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What Determines Object Behavior Post-Collision?

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Moveable pulleys you multiply the mechanical advantage

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Finding V6 and I6 in a circuit with resistors

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Coin in water pool, how does coin appear? Optics

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Calculate Theoretical Period of Rotation for Physics Lab

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Find a 2D Scattered Field Application - Levi

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Building a sensor and making measurements

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Projectile with constant acceleration on path y = ax - bx²

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Moment of inertia of a bowling pin

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Solving Work, Energy & Friction for Block Movement & Spring Compression

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Simple variable control question.

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Why are the tensions different for masses on a moving pulley?

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Solving Rotational Problem: Find Min Distance & Accels

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Particle slides into a rod and pivots

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.Learning Fluid Dynamics on my Own

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Why Is the Total Angular Momentum of a Particle System Constant?

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Two blocks on 30° incline with different friction coefficients

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Solving the Convergence of Points A and B

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Energy created by falling object

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System of 4 Pendulums: Why Don't They Move Faster?

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Finding wavelength from nodal lines in 2D wave interference

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When Does a Skier Lose Contact with a Snowball?

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Coefficient of kinetic friction in a pulley system with a 4kg and 2kg mass

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Help with a question form 1984 physics B AP exam

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Solve Heat Balance Problem: 50g, 30 Deg, 530 Sec, 10W, 100g, 16.1W

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How do forces on a hippo change on a steeper hill?

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What is the ratio between the depths they will sink into the ice?

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Understanding Adiabatic Expansion in Thermodynamics

  • vaishakh
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What is the frequency of the photon?

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Finding electric field intensity of two spheres

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Electric Potential related question

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Finding F(r) for orbit r = A/(1+sin θ) and min/max distances

  • Nusc
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How Do Protons Hit a Target Under Electric Field Influence?

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What does h represent in the energy formula E=hf?

  • nvidia17
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Call me crazy but, I think there might a speed faster than C

  • suckstobeyou
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Measuring Mass, Volume, and Density: How to Obtain Accurate Measurements

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Easy shameful force and speed question

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F frequency of small diameter organ pipe

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Spring launches 2kg object after compressing 5m, find launch velocity

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Differential equation that governs the motion of the particle?

  • Nusc
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Momentum and KE in multiple collisions at the same instant

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Forces and wrecking ball Question

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Quantum Physics energy between states

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What is the Angular Speed of a Car Wheel?

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Why Is Moving Charge Between Different Voltages Important in Physics?

  • Snake
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Horse pulling sleigh at angle of 15 degrees with friction

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Find the net torque about an axis through O

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How Can I Determine the Stopping Time of a Mass on a Spring?

  • chandran
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Madeburg’s Hemispheres from 1657 Revisited

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Finding the Distance b/w Particles in Gravitational Field

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Stable Equilibria: Is x = pie a Solution?

  • Nusc
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Work and velocity with friction: 100 kg block pushed 100 m

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Minimum force to lift a 210kg rock with a lever

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Question from my Kinematics Exam.

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Do projectile A and B land with the same speed at different angles?

  • amcavoy
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Show that orbital period squared is proportional to radius cubed

  • Nusc
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One-dimensional undamped harmonic oscillation

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Physics audio resources for commuting

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How Does Physics Explain the Stability and Movement in Jenga?

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What is the formula for calculating friction and normal force in physics?

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What is the minimum force needed to make a brick topple in a moving train?

  • Omar.Castillo
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Cofused with this Momentum problem

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Finding slit distance from interfringe spacing in double slit experiment

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Torque Calculation for Jacked-Up Car Changing Tires

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Struggling with Torque Problems?

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How Do You Solve for X(t) in an Underdamped Oscillator Problem?

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Solving for Wavelength of a Harmonic Wave

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Solving a Spring-Mass System Energy Problem

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Centripetal force with friction and angular velocity

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Vector Resolution and Force Balancing on a Force Table

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Car displacement after driving west and southwest

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Calculate the work done by a force

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Angular Velocity of Thin Wheel/Axle System

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Does pulling paper under an object exert force on the object?

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How Is Work Calculated in a Piston-Cylinder Device with a Linear Spring?

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Where Should the Pivot Point Be Placed to Balance a Seesaw?

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How Do You Build a Crumple Zone for an Egg Drop with Toothpicks?

  • Frank_Horrigan
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Minimum mirror height to see yourself from head to toe at distance D

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Inertia, Friction & Velocity in Golf

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How Does Phase Change Affect Destructive Interference in Radio Waves?

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How Do You Calculate Stopping Distances and Projectile Motion?

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How Do You Calculate Thermal Equilibrium and Ice Formation Times?

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Why is the x component of a vector cos(theta) and not sin(theta)?

  • seang
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Object being pushed up an inclined plane

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Pressure gradient in a rotating centrifuge tube at angular velocity w

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Finding tree height from mirror image coverage

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Fallacy in Work-Energy theorem?

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What was the weight of the person?

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Are explosions soley the result of expanding gas?

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What type of problem is this? Physics 1 practice final.

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