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What is the trick to solving this baffling circuit problem?

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Calculating Velocity for Burn Patients on a Rotating Space Station

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The Length of a Curve: Calculating Using a Non-Traditional Approach

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Projectile motion and power problems from homework

  • IamatWork
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Package dropped from plane at 500 m/s from 2000 m altitude

  • panpanthepirate
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Rotating rod conservation of energy

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Integral of √(25+x²) without arcsinh

  • andrew410
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How does the wavelength of a wave affect diffraction and why is it important?

  • primarygun
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Kick tush magnetic field/Ampere Problem

  • Elbhi
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Minimum position uncertainty for a 50g ball using Heisenberg principle

  • jaidon
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Centre of Mass of a Truncated Sphere

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How do I use integral notation and matrices on this site?

  • binarybob0001
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Did I do this coversion to Standard correctly?

  • trigger352
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Mastering Waves & Sound: 2004 AP Physics Problem Help | CollegeBoard

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Measuring Speed of Light with Glass Plate

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Decrease a substance's temp by stirring

  • misskitty
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Lottery prize options: annuity vs lump sum with 7% return

  • aisha
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Simple center of mass problem but i cant figure it out

  • huk
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What do signs of area mean on velocity and acceleration graphs?

  • bigbasherboy
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Orbital period and speed ratios for planet X's two satellites

  • dearborne
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What is the wavelength of the sound wave?

  • Physically Impaired
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Finding power factor in RL circuit with inductor and resistor

  • andrew410
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What is the RMS Voltage Across a Body Near a Transformer?

  • andrew410
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Energy dissipation during free fall into a viscous fluid

  • joselyn
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Finding the coordinates of endpoints

  • trigger352
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Local Extrema: Endpoint Included?

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Line loss with step-up transformer: 5 MW over 400 miles

  • andrew410
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Finding the Mass of a Suspended Necklace Using the Center of Mass Method

  • vworange
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Tension Calculation for Spinning Rope

  • Sesj
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Coefficient of static friction for a backpack pulled by a spring

  • stealth2k4
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Finding final temperature when copper is added to water

  • tandoorichicken
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Does F=ma apply in all situations and does temperature affect mass?

  • kiwikiwi79
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Angular Acceleration of game show wheel

  • tsdemers
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Weekly annuity due: why find present value instead of future value?

  • aisha
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QUICKIE FV or PV? FUTURE OR PRESENT

  • aisha
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Are These Astrophysics Calculations Correct?

  • Rob Hal
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What Is the Acceleration of a Rolling Sphere Down an Inclined Plane?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Solving a Resistance Question Problem: Nichrome Heating Element

  • ToxicBug
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A ball thrown over a house(Projectile Motion)

  • cde42003
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Solving for k in e^10k = 0.75

  • ziddy83
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Calculating Velocity to Match Earth's Gravity on a 200m Circle

  • LHS Students
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Find the length of the Transverse axis. What did I do wrong?

  • trigger352
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Solving Review Problem on Dance Floor

  • Maximus24
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Voltage from three charges on y-axis using binomial expansion

  • rei
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Opthalmoscope - retinal image formation

  • StonieJ
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What Values of x Make Matrix B Singular?

  • carltonblues
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Dehumidifying a Room: Solve the Physics Problem

  • gday56
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Electriccal charges and vectors

  • Rave Grrl
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Solving air resistance differential equation d²s/dt² + R ds/dt = g

  • $id
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How Do You Calculate Slit Width Using Wavelength and Diffraction Angle?

  • airkapp
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Largest distance for destructive interference from two speakers

  • Rachel C
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Can alternating series be grouped as geometric series for convergence?

  • kdinser
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Monkey Climbing Rope: Finding the Torque and Angular Momentum

  • UrbanXrisis
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Maximum instantaneous power and current for a 3.0-hp pump at 240 V

  • Soaring Crane
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Work needed to remove Keel-Aid from water

  • ProBasket
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Calculating Coefficient of Kinetic Friction for Inclined Plane Problem

  • SanityMan
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What are some types of electromagnetic forces?

  • jen333
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Calculating Forces and Work on a Sliding Piano

  • VoxFox
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Calculating Angular Width of Central Maximum in Wave Diffraction

  • Physicsisfun2005
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How Do You Solve a Nonhomogeneous Second-Order Differential Equation?

  • Stu165
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Finding the inverse of y=sqrt(x³+x²+x+1)

  • yoyo
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Work done stretching a spring 13 cm—how to find the spring constant?

  • ProBasket
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Is F = m × a when mass is in Newtons?

  • mushhhy
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Injecting a particle in space (question, not math)

  • Jacob87411
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A Complex Three Loop Circuit with Resistors and two batterys only.

  • zeronem
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Prove that closed balls scale and translate in inner product spaces

  • Oxymoron
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Heat of Formation Propanol: ΔHf°

  • a_ng116
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Calculating Distance Deflected by Earth's Magnetic Field for 3.4g Bullet

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What is the limit of (2/3)^n as x approaches infinity?

  • gillgill
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Solving 5(2)^t=5000 with TI calculator graphing

  • mathzeroh
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Evaluating the integral of 1/|r1-r2| over two spheres in spherical coordinates

  • vincentchan
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Exponential growth/decay question

  • mathzeroh
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Solve Diophantine Equation using Continued Fractions

  • Zurtex
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Equation of a Circle Passing Through Given Points

  • furtivefelon
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Electrostatics surface charge Problems

  • AKG
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Determining restrictions on an ellipse

  • trigger352
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What is Billie's speed after pushing off Joannie in the parking lot?~~

  • jatwood1977
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Resistance + Mechanics problems

  • thermodynamicaldude
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Finding the Sum of an Alternating Series

  • shan
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Solving Kepler's 3rd Law with 4π²/G

  • tony873004
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Fictituous forces and apparent weight

  • mugzieee
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Find the time required to to cover the length of the tunnel.

  • npgreat
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Converting from General to Standard

  • trigger352
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Speed difference between top and bottom of equatorial tower

  • mugzieee
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Converting angle in degrees to revolutions per minute

  • mugzieee
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TheoMech - rolling a ball down a curve

  • K.J.Healey
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Time Dependent Torque/Merry Go Round

  • twiztidmxcn
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B inside a cylinder of radius R

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B-field produced by a spiral coil

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Magnetic fields and a stream of protons

  • TickleMeElma
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Resultant Force of 2 Forces on Particle P (3kg)

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