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Maximum length of wood fitting around a hallway corner

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How Do You Calculate Force on a Car Impacting a Tree at 60km/h?

  • Physics_Student101
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Maximizing the integral of x-x² from a to b

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If we have to use a match to start a reaction, is it endothermic?

  • Chocolaty
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Applying gauss' law to planar symmetry, finding E question

  • mr_coffee
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K, the idealized surface current density

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Differential equation - looking for a minor mistake in my solution

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Proving One-to-One Functions Using Inverse and Implicit Function Theorems

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Kinetic energy of a rotating wheel?

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Rain's velocity with respect to a moving car

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Finding cos(t) from cos(2t) = 1/3 using double angle identities

  • hotrocks007
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How to solve physics problems without reference materials at work

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Simplifying tan(arccos(x/3))

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Draw free body diagrams for each sphere

  • frozen7
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SL_2(ℤ) action on the upper half plane as a tree

  • AKG
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Finding tensions and mass in a three-rope system with angles

  • frozen7
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How does Kater's pendulum differ from a simple pendulum?

  • physics4ever
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How did you successfully delete a problem?

  • kepler
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Finding the matrix of T from P_2 to R^3

  • Benny
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Is a Basketball Dribble Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • Lalasushi
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Checking answers for centripetal force, torque, and pulley problems

  • wickid
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How to solve the integral of Ax^2 * exp(-x^2/2a^2)

  • danai_pa
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What is the direction of the third force in my physics homework problem?

  • ChinToka
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Current density and theorem of curl of curl

  • mingshey
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Height of Milk in a Carton with Two Pierced Holes

  • TeTeC
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Buggies moving at the same velocity

  • stupidkid
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Oscillations, energy conservation

  • Lalasushi
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Sliding ladder leaning against wall, and a triangle of maximum area

  • punjabi_monster
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Sketch the graph of y = x + sin(x)

  • bengalibabu
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Triangle Inequality: Proving and Understanding

  • blanik
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Last Java programming questions

  • JasonJo
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Why doesn't changing the Gausssian sphere change the net flux?

  • mr_coffee
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Calc problem (area of parametric curves)

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How Accurate is the Freezing Point Calculation for Ethanol at 1000 atm?

  • koomanchoo
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Work done by horizontal force pushing box up a ramp

  • ek530n
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What Factors Affect the Velocity of Light Projected by Lasers?

  • dsalazar21
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Determining net charge from Gaussian flux through cube faces

  • mr_coffee
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How long does it take to stop the car

  • bob4000
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Convergence and evaluation of four improper integrals from 0 to infinity

  • Phoenix314
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Solving sqrt of ((1-sinx)/(1+sinx)) = |secx-tanx|

  • Gill
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What is the Probability of Event S Happening?

  • Townsend
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Solving the Logarithmic Equation: \ln(x)^{\ln(x)} = x^\ln(\ln(x))?

  • Yegor
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Instantaneous velocity and average velocity

  • Struggling
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Calculating Force Needed to Distort Steel Plate

  • samemikejones
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How Does Increasing Mass Affect Acceleration in a Frictional System?

  • Gjky424
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Radial velocity and proper motion from solar apex angle

  • ek
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Wood block sliding on 25 degree angle

  • Gashouse
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Why Does the Denominator Include mR^2 in the Angular Acceleration Formula?

  • physics noob
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Finding forces to slide stacked blocks and hanging washcloth friction

  • nperk7288
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Calculating Tension of Connected Blocks on a Horizontal Surface

  • MutTurwen
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Electric flux through a cube face with nonuniform field E=3.0xi+3.0j

  • mr_coffee
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Sigma [sin(1/x)] for x=1 to ∞: Converge or Diverge?

  • Phoenix314
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Reading a bathroom scale at the top of a vertical loop

  • kittn44
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Minimum stopping distance problem

  • Gashouse
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SHM with spring: finding time at x = −0.05 m

  • physics noob
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Differential equation (I really )

  • Beez
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Max Tangential Speed of Mass Before Cord Breaks

  • MutTurwen
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Motion of a Particle in x-y Plane: Calculations

  • Gjky424
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Find the speed of the box moving up the plane 3 sec later.

  • Bama
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What Is the Maximum Angle Theta for Equilibrium in a Statics Weight Problem?

  • ninjagowoowoo
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What is the Impact of CPI on Real Salary Calculations?

  • lms
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Is PhysicsNow a useful tool for college students studying physics?

  • MaryL
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Heat of combustion of methane using bond energies

  • Chocolaty
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Physics metal and air density problem

  • mathelord
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How Do You Calculate the Distribution of 15 Gifts Among People and Parcels?

  • ms. confused
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Prove there's a number of form k/2^n between any two reals

  • Anzas
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How Do You Find the Weight of a Beam Using Spring Scales?

  • melaku
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What is the third way to solve integral (x/sqrt(x^2-9))dx?

  • shadow5449
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An Elementary question for general physics

  • James3
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Integral of sqrt(4-x²)/x using trigonometric substitution

  • shadow5449
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How Do You Solve This Complex Physics 12 Torque Problem?

  • seiferseph
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How to Calculate the Spring Constant for Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • physics noob
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Speed needed to shift red traffic light to green

  • benhorris
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Why does 3√x = √x have two solutions?

  • frozen7
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Calculating Orbit Distance from Equator w/ Particle in Bowl

  • Päällikkö
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Projectile motion test problems with kinematics equations

  • MutTurwen
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Why Is a 200 N Upward Force Required to Match Gravity in MCAT Physics?

  • LeKahlua
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How to Write Formulae Without a Normal Keyboard?

  • aricho
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Calculating Force & Energy of Impact on Deimos

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Factoring polymonial with complex roots

  • ACLerok
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Term containing x^{20} in (2x - x^4)^{14}

  • ms. confused
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M Underwater Vehicle Water Pressure

  • samemikejones
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Finding the 26th Derivative of g(x) at 0

  • R_Y_A_N
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Mass sliding down one wedge and up another

  • UglieDuckie
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Calculating Max Speed of a Particle on String

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Wallpaper Groups, Free Groups, and Trees

  • AKG
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Why should brakes be applied slowly on slick roads?

  • ka123
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Archimedes principle, bernoulli's equation

  • Lalasushi
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Vector sum of electric fields at point B with two charges

  • mr_coffee
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