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Calculating Initial Height for Marble to Roll Along Loop-the-Loop Track

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Time that an object is in the air

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What are the first 3 overtones for a pipe open at both ends?

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Rigid Bodies including topics of power and torque.

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What is the final temperature of a glass mug filled with hot water?

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Angular acceleration of a wheel

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Solving for Speed, Height of Boy on Water Slide

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Anomalous first point in time vs height graph of falling mass

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Some more electromagnetism questions (ac generators)

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Find the total outward force exerted on the vertical wall

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How Do You Convert RPM to Radians Per Second for a Flywheel?

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Simple angular momentum question

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A question for which I *should* know the answer

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Coefficient of static friction

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Pressure inside and outside water in a Bernoulli problem

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Time for a sliding ball to reach rolling without slipping

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Calculating Heat Energy in a Refrigerator - Solving for Qh and Qc

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My teacher hasnt been in and Im trying to self teach this topic. Can

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A bead in circular motion in space

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Finding capacitance when parallel cap increases current by 0.23 A

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Is work relative if it depends on relative motion?

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Circular Motion and Displacement

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Verification of the kinematics relationship

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How Does a Bullet Passing Through a Block Affect Speed and Energy?

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Mars Surface Curvature: 2m/3600m

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Escape Speed Calculation for Identical Planets

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Force needed to pull the string

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How can an athlete stop twisting in mid-air using angular momentum?

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Use mercury barometer to fing height of building

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Finding food calories used to climb a rope

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What is the acceleration of the balloon and instruments?

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How to Calculate Positions of Observers Using Lorentz Transformation

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Converting Planck's Constant for Energy Unit Matching

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Calcuating the integral E.ds for the paths given, what did i do wrong?

  • mr_coffee
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What would an Ideal Volt Meter measure if

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Question involving Uncertainty Principle.

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Question regarding change in internal energy

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Ball on string catches peg and leaves circular path

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Simple Harmonic Motion acceleration problem

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Find the coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the surface

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Elastic collision between two sleds on air-cushion track

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Physics Help: Calculating Speed for a Sled Collision Test Tomorrow

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Will a Rolling Ball on a Level Surface Ever Stop?

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Spring, Amplitude and Acceleration

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Electric potential and electric potential energy question

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Car Crash Scenario Math: Is 114285 Pa Too High?

  • Frank_Horrigan
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Negative Angular Velocity: Is It a Change in Direction?

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Torque and angular acceleration on a high bar at 30-degree intervals

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Volume expansion problem wheres initial volume?

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Solve F for 400N Post on 36.9° Rope

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Force between two blocks pushed and pulled in opposite directions

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Torque and center of mass question

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How Do You Calculate Motorcycle Speed Using the Doppler Effect?

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How can I use this applet to find the wavelength of a sound wave?

  • jakeowens
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Probability distribution of the momentum value p

  • NEWO
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Centripetal acceleration on a grinding wheel

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A Difficult Mechanics Problem (Work-Energy?)

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Why do objects of different weights fall at the same rate?

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Angular Velocity Calculation for a Ballistic Cylinder with a Fired Bullet

  • Punchlinegirl
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Why Is My Wavelength Calculation Incorrect?

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Maximum elevator acceleration with cable stress limit

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Why did I get the wrong answer?

  • dukkie
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Sound wave pressure amplitude, wavelength and frequency

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What is the Angular Momentum After a Totally Inelastic Collision?

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Solve Spring Equilibrium Problem: (a) & (b) w/ Friction

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Why is the amplitude u in the wave equation a vector?

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Can an Object Move in a Circular Path Without Being Accelerated?

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Conservation of angular momentum on a frictionless table

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Question on Diffraction and interference.

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Car turning at 20 m radius with pendulum deflecting 37 degrees

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Wires Magnetic field question

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Specific Heat of aluminum Problem

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Finding the point where gravitational forces balance between two bodies

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Double Slit Problem: Solve for D2-D1 with 500nm Wavelength

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Work problem of person pushing box

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Is Ffr=ma=m(v^2/r) Correct for Given Values?

  • nrc_8706
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Force on pail bottom when rotating at minimum speed in vertical circle

  • nrc_8706
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Spherical fish buoyancy and fluid dynamics calculations

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How Does Wind Affect the Forces on a Hanging Spider?

  • DB
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What Are Some Interesting Grade 11 Physics Article Topics?

  • Mark_P
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Why are clockwise and counterclockwise called senses in torque?

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What is the Amplitude of a Mass-Spring System?

  • dukkie
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What is the emf induced in the looop?

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How Do You Calculate the Force of a Falling Book on the Floor?

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What is the relationship between mass and velocity in orbits?

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Racing car centripetal force problem

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Evidence for and against the moon landings for a grade 11 physics assignment

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Solving Relativity and Decay Problems

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How High Could an Athlete Jump on Mars Compared to Earth?

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Understanding Elastic and Head-On Collisions: What's the Difference?

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How Does Doppler Effect Influence Perceived Sound Frequency?

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The classically forbidden region

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Why does water evaporate even below its boiling point?

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Coefficient of static friction for a ladder with Romeo climbing it

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