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Where to buy iron filings, wire, and magnets

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How Do You Find the Gradient of a Line?

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Pendulum problem - there's got to be an easier way

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How would one label power? Is it in Newtons?

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Artificial satellite velocity (around the earth)

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Prove only using Fourier Series

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Ideal Mechanical Advantage of a Lever with 65N Force and 60/10 cm Arms

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Solving Rydberg's Equation for an Unexcited Hydrogen Atom

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Direct comparison test for convergence

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Difference between frequency and period in oscillating motion

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Force on a wire in a magnetic field at different angles

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Period of a satellite in an elliptical orbit compared to circular orbit

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Can a Sound Mill Harness the Power of Sound Waves?

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How Far Will the Spring Stretch Beyond Equilibrium in Its First Swing?

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Suppose a small coin is on a flat horizontal rotating turntable

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A QM problem on finding eigenvalues

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How Do You Calculate Molecule Spacing and Quantity Using the Ideal Gas Law?

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Kinetic energy when a object is dropped from certain distance

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Free charge accelerating away from fixed charge: why is my velocity wrong?

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Derivative of Electromagnetic Field tensor

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Assume that the earth is perfectly round

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Finding The Identity of Unknowns

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A question regarding efficiency of pulleys

  • Nikola Tesla
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Checking concave mirror and double convex lens problems

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Question regarding matrix multiplication

  • Mathman23
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Pre-Test on Trigonometric Equations and Applications

  • Lucretius
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Unwanted terms in photon momentum field calculation

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Why is sin(α+β) < sin α + sin β for angles in (0, π/2)?

  • Kamataat
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How Do You Calculate Impulse When a Satellite Changes Direction?

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Choosing a topic for my semester physics lab project

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How High Will Water Shoot from a Broken Vertical Pipe?

  • thegreatone
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How do acids and bases interact in a buffer solution?

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Solving ODE Problems with e^{2s} + 2e^s +2 = 0

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Sum of a non-geometric series with exponential terms

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Can You Solve These Grade 11 Trigonometry Problems?

  • Raza
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Electric Potential and a capacitor

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Calculate Acceleration of Car: 1600m in 0.125s

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Quick Integration Question w/ e

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Question regarding physical optics - (plane-polarized light)

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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Question regarding physical optics - (thickness)

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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Integration by trig. substitution

  • mad
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2 questions in Electric and magnetic fields in space.

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How Do You Integrate ae^(a^u) with Respect to u?

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Could the Green Goblin's Grip Overcome Static Friction on the Bridge?

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What Causes the Pitch Changes in a Spinning Twirler Toy?

  • hulkster
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Ice melting because of a candle burning?

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Integrating 1/-(x-2) and 1/(x-2) - What To Do?

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If the tides on earth one meter high how far away is the moon?

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Calculating Football Volume with Shells Method - Calc Quest

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Differentiate the exponential function

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Find the value of a in y=a(2)^x passing through (3,4)

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How Can 12 People Meet Each Other at Three Tables Over Five Days?

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Not sure how to do this temp and freq problem

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Project on the Lorentz Fitzgerald contraction

  • physics4ever
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Siren Wavelength for Car Travelling North at 29.4 m/s

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Why does the sound in a glass chnage as your fill it up with water?

  • hulkster
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Potential due to point charges

  • crazy student
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Why Is the Inverse Laplace Transform of This Function 2e^{-t} - e^{-2t}?

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Hollow sphere rolling up incline and two-block spring frequency

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A typical thermodynamics question

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E and B fields of a point charge moving along the x-axis

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Parametric curves, optimization, and 3D force vectors

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How Do Recursion Formulas Work in Mathematics?

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Do I use the same method for intersecting lines as for a line and plane?

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Building a battery-powered dragster from repurposed materials

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Angular Acceleration of a Pendulum?

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Hand-drawing a line graph to show the y-intercept

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Finding the Original Frequency of a Vibrating Tuning Fork

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How Do Mechanics and Statics Problems Calculate Movement and Force?

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What Are the Inner and Outer Radii of y=arccos(x)?

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Can someone explain Gauss's law in simple terms?

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Entropy change of ideal gas in Q/T form

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Finding area between circle and y-axis using integration

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Rate of liquid height change in draining cylindrical tank

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How Do You Calculate the Sum of Specific Mathematical Progressions?

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Do sequences with limits always converge?

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Proving Measurability and Zero Area for Finite Sets in a Plane

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What is the balance due on a $275,000 mortgage after 8 years?

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What is the moment experience by each hinges?

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Question on electrostatic pressure

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Do arccoth(x) and arctanh(x) have the same derivatives?

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What is the Half Angle Formula for Trigonometric Identities?

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A few questions in relation to energy

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Specific heat capacity of the final temp

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Is 100% Efficiency Possible in Energy Conversion Processes?

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Solving Inverse Function: sec(2x+180)=2, 0<x<360

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Equilibrium of a Uniform Rod with Attached Particle Question

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Finding M in ∫_{-π/2}^{M} cos x dx = 1.5

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Where is the centroid of a parabolic wire located?

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Taylor differentition polynomials?

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Question on Divergence in Cylindrical Coords

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