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What Happens to a Photon When Light is Reflected?

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How to Approximate the Force When a Leashed Dog Runs?

  • Lorens
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Solving a Problem with Air Mass: Calculating Pressure & Volume

  • Izekid
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How Does Material Change Affect Wave Speed in a Slinky?

  • runicle
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Finding the incline angle when power differs by 47 hp at constant speed

  • scimanyd
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Why Does Calculating Maximum Height in Hooke's Law Give a Negative Value?

  • Jon1NL8796
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Centripital Force and Coefficient of Friction

  • Metatek
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Converting permeability constant from T·A/m to Gauss/EMU

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Calculate Velocity From Kinecitcal energy

  • Izekid
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Amplitude of 3-kg Pendulum 2m Arc 21.4°

  • ebola_virus
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Calculating Force & Impulse in Car Collision Situations

  • Erik_at_DTU
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Simple EM Problem (not to me for some reason)

  • FrogPad
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Some Mechanics Problems (Could someone verify my work?)

  • amcavoy
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Hot air balloon and pellet collision altitudes

  • Kandy
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Calculate Distance of Roof Above Window Top

  • Kandy
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2.0 kg mass sliding down 30° frictionless incline

  • IB
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Solve Drag Racer Coefficient of Static Friction

  • yeyspaz
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How Do I Solve These Rotational Dynamics Problems?

  • Gimp
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Conservation of Energy (Spring + Kinetic)

  • IB
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Structural Features for Minimizing Earthquake Damage: What Are They?

  • BBboy
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Why Does Spring Oscillate Horizontally?

  • Atomos
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Why is initial velocity equal to final velocity for x-axis motion?

  • Aspekt
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How Can Circular Motion Principles Solve Real-World Physics Problems?

  • hshphyss
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Is Energy a Scalar or Vector? Understanding Energy and Work

  • Werg22
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Where is the Center of Gravity of a Car Located?

  • AdnamaLeigh
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Calculating Bank Angle for Airplane Flying at 50ms^-1 with 300m Radius Turn

  • Kenny Lee
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Determining Spring Constants in Different Gravity Environments

  • polyperson
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Projectile Motion basketball shot

  • kara1434
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Energy Absorbed by Ear from 95-dB Sound Wave

  • helppppp
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Does Stretching a Slinky Affect Wave Speed?

  • runicle
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Solving Part (b) of Impulse Question Problem

  • amcavoy
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Terminal velocity of a steel ball

  • sueanne
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(Circular motion) The second problem I really need to solve this weekend

  • Lisa...
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Vectors/Trigonometry Notation Problem

  • lando45
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Angle for Impending Motion on Inclined Plane with Attached Blocks

  • physicsss
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Torque Calculation for Restoring Angular Speed of Two Disks

  • amcavoy
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Conservation of energy with friction and springs

  • F.B
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Physics test retake: farad, atomic structure, house circuits, and atomic energy

  • mrlobster@g-unit.com
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What is the initial speed of the bullet that hits the pendulum?

  • joex444
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End correction in open-closed pipes: how does it affect wavelength?

  • R7ll
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Finding the center of mass of a cone

  • Moneer81
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Why does work equal the line integral of force?

  • courtrigrad
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Scuba diver's lungs expanding from 10 m depth to surface

  • Physic_Scholar
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Block on block on table with hanging mass friction problem

  • Lisa...
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Coursework on Projectile Motion

  • Apoorva
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Can the passenger catch the train if the platform is long enough?

  • cocoavi
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How to Determine Maximum Tension Before a Rubber Band Snaps?

  • ~Josh [G]
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Optimal angle for maximum torque in a balancing torque problem

  • Physics103
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Finding elevator acceleration when scale reads 0.72 of normal weight

  • Sar06
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Angular momentum in a particle system

  • Shadow Cloud
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Arrow fired from bow and car kinetic energy percent increase

  • thschica
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Calculating the Magnitude of an Object in Free Fall

  • killer22
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Two Compressed Springs -> Unstable Equilibrium

  • brentd49
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Calculating Torque and Force on Supports A and B

  • Physics is Phun
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Spring fired marble distance needed

  • joex444
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How Does Free Fall Affect Pepe and Babette's Midair Catch?

  • Kandy
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Egg drop device that must bounce after horizontal toss

  • briguy2188
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Calculating Angular Velocity of a Rotating Platform with Moving Mass

  • Punchlinegirl
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Lenz's Law/Conservation of Energy

  • KatieKangaroo
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Does a pendulum experience centripetal force?

  • Werg22
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Calculate Gravity Using Pendulum Experiment

  • Effitol840
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How much work is done on the crate by friction?

  • courtrigrad
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Specific heat : solids and liquids

  • airforce840
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Calculating Force and Angle on Incline Plane with Friction

  • physicsss
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How Do You Determine the Direction of Coriolis Force?

  • madking153
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How Do You Calculate the Instantaneous Power of a Car Engine?

  • 404
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How Do You Calculate Equilibrium Torque for a Supported Girder?

  • Ineedofhelp
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How Does Mass Influence the Velocity of the Center of Mass?

  • something_about
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Two Elastic/Inelastic Questions - Really Easy

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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How do bicycles act as force multipliers?

  • redXI
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Gravitational Potential Energy of astronaut

  • Erwin Schrodinger
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Angular acceleration of spinning tire and washing machine tub

  • hshphyss
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Why does a belt hanger with angled belt balance on a table edge?

  • unctarheels1
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Center of mass calculation for attached problem

  • jacy
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Why Do Objects with Different Mass Fall at the Same Time?

  • Ahmadso
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Circular motion on a inclined plane

  • Werg22
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Velocity and frame of reference question

  • Pepsi24chevy
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Frequency of a simple pendulum and it's mass

  • BBboy
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Finding distance to fish from echo time 0.483 s

  • BBboy
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Tunnel through the center of the earth

  • DarkWing
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Radiation Pressure: Solving for Magnetic Field

  • jarfungus
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What Does Monochromatic Light Mean in Young's Double Slit Experiment?

  • Ukitake Jyuushirou
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Centripetal force direction at the top of a ferris wheel

  • Erwin Schrodinger
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What is the threshold for pain in decibels?

  • bebe_boobs
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Thermal expansion of steel tape

  • donjt81
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Finding emf and internal resistance from voltmeter readings

  • Nabbsy88
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Tricky circular motion question

  • Lisa...
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Explain how the "snap" of a wet towel is produced

  • bebe_boobs
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How Does Momentum Conservation Apply in a Helicopter-Person System?

  • something_about
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Structural features that minimize earthquake damage in buildings

  • bebe_boobs
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Stress/strain/elongation question

  • donjt81
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Moment of Inertia/angularvelocity question

  • donjt81
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