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Obtain the resistance of a ntc thermistor

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Understanding Conservation of Energy in Rollercoasters

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Calculating Work Done by Air Resistance on a Thrown Ball

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Fluids Problem: Calculating Oil Layer Depth for Floating Soap Bar

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Magnetic field of solenoid 77.1 cm with 340 turns

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Calculating Earth's Core Current: 6.2E8 A

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What is the angle between the string and the vertical?

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Kinetic Pressure: Explanation and Questions

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How Do Length Errors Propagate Through Different Operations?

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Does Kleppner and Kolenkow mechanics have a solutions manual?

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How much mechanical energy is lost in a car-truck collision?

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Physics Problem: Flight Attendant and 70N Bag

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How does angle help find electric force from mass and gravity?

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Does it matter how many turns it makes for dingint he moment and torque?

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Demonstration dips his wettened fingers into molten lead

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Calculating Maximum Kinetic Energy from Potential Energy

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Vertical circle, miminum radius

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What Happens to Voltage in an Electric Circuit?

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What is the magnitude of the torque acting on the loop? T = IAB

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Solving the Acceleration of a Charged Particle

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Moment of Inertia Calculation for Conic Disc with Hole in Center

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Solving Elevator Question: 50kg = 300N

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Finding a Science Project: 11th Grade Physics Edition

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Difference between Generator and Alternator

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Kinetic energy, work pirnciple. (?)

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How Do You Calculate Current Through a Resistor in a Parallel Circuit?

  • QueenFisher
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Is a 1A Current to the Right Equivalent to -1A to the Left?

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Angular acceleration of a skater

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How is the Range of a Projectile on an Inclined Plane Derived?

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Finding tensions T1 and T2 in a three-mass system

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Why is a pendulum's potential energy mgcosθ/2l?

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What Can a Force-Displacement Graph Tell You About an Object's Properties?

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Solving an Automobile Cooling System Question: 18L to kg Conversion

  • Ryan231
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Grade 12 physics - one mass on incline and other hanging

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Converting moment of inertia from g·cm² to kg·m²

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Solve the Black Mamba Physics Problem and Ace Your Physics Midterm!

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Will the Car Stop in Time to Avoid Hitting the Child in the School Zone?

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Is the Work Done by Gravity Calculated Incorrectly?

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Ballistic pendulum with bullet passing through block

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Finding impulse from a force vs time graph of a soccer ball kick

  • Punchlinegirl
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Arrow through spinning wheel with spokes and rotating drum problems

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What Is the Left Turning Point of a Particle in a Conservative Force Field?

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Solving Trajectory Problem: Castle Wall Cannonball

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Grade 12 Physics - mass on an inclined plane (different question)

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Rotational inertia of a spool pulled by a string

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Two methods to measure gravity without a pendulum

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Water length and mercury rise in U-tube with different cross sections

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Calculate Work on 8kg Block: Kinetic Energy Method

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Canoe Movement Calculations: 45kg Woman in a 60kg Canoe

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Groundspeed of Plane in 10km/h Headwind: 90km/h

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What does a scale read in an elevator at rest?

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But what happens when the object is on an inclined surface?

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How Far Will a Bullet Travel When a Block Is Free to Slide?

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Calculating Centripetal Force? (car moving in circle on a sloped road)

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Why does vertical component of normal force

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Mechanics-related car question

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Kinetic Friction: Stopping a 2500kg Car on Icy Road

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How Many Stair Climbs to Burn 500 Calories?

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Block and Wedge (all frictionless)

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Solve Gravitational Field Problems: Earth Satellite

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How to Determine the Woman's Mass in a Constantly Accelerating Elevator?

  • ledhead86
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Calculating the top speed of a train (almost there)

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Which equation do I use to find time to a certain speed?

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What is the energy lost to friction?

  • Kumar9
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Question on kinetic energy transferred by a bow

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Finding Kinetic Energy of an Electron with 100keV X-Ray Wavelength

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Solving Projectile Motion: What Step Does Ball Hit First?

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CCD image processing - Astronomy

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Non uniform circular motion and friction

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How Does the Temperature of a Body in Space Change Over Time?

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Three spheres colliding and sticking at the origin

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The Acceleration Due To Gravity

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Surface gravity on a neutron star and gravity at altitude

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Uniform circular motion (I DON'T KNOW)

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Projectile and conservation of motion

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Calculating Work and Friction in a Horizontal Surface: A Practical Example

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Calculating Final Speed of a Sliding Block of Ice on an Inclined Plane

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Collision with spring release between two blocks

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How Many Flights of Stairs to Burn 500 Calories?

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Solving Cancer Tumours w/ High Energy Ions

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Finding Equal Force Distance from Moon

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File cabinet sliding in truck bed during braking

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Two ice skaters push off: why doesn't the mass ratio equal the distance ratio?

  • PhunWithPhysics
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Kinetic Theory Of Temperature Problem

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Finding distance and average speed for multi-segment car trip

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Earth-moon center of mass and pool ball collision angles

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