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Calculate the constant force exerted on the pole-vaulter

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Uniform acceleration vector problem

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Calculating Equivalent Capacitance of Infinite Array with Co as Capacitance

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How Does Friction Affect Work in a Pulley System with Unequal Masses?

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Conservation of momentum and energy problem

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How Far Does a Car Travel After Driving Off a Cliff?

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Time to Calculate the Piano's Fall

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Calculating Intercept Time and Distance in a Police Chase

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Solving Rotational Energy Problem | 1.6m Stick, .4-.070kg/m^2

  • Jack86
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Refraction: Solving Tricky Questions

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Solving Light Optics Problem: Find Reflection Point

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Two Theoretical Questions about Force (have answers but confused)

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Calculating Time in Air for a Vertically Launched Rocket

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Solve PVg Volume-Weight Problem: 28 N Required

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How Accurate is Radiocarbon Dating for Determining the Age of a Mummy?

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Find Max Power Dissipation in Circuits with Variables

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Find expression of current in this circuit

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Measuring Acceleration Due to Gravity: Experiments & Graphs

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Calculation Error: Iodine-131 Half-Life & 30 Days

  • Ukitake Jyuushirou
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Testing Poiseulle's Law: Flow Rate vs Length

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Calculating the Period of Deimos: Phobos vs Deimos

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How Do You Calculate Rotational Inertia for Cross Arms in Physics Lab?

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Calculating Work and Power in Mechanical Systems

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How Does Deuterium's Vibrational Frequency Compare to Helium's?

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What is the Average Velocity Problem and How Can It Be Solved?

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Minimum power that must be provided to the air-conditioner

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Calculating Tammy's Displacement

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Calculating COP of Refrigerator: Solve with W=P(delta)t

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Understanding Significant Figures: Rules, Accuracy & Loss

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Rotational motion of a spool of wire

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A very tought physics sum I am having trouble with.

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This problem is driving me NUTS

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Find the Height of a Cliff with Sound Homework Help - Expert Guidance"

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Calculating Charged Object Mass and Attraction Force

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Uniform Circular Motion with friction

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Understanding Relativistic Kinetic Energy in Modern Physics

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How Much Power Does Niagara Falls Generate?

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.Understanding Torque: Forces, Rotation, and Equilibrium

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What is the Velocity of a Car in a Loop-the-Loop Amusement Park Ride?

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Flywheel Rotation: Calculate Total Angle After 48.7s

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How High to Release a Mass for Loop-the-Loop Motion?

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Solving the Sheep and Grass Puzzle: Maximum Number of Sheep

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Kind of helpin from othersthax everyone.

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Conservation of energy question

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What Does the Equation (KE1-KE2)/KE2 = M/(M+m) Represent in Physics?

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Find Tension of Meter Stick Attached to Wall

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How to Balance a Seesaw with Three Children?

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Moment of Inertia - Need Guidance

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Solving Distance Traveled Using Coefficient of Friction

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Really,reall need your help-I'm totally lost

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Two Masses Connected by a Pulley

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Solve Tricky Homework Problem: Ice Flake Speed in Hemispherical Bowl

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Solving for Mechanical Energy in a Stopping Bullet Problem

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Calculating Recoil Speed: Mass, Arrow and Velocity

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How Fast Does the Block Travel After Leaving the Spring?

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F = Minimum Force Required to Lift Bicycle Wheel off Ground

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Angular Acceleration/ Find angle in period - PLEASE help

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Solving Momentum Questions: Bird on a Swing

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What is the Speed of the Upper End of a Falling Pole?

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How Do Kepler's Laws Explain Satellite Orbits and Gravity Points?

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Solving a Spring Compression Puzzle: Work Done by Gravity

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How High Does a Stone Reach When Shot from a Slingshot?

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What Force Lifts a Bicycle Wheel Over a Step?

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What Forces Do Stepladders Exert on a Plank with a Painter?

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Angular acceleration & cylinder

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What did I do wrong? (Newton's Second Law)

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Force and Motion (with tension)

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Why is dm negative in the rocket equation derivation?

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Help with rotation about a fixed axis

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Impulse, elastic collisions and Inelastic

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Lorentz Force Law, am i messing up vector algebra?

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Another Angular Acceleration Problem

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Circular Motion Problems: Maximum Angular Speed and Slip Calculation

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Solving Momentum Problems: Rocket, Crate & Cannon

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Calculate the average power required by the electric motors

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Calculating the Area Under a Graph | Find the Shaded Region on a Lab Image

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Determine the angular acceleration of the block

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Centripetal Force and a Word Problem

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What is the Entropy Change in Cooling Aluminum from 373K to 333.45K?

  • jmcgraw
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Rollercoaster Physics: Minimizing h for a Safe Loop-the-Loop Ride

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What is the maximum power rating of a kettle

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What is the formula for finding the speed of a roller coaster at point A?

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What is the impulse delivered to the ball by the racquet?

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