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Calculating Paint Volume for a 100x100 Block Structure

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How Do You Calculate River Concentration After a Discharge?

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Finding a Vector Valued Function for a Curve: Counterwise/Clockwise

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Proving a sequence with |x_k-x_{k-1}|<10^{-k} is Cauchy

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What are the criteria for proving equivalence of Cauchy sequences?

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Why do voltages seem to behave differently than expected?

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Why do forces on car tires increase with the square of speed?

  • king_2005
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What are the Answers to Operational Amplifier Questions?

  • Clari
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Units in a quantum barrier problem

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Projectile magnitude and angle question

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How Do You Calculate Proton Acceleration in an Electric Field?

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Solving F(x,v) for x: Deriving x as a Function of Time

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Minimum speed for student to catch bus 40m away

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Doppler effect at supersonic speeds

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Why Does a Heavy Backpack Make Hikers Lean Forward?

  • king_2005
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Calculate the allowable range of initial velocities

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Expression of AM Cosine Wave using Phasors

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How to calculate average velocity

  • sfgradv
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Finding the pattern in 1/2, 1/6, 1/12, 1/20, 1/30, 1/42, 1/56

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Why Does Bernoulli's Principle Yield a Negative Pressure in This Scenario?

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Finding k so a matrix system has no solution

  • danizh
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Speed and orbital period of satellite 600 km above Earth

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How High is the Cliff if a Rock Hits the Ocean in 3.2 Seconds?

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Why Do Sugar Particles Deflect When Sifting?

  • smither777
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Net force on a Merecedes convertible

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Solving perpendicular oscillation problems- lissajous

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What is the technique used to solve a separable differential equation?

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First-Order Linear Differential Equation Problem

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Is there a conversion for meters/sec into N

  • 92EG6
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Converting kg oil equivalent to 1000 TOE units

  • physicsss
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Finding L[t²] by integration by parts from L[1]

  • mathwurkz
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Atwood machine collision time and softball pitch motion

  • brad sue
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Maclaurin series of cos(x) in a composite function

  • Muzly
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Solve Physics Q: 0.5kg Water at 80°C to 10°C in Copper Vessel

  • love_joyously
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Crate sliding on a flatbed truck

  • lilkrazyrae
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How to Find the Half-Life of an Element

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Solving the Falling Man Problem: Calculating Building Height

  • alafleur1
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Piano string tension needed to raise middle C from 249 Hz to 261.6 Hz

  • Phymath
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Does a 75 m/s rocket fired at 61.9° clear an 11 m wall 25.5 m away?

  • shawonna23
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How do you find instantaneous speed?

  • navneet
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What Is the Electric Field Strength Needed to Suspend a Proton?

  • destinee20
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What Causes Discrepancies in Calculating Shearing Stress in a Circular Shaft?

  • Pepsi24chevy
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How Do I Calculate Horsepower?

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Finding E-field of 2 concentric clyinders

  • mr_coffee
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Finding a Perpendicular Point on a Triangle with Given Coordinates

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Kinematics Question on thrown ball

  • Woobi
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Solve Cascade System: Find z(t) from x(t)=u(t)

  • EvLer
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Poisson brackets and EM Hamiltonian

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Dynamic Motion: Frictional Forces and slope

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Understanding Electric Flux and Calculating it in Different Directions

  • mr_coffee
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How Does the Divergence Theorem Apply in Vector Calculus and PDE?

  • Tony11235
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Platinum resistance thermometer calibration with three data points

  • ice87
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Prove the Power Rule (calculus)

  • mattxr250
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Parametric equation of a Curtate cycloid

  • Townsend
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What is the Difference Between Speed and Velocity in Kinematics?

  • anarchy.spirit
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Significant Figures rule confusion

  • MysticalG
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Why the conservation energy doesn't work out?

  • cks
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Finding Equations of a Plane with 3 Points

  • kdinser
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Solving Laplace and Heat Equation in 3D Rectangular Solid

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Supply and demand functions for butter pecan ice cream

  • gillgill
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Linear algebra, determinants, and transposes

  • hgj
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Calculating RMS Speed of Nitrogen Molecules

  • Kali8972
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Finding Q and R from particle motion with distance and period constraints

  • SplinterIon
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Why is grinding aluminium and potassium chlorate dangerous?

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Calculating Entropy Derivative of a Temperature-Dependent Spring

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Solving a Complex Integral with Partial Fractions

  • laker88116
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Is velocity something an object has or something object experiences?

  • h_k331
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What Minimum Speed is Needed to Qualify for a Race?

  • onetroubledguy
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Kinematic formula for projectiles

  • answerseeker
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Best way to determine the weight/volume of a grain of sand/salt

  • soggybread
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Why does integrating electric field between point charges give infinity?

  • leright
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Calculate Moment of Force at Point A: 2.88kN.m

  • Struggling
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Where's the error in my equilibrium point calculation for two charged beads?

  • notmetalenough
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Projectile Problem: Stones Meet at Height

  • Neerolyte
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Where Can I Find Advanced Vector Problems in Physics?

  • Atomos
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Find equation in slope-intercept form

  • gillgill
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Electric field at P1 between three collinear point charges

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How to Determine the Thickness of a Sheet of Metal?

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Forces and Acceleration of Bumper Cars After Collision

  • Blink691
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Why is the square of an odd integer always of the form 8k+1?

  • Meh
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Proving SHM in a System of Electric Charges

  • stunner5000pt
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Finding Position at a Specific Time Using Kinematic Equations

  • onetroubledguy
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Solving Integral: \int \frac {x+4}{x^2+2x+5}

  • laker88116
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Solving the Problem of a Non-Conservative Force Function

  • Barley
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Car accelerating at 2.2 m/s² overtakes truck traveling at 9.5 m/s

  • PhilosophyofPhysics
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How Does Gaussian Wave Packet Transformation Work in Quantum Mechanics?

  • quasar987
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Solving an difficult inequality

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Significant Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5?

  • Victor Frankenstein
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How Does a Linear Current vs Voltage Graph Illustrate Ohm's Law?

  • Karma
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Calculating Charge Transfer in Silver Spheres Using Coulomb's Law

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Understanding Numerical Analysis Error Bounds

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Calculating Swimmer Velocity Using Diagonal Rope Length

  • brad sue
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Identifying the Valence of Common Elements

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Calculating the Apparent Angle of the Moon's Diameter from Earth

  • onetroubledguy
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What Does the Graph of y=(x+1)/(x-1) Look Like?

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