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Solving Atwood's Machine: Find Forces & Acceleration

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Work Required to Empty Tank of Hot Chocolate

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Fluid Mechanics and Bernoulli's principle

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Can Implicit Differentiation Be Used to Solve for dy/dx?

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Physics Lab Diffraction: Investigating Maxima Widths

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Solving Impulse and Force Problems: Physics Help for Stopping Objects

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Power Needed to Accelerate 700kg Car from Rest

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How Do You Solve These Integral Problems Using U-Substitution?

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Question regarding to magnetic field

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Another one of them circuit questions

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Calculating Magnetic Field of a Conducting Loop Using Biot-Savart's Law

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Does Heating a Frying Pan Change Its Mass?

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Electromagnetic radiation and Canadian Light Source

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Cyclist cycling in a perfect circle - find radius

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How does a transformer regulate power between its different sides?

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Mortgage with amorization period of 25 years BUT Y?

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Horizontal force is needed to pull the sled

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Proof of Convergence: Limit (n!)/(n^n) = 0

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Which term should be chosen for u(x) in integration by parts?

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Factors affacting time period of pendulum

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How Do FDTD, Finite Volume, and Finite Elements Differ?

  • physmurf
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Calculating Work Done by Rotating Mass: A Comprehensive Guide

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Centripetal Force: Mass, Speed, Frequency, Radius

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Analyzing Linear Systems with Complex Eigenvalues: A Case Study

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Uniform Circular Motion Confusion

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Induced EMF in loop in magnetic field

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Quantum mechanics - angular momentum problem

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Trouble with Derivative Questions? Tips and Solutions for Common Problems

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Trig functions that i have to memorize?

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How fast will a car be moving at a certain point?

  • vitaly
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Angular velocity of a rod - Help

  • flower76
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More Help yet again with Solving differential equations

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Internal Resistance of a Battery

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Question regarding to magnetic field

  • leolaw
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Time of flight of an accelerated electron in a television tube

  • dranger35
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How to calculate relative doppler shift

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Index of Refraction: Proving Rays Are Parallel

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How Does the Angle of an Incline Affect the Time of Descent?

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Are there closed form solutions to the harmonic series?

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Alter Angular Momentum & Forces | Explained with Examples

  • mark9159
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Last hope = this forum (Math Physics Calc C)

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What is the Triganomic Identity for Simplifying Trig Expressions?

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How Does Friction Affect Skateboard Performance and Design?

  • Maltaethirion
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What is the combination of the safe?

  • chjopl
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Calculating Voltage Across Capacitors in Series and Parallel

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Uncertainty of a 50g Ball's Position: What Does It Mean?

  • jaidon
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Cauchy sequences in an inner product space

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Calculating Speed of Comet at Greatest Distance from Sun

  • UrbanXrisis
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Tension in 3.14kg, 2m Radius Rope Spinning at 1 rad/sec

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How Do Newton's Laws Explain the Motion of a Boat When Stepping Off?

  • IntellectIsStrength
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How Many Miles Must I Run to Burn Off My Meal's Calories?

  • JasonL
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Solving for Charge Position from Flux and Gaussian Surface

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Two Trains: 500 km Apart in 2.549 Hours

  • Tom McCurdy
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Can a 2.5 Inch Cube Egg Carrier Survive a 20-Foot Drop?

  • parksobong
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How to Calculate Magnetic Field at a Point Near a Wire Using Biot-Savart Law?

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What Happens When the Switch Closes in a Magnetic Induction Setup?

  • Jacob87411
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Two Lense Problem: Solving A, B & C

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Electric Circuit Help: Finding Current and Voltage in a Complex Circuit

  • Winner
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Need help checking integration answers

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Integrating cos^3(x) and √cos^3(x): Step-by-Step Guide | Helpful Tips

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Projectile Problem With Athlete

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How Do You Solve This Exponential Growth and Decay Algebra Problem?

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How do I find an unknown weight ?

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Solving the Relativistic Dilemma: Object A Overtaking Object B

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Sodium hydroxide neutralized by phosphoric acid

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Force of gravity between two objects

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How Do I Calculate Uncertainty in Combined Measurements?

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Calculating the Power and Impact of Black Body Radiation from the Sun

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How Do I Solve These Challenging Definite Integrals?

  • EasyStyle4747
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Need help on another electromagnetic problem

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How Do You Calculate Self-Inductance of a Resistor in an A.C. Circuit?

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Problem with electromagnetic waves

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Find the volume of the resulting solid

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Integrals of sqrt (simple, but I am getting frustrated)

  • Meghan
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How Do You Solve These Quadratic Equations in Real-Life Scenarios?

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Yet Another Simple Tension Problem

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Projectile Launch - Earth's Radius

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Waves: Transmission/Reflection Coefficients/Energy Conservation

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How Do Microwaves Affect Water Temperature in Different Sized Containers?

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Induced EMF from Dropped Steel Beam: Physics Calculation

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Balloon FreeBodyDiagram Question

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Physics Hwk. Problem: Frictional Force

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Finding Max and Min in Oscillating LRC Circuit

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Proving Trigonometric Identity: 1-cos2x+sin2x = tanx/1+cos2x+sin2x

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Finding Equilibrium Angle in Uniform Electric Field

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What Is the Correct Tension in Each Wire Holding Up the Light Fixture?

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Solving DC Circuits: Questions 23 & 35

  • physpopib
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Understanding Simple Harmonic Oscillators: Phase Constant Explained

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Does the Integral Diverge as a Tends to Infinity?

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Solving Angular Momentum Problem: Why Answer Differs from Book

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Conservation of momentum of a rocket

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Quick help needed on a simple problem (not simple4me)

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How Is the Average Velocity of 22 m/s Calculated in a Golf Ball Strike?

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Energy in Relative Motion: Investigating a Paradox

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Finding Angular Acceleration for a Rotating Wheel with a Hanging Mass

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