hanging from two springs connected by a cord

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Showing a standing wave function satisfies the wave equation

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What Are Simple Home Experiments to Understand Molecular Behavior?

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Satellite orbital motion solved

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Calculating Magnetic Field to Overcome Friction in Metal Wire Setup

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Is Time a Scalar or a Vector in Physics?

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Capacitors and Dialectric Constant

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Straight Line Motion: Time & Distance Calculation

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Velocity and particle of a particle with a wave going through

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Sunlight Intensity: Calculate Total Average Power Output of Sun

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How does the photovoltaic effect work in a silicon solar cell?

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Simple harmonic motion and maximum speed

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Magnetic Fields and Maximum Current

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What is the required horizontal force to deflect a hanging rod by 30 degrees?

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How Much Ice Was in the Calorimeter Initially?

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Projectile with air resistance

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Why is it that in general geodesics are paths of stationary character

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Atmospheric gas density ratio at 10 km altitude

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Kinetic friction - finding time

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Me Understand This Before The Test 2morrow: Current In Capacitor Circuit

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How Do You Calculate Tension Forces in a Hanging Weight Problem?

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Calculating Density of Immersed Weight using Vibrations and Fluid Statics

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Power loss in transmission lines (Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law)

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Total Acceleration of a Ball Whirled in Inclined Vertical Circle

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Human Eye Resolution: Testing Light Levels

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N-slit Interference/Diffraction

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+ or - in an equilibrium problem

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Solving for Time of Collision for 2 Particles with Initial Speed u

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Charging a Battery: Finding the Current in a Series Circuit

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Spring System with Masses: Force and Vertical Oscillations

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Electrical Fields in everyday life

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Efficiency of Carnot Engine w/ 0.75kg Ideal Gas

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How Much Heat Does a 111V Electric Iron Develop in One Hour?

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Parallel Batteries: Power a Wheelchair Motor

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How Do I Calculate the Specific Heat of Metal in a Heat Transfer Problem?

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Calculating Wave Distance Across Land

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Finding magnetic force on two different segments

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Looks like a lot of people mess up on energy

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Collaborative homework increasing error rates in physics?

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Banked circular track: smallest and largest speed without friction

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Calculating Work and Energy in a Block on an Inclined Plane

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Calculating Particle Collision Time and Speeds in Vertical Projection

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Roller coaster velocity with friction over 35 m distance

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Velocity of a Raindrop: Solving $\frac{dv}{dt} = 9 - 09.t$

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Speed and height of ball released by compressed spring

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DrewDrew's Rotational Dynamics Questions: Seeking Answers and Understanding

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Work and enegry theoretical problem

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Mechanics -straight line motion

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Image diameter from Sun through lens with focal length 20.6 cm

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Tangential and normal acceleration for a particle in elliptical orbit

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Proof for Radiation Momentum Transfer to Perfect Absorber?

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Finding final speed from force, mass, and distance

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What Force is Responsible for a Car's Kinetic Energy?

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Millikan's experiment with a twist

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Physics principles in combustion engines

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Tire inflation to determine weight

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Can a Man Catch a Constantly Accelerating Train?

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Distance from camera to bird image in plane mirror

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Need to prove my teacher wrong on this test question

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Does the Efficiency of Pulley Systems Increase with More Pulleys?

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Can a diffraction grating resolve 5800 and 5802 angstrom wavelengths?

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