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Solving a Physics Problem: Calculating Ambulance Speed with Sound Waves

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Finding Cv values for Hydrogen and Water at high temperatures

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Levi - Civita tensor and operations with it

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MOMENTUM and IMPULSE sample problems and solutions

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Find energy dissipated due to air friction in a thrown ball

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What is centrifugal force and what are its equations?

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Ph meter or acid/base titration?

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Finding sequences with exactly 3 heads in 10 coin tosses

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Is 2/cos(x) equal to 2sec(x)?

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Calculating the Velocity of Pin P in a Rod A-Rod B System

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What is the % efficiency of this system ?

  • PhysicsNoob88
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Spherical coordinates angles of phi

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Exam Problem: Rounds per minute into Megabits per second

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Second order homog. DE non-const coeff.

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Vector addition with three 50-unit vectors at 30°, 195°, and 315°

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Capacitors - problem w/ diagram

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Does Decreasing Final Velocity Increase Impulse?

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Position Vector of Center of Mass: What is dm?

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RC Circuits Lab: Get Help Understanding Charges & Discharges

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Practicing Validity: Using Rules of Inference to Prove Arguments

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SAT Physics and A-Level Physics

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Determining Weights of Terms in ODEs of General Order n

  • Benny
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Rational Expressions Answers: Check Your Work

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How Do You Calculate Angular Magnification for a Lens?

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Calculating Acceleration of Particles on a Sloping Roof

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Basic math formula books for beginners

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Calculating Volume of a Cylinder Using Integration

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Potential energy of this water were converted in to electrical energy

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Cylindrical shells volume: y = x² - 3, y = 2x rotated about x = 7

  • Benny
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Finding force between solut and solvent particles

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ODE - interpretation of solution.

  • Benny
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Finding an antiderivative using substitution rule

  • h_k331
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Preparing for the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)

  • mabramovich
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Equations Involving Vectorssss

  • ziddy83
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Really basic question in ionic equilibrium

  • m0286
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Calculating Power in AC Circuits: Solving for Minimum and Maximum Power Values

  • physics noob
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Calculating Internal Resistance and EMF of a Voltage Source

  • BDR
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How can you find ionization energy from charge and electron level?

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How Many Hats Must Be Sampled to Guarantee Every Color Is Included?

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What particles from radioactive material are blocked by a magnet?

  • Matthias32
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Why is this flux negative and not postiive?

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What Determines the Stopping Voltage for UV Light on Gold?

  • bayan
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Solving |2-x|^2 - 2|2-x| = 15

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Solving a Cylindrical Brick Chimney Toppling Problem

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Calculating Distance with Latitude and Vectors

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What is the limit of exp(-kM/T)?

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What is the relationship between exact equations and partial derivatives?

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How much work is done in moving a mole of electrons around a circuit

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Ohm's Law Problems: Solving for Resistance and Current

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How to memorize a 1000-page honors physics textbook for science bowl tryouts

  • Imparcticle
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Finding force, power and kinetic energy for a 100m sprint exam

  • jessica4002
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Volume of a cone in n dimensions with linear shrinking

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Waves- Interference/Double-slit experiment

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Change of variables (i don,t understand)

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What does a specific gravity of 780 mean?

  • Arden
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Find The Area Of A Shape In Form Of A Star

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Calculating Distance Traveled in Varying Acceleration for Two Cars

  • Gadget
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Why take the real part when solving ODEs with complex substitution

  • Benny
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Creating an Equation for f(t) from the Last Waveform in the Picture

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Find the normal force by each support

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If heat is constant, why isn't time proportional to mass squared?

  • latyph
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Solving Calculus Integral with x=asin(theta)

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Volume inside sphere x² + y² + z² = 2, outside cylinder x² + y² = 1

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Mechanics of Materials Bending Stres Problem

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Magnitude of net electric field

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Find the surface charge density

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Solving Integral of ln(2x+1)dx with By Parts Method

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Easy way to measure field strenght

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How Does Temperature Affect Piston Elevation in an Ideal Gas System?

  • Bob19
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Solving Box Sliding Down Plain: V(0) Calculation

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Calculate Refraction of Red Light Wavelength 750nm

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How high is Joe when Anastasia hits the ground after falling 31 m?

  • StotleD
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Current produced by rev of electron

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Science based games for children

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Trebuchet Circular Motion -> o.0

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Linear Programming: Solving Acme's Lowest Cost Problem

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What is the speed of the blood?

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Kirchhoff's Rules, system of equation problem

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Centripetal Force / Inclined Plane Question

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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Uniform Acceleration: Why (v+v0)/2 Works

  • Omar.Castillo
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Understanding E-Fields and Their Applications in Physics

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Vector Field Commutator Identity in Covariant Derivative

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Maximum Angular Frequency for Blocks Tied on Spinning Turntable

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Calculating the Bounded Area of cos[x] from 0 to pi

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Block on an accelerating inclined plane

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2 balls involved in 1-D Elastic Collision

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How Do You Calculate the Angular Acceleration of a Decelerating Turntable?

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Are there any tick to trig idenity problems?

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Prove the equality using the theorems in determinants

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Determine the charge density on either plate (capacitor)

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