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Finding bullet speed through ballistic pendulum where bullet emerges

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More projectile motion problems (sigh)

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Direction of two electrons in a magnetic field

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Solving Circuit Analysis Problems with Kirchhoff's Laws

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Show that the change in entroy is

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Some Study Questions For PHYS100A

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Angular momentum of a golf ball rolling past a hole

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What is the momentum and energy involved in these two physics problems?

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Should I round intermediate steps or wait until the final answer?

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Finding Focal Length of 2 Lenses Combined

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Calculating Angular Acceleration of a Shaft

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Terminal Velocity from a graph

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Magnetic flux through a 2m square conductor at 30 degrees

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Calculating Elastic Potential Energy in a Vertical Spring System

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Does energy barely leave the sphere?

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Potential Energy of .2kg Stone Thrown Upward

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Impulse and Momentum: Substitution Trouble

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Dimensional Analysis of Constant Acceleration at 1 g

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Calculate Minimum Vertical Velocity for Salmon Jumping 1.9m Waterfall

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Finding mass suspended from a vertical spring given displacement

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What is the atom density of aluminium at 600K?

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Describe several situations in which an object is not in equilibrium

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Attaching string from mousetrap to axle for 40-meter car

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Maximum height of a baseball batted 100m in 4 seconds

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Angular acceleration of a rotating rod and meter stick

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Is KE Always Positive? An Explanation of Scalar and Vector Quantities

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Projectile Motion maximum altitude of rocket

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Solve Friction Problem: Find Car Mass and Normal Force

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Electric current in a rotating ring

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Force vectors equilibrium and linear equations

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Measurement units and complex numbers.

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Angular speed of student on merry-go-round

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Calculating Density of Aluminium Using Debye Theory

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Lifting Jet Engines: Rigging Cranes for Complex Objects

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Efficient Water Pumping with Wind: Calculating Rate in Liters per Minute

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Finding meter stick mass using rotational equilibrium

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An image is magnified by 2.50, concave mirror confusion wee

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How do I solve these capacitor problems?

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Magnetic Force,EMF, Flux question

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Some Differential equation problems

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How much fuel needed to accelerate 3.10T to 10000 m/s?

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Convex mirror image distance and magnification problem

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Determining Motion in Windowless Train: Is It Moving or Stationary?

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Calculating Kinetic Energy Change for m1 in a Pulley System

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How do potentiometers measure cell voltage with zero current?

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3 point charges in the x direction

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How Do Springs, Work, and Energy Relate in Physics?

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How Does Tension Affect Acceleration in a Two-Mass System?

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Electron travelling in Magnetic and Electric Field.

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Electric field of a charged rod

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Thermodynamics: Entropy and specific heat

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Equilibrium of a Particle (3D-space, 4 points, 3 vectors and one weight)

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Where will the end of the spring line up with the ruler marks?

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Charge and Current in a Wire: Why is the Current Zero at t=2s?

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RMS Current in Circuit with Capacitor, Inductor, Resistor, AC Source

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How Do You Calculate the Angular Momentum of a Rolling Sphere?

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How Do You Calculate Image Distance in a Plane Mirror Setup?

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Cart Pushing: what happend to s & fk?

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Spherical mirrors (concave), easy plug in chug, but i f'ed it up

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2 Accelerating Rotational Points in One System

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Change in internal energy and heat for isobaric expansion of ideal gas

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Wave Problem (constructive interference)

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Why Is the Fringe at the Narrow End of a Wedge Always Dark?

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How Does Pulling Arms In Affect Angular Velocity on a Rotating Stool?

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How Does Particle B's Movement Depend on Particle A's Velocity Direction?

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Explanation of the wording - Electromagnetism Question

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Spring Problem (Need to know if its right)

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Understanding Gauss' Law: Electric Field of an Infinite Slab of Charge

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Is acceleration A = V/T or A = V/T²?

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How Long Does It Take for a Disc to Stop Under Applied Force?

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Conservation of energy and conservation of momentum

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Proving c in Special Relativity

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Capacitance of two charged conducting spheres separated by large distance

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What is the potential difference across the capacitor at time t=0?

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Why does my energy density calculation have an extra factor of 3?

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Center of gravity and the center of mass

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Verify EPE of 2 Particles Attached to Elastic String

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How is Stokes law related to parachutes?

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What does voltage (potential difference) mean physically?

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Determining the Mass of a Selenium Ion in a Bainbridge Mass Spectrometer

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What is the average acceleration of a solid sphere rolling down an incline?

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Viscosity of oil at various temperatures

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Collision Question problem with question itself

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Mechanics - Elastic springs and strings

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Calculating Capacitance of Two Isolated Conducting Spheres

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Understanding Velocity and Acceleration Formulas: Common Mistakes to Avoid

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A shaft of light pass through the prism

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Finding spring constant for cannon firing circus performer

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Which Frequencies Are Used in Modern Communication Technologies?

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Friction coefficient and critical angle

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Headlight Effect: Finding $\phi_0$ on Earth

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Understanding Charge Distribution in a Circuit with Multiple Capacitors

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