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Deriving gravitational potential energy -- mistake

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Rising of a liquid during rotataion in a cylinder

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Particle Motion; Acceleration directly proportional to time

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Forces acting on a spool of mass M

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Difference between pressure antinodes and displacement node?

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

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Magnetic Force with Parallel currents

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

  • Physgeek64
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Finding wave speed and amplitude from pulse equation y=0.8/((4x+5t)²+5)

  • 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?

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What is the maximum capacitance of the device?

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Buoyant force on a submerged body

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Rotational Motion and Torque problem

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Static Pulley Problem on an Incline

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Contact lens to eyeglasses prescription conversion with diopters

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Angled falling Meter Stick on a frictionless surface

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AC Circuit Analysis- Find Impedance

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Projectile Motion Graph Analysis

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Spring Stretch in Circular Motion

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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

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Pin in Double Shear (Mechanics of Materials)

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What Power Is Dissipated by the R2 Resistor?

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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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Why is photodiode efficiency less than 100%?

  • Dima Petrukhin
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Potential Difference Problem - setting up the integral

  • Taulant Sholla
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What does the 1A symbol on the left represent in this circuit?

  • Jahnavi
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AC voltage across a parallel branch

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What is the meaning of equation: M = ∑mi

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Refractive index of glass from total internal reflection at 48.7°

  • 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

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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

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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

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SHM and why does the frequency not decrease?

  • Dima Petrukhin
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Maximum number of maxima in 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

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Maximum Velocity for different accelerations

  • Noah Drakes
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Synchronized clocks in two moving reference frames

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Point where the electric field is zero

  • Aleksandre
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First order pertubation of L_y operator

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Electric potential at three radii with concentric spherical shells

  • rsatchel
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Plotting voltage and electric field graphs from potential measurements

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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

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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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Using the ladder operator to find Y3,3 from Y2,3

  • 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?

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Making Capacitance the subject of discharge equation

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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?

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Fabry-Perot interferometer amplitude and finesse

  • Clara Chung
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Kinetic Energy Needed for Proton Acceleration

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