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Solve Time Delay Equations: Derive (6) and (7) from Mackey-Glass

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How to Find Limits Without Using L'Hopital's Rule?

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Speed of Electron in Two-Charge System

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Determine maximum value of this solution for t>0

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Groups containing no proper subgroup

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What Are Limits and Derivatives and How Do You Solve Them?

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Proofs with propositional logic formulas

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Boundary conditions for charged cylinder

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Electric flux and enclosed charge in a cube with non-uniform field

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Third Taylor polynomial for √(x+1) and error at x=0.5

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How Is the Centripetal Acceleration Formula Derived?

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How do you calculate the area of a parallelogram using a determinant matrix?

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Geiger Counter and Potential Difference

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Some problems no clue what to do

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Matrices trouble, making a,b,c no sol, a unique, and infin solutions

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Constant acceleration (rotation)

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Conservation of momentum in two dimensions?

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What is the Derivative of a Trigonometric Function?

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Mortgage borrowing with continuous compounding and payments

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DIFFEQ - Method of Undetermined Coefficients

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What is the electric potential at the sphere's surface? having troubles

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From limit to an infinate series.

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Constant of gravitation-what is that?

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Can someone check my answers on these kinematics questions?

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Induced EMF in a Wooden Ring with Time Varying Magnetic Field

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Understanding Cylindrical Vector Fields: Can They Be Electrostatic?

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Q3Ball Trajectory Calculations and Analysis

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Tension and acceleration in pulley and rope systems

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Minimizing Total Area: Optimal Dimensions for Triangles and Squares

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Calculating Percentage Error: What to Do and How to Do It

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General solution for given y'(x) = 2/(7-4y)

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Projectile motion on an incline

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When does a car accelerating from rest pass a truck at constant velocity?

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Proving That a Group of Order 5 is Abelian

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Equation for vertical spring motion with given equilibrium conditions

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Classifcation of irreducible polynomials

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Integral of cos(Ax)e^(-Bx²) from 0 to infinity

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Help with Golf Ball Question: Initial Velocity & Angle

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Solving the Puzzle: Acceleration of a 50kg Block

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Solving for Relative Velocity: Helicopter and Ejected Package Collision

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Solving Trig Equations: (1.84, 5.06)?

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Trolley pushed by compressed spring on frictionless track

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Calculating electron charge from Milliken oil drop data

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Calculate Charge on Electron from Milliken Oil Drop Data

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What Mistakes Are in the Elevator Problem Calculation?

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How Far Does a Projectile Travel When Fired from a Cliff?

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How Do You Integrate sin^6(x) Using Trigonometric Identities?

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Solving Max of x^2+y^2 w/ Lagrange Multipliers

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N's 2nd law: an eq'n for acceleration 'a'

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Evaluate the following integral

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Integration of 1/(x^2+4)^2 with trigonometric substitution

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How Do You Calculate Mass Flow Rate on an Inclined Plane?

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Car driven 150 km west then 30 km southwest

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Proof of the equality of men through induction.

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Proving the Laplace Operator in Polar Coordinates

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What is the Resultant Force on a Car with Two Differently Angled Forces?

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Projectile motion golf ball question

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Trouble Solving an Integral: 2tan(u) Substitution

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How to start a projectile motion problem

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Determining the Graph, Domain, and Range of ln(arctan(x))

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Ok, a little shoe experiment

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What Determines the Characteristics and Dynamics of a Wave?

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Can You Solve These Physics Problems Before My Test?

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What are some hints for solving Geometrical Optics problems?

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How to convert km/h to m/s squared

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What is the tension in the rope at this point?

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How Do You Calculate Initial Speed in Projectile Motion Problems?

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Time for freight train to accelerate from rest to 85 km/h

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2 Problems: 1 friction 1 uniform acceleration

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Does an object with velocity expression stop as time approaches infinity?

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How Far Does the Shell Land Beyond the Cliff Edge?

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Get me going in the right direction on this and I'll give you a hug

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Proving System Decay Time: A Detailed Explanation

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[DiffEq] First order Modeling Applications

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Solve Velocity Problem: Boat w/ 2 Boys Jumping

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A question and no idea what to do

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Proof of Tan (theta) = 1 + (2M / m)

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I don't understand the rank of a matrix

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Proving Suprema Product Property for Bounded Sets A and B

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If a gas is at STP, is atm pressure 1?

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What Is the Second Solution to the Given Differential Equation?

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Why divide by 2 when finding probability of exactly 2 values on 5 dice

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Electric Potenital engery trouble

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Magnetic Force: Halving the Distance

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Solving Friction Problems: Why Only Static Friction Applies?

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What is the work done on the block by the worker and weight forces?

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How to determine if basic trigonometric functions are continuous

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Domain of f(x) from -9 to 10 - Pre-calc Function

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How Do You Calculate the Electrostatic Force Between Two Charged Lines?

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Finding composition of lead and tin mixture using specific gravity

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