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Forces acting on a spool of mass M

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Difference between pressure antinodes and displacement node?

  • eprparadox
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Can you find the total vertical force acting on this rod?

  • HappyFlower
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Magnetic Force with Parallel currents

  • Ignitia
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How Efficient Can a Radiative Heat Engine Be for a Moon Base?

  • Physgeek64
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Wave Speed Equation: Solve Homework w/ Max Displacement 0.16m

  • Hydrous Caperilla
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Find the force as a function of radius to pull a ribbon

  • Kanda ryu
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Is it possible to find dy given the values of dx and v?

  • MIIF
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What is the maximum capacitance of the device?

  • dect117
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Buoyant force on a submerged body

  • Vinita
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Rotational Motion and Torque problem

  • jackthehat
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Two Speakers & Intensity/Frequency

  • lc99
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Static Pulley Problem on an Incline

  • equinom
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Help with optics problem involving diopters

  • Altagyam
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Angled falling Meter Stick on a frictionless surface

  • stormfalconx
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AC Circuit Analysis- Find Impedance

  • Valour549
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Projectile Motion Graph Analysis

  • robax25
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Spring Stretch in Circular Motion

  • robax25
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Can the Sum of Second Derivatives of Charges be Claimed in a CLC Circuit?

  • ForumGuy
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Biot-Savart Law For Calculating Net Magnetic Field

  • Ignitia
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Finding initial velocity of two elementary particles

  • asilvester635
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Pin in Double Shear (Mechanics of Materials)

  • michael page
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What Power Is Dissipated by the R2 Resistor?

  • andquotethat
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Harmonic oscillator - chance of of finding particle x>0

  • renec112
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Tuning fork standing wave in a water pipe

  • EF17xx
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How to Calculate Upward Force on Each Anchorage?

  • ZeroFive
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Where must a third charge be placed to get a net force of 0

  • Perseverence
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How can we double the amplitude of an oscillator?

  • eprparadox
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Decreasing the resistance at constant voltage

  • Perseverence
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How to find Angular Speed when given frequency?

  • Fernando Calvario
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Measuring velocity in a pitot-static tube and manometer

  • JJBladester
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Newton's second law problem with friction

  • isukatphysics69
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Simple Harmonic Motion with Linear Momentum

  • lc99
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Given a uniform chain on an incline, find the work done by friction

  • Kanda ryu
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A Capacitor with initial charge

  • Onur
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Standing wave in a tube -- multiple choice question

  • EF17xx
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Output voltage in circuit with diodes

  • Jahnavi
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A man is driving around a curve rather quickly one day

  • HappyFlower
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Interferometer Considerations: Arm Lengths and Vibration Noise

  • WWCY
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Unpolarised light incident on a water surface

  • EF17xx
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Riding a bicycle around a tree w/ constant acceleration

  • Fernando Calvario
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Penguin sliding up a ramp with friction

  • isukatphysics69
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Potential difference between two points in a loop

  • Jahnavi
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Linear fictitious force problem

  • Clara Chung
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Why Use Area Instead of Mass in Moment of Inertia Formula?

  • yecko
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Need help on a work problem -- Pushing a shoe box up a ramp

  • BlackJ
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Question about the photoelectric effect

  • Dima Petrukhin
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Potential Difference Problem - setting up the integral

  • Taulant Sholla
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Analyzing Current in a Branch: Using KCL and KVL

  • Jahnavi
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AC voltage across a parallel branch

  • Jahnavi
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What is the meaning of equation: M = ∑mi

  • rudy
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Solve Snell's Law: Glass Cube Refractive Index = 1.77

  • DylanXO
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Find the maximum amplitude of the induced EMF

  • chocolatecake
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Particle Motion: Zero Velocity and Distance Traveled at x=0

  • Alexanddros81
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Solving for Car Speed and Stopping Time in a Braking Scenario

  • Alexanddros81
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Find the forces on a table that is lifted in a tilted position

  • Helly123
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Motion of a particle and zero velocity

  • Alexanddros81
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Why is D the correct answer for this multiple choice question?

  • EF17xx
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Block pushed up against wall, determine the force of friction

  • isukatphysics69
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Finding a maximum force in a beam type system before failure

  • ridiculoid
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Finding the maximum value of current through the inductor

  • Rick001
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Find the amount of work to move a particle from point A to B

  • Aleksandre
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Finding power as a function of time in transferring water

  • Kanda ryu
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An Eskimo child sliding down an igloo

  • ChessEnthusiast
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What is the correct solution for the temperature expansion problem?

  • bolzano95
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The motion of a particle is defined by the relation

  • Alexanddros81
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A baseball is thrown from the outfield toward the home plate

  • Apple
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QM: expectation value and variance of harmonic oscillator

  • renec112
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SHM and why does the frequency not decrease?

  • Dima Petrukhin
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A level physics doubt about a Diffraction grating

  • Atomsmasher2001
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Having trouble working out centripetal force?

  • Jan Berkhout
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Does a man jumping off a rolling cylinder affect its velocity?

  • Brilli
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Newtonian Mechanics : Rectillinear Motion of a Particle

  • Fia Ismi Nur Alfiah
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Maximum Velocity for different accelerations

  • Noah Drakes
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Synchronized clocks in two moving reference frames

  • Faiq
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Point where the electric field is zero

  • Aleksandre
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First order pertubation of L_y operator

  • renec112
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Electric Potential of Two Spherical Shells: Gaussian Surface Homework

  • rsatchel
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Potential Difference/Voltage-Graph Help Needed (Long)

  • Const@ntine
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How do we use Bernoulli's Principle in this situation?

  • eprparadox
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Finding the angle of an electron striking a plate

  • chef99
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Magnitude of the average force during a collision

  • Jay232323
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When is Pascal's Principle applicable?

  • eprparadox
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Normal force reading on a scale -- How and why?

  • Elvis 123456789
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Photoelectric effect , Superposition of sine waves

  • Terry Bing
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Bead on a string, find y(x) if horizontal velocity is const.

  • Phantoful
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Solving Spherical Harmonics Homework

  • says
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Does the current increase or decrease through the resistor ?

  • Jahnavi
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Coefficient of Friction when Normal Force is Reduced [HS]

  • Liam C
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What is the average speed for the entire duration? Trick?

  • Perseverence
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Making Capacitance the subject of discharge equation

  • Daniel2244
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Why do Christmas lights glow green near a Tesla coil?

  • Willow Wanda
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Determining the magnetic force on an electron

  • chef99
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What is the Critical Density for a Wedge in Water?

  • Brilli
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How do varying forces on a massless rope affect tension?

  • ForceBoy
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Question about Fabry interferometer

  • Clara Chung
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Kinetic Energy Needed for Proton Acceleration

  • fatcats
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Lagrangian for a bead on a wire

  • vbrasic
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What does it mean for there to be uniform pressure?

  • eprparadox
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Problem related to the Bernoulli Equation

  • Zahid Iftikhar
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