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Motion and Position-Time Graphs

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Brass rod fitting through copper sheet clearance at temperature

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How Do Collisions Affect Momentum in Physics Problems?

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Got a Sound Wave Question for you thinkers

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Force Resolving Structural Engineering Problem

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Calculating Electric Field at 4th Corner of Rectangle with 3 Charges

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Some problems with rotational motion

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Magnetic Fields affect on voltage

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Stone thrown up at 19.6 m/s: velocity and position at 1s, 2s, 3s

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How can you measure speed of a plane from the ground?

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Calculating the Mass of the Earth Using Orbital Data

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Calculating Power to Drag 100kg Log Down 20° Hillside at 0.50 m/s

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How Do You Calculate the Rotational Inertia of a Rotating Door?

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How to Calculate Energy Loss in an Inductor with Internal Resistance?

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Spring balance reading on a sinusoidal road at constant velocity

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Will All the Ice Melt in a Box with a Heat Capacity of 80J/K?

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Conservation of angular momentum of a uniform thin rod

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What Is the Minimum Speed to Prevent Water Spillage in a Rotating Pail?

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Understanding Diode Display on a C.R.O.

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Sources of Error in Standing Waves Lab

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How Does Hubble's Law Calculate Redshift for Distant Galaxies?

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Angular acceleration of meter stick after removing one mass

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Find the translational kinetic energy of its center of gravity

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Rotational kinetic energy of cylinder rolling down 15° incline

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How Does Angular Acceleration Affect Rotational Motion?

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Tug of War Acceleration: 60kg and 40kg Girls on Icy Surface

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Ball thrown from moving train observed to rise vertically from ground

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What is the Angular Speed of a Toy Train's Wheel in a Rotating Track System?

  • ViewtifulBeau
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Calculating Wind Velocity for Pilot's Flight Route

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What Is the Molecular Formula of the Alkane in This Chemistry Problem?

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Finding breaking distance when force and velocity are given

  • emma123
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How Do You Calculate the Unknown Mass in an Atwood's Machine?

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Finding center of mass of a picture

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Anyone see where I messed up on finding the current?

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Centripetal Force Experiment: Measuring Acceleration on a Turntable

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What Does the "p" in "1.25p r/s2" Mean?

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How would this work (electricity question)

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Finding an electric field from a scalar field

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Drawing a free body diagram for a block pulled by a string at 45°

  • elle
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A simple ladder problem (equilibrium)

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One more problem overcoming friction

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How do I interpret magnetic fields due to electric currents?

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How far does the marble travel before hitting the floor?

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What is the fraction of a rope that can hang over a table without sliding?

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Coursework on Properties of Aluminium

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What is the acceleration of the wedge on a slope with a block on top?

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Conservation of Energy, Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

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Calculate the work done to locate a 150kg satellite

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RMS to Peak Conversion: Magnetic Field Experiment

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What Causes Potato Chip Bags to Burst in the Mountains?

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Racing car with lift and downforce forces

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What does "Work done on the object" mean

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Heat - Energy Transfer Question

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Standing Waves in Research Industry

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Helium balloon lifting capacity with 7.35 m radius and 930 kg balloon

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MI moment of inertia on pulley

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How Does Light Intensity Change Through Three Stacked Polarizing Films?

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How do you prove the force between two conductor plates is F=q^2/2eA?

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Physics problems requiring calculus and integration to solve

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What is buoyancy and how is it used in problem-solving?

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Angular acceleration of particles on a rod and tensions in a disk pulley system

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Does a Suspended Baseball Bat Really Function as a Simple Pendulum?

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Solving Oscillation Problem: Find Time for Pendulum with 30m Cable

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Solving Elevator Accleration Problems with a Bathroom Scale

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Maximum velocity on a banked curve with friction

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If the polar ice caps melted, would a day be longer or shorter?

  • confusedbyphysics
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Finding the weight of each boy on a seesaw with torque

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Rotational Dynamics - sphere,block,pulley

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Temperature and frequency in an organ pipe

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Light energy produced by a 60W bulb over 10 hours

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Find Velocity of Centripetal Ball Before Swing Out

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Calculate the Overall Velocity of Dropped Hamper from 3000m Height

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AC circuits and Kirchoff's laws

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How Many Freon Cycles to Lower Refrigerator Air by 12°C?

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What Amplitude Ensures a Computer Withstands 32g in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Proving properties of a quadrilateral using vectors

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Finding momentum of a 0.19 kg ball of dough at half its maximum height

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Vector Proofs: A Quadrilateral thing #2

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Inductance of a coil in an AC L-R circuit

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How is Work Calculated When Walking Up a Hill?

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Paper boy problem (relative motion)

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Find Magnitude of Initial Acceleration for Rod of Length 1.29m

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How Much Work Is Needed to Accelerate a Baton to 5.6 rad/s?

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Plane flying at 125 m/s south with 25 m/s wind 30° north of east

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What is the relationship between simple harmonic motion and amplitude?

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How Is the Net Force on Earth Calculated When Aligned with the Moon and Sun?

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Destructive Interference of a Sound Wave

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Calculate the weight of the satellite on the surface of the Earth

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Forming Linear Equations From Non-Linear Equations

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Finding the angular velocity of a driven wheel from a driving wheel

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What is the net force on the fish in this fishing scenario?

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Velocity in two motions (X and Y) ?

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What Formula Determines Average Velocity During Impact?

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