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Calculating Wire Current and Electron Flow: A Helpful Guide | Thank-you

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How train is travelling through a curve?

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How Does Fluid Dynamics Affect Pressure and Flow in Constricted Pipes?

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Eq: Find Location of q3 for Net Force = 0

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Large mass collision momentum problem

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Im having trouble with this problemPlease help

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Ok, how should I go about this one?

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HW question: electricity and magnetism

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Explain Difference Red/Green Light Single/Double Slit

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Electrostatic force on nonlinear charges

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How should I approach this question?

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Minimum Pulley Diameter for 1.5mm Bike Brake Cable

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What is the relative velocity of the airplane to the surface

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Understanding Momentum: Solving Problems with the FT=MV Formula

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Calculating Time of Force Application in Non-Uniform Motion

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Double Slit: Find Longest Wavelength

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How do I express Z and R unit vectors in different coordinate systems?

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Is E = E(max)cos(kx-wt) a Solution to Maxwell's Derived Equation?

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Help with Kinematics Problem: Find Initial Velocity

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How Is Electric Force Balancing a Suspended Charged Ball in a Capacitor?

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Solve Circular Motion: Speed of Point P & Ratio of Lift to Weight

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Calculating Fluid Eflux: The Impact of a Cylindrical Tank on a Platform

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Far out free response concerning motion

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How Do You Calculate Charge Magnitude Using Coulomb's Law?

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Calculating Current in a Series Circuit with Inductance and Resistance

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Maximizing Projectile Range: Motorcycle Daredevil Bus Jump

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Energy Questions? Solve Problems Now

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Regarding another momentum problem

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Simple Physics Question: Gravity-Based Pushup Difficulty Explained

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Electric Fields and vertical deflection

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Coloumbs Laws and electric fields

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What Is the Derivative of This Gravitational Potential Energy Function?

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How Long Does a Jumping Fish Take to Pass a Point Above Water?

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I'm sure your're sick of me by now, but heres my question

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Forces and Kinematics Problem - Am I right?

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Interference of Light: Explaining Transparency & Opacity

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Calculate the speed of each particle

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Is the Torque Calculation in the Picture Correct?

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Cat & Mouse Chase: Who Will Win?

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Help me on my assingment on vibrations & wave

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Problem to understand how the power is distributed

  • Lorens
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Thermodynamics and Gas expansion

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Ctrostatics, Gauss’s Law, and Potential

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How Do Tractor Forces Combine When Pulling at an Angle?

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Calculate Electron Charge in 0.6 kg of Water

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Can Teenagers Pick Up Game Diamonds Faster Than Adults?

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Moment and Torque Lecture Note - Help Find Text

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Unravelling the History of Sin, Tan and Cos

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Calculating Tension in a Two-Block System

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Urgent: Finding time of death (without using calculus)

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What is the formula for the 3D trajectory of a curving ball?

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Figure Eight Trajectories for Spacecraft: Potential Energy Calculation

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Confused on how to find current also why is this resistor labled +/- not -/+

  • mr_coffee
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Another Phys with Calc problem

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Some electric charge and force questions on how to set them up

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Explaining the Infinite Reflection of a Pencil in Mirror Photography

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Calculating Flow Rate in Syringe

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Clifford Algebras & Physics: What do You Think?

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Electrostatic Equillibrium Question

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Simple Beam Problem: Solving for Vertical Forces and Symmetry in Mechanics

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What would the acceleration-time graph of throwing up a ball look like?

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Calculating Water Friction for Dropped Objects

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Calculating Rotational Kinetic Energy with Unknown Radius and Mass

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Highschooler Needs Help with Vector Addition: Solving for B and C

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Solving Energy - Rotation Problem: Step-by-Step Guide

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Having a problem with a fairly early Physics with Calculus 1 problem

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Find the magnitude of the electrostatic force

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Angular Velocity of Hand Crank & Axle

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Butterfliies and physics?PLEASE READ DESPRATE

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Understanding Phase Velocity in Optical Fibers

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Force and change in momentum with time

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Quantum - potential difference problem.

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Helixes and Magnetism: Understanding the Right Hand Rule

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Special Relativity: Finding Particle Speed

  • Geoff
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What is the solution to the Ferry Boat HW Problem?

  • flyingdonkey21
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What happens to energy levels when electrons collide with an atom?

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How Does Charge Density Influence Electric Field and Acceleration?

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How Much Stopping Distance Does Sally Need on Her Bicycle?

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Vector Calculations for Pilot and Hobo Travel

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Forces on Negative Charge in 4-Charge Square System

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Calculating Initial Acceleration: 63g Particle, 59μC Charge

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Electron released into electric field

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Confused on concept of finding voltage drop across a resistor

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HELP Need answer to this force due to charge problem

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Why does zero average velocity equal zero displacement?

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Evaluating Volume of Curved Wedge Cut from Cylinder

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Project on transistors and how they work

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How to Solve Basic Kinematics Problems: Tips and Tricks

  • don123
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What is the efficiency of the aircraft engines in this scenario?

  • endeavor
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Calculating Electrostatic Force on a Particle with Coulomb's Law

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Calculating Acceleration: Understanding Newton's Second Law

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