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Force due to pressure on side of a container

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Bat sonar with temperature gradient at 40m distance

  • Vanity
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RC circuit discharge: finding time when voltage drops from 80V to 5V

  • cunhasb
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Solving Vector Coordinates Problem for Circular Movement

  • brad sue
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How does a computer calculate acceleration and velocity?

  • h_k331
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How is the Displacement Current Used to Resolve Issues with Ampere's Law?

  • hhh79bigo
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How do Nuclear Submarines work in the James Bond movie

  • actingbiz1
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Calculating Wave Function for Standing Wave on String

  • Scarborm
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Finding tension in three asymmetric cables supporting a weight

  • philipc
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When Does the Marble Overtake the Stone in a Gravity Experiment?

  • mickarose
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Calculating Tension and Speed in Circular Motion: A Tether Ball Example

  • Lalasushi
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Solve Heat Conduction for 3D Rectangular Solid

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Can a number have more than one primitive root?

  • pivoxa15
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Are 3 Vectors Coplanar? Checking the Triple Product

  • teclo
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Recoil energy and Heisenberg Uncertainty principal

  • amb123
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Calculus III: 3D coordinates, distances, and sphere equations

  • mr_coffee
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Understanding Big-Oh Problems with Two Parts

  • IcyBlueRose
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Solving xy' = y² + y

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Protecting an egg in a 15 meter drop with limited materials

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Electric Field charge calculation

  • Brad_1234
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Calculating Car's Acceleration in Circular Motion

  • tubworld
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Solving Dimension Matching Problem with Brad - 65 Characters

  • brad sue
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Finding the net electrostatic force on particle 1, triangle

  • mr_coffee
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Calculating Course and Arrival Time for a Plane with Wind-Affected Speed

  • Pseudo Statistic
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Calc III, what point could this be?

  • mr_coffee
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Solving Taylor Series Problem with m-th Derivative Bound

  • brad sue
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Eigenfunctions and Energy Measurements in Quantum Mechanics

  • t1mbro
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Is V Also a Vector Space Over the Real Numbers?

  • loli12
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Projectile motion but with resistive force

  • tubworld
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Factors affecting the resonating frequency of wire

  • revan
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What is the purpose of dx in an integral?

  • ludi_srbin
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Finding Fourier Coefficient for f(x) = 2δ(x-1) + δ(x-2)

  • Zaare
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Integrating 1/cosh²x in separable ODE

  • asdf1
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What are alternative methods for solving the O.D.E. y'=(x^2+y^2)/xy?

  • asdf1
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Solving the differential equation y' = (1-2y-4x)/(1+y+2x)

  • asdf1
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Solving Unseparable O.D.E. xyy`= 2y^2 +4x^2

  • asdf1
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Proving Matrix Addition/Scalar Multiplication Properties

  • asdf1
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Electron orbiting a proton with 24-hour period

  • blur13
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Can You Drop an Object Through a Hole in the Earth?

  • insertnamehere
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How Do Traffic Signal Timings Affect Car Speed Calculations?

  • brad sue
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How Do You Find the Velocity of a Particle Given Its Position Function?

  • JoshHolloway
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Do Independent Normal Variables Exceed a Given Total?

  • WY
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Electric field of a uniformly charged disk

  • meadow
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SHM problem involving an applied force

  • insertnamehere
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Solving projectile motion problems with trigonometry

  • thugg
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How Do You Solve These Physics Problems Using Component Methods?

  • thugg
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Have a question on how to do an integral.

  • PCP
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Why does squaring both sides give 5 = 9?

  • TSN79
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Finding the Unit Vector Orthogonal to a Defined Plane

  • teclo
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What happens to electrostatic force when you double the charges?

  • mystry4
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Can Initial Position Alone Determine an Oscillator's Amplitude and Phase?

  • insertnamehere
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Physics help book for PHY 121 and remembering kinematics formulas

  • clair_a_net
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Can an infinite subset be dense in a finite complement topology?

  • Oxymoron
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Why does the commutator Dx - xD equal 1?

  • tirnanog84
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Where will a ball thrown into a hole dug from North Pole to South Pole end up?

  • Neha Sanghvi
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EM: Net Force on Test Charge Q in 12-Sided Polygon

  • matpo39
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Are there additional ways to enhance problem solving skills?

  • siddharth
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Rock thrown up from cliff and dropped rock timing problem

  • Pseudo Statistic
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Is the Mapping f:\mathbb{Q}_p \rightarrow \mathbb{R} Continuous?

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Are Changing Electric Fields Non-Conservative?

  • shahidkhilji
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Proving hyperbolic trig formula

  • tuly
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Trouble remembering integration

  • LocationX
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How do I solve the numerator in the mean square radius integral?

  • sniffer
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My lack of problem solving skills - Mechanics

  • infraray
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When is work positive or negative when sawing a tree with a handsaw?

  • Raikou Tatsu
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Which Object Reaches the Bottom of an Incline Fastest?

  • mpm
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Sine function with amplitude 3, period π/6, and phase shift π/3

  • aisha
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How Do You Solve Systems of Equations Using an Inverse Matrix?

  • TonyC
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How Many Liters of Paint Needed for Pyramid?

  • smartguy_ppl
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Conservation of energy and vertical circular motion

  • tubworld
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Complex numbers and Argan Diagram

  • coffeebeans
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Distributing 6 Distinct Molecules Across 3 Energy Levels

  • patcho
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What is the area bounded by Y=X^1/2, the x-axis, and 2X+3Y=6?

  • tuly
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How do I work through epsilon-delta limit proofs?

  • sony
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How Much Air to Remove to Maintain Pressure When Temperature Increases?

  • physicsss
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Can you multiply this matrix with a singular value?

  • TonyC
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Integration by parts with exponential and sine functions

  • UNIQNESS
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Why do these two derivatives of y=vx give different results?

  • asdf1
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Perhaps delta function or inverse Laplace transform?

  • EvLer
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Solve Matrice Problem: X = 4A - 4B

  • TonyC
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Why Is There a Maximum Electric Field Point Outside a Charged Ring?

  • Brad_1234
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Mechanism of a cylinder rolling down a ramp?

  • kendro
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The Archimedes Principle and Volume Change in Water

  • parwana
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Frequency Formulas: Same or Different?

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How Can I Accurately Measure Gravity Using a Pendulum in My Lab?

  • ccflyer
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Could someone check me on this?

  • physicsCU
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Calculating Rocket Acceleration for a 200 m/s Speed at 1.0km Height

  • ludi_srbin
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