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Spring constant of a charged DNA molecule

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Hi everybody,I am having a lot of trouble in my thermodynamics

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Finding electron flow when charge passes through a wire

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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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Where should q3 be placed on the x-axis for net force to be zero?

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Large mass collision momentum problem

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Two balls meeting at height h/2

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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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Electric force between K+ and Cl- ions across a 7.9 nm membrane

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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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Finding initial velocity of golf ball launched at 20 degrees

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

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Speed of point on tire and lift-to-weight ratio in circular motion

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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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How many buses can the motorcycle jump at 18 degrees and 33.5 m/s?

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Ball lagging behind falling board when theta < 35.3 degrees

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Energy Questions? Solve Problems Now

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4kg and 15kg collision momentum problem

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Why is a pushup harder with hands elevated on a step?

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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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Coefficient of friction for sled pulled at 40 degrees

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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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Electrical shock from airplane toilet door and car drag chain

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Cat chasing mouse along y-axis at twice the speed

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Two masses on a spring with initial vertical velocity

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Problem to understand how the power is distributed

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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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Lecture notes on moment and torque

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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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Using Newton's law of cooling to estimate time of death

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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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Finding current i2 in multi-loop circuit with resistors and current source

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Mass of one water molecule and molecules in Earth's oceans

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

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Why does a pencil reflect infinitely between two mirrors and get darker?

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Calculating Flow Rate in Syringe

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Clifford algebras in physics applications

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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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Finding vectors B and C given A and the constraint A+B+C=0

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Kinetic energy of a rotating rod-particle link on a spinning platform

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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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Does a hand crank have the same angular velocity as its axle?

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Monarch butterfly migration project: physics and chemistry angles

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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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How does the right hand rule work with a coil around a magnet?

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Special Relativity: Finding Particle Speed

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

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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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How to determine voltage drops for mesh currents in a multi-loop circuit

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Net force on charge q from two other charges on a grid

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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

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