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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?

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Magnitude of Acceleration on Merry-Go-Round

  • teresalin2004
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Find x(t) for a car being pelted by rocks (1-D)

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

  • chef99
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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

  • liewliewliew
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Find the elongation in the wire

  • Jahnavi
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Nulcear fission, two daughter nuclei

  • Taylor_1989
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Electric flux of a cube due to a point charge

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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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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MATLAB: Verification of Superposition Principle

  • Bloopy
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Time-dependent potential difference between two ends of a loop

  • TheBigDig
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Uncertainty larger than the plotted value

  • SuchBants
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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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Equivalent capacitance of capacitors

  • Jahnavi
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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)

  • lc99
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What was the point of this prelab i just did?

  • lc99
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Max values for a 2-dielectric capacitor

  • HelloCthulhu
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Angular momentum and a summersault problem

  • robax25
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How to calculate the resistance in a combined circuit

  • Daniel2244
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Gravitation - gravity force, centripetal aceleration, work

  • joanneadams
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Time Dilation & 2 Atomic Clocks (one in orbit)

  • Physics345
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Angular Acceleration and Linear Acceleration of a Pulley

  • EchoTheCat
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Charges of ions in a mass spectrometer

  • Karagoz
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Graph of a particle in parabolic path

  • Jahnavi
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Pressure and Volume Relationship in Closed Bottles

  • James124900
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MatLab Code for Baseball Not Working

  • grandpa2390
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How to find the power consumed by the light bulb

  • Helly123
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Question about complex power in three phase circuits

  • kstorm19
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Acceleration of a block on a massive pulley

  • EchoTheCat
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Impulse: multiple choice question

  • zanyzoya
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Resolving forces involving an elastic string

  • thebosonbreaker
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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)

  • Humbleness
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Frame of reference/ time dilation

  • Physics345
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How to calculate resistance in a combined circuit using V&I

  • Daniel2244
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Boy scout problem (Serway and Jewett)

  • Kavya Chopra
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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

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

  • randomgamernerd
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Lift and screw impact velocity

  • robax25
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Calculating Earth Displacement from Free Fall of 1kg Object

  • gasar8
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Calculate fundamental overtone and length of tube

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

  • Eitan Levy
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Kinematics : Relation between the velocities of 3 particles

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

  • Mathematicsresear
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Find the time dependent magnetic field intensity

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

  • Richie Smash
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Momentum and energy conservation in a vertical loop

  • Eitan Levy
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Find the current induced in a wire loop by a nearby current

  • Helly123
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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

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

  • ilittlepotato
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Ideal gas - percentage of fraction of molecules

  • Jahnavi
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Electric flux through a wedge shaped block

  • Fatima Hasan
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Net electric flux through a cylinder's surface

  • Fatima Hasan
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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

  • The Blind Watchmaker
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Why Won't My Matlab Code Work?

  • grandpa2390
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Variation of gravitational attraction between Sun and Earth

  • Matthew 289
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Inserting a steel rod into a current-carrying copper pipe

  • orzyszpon
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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?

  • Ballena Joseph
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Solving The Flight of a Ball: Examining Velocity & Time

  • ForceBoy
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Rolling resistance force for a 75gram vehicle

  • Isti0503
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100 W and 60W bulb plugged in separately....Which with more resistance?

  • avaz567
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Exponentially driven harmonic oscillator

  • vbrasic
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How Does Conservation of Momentum Apply in a Frictionless Wagon-Body System?

  • Eitan Levy
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How come electric potentials have different signs?

  • ben123467
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What is the coefficient of friction in this inclined plane problem?

  • nemo11
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Charged capacitors connected in series

  • Jahnavi
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Estimate Decay Coefficient in Ae^-at Graph

  • SuchBants
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Circular Motion and Gravitation

  • NotKepler
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How Do You Calculate Luminous Flux in a Projected Solar Image?

  • Pep04
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Free falling object due to gravity

  • robax25
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How much heat in joules is needed to raise the temperature

  • comoore
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Tension in a string holding a spinning object

  • Tibriel
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Calculating Power and Energy Consumption of Two Coffee-Makers

  • Humbleness
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Buoy in waves problem (Feynman)

  • mainguy
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Calculating Mass of a Balanced Beam with Two People Using Torque Equations

  • EchoTheCat
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Center of mass of a disk with a hole

  • Tomas Carvalho
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How to calculate leverage with complex shaped levers

  • Pinon1977
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Solving Slingshot Problem Homework

  • Krashy
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