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How to Determine Velocity and Acceleration from Position?

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Normal forces between stacked crates in an elevator at constant speed

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Rock dropped inside of a moving vehicle

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Electric field inside a uniformly polarized cylinder

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The tension in the cord in this system

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Motion and Forces [High School]

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Force decreased but velocity continues to increase

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What Does the 10% Resistance Boundary Mean in Circuit Measurements?

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Work done by friction on smaller block

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Finding launch angle when initial speed is 4 times speed at peak

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Sources of Error in a Speed of Sound Experiment

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Finding the magnitude of the current flowing through a wire

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Why P = F*v = ε^2/R = (vBl)^2/R when there's no friction?

  • Karagoz
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Prove the average external force is Zero

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What are the values of Rf and V2 for the given circuit?

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How Does Particle P Chase Particle Q on a Circular Path?

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Coulomb's Law Grade 12 Question -- Net Electric Field affecting a Charge

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Induced current in two connected loops

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What is this formula being used to calculate drag force?

  • grandpa2390
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Magnitude of Acceleration on Merry-Go-Round

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Find x(t) for a car being pelted by rocks (1-D)

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The net electric field at point A is 6.7x10^4Nm.

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What is the current induced in the loop when the area is π(b2 - a2)?

  • Jahnavi
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Electrostatics on a metal sphere

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Find the elongation in the wire

  • Jahnavi
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Nulcear fission, two daughter nuclei

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Electric flux of a cube due to a point charge

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Change in electric potential energy

  • Wes Turner
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What's the total resistance in this circuit?

  • lbwet
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Breaking down a complicated resistance circuit

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Time-dependent potential difference between two ends of a loop

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Uncertainty larger than the plotted value

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Vf^2=Vi^2+2ad not proportional?

  • KAaron
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What Is Cv for an Ideal Gas with Cp = 35.4 J/mol⋅K?

  • grangr
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Can the max friction be determined in B-ii?

  • phys_student2018
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Impulse from position time graph

  • Jahnavi
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Finding unknown capacitor in complex network

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Does internal resistance affect balance point?

  • jonny23
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Finding the coefficient of kinetic friction on an incline

  • Brandon Davidson
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Doppler Effect (2 moving objects)

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What was the point of this prelab i just did?

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Max values for a 2-dielectric capacitor

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Angular momentum and a summersault problem

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How to calculate the resistance in a combined circuit

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Gravitation - gravity force, centripetal aceleration, work

  • joanneadams
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Atomic clock time dilation with orbiting satellite over one year

  • Physics345
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Angular Acceleration and Linear Acceleration of a Pulley

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Charges of ions in a mass spectrometer

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Graph of a particle in parabolic path

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Pressure and Volume Relationship in Closed Bottles

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MatLab Code for Baseball Not Working

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How to find the power consumed by the light bulb

  • Helly123
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Complex power of Y-connected load from line voltage and current

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Acceleration of a block on a massive pulley

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Impulse: multiple choice question

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Resolving forces involving an elastic string

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Find the equivalent model of an infinite ladder circuit

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Electromagnetic Induction Problem (Very Introductory)

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Frame of reference/ time dilation

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Boy scout problem (Serway and Jewett)

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Charged capacitors connected together, find the final potential difference

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Why Might Statement (b) Be Incorrect in Ideal Gas Processes?

  • grangr
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Forces Grade 12 Physics Question

  • David John
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1-Dimensional Distance with Drag

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Is it possible that the force on a body is zero when its mass is zero?

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Lift and screw impact velocity

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Calculating Earth Displacement from Free Fall of 1kg Object

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Calculate fundamental overtone and length of tube

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What happens to the angle between two wires when one current is doubled?

  • Eitan Levy
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Finding velocity relations between three particles

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How Does Total Energy Relate to Potential Energy in a Closed System?

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Find the time dependent magnetic field intensity

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Calculate the velocity of a body with twice the mass to have the same KE

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Momentum and energy conservation in a vertical loop

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Find the current induced in a wire loop by a nearby current

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Unsure of how to approach this type of problem—Current densities in wires

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Kinematics on a frictionless incline plane

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What is the wavelength difference based on a mini spectrom.?

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Ideal gas - percentage of fraction of molecules

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Electric flux through a wedge shaped block

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Net electric flux through a cylinder's surface

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Is There Flux Through the Lateral Surface of a Cylinder?

  • Fatima Hasan
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Why is the work done considered negative in this thermodynamics problem?

  • A Physics Enthusiast
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Should I use the arc tan of (ay/ax) or of (Fy/Fx) and why?

  • Ella1777
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Rectifying my logic of Gauss's Law

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Why Won't My Matlab Code Work?

  • grandpa2390
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Variation of gravitational attraction between Sun and Earth

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Inserting a steel rod into a current-carrying copper pipe

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Confirming my logic on potential difference

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Direction of particle between two plates

  • Fatima Hasan
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Why is my calculated resistance higher than the resistor used

  • Daniel2244
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Can I add all torques in a shaft and use it as the Tmax?

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Rolling resistance force for a 75gram vehicle

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Which has more resistance: 100W or 60W bulb at the same voltage?

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