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Why Do Stars Flicker but Not Planets?

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Why Does Dispersion Bend Blue Light More Than Red, Unlike Diffraction?

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Calculating Daylight Hours Using Trigonometry

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Pendulum- Maximum displacement?

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Solving Matrix Equations: k Values and Matrix Multiplication

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Maximizing Cannon Range from a Cliff of Height h

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Proving Cauchy Sequences in the p-adic Metric

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Proving p-adic Convergence: Find Series' Limit

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Why are there limitations to applying Ohm's Law in electric circuits?

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What is the Expansion by Minors in Linear Algebra?

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Several things that are confusing

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Find the total charge. then decide whether you have an atom or an ion

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First High & Low Tide in Harbor: Water Depth at 12am & 6pm

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How Does a 10 Volt DC Shift Affect a Sine Wave Voltage Graph?

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Rubber Band Mechanics: Can an Ant Outcrawl Stretching?

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Question re. Conservation of angular momentum

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Calculating Acceleration from Change in Velocity and Distance

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Wave or Particle: What Defines Electromagnetic Radiation?

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Quick Question on Sets: Sketching H = {(x,y) : xy = 0} - Explained

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Calculating Height of Prop Tip at 12 Minutes: 2 of 2-Trig

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Modeling Tides: When is the First High Tide and Low Tide?

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Solve Trig Equation: cosθ=4/9, 3π/2≤θ≤2π

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Energy and Time Period of a Pendulum in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Total energy of a dielectric sphere

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Need Help with Trigonometry Homework | Simplifying cos2xsin2x-cos2x

  • TonyC
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Gravitational red shift question

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What is meant by dispersion in a wave?

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Why Is Phase Velocity Defined as v=w/k?

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How Can I Solve These Complex Translation and Calculation Problems?

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How does air resistance affect the trajectory of a projectile?

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The Reactive Nature of Elements in Rows 2 & 5 on the PTOE

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Adding Letters to Numbered Lists: A How-To Guide

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What is the change in momentum when an object is brought to rest?

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At Center of Convex Lens & Glass Plate: What is Observed?

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Calculate Net Downward Force on Mars Water Tank

  • badman
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Mechanical Advantage: 3000kg Effort, 1.5m Rise, 2000kg Mass, 12m Movement

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What Do the Commutators in Peskin and Schroeder's Equation (2.30) Represent?

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Change in Enthalpy vs Q: State Functions Explained

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Work Done by Gas: Pexternal*dV?

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How do you calculate ampere turns for a toroid with an air gap?

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Internal resistance and electromotive force problem

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Solving Troublesome Integral: Quantum Mechanics Problem

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Magnetic field and induced EMF

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At what speed does the food enter the stomach

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2d Coulomb and Biot-Savart laws

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What caused the cable to break during the lifting of a 4500kg container?

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Calculating Deuterium Atoms in 4 kg Ocean Water and Energy Needs of US

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Calculating Radius of Earth Given Speed & Mass

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Stumped on a Simple Math Calculation: Why is the Answer Double?

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Total Current Increase when Cells Connected in Parallel

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Solving Steel Shear Stress Problems

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Find Angular Velocity of a Ball w/ R,y,g

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Sl(2,z) matrices with integer coefficients

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What is the final temperature of the contents of the container?

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How do determine hybrid orbitals

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How do you solve for n in this question 34=r^n

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Banking corners Problem regarding assignment

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Calculating Volume of Sample in Air and Water

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Work Done on a Book: 14 J or 42 J?

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Solving Pressure Problems: Vacuum Cleaner & Octopus

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.Calculating Heat Released from Gas Expansion at Constant Temperature

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Charged Conductor: Understanding Force in a Cavity

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Will this configuration reduce the shear stress on the main beam?

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Please help me in solving this circuit

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Calculating Effective Spring Constant for Platform Supported on 4 Springs

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Figuring Out Total Kinetic Energy of Rotating Object

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How Do You Calculate Bicep Force in a Torque Problem?

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How Many Light Propagation Modes Exist in a Water-Filled Cubic Cavity?

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L'Hospital's Rule Exam Help: Tex & Word Screenshot

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30,000kg Snow vs 1mL Water: Heat Energy Comparison

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Can someone me with this problem?

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What materials should I use for my egg parachute drop assignment?

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Factorising a Quadratic I still struggle

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Good online source on electrostriction

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Potential energy graph x-component

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Integral convergence and limit comparison test

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What is the speed of one electron relative to the other?

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Solve ln ( ln ( ln ((e^x) +4)))=e

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Solving the Example Problem: Tank w/Salt & Brine

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Kinetic Energy of 0.2 kg Ball with 20 m/s Velocity

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Is this equation causing incorrect results?

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Analyzing Critical Points of a Multivariable Function

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Consequences of Air Impurities in Sulfur Burning

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Interest on principal over 5 years

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Intersecting circles in 2D: find some coordinates

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Find Angle Between Avec and Bvec: Rads Formula Explained

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Angular Momentum Conservation: A Student on a Rotating Stool

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Kinetic Energy Lost in Crumple Zones

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Solving Limits and Convergence: Doubts and Calculations Explained

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How to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

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Setting Up DE for Spring Mass Motion

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Solving Ball Roll Down Ramp: 200 m/s Speed for Steel Ball

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