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Solve Vector Components: Find Resultant Displacement from Walk Path

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Finding the Voltage Drop Across a Capacitor in a Series Circuit

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How Do You Apply Newton's Laws to Calculate Forces on a Lawn Mower?

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What is the width of the single slit used in the experiment?

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How Does Symmetry Affect Integrals in Wave Equations?

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Is My Calculated Gravity in Diluted Gravity Lab Unusual?

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Solving Physics Integral: V^2_\textrm{rms}

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Wavelength and frequency problems with light and waves

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Friction of suitcase on a conveyor belt

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How Do You Calculate Penguin's Velocity on Frictionless Ice?

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How High Will a Pebble Go When Shot from a Compressed Spring?

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Proving Equivalence Relations: Intersection of Two Sets

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Question of counting and probability

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Solving a Physics Problem: Will the Ball Clear the Fence?

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Where to find weekly computer science articles for reports

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How to write matrix solutions in parametric form

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Coefficient of linear thermal expansion of a composite bar

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Replace two wrenches with single equivalent wrench, find resultant and pitch

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Simplifying two-loop RLC circuit equations for Laplace transform

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2 questions one wave one delta function

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Train rounding a curve: finding tangential and radial acceleration

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Does Normal Force Equal Weight?

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Solving Ray Optics Question: Thin Prism Refraction Index 1.41

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Tension and acceleration in pulley system with inclined and horizontal blocks

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A question on Schroedinguer equation

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Denote the initial speed of a cannon ball fired from a battleship

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Solving 2^(2x)-2^(x)-6=0 for x using logarithms

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Finding the impact angle when a particle hits a wall

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What is the derivative of a constant in a function?

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How Long Should Nancy Invest to Save $5000?

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Astronauts Jump So High on Moon: Weight and Atmosphere Matter

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How Do You Integrate \(\cos^2(x) \tan^3(x) dx\)?

  • Stevecgz
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Rocket launched at 53° with thrust then projectile motion

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What is the computation of tangential acceleration in circular motion?

  • lostinphys
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Which Formula Correctly Represents Velocity: V=v0 + 2at or V=v0 + at?

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Battle of the Somme closing date confusion

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Magnetic field rather than electric

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Where Did My Physics Calculation Go Wrong?

  • Stevecgz
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Calculating Acceleration at t = 2.20 s for a Particle in 2D Motion

  • lostinphys
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2-Dimensional motion problem once again

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Physics rock off a cliff question

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Finding Standing Waves by Adding Two Waves

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Calculating Escape Height for a Fish Evading a Diving Pelican

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Geometric proof for vector relation-

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Where can I find online resources to help with classical mechanics?

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How Do You Calculate a One-Sided Limit?

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Does the norm on W[a,b] satisfy the parallelogram law?

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Solve 3D Vectors: A, V0, R0, T for r0, V, Vave

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Using the slope of the graph, write an equation for this proportion

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Vector addition with different angles and hammock tension forces

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Trajectory of a ball thrown vertically

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How long in seconds was the kangaroo in the air?

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Calculating Force of Friction on a Bicyclist

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Finding d and U1 from U3 and S15

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Proving Diagonal Trisection in a Parallelogram using Vector Calculus

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Is Every Nonempty Subset with the Property xy^(-1) in H a Subgroup?

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What is the minimum stopping distance for a car on a wet road?

  • Stevecgz
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How Do You Calculate the Motion of Freely Falling Objects?

  • sap_54
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Solving y' + 2y = 4x

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Average speed and average velocity?

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What is the Magnitude of the Acceleration in This Newton's Laws Problem?

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What does height depend on a projectile motion besides gravity?

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Why is average speed 48 km/hr, not 50 km/hr, for a round trip?

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Finding PDF of Y from Uniform Distribution of X1-Xn

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What Is the Interval of Definition for This Differential Equation?

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Is AP Considered Equivalent to College Credit?

  • TheRhinoMan
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Probability of Letters in Envelopes: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

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Finding electric flux through a surface, simple problem, whats wrong?

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What do inductive vs deductive reasoning and geocentric vs heliocentric mean?

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Finding a Solution to a Differential Equation with Complex Solutions

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Is V Perpendicular a Subset of U Perpendicular in Subspaces of Rn?

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Where Does a Cut String Leave a Moving Mass After 4 Seconds?

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Frames of reference/vectors question.

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Time derivative of inner product of two Schrödinger solutions

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Normalization constant.

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Uniform circular motion and velocity vector

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Vector integral from 0 to π and exponential product

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Net force on car at constant velocity and train acceleration

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Double-Checking Electric Field Problems

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Potential Difference: Effects of Voltmeter Connection

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Calculate Decay Constant of Sodium Isotope: 2.6 Years Half Life

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Is my solution good? - kinetic friction

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Relationship between image and object distance in converging lens lab

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Function Composition: Graphing f(g(x)) Without Equations

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Proving Non-Conservation of Force in x-y Plane

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Acceleration of gravity and baseball problem

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Binomial Theorem Application in Cauchy's and Sellmeier's Equations

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Why Does Magnetic Force Not Alter the Speed of a Charged Particle?

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Calculating Ship Mass from Water Density Change

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How Much Runway is Needed for a Plane Towing Two Gliders to Take Off?

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Are There Electromagnetic Waves with Non-Orthogonal Components?

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