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After Ball Launch: How High Does It Reach?

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Calculating Acceleration and Tension in Vertical Circular Motion

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Pulling a sled, work, and tension

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Unit of work in mechanics and thermo dynamics

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Calculating the Angle of Projection for a Fired Cannon Shell

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Calculating Plane's Work and Force on Aircraft Carrier

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Calculating Wavelength of Photons Emitted in H2 Molecule Transitions

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Solving Momentum Change Problem: Canoe & Girl's Distance to Shore

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Parallel plate capacitor problem

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Calculate the density of plutonium

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Can Volume and Linear Charge Densities Be Interchanged in Calculations?

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First time poster needs help with a problem at wits end

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What is one advantage of transferring energy by electromagnetic waves?

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First time poster needs help with a problem at wits end

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Can Two Identical Batteries Power Two Bulbs as Brightly as One?

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Why Is Zero the Upper Limit in Escape Velocity Derivation?

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Solving the Hinged Stick Problem for Time-Based Angular Acceleration/Speed

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How Long to Walk Off a Light Bulb's Energy?

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Field and Orbital Frequency Calculation

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Electric field of coax cable problem

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Parallel plate capacitor electric charge

  • Punchlinegirl
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Orbital simulator and non fixed orbit

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Make a bridge out of popsicle sticks homework

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How Quickly Does a Spring's Restoring Force Counteract Applied Force?

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Why is a paper falling slower than a heavier object?

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How Does Building Height Affect Resonance During Earthquakes?

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What is the magnitude of the net acceleration of the object

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Comparing Baseball & Climbing Helmets: Design & Force Minimization

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Work Done on a Block Dropped onto a Spring

  • mb85
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Internal energy and specific heat

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How Do You Calculate Current in a Car's Rear Window Heater Circuit?

  • dan greig
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Power Required to Charge 10.7 μF Capacitor to 0.513 J in 43s

  • Punchlinegirl
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How Strong Is the Electric Field 1 Meter Away From a 100 Watt Light Bulb?

  • dowjonez
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How do I calculate the final temperature when dropping ice into water?

  • dan greig
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How Did Galileo's Lantern Experiment Attempt to Measure the Speed of Light?

  • Flyfishinva
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Determine the magnitude and direction of the force problem

  • wazzup
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Calculating Mu from a counterbalanced inclined plane

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How go u find the force of gravity?

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Math Model for Archer Fish Spitting Water at Insect

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Skydiving: No Sinking Stomach Feeling?

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Properties of waves switching mediums?

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Calculating Heat of Fusion Using Graph: A-F

  • metalmagik
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Minimum Car Deceleration to Avoid Collision: Solving a Confusing Highway Problem

  • MrRottenTreats
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Optimizing Angle for Shooting at a Distance with a Sniper Rifle

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Really getting started precal, physics problem

  • bennett
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Width of Pinhole Camera Aperture for 12cm Spot Light

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Finding Potential Energy of a Particle in a Region of Space

  • Tony11235
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How does mass come into play in this problem?

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Need help on a question i need review for a quiz

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What Is the Period of Oscillation for Two Masses Connected by a Spring?

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Relationship between momentum,KE and internal energy

  • something_about
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Projectile Motion of sniper shot

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How Does a Thin Glass Affect the Double Slit Interference Pattern?

  • G01
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Wave Optics Problems: Diffraction Grating #1 & #2

  • G01
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Stuck on a few magnetic field questions

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Circuit that converts a triangular wave potential waveform

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Adding up capacitors in series/parelle, the book got a slighty diff answer?

  • mr_coffee
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Solving Laser Diffraction with Helium-Neon Laser

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Can Electric Forces Cancel with Opposite and Like Charges?

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Momentum Concepts: Clearing Up Frictionless Surfaces Questions

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Light from Sun to Earth in seconds

  • Zack
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Damped pendulum and sliding rod

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How Do You Calculate Capacitance with Two Different Dielectrics?

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Why Does a Local Minimum in Potential Energy Indicate Higher Stability?

  • Bhargav
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SUVAT Equations: AS Exam Prep for OCR Physics

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Applications of Gauss's Law for a hydrogen atom

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Light Waves & Double-Slit Experiment Question .

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How do electric and magnetic fields affect the motion of an electron?

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Gymnast's Floor Routine: Angular Velocity & Time

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Expression for V as a function of radius?

  • Mimi
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Solving Gyroscopic Motion: The Classical Problem

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Finding the components of this vector

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Force on object with position functions

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Convert 730 mmHg to Pascals: Solve the Question

  • xyz123
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Calculating E in a hemispherical shell using Coulomb's law

  • Lisa...
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Solving Image Projection Problem | Lens Focal Length Calculation

  • yeyspaz
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Problem in mechanics involving a pulley

  • Bhargav
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Angular and Linear Velocity Calculations

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How Do You Calculate the Speed of a Block Launched by Compressed Springs?

  • pureouchies4717
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How Does Squaring Final Velocity Impact Spring Problem Solutions?

  • pureouchies4717
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Why Does the Magnetic Field at Point P Point Into the Page?

  • student85
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Expert Tips for Choosing a Durable Hammock: Tight vs. Sagging Tension

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What Is the Trajectory of an Object Dropped from an Airplane?

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Relative Velocities: Solving a Physics Problem

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Friction Force Help: Solving Problem 1

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What is the change in internal energy of the gas?

  • Polo12
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Solving Thermal Physics Problem: Specific Heat Calculation

  • metalmagik
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A Car on a Conveyor Belt: Will it Move?

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How does KE get changed into internal energy?

  • something_about
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Calculating Momentum: Can Anyone Help?

  • Huskies213
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How Do You Solve This Newton's Law of Motion Problem?

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What is the Formula for Work?

  • Eric1
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Accelerating an inclined plane

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Why Does a Dipole Experience Zero Force from Another Dipole?

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Express the density of a solid substance varying with temperature

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Angular Momentum of an airplane

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