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Using least-squares to fit an isochron for radiometric dating

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

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Muon orbital radius in uranium atom

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Chinese remainder theorem problem

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Checking Boolean Algebra Solutions

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R: How does a Moving-Coil Galvanometer Indicate Current Strength?

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Time to melt ice in styrofoam cooler with given thermal conductivity

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Maximum acceleration of a Porsche on a concrete surface?

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Calculating Work in Terms of Mass and Initial/Final Velocities

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Prove (x-1)/x < lnx < (x-1) using Mean Value Teorem

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Stopping 15000 kg Truck with Friction and Gravity

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Solve Problem: Arrow Shot Horizontally Hitting Target 25m Away

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How to find the equations of the axis of the ellipse

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Rotational Collision: Mass, Radius & KE Lost

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Weight at different elevations in a tall building

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Calculating Water Output of a 2.0 hp Electric Motor

  • psingh
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Why Do I Perform Poorly on Exams Despite Doing Well During the Term?

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Ferris Wheel Height Function: Diameter, Location, and Time Analysis

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Kinetic Energy of Cardinal & Baseball: Momentum Ratio

  • philo51
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Finding and Verifying Saddle Points for f(x,y) = e^(1/x^2*y)

  • pbialos
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How Can I Succeed in My Undergraduate Calculus of Variations Class?

  • Callisto
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Solve for three variables with only two variables?

  • Shay10825
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If light enters a new medium perpendicularly

  • michaelw
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Calculating Elongation of an Orange Spring

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How do i use mathmatical symbols

  • professor
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Proof of Combinatorial Problem: Summation from k=1 to n

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I really need an answer-Derive trig identity

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Linear programming model for two-year investment plans

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What is the paper's speed relative to the ground?

  • aliciaw0
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Solve Kinematics Fireman Question: 28.7m, 49.5°, 39.6m/s

  • pkossak
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Power series for ln(1+x²) and convergence of a series

  • gokugreene
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Calculating Change in Length of Rubber Tube

  • huskydc
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He atoms move faster than all of the Ne atoms

  • pkossak
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Does Increasing Coil Turns Decrease Magnetic Flux Density?

  • temujin
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How can I calculate Planck's constant?

  • DaltonGR
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Calculating Probability of Division Manning Decrease

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Find an expression for the acceleration

  • aliciaw0
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The Tire's Velocity at the Embankment's Top: 2.8 m/s

  • huskydc
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Kinetic friction of crate being pulled

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Angle Calculation in Inelastic Collisions

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How Much Water Flows Through a 6mm Hole in a Tank Per Second?

  • badman
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Finding Density Constant for Part (c) of Question

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Rates of Change Sliding Ladder Application

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Magnetic flux and direction of induced current

  • michaelw
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Calculating Force of Beam on Support at A

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How Is Static Friction Affecting the Boy and the Crate's Movement?

  • marissa12
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How to Calculate Acceleration in a System with Two Blocks and a Pulley

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Finding the approach to a momentum collision problem

  • Kchu
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Heat Energy: 30,000kg Snow > 1mL Water

  • skrewd1
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Some Physic question on kinematics, mechanics that i couldn't solve

  • Wen
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Blood Transfusion: Calculating Height of Bag

  • ussrasu
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How to find the determinant of a 3×3 matrix

  • Spunky_Dunky
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What is the maximum horizontal force

  • pkossak
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Conservation of angular momentum in sport

  • lektor
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What Wavelength Is Expected from Scattered Gamma Rays at 60 Degrees?

  • shaiqbashir
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Buoyancy and hydraulics problems with boat and balloon

  • PhysicsNoob88
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Force of recoil on machine gun

  • frozen7
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Projectile motion arrow question

  • Lalasushi
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How Does Heat Transfer Affect Entropy Between the Sun and Earth?

  • pkossak
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Show a sequence of amounts are a geometric series

  • yourmom98
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Epsilon-Delta Proof for f(x)=1/(1-||x||) Continuity and Unboundedness

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Least time for two blocks to move 5 m without top block sliding

  • psingh
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When will they pass each other>

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Calculating Action from a Resonant LC Circuit

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Is Integration the inverse of differentiation?

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Proving Exactness of a Differential Form with Poincaré's Lemma

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Solving a Problem: Find Mass of Box, Given Two Wire Support Beam Data

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How to choose a physics project topic

  • Rohin.T.Narayan
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Two questions involving linear independence

  • kant
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What is the speed of a train based on observed changes in frequency?

  • pkossak
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What Would Happen if Sun's Gravity Was Turned Off?

  • rlmurra2
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What is the tension in the cable car's cable?

  • marissa12
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Calculating Force Exerted by Water Pumped at a Given Rate and Velocity

  • hhh79bigo
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How Is Time a Variable in Physics?

  • Shanos
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How Does Changing Pipe Radius Affect Pressure in Laminar Flow?

  • ussrasu
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How Do You Solve This Multivariable Limit Problem?

  • Hessam
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Find X-Intercept of y=atan(b(x-c))+d in Radians

  • yourmom98
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Calculating Molarity of Sulfuric Acid Solution

  • ~angel~
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Electric force between two uniform line charges

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Thinking about the space shuttle

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Calculating the Tension in a Tightrope as a Trapeze is Caught

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Solving Rotational Kinetic Energy with Mass M2 Added

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Force of Friction: Calculating Car's Acceleration

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Density of standing waves in a cavity

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Ideas for Main Project (Written Report)

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How Does Population Affect Supermarket Sales?

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How to Decode SEND+MORE=MONEY?

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Generator Design for 50Hz, 240V

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