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Wave Intensity: A^2(z,t) at (15 cm, .5s)

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Problem involving displacement vectors

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Understanding Resonance Frequency Decrease in Oscillation Systems

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One more thing with motion problem

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Solution to Mass Center Problem: 3 Uniform Disks

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Center of mass for disk with three circular cutouts

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Can a Dam Turbine Meet a Paper Mill's Energy Needs?

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How Much Electricity is Needed to Produce 1kg of Paper?

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Difficulty with a basic motion problem

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Centripetal acceleration and KE problem

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Net electric field and magnitude

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Everyday connections and other things to discuss.

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Net velocity of thrown object-lost

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Calculate Energy Needed to Heat 4.6 kg Water

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Does wider pendulum bob shape increase air resistance?

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Calculating Angular Velocity at the Midpoint of a Bar

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Solving Physics Problem: Mechanics Question 4 and 6

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Finding angular velocity of rod B when rod A's angular velocity is known

  • teng125
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Muon stopping distance and Stapp sled deceleration in g units

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What is the acceleration of the 1000 kg boat?

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Solve Projectile Question: Initial Velocity?

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Starting my first physics class as a civil engineering major

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Simply Armonic Movement and k constant

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Measuring extremely high/low temperatures

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How Do You Determine the Amplitude of a Spring-Mass System?

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Rearranging Equation: Steps for Solving mg+ma-Mg=-Ma with Example

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Stone thrown downward from building: solving the quadratic equation

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Suspended in air by adding electrons

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Finding Temperature Using Ideal Gas Law

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Finding the Answer to Pi/4(d^2): Volume or Area?

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Motion in accelerated reference frame

  • dowjonez
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Calculating Radius of Curvature for Metal Bar

  • brad sue
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How Many Blades of Grass Are on a Quarter Acre of Land?

  • mrserv0n
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Max force up a 45° ramp and min perpendicular force to keep box at rest

  • James_fl
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Cart Propelled by Weighted Balls Down an Incline

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Where Along the Y-Axis is the Electric Field Zero?

  • Punchlinegirl
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What Formula to Use for Elevator's Constant Acceleration Problem?

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Electric Field and point charges problem

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The atom is how many times larger in volume than its nucleus?

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Solving Newtonian Problems: Deciding When to Use + or - 9.8

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Finding lift force from pressure difference on airplane wings

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Why does a pendulum move in a circular path?

  • abar45
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Why does a pendulum move as if it has a mind of its own

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Mass conservation in fluid mechanics

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What is the Minimum Velocity for a Rod Laying Against a Wall?

  • teng125
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How is kJ/h the same as kWh in energy measurements?

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Does frequency affect the velocity of sound waves?

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Calculating Initial Velocity to Make a 10m Basketball Shot

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Volume Expansion: 15.5cm Sphere Heated from 40°C to 210°C

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Finding acceleration of sailboat with 390 N north and 180 N east forces

  • atse1900
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Electric potential inside a living cell

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Why does the length of a pendulum string affect its oscillation time?

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Power/work questions (with inclines)

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How Does Water Pressure Change with Depth?

  • brad sue
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What was the average force applied to the box in the direction of motion?

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What Does 'a' Represent in a Non-Constant Charge Density Equation?

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Calculating Electric Field Strength for Three Charges

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Interesting Guitar Fret Spacing and Sound Filtering Using Tubes

  • jrd007
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Solving Sound Problems: How High & How Loud?

  • jrd007
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Period of Pendulum in Accel. Elevator

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Calculate Proportional Limit of Alloy Bar

  • JSBeckton
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Index of refraction find a wavelength

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Question qbout uniform circular motion

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Max Velocity for 1360.7kg Car Climbing 15 Degree Hill

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Calculating Entropy Change of Ideal Gas

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Can Electric Field Penetrate Non-Conducting Sheets?

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Can Solar Sails Truly Escape the Solar System?

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Unanswered Relativity Questions: Spin, Paradoxes, and Instantaneous Light?

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Optics & Snell's Law: Finding Distance

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Thermal expansion and keeping time

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Projectile Fired at Stationary Target from Moving Base

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Calculating Volume of Earth Using Radius 6.37x10^6m and Correct Sig Figs

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Isothermic Work by a Gas: Linear Relationship or Integration?

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Converting 0.998 g/cm³ to kg/m³ and Earth volume from radius

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How Long to Travel from Venus to the Sun at Light Speed on May 17, 2006?

  • jay_Z_100
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Relativity Question: Flashbulb Simultaneous Flashes by Melissa

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How can I calculate the max velocity for a car climbing a 15-degree hill?

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Length of a Stick Moving at Speed v in an Angle

  • Tony11235
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Instantaneous Decay rate per unit Volume

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Image formation in flat, converging and diverging mirrors

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Question on Rotational Dynamics

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E Field caused by infinite plate

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Time to Get Away from Avalanache

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Can Compressions and Nodes Be Compared in Wave Calculations?

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Rotational Equilibrium and Dynamics -

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Min and max magnitude on pointlike charges

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Thermodynamics - how much heat needed to raise temperature of a lake

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Calculating Equilibrium Height of 2 Cylinders

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Problem involving power, mass, incline, and finding a max. velocity

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