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Intermediate-Calculate a weight using conservation of energy

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Wheatstone Bridge at Null position

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Stress Problem Solution for Homework with Simple Equations

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Question about tensions in pulley problems?

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Calculating Rank Pulley Forces with Newton's Equations

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Slit Width & Single Slit Diffraction

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Inteference Fringes of Double Slit Experiment in Water

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Finding Tension force in a SHM Pendulum

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Moments - Support forces acting on a rod

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Find the electric field of a point P at a distance r

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Interferometer- 2 spectral lines

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Amplitude of waves at a further distance

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Rutherford model of atom and Bohr model

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The value of potential difference between two points

  • Fatima Hasan
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How Is Torque Calculated in This Physics Problem?

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Propagation of transverse pulse on a string

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Damped harmonic oscillator for a mass hanging from a spring

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Angular momentum changing as mass moves to center

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The directions of normal and shear stress

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Work/energy to find horizontal displacement

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Given speed/mass find R (centripetal)

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Measurement of Lx: Result of Measurement?

  • Physgeek64
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The work done by the electric field between two plates

  • Fatima Hasan
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Block moves down incline, hits spring, find spring constant

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Determine energy levels of a electron in a hydrogen atom

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Derivation from the 0th Law of Thermodynamics

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Yacht going around a track - circular motion

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How to work out the reflection point of waves

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Difference between radial and centripetal acceleration?

  • AMan24
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Submarine Buoyancy Differential Equation

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Change in the Kinetic Energy of a System

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Understanding Electric Potential and Field in a Ring of Charge

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The trajectory of an electron and a proton between two charged sheets

  • Fatima Hasan
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Electric Field from Charged Cylinder | Radial Distance

  • Fatima Hasan
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The electrostatic potential energy of two spheres

  • Fatima Hasan
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What is the difference between diffraction and scattering?

  • chef99
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Calculate the friction between sticks and the ceiling/floor

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Minimum ramp height for a ball to complete a loop with radius 0.3 m

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Ranking Forces in Picture: Net Force and Friction Equations

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Expectation Value and Probabilities of Spin Operator Sy

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Temperature multiplied by Power?

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What is the ranking of forces in a problem on ranking forces?

  • isukatphysics69
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Finding Tension Force in a Metal Stick Connected to the Ceiling

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Calculating the magnitude of the total electric field at P

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Torsional Pendulumn- Inertia and Period

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Total energy of a body in a circular orbit

  • Jahnavi
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Find the electric potential energy

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Simple Harmonic Motion/Fundamental Frequency

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Interpreting Dip Circle Measurements: True or Apparent Dip?

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Double Slit Wave Interference - what is m?

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Normalised eigenspinors and eigenvalues of the spin operator

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Coefficient of kinetic friction lab

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Average power dissipation for induced current

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Generalized coordinates- scalar product

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Charge distributions of two infinite parallel plates

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Potentiometer circuit for comparison of two resistances

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Particle moving inside a rotating hollow tube

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Determine max force and acceleration to safely make a turn

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Finding Spring Constant Without Distance

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When to use quadratic equations?

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Shear Force in an I-beam question

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How Do I Determine Force of Static Friction on a Rolling Car

  • Liam C
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Which harmonics would be observed on an electric guitar?

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Solving for Height: P1 = P2 Equation

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Can you see a pattern in the range and time of flight of mortar shells?

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Mohr's circle with weld across element

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Thermodynamic Work: Non-Conducting Piston & Cylinder

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How does water affect resonance in organ pipes?

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Electric field vector due to very long thread

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Homework check - Mohr's circle & Shear stress in I beam

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Polarizibility, Electric Field & Force

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Lagrangian of two equal masses attached by a spring

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Need help understanding air resistance lab (coffee filters)

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Finding speed of a 20 N object with kinetic energy 500 J

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How charge density of plate is changed by permittivity

  • Aleksandre
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How close will body approach fixed point charge?

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Trouble understanding the answer to this torque question

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Ground Speed of Plane in Windy Conditions

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Conservation of Energy with changing masses on ice

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Can You Solve the Problem of Projectiles with These Equations?

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Find the potential difference between A and B

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Find the charge of the oil drop

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Find acceleration between two blocks (bottom block)

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Finding the separation of two slits

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Angular momentum direction for a spinning top

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Hollow cylinder magnet making contact with the circuit

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Proportionality of gravitational fields

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Measurement Errors in Kirchhoff's Voltage Law

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Particle Motion; Graphical Method

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What Determines the Magnitude of Induced EMF?

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Tension in the wire connecting two blocks

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Maximum torque on a rotating cylinder kept on a moving plank

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Maximum Bright Fringes for Double Slit Experiment

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When and where do two transverse waves on strings overtake each other?

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Deriving gravitational potential energy -- mistake

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Rising of a liquid during rotataion in a cylinder

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Particle Motion; Acceleration directly proportional to time

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