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How Do You Solve These Two Uniform Motion Problems?

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Making a fictional energy machine credible for a sci-fi story

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Can Plastic Conduct? Why or Why Not?

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Is hydrogen a metal, nonmetal or a metalloid?

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Why is Hydrogen Considered a Nonmetal?

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AP physics Newton's motion questions is my answer correct?

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HOw many solutions does this echelon matrix have? Mine isn't right :\

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Basketball throw physics Problem

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My final Diff Eq question for now

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Verify that a vector is an eigenvector of a matrix

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Speed and acceleration of woman falling 144 ft onto ventilation box

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Degree of Freedom Formula for Molecules with n Atoms

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Calculating Mass of Precipitated Silver Bromate in Water

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Why are they called quadric surfaces?

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Does exponential take over cosine?

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Force problems with components and net force calculations

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How Do I Find h-min in a Box-on-Incline Physics Problem?

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Following limit is to be evaluated

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Constant acceleration with known velocity and position

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How Do Drag and Gravity Affect Projectile Motion?

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Finding Zero Potential Points on the x-axis with Two Charges

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Probability random selection Question

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What Capacitor Values Solve This AC Circuit Problem?

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Solving (3/4)^(3x-2) * (4/3)^(1-x) = 9/16 and 3(3^x) + 9(3^-x) = 28

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Kinematics problem- seems easy but having trouble

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Conic sections: what can I expect?

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Help With Physics Chapter Test - Gwyneth's Desperate Plea

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How do I solve exponentials with base e?

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Cop's Accel and speeder's velocity?

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How Close Does a Proton Get to an Infinitely Long Line of Charge?

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Why does KMnO4 react with KBr and KI but not KCl?

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Tension in rope holding 12.0 kg bucket at 100° angle

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Understanding Line Parametrization - Explanation and Examples

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Wave equation for two elastic rods in collision with free ends

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Solving 1st Order ODE: f(s) = -F(s)ln(s^2 + 1)/2 + C

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Helium ion transition with wavelength near H-alpha line

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What Does [f(p) - f(a)]/(p-a) Approach as p Approaches a for f(x) = x^3?

  • mr_coffee
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How Can I Derive x = (sqrt(2h/g))v from h = .5gt^2 and x = vt?

  • blue88
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What is the inverse Fourier transform of e^{-|x|}?

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Describing Span of Set in P4 Vector Space

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How do I find the Fermat Equation for a parabola in optics?

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Proving three vectors aren't coplanar using mixed product

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Pythagorean theorem and vectors

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Computer science exam: sound, current, diodes, Hall effect

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How Do You Graph y=cos(π/3)(x-1)?

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Average speed for round trip with different speeds

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Help with Vectors in R^3 - Noob Question

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Calculating Average Speed: Point 1 to Point 2 and Back, Using Identical Path

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How to calculate error in addition and multiplication

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Problems with some work problems

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When to use each of these equations

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Simple Harmonic Motion/Wave Motion

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Solving Complex Differential Equations: What Are the Steps?

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Direction of Impulse: Final Momentum vs Initial Momentum

  • tubworld
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Proving Equivalence and Function Equality in Real Analysis

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Calculating Distance Traveled by a Car's Sound Emission

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Resolve Paradox: Relativistic Snake Cut or Unhurt?

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Why is a car battery more dangerous than a 12V garage door battery?

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How Can Scalars Represent Any Linear Transformation in R^3?

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Induced EMF in a coil from a 50Hz power line 10m away

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How Many Participants Can Have Unique Task Scores in a Math Competition?

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Looking for a physics textbook that explains concepts step by step

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Research and design a model hovercraft

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How can I integrate a sinusoidal current in an L-C circuit undergoing resonance?

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How to Determine the Equation of a Curved Line of Best Fit?

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Interpreting Velocity Components in a Non-Head On Collision

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Solving Friction Problem in Physics - Cns/Oslo

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Implementing Various Calculations ith only + and - in c++

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Finding x from y = log₂(x) efficiently for calibration

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Really with projectice problems

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Train and Bird Collision: Calculating Trips and Distance

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Velocity and displacement question

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Solve Coefficient of Kinetic Friction Problem: 6m/s, 25° Angle

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Finding gravitational acceleration from a falling ball on planet X

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Vector Displacement Resultant Calculation

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Probability of guessing 0, 2, or 4 cards correctly with two red and two black

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Projectile Motion (Displacement and Velocity vector)

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How Do You Calculate the Speed of Air Over a U-Tube?

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Maximizing expected commodity amount with budget and price uncertainty

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Minimum speed for baseball to clear 12m fence 95m away

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Err, real easy problem but what'd he(or I) do wrong

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What is the structure of ethyl ethanoate?

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Where should the teacher be for the egg to drop on their head?

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How Can You Calculate Acceleration on an Inclined Plane with Friction?

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How Fast Was the Car Going When It Flew Off the Cliff?

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Free way Sign Problem - Statics

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Solving System of ODEs: A Puzzle

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Solve Problem at Traffic Intersection: Can You Make It Through?

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Solve Vibrating String Differential Equation with d'Alembert's Method

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Solving 4-Momentum Problem: Determining Threshold for Triplet Production

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Deriving the Critical Angle Equation for a 45, 45, 90 Triangle in Physics Lab

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Calculus of parametric equations (finding surface area)

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Calculating Electric Fields in a Gieger Counter

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Relative Motion Calculations: Solving for Time and Heading

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