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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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Calculate Work Needed to Stop Rolling Cylinder

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Moment of inertia for an irregular shaped object

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What Is the Initial Acceleration of End B When the String Is Cut?

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Calculating Scalar Potential for a Cube with Point Charges

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Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions

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Dynamic application of torque with center of mass

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Science Project Idea: Rainy Day Experiment for Measuring Wetness

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Solving for Displacement on a 25° Incline w/ Kinetic Energy

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Distance from free end to first node in a standing wave

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So the spider can safely climb up the strand with no acceleration (0 m/s^2).

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Force exerted by shoulder joint on outstretched arm

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Two masses connected by a spring on frictionless track

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Determining the force of something that is dropped.

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Using primitives to integrate moments of Inertia

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

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Calculating Impulse Magnitude in a 2-Dimensional System

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Hot air balloon buoyancy problem

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How Is Work Calculated When Lifting and Carrying a Cement Block?

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Air-wind-blah velocity problems

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Airline project: KC to Indianapolis with 550 mph cruising speed

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Electric fields and positive point charge

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Moment of inertia of a rod about an off-center axis

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Calculating the magnetic field of 3 piece wire

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How High Was the Basketball Dropped to Achieve a Momentum of 2.5 kgm/s?

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Calculating Rotational Inertia: A Puzzling Problem?

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Car moving along a banked curve with friction

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Calculating Period for Simple Harmonic Motion in Physics Lab

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Tape won't stick where I want it

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Solving a Rocket Motion Problem

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Whaaa Calculating the temperature of the suns surface

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Vector components on the tip of hand on a clock

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How high does a 0.240 kg block rise above a compressed spring?

  • hshphyss
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What is the speed of the ball after bouncing off an elastic surface?

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Determine the possible values for the magnitude

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Determine the Gravitational potential energy

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Water waves with 4 m spacing and 2 waves every 5 seconds

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Moment of Inertia and Center of Mass for Point Particles

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How Do You Calculate Average Speed During Acceleration?

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Rolling Motion (Kinetic Energy)

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Tarzan's velocity while swinging on his vine

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Need some proper wording for a Formal Lab

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Inelastic collision and conservation of energy

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Redrawing Circuits for Diode Analysis: Is It Valid?

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Free-falling body subject to air resistance

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Finding currents I1, I2, I3 with Kirchhoff's laws

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Work on sliding bag on aircraft

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How Can I Calculate Tension and Amplitude in Standing Wave Problems?

  • Superdreamer
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Inconsistency in special relativity?

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Verifying answers for melting ice exam questions

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How Much Energy Do CO Molecules Need for a Rotational Transition?

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How to Solve Electric Circuit Questions

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Force from a compressed air motor with 200psi to 30psi regulation

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Wavelength, Frequency, and Planck's Constant

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Finding wheel radius from rim and spoke masses for kinetic energy

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Calculating Torque: Solving a Bicycle Wheel Problem

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Normalizing Data from Lens Equation Lab

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Finding matched line voltage from standing wave data

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Does Equipartition of Energy Mean K is Proportional to D and T?

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In what unit do you measure potential energy?

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How Do You Calculate Travel Time and Distance with Stops and Varying Speeds?

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Equation to find density of metal

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Apply the law of conservation of energy to determine the ball's speed

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3 problems involving linear momentum

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Breaking Point for a Copper Wire

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Resolution of an electron microscope for a given voltage

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Finding equilibrium angle for a wedge with two normal forces

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At What Height Is a Projectile at Half Its Initial Velocity?

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Force exerted by fish on fishing reel with friction clutch

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How can I find the mechanical energy lost due to friction?

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Comparing momentum and kinetic energy for two trucks

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How High Does Block M1 Rise After a Magnetic Repulsion Collision?

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Wat does my teacher want me to do?

  • DB
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Compressible Fluid Thermodynamics

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Calculating Final Speeds of Pucks A and B After Collision

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Floating cylinder in water with simple harmonic motion

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Fundamental frequency of a guitar string?

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A passenger rushing to catch a plane at the airport

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How High Can Tarzan Swing After Jane Lets Go?

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How Is Final Velocity Calculated from Impulse?

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Pressure Difference Across Airplane Wings

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What Is the Speed of a Block Just Before It Hits a Spring?

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Advanced free body diagram problems with computer calculations

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