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Non-constant acceleration not sure how to solve

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Diffraction grating white light problem

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How long does it take the object to reach the ground?

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Final temperature of sliver ring in calorimeter

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Time Dilation spacecraft watches

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Car Braking: Calculating Acceleration from Applied Force

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Calculating Force of Friction on 8.1g Bullet in Rifle Barrel

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Always centripetal force when object in circular motion?

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What is the missing angle in a system of concurrent parallel forces?

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How Fast Was the Ball Thrown in This Projectile Motion Problem?

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Calculating Frequency Shift in the Doppler Effect for Submarine Sonar Waves

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EM theory and therom dynamic books

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Concurent and Parallel Forces 2

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Largest distance between rings for mass in equilibrium with friction

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Kinetic and gravitational energy

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Intensity from a multi slit grating

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Deriving moment of inertia for a thin spherical shell

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Proving sin(b_n)=(n*lambda)/d for double-slit interference

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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How Does Light Refraction Affect Displacement in a Glass Medium?

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Calculating Induced EMF for Moving Loop in Uniform Magnetic Field

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Which way do magnetic field lines go through a coil?

  • PPonte
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Oscillations and Waves of a spring

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How did Hertz produce radio waves in his laboratory experiment?

  • MPonte
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How Do You Solve These Wave and Phase Calculation Problems?

  • Ishu
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Difference between the north and south poles of a magnet

  • MPonte
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Solve Physics Problem: Car Speed at Homecoming Event

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Finding magnitude and direction of vectors A, B, and A + B

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Why Does the Resistance Need to Match for Max Energy Transfer?

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Two Identical Spheres and Displacement

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How to find instantaneous velocity at t = 3.5 s for a race car

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Why there is no electric field outside of the sphere

  • brad sue
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Can a Plane Take Off from a Backward-Moving Runway?

  • Eivind
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The Who Must Apply the Larger Force to Sweep?

  • msimard8
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How Do I Calculate Velocity from Mass and Kinetic Energy?

  • truckerron1
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Why are pounds treated as force not mass in work calculations?

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Differential Equations Describing Magnetic Fields Around Magnets

  • EroticNirvana
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What's the meaning of the Cartesian coordinates of the atom?

  • zsglly
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Magnitude of the tension on the ends of the clothesline?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Stepping off a canoe onto a dock

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An electron is released from rest in a uniform electric field

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Solving Significant Figures Dilemma: James' Question

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Solving Beat Frequency Woes: Physics Exam Prep

  • Batmaniac
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Why is torque defined as force times distance?

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Why does sprinkling of water reduces temperature of a closed room?

  • gaganpreetsingh
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Why is my potential to kinetic energy conversion percentage too high?

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Concerning Significant Figures.

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Calculating Linear Expansion of Iron Rod for 2.51cm Ring Diameter

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Induced current direction when a metal loop distorts in a magnetic field

  • Solidmozza
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How Could You Distinguish Between an Alpha and a Beta Particle?

  • voodoomagic
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Fluid Mechanics of a weather balloon

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Kinematics to the millionth POWER

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Calculating Water Velocity Using Bernoulli's Equation

  • Gamma
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Deriving the Time Period Equation for a Simple Pendulum

  • Hootenanny
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Light Bulbs in a parallel circuit

  • chemistrykid
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Solar energy collector formula

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Pressure and lift force on a wing

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Solve Rock Problem Part 2: Time to Push 50Kg Rock 10m

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Similarities between a 1 eV electron and a 1 eV photon

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Magnitude of the maximum gravitational force

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Force must be applied to the small piston to lift the engine?

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Air blown through a T-shaped tube with constriction in liquid

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Determine the period of the oscillations

  • physixnot4me
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Calculating Angular and Linear Acceleration in a Vertical Plane

  • dvvz2006
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Solving the Problem: Calculating Force on a Rock

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Why Are Velocity vs Time Graphs Challenging?

  • metalmagik
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Can't Seem To Get It Right: Solving Centripetal Acceleration Equation

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Where on the X-Axis is the Electric Field Zero Between Two Charges?

  • kkurutz
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Average velocity for a two-part journey at different speeds

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Velocity and Acceleration understanding

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Circuit diagram with two dry cells and two bulbs in parallel

  • chemistrykid
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How Do You Calculate Wave Speed Using the Wave Equation?

  • Ishu
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Finding final velocity with conservation of momentum

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Question on Equation Rearranging

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Fluid Mechanics: Worked Out Problem, Check Work?

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Difference between sound intensity level and sound pressure level

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Calc Fall of Object from Space: Derive Eqn of Accel as Fxn of Time

  • recon
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Work-Energy: Finding Speed of Pendulum Bob at Position B

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How to Calculate the Required Angular Velocity of an Ultracentrifuge?

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Relationship of temperature and radius.

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Snowboarder velocity after landing on 45-degree slope

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Direct measurement of Kinetic Energy

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Vectors in the direction of axis

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Buoyant force on barbell and hydraulic press force

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Barbell in water and hydraulic press force problems

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Software to create physics diagrams

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What Are the Physics Equations Behind Zero-G Rolls in Roller Coasters?

  • physicsCU
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Fluid Mechanics: Hydraulic Lift

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Position of an Electron Moving on the X-Axis: Solve for t

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Work, Energy, Fluids, Temperature, and Kinetic Theory

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