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How Do You Calculate Work Done by a Varying Force in One Direction?

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Angular Velocity: Find Theta at t=1 & t=5.5

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Solving Elastic Collision: Final Speed of Mass M

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Number of Wavelengths from Excited H Atom (n=9)

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Understanding Static Equilibrium: Calculating Tension and Reaction Forces

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Calculating Induced Current in Coaxial Solenoid-Wire System

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Solving Spring Constant: mu, m, g, v

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Measuring tube velocity with air bubble?

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How Can I Solve Complex Physics Homework Problems?

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What Determines the Amplitude of a Vibrating Membrane?

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Solving the Puzzle: Calculating Watts of "Wonderland's Watt

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Uniform Circular Motion questions

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Find Change in Momentum: 2.00kg Object, 25 m/s, 30° Angle

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Draw Minkowski Diagram: x-axis 0-5m, ct-axis 0-5m

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Current & Power After Battery Change Doubling EMF in Circuit

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Understanding Momentum Conservation in a Shell Explosion: A Quick Question

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Calculating Block's Max Height from Impulse/Velocity

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How Do You Calculate the Electric Potential Due to a Non-Uniformly Charged Rod?

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What Is the Force on the Wheaties Box from the Cheerios Box?

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Uniform Circular Motion of streetcar

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Difficult gravitational potential problem

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Gravitational potential energy question

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Why Does Tcos(20) Equal umg in a Sledge Problem?

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Gas Pressure at 25°C: 0.45 mol, 0.65 L

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Vertical Jump Test and physics Check My Work

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Maximum possible static friction

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Calculating Velocity using Hooke's Law: A Simple Question

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What other forces act on a rod-pivot system besides centripetal force?

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Solve the Puzzle: Find the Scale Readings for a Mass Distribution

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How Do You Calculate Muzzle Velocity Using Mass and Height?

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Calculating the Age of an Ancient Boat: A Radioactive Decay Problem

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One question on cercular motion

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Uncertainty of Grating Constant

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How Does Bending Knees Reduce Impact Force During a Jump?

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Solving Circuits and Calculating Resistance and Voltmeter Readings

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Marble gun - how far to compress string

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How to Calculate the Mass of a Toy Car Using Kinetic Energy?

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How do i determine power generated be an applied force

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Physics Problem: Brick Thrown From Building Height

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Physics: Find Wagon Speed Up 18.1° Hill Given Tension and Distance

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Finding the center of mass with a modified reaction board method

  • Winner
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What is the formula for friction on an inclined plane?

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How Accurate Must the Orbit Radius Be for Geosynchronous Satellites?

  • Dorothy Weglend
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Just a quick question about v vs. t graphs

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What is the Resultant Force on a Mass in Non-Uniform Circular Motion?

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Calculate the net torque about the axle of the wheel

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Inertial Disk Lab: Physics 11 H Experiment

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Why use a discharge tube instead of a light bulb?

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Projectile Motion Problem: Calculating Horizontal Distance with d=s*t Formula

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How Does Adding Mass Affect Velocity in a Frictionless System?

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Help with complex friction problem

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Solve Flying Baseball Problem: a-h

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Lab report: pulling cart up a ramp, find efficiencies

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Simple Harmonic Motion and time equation

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Velocity of mail bag released from helicopter

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Train tracks and helium gas. 2 questions.

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Energy of Harmonic Oscillators?

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Non-Native English Speaker: Torpidity Coefficient

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How Does Work Affect Acceleration on an Air Track?

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Conservation of Momentum in a Two-Sled System

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How do you find the resistance of a coil

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Current Calculation Problem (Probably Simple)

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Kinematics of rocket - calculate total hang time

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Force/Energy Analysis of Two Bars Connected by a Spring

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The Astonishing Heat Capacity of Snow: Explained

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What is the kinetic energy of object 1 after being pulled?

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Sensing-Electricity Questions Help

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Finding potential difference of Va-Vb, circuits.

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How Is the Swing Angle Determined in a Ballistic Pendulum Problem?

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Can Vector Operations Be Done in Polar Coordinates?

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Solving Jane's Swing Problem: Find Min Speed to Cross River & Return

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Inclined Plane Newton's Third Law

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How Do Rearview Mirrors Affect Image Size?

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How Can You Find the Mass of a Satellite Without a Given Radius?

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Work Done by Elevator Lifting Mechanism

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Calculating the Center of Mass for a Dog on a Flatboat

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Calculating Acceleration from High Speed Camera Footage

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Magnitude and direction of impulse

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Solving Horizontal Force for Femur Injury Treatment

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How Do You Calculate the Moment of Inertia for a Tube?

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Relative Velocity Q: An Airplane Flying 35° N of E in 100 km/h Wind

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Help With Forces: Find Friction Coefficient

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Harsh Torque problem. Check for me :o)

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Did i add up these Ressitors right?

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Max and min forces on an elevator.

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What Angle Gives a Magnetic Force of 1.8 Times the Original Force?

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Findiing internal resitance trouble

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Action/reaction on superposed masses

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Square Rooted varible by itself (/x)

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Uniform accelerated motion problem help

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Solvng Circuit Problems Involving R1, R2, R3, and R4

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How Does the Angle of Incline Affect Current in a Sliding Rod Experiment?

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What is the Potential Difference between points a and b in this circuit?

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