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Solving Torque & Tension on Hoop w/ Mass & Radius

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Prove R^n is Symmetric for All Positive Integers n

  • physicsuser
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To find the velocity of the particle

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How to Solve Physics Problems Involving Collisions and Inclines?

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How Does Wave Frequency Affect Speed in the Same Medium?

  • chibi_lenne
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How Does Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Enhance Molecular Analysis?

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Time of boat completing round trip

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Bullet passing through one block and embedding in another

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Limit of 1/x + 1/x^2 when x -> 3 from the left

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What is the Solution to the Equation with 8 and 1?

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Speed to Doppler shift red light to green light wavelength

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Differential equation for a electric circuit

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Angle of Turn from Kampala to Singapore: Solving with Law of Cosines

  • mugzieee
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Thermistors - Voltage across a resistor compared with temperature

  • Noj
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Solve Physics Problem: Acceleration of Hoop Down Ramp

  • RhysticGenesis
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What does ticker tape show about non-uniform motion?

  • Karma
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Solving Algebra Problem: [3+ x5/3y]/x

  • Imparcticle
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Why does the voltage across a wire with current in it equal zero?

  • Caboose23
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Curve where radial vector intersects tangent line at 135°

  • yoyo
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Solving Math Mistake: What's Wrong with \frac{m}{M+m}?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Forces of 2 dimensional motion w/friction

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Finding scholarship fund present value with geometric series

  • aisha
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Buoyant force, impact force, and momentum in collisions

  • vitaly
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How Does N-Slit Interference Affect Minima Spacing?

  • shaiqbashir
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Help with two trigonometric identity proofs

  • seiferseph
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Finding acceleration, mass, force, and work for a sliding object

  • mushhhy
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Balancing Redox Equations: NO3- + Ag in Acidic Solution

  • vsage
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Period of proton orbit in 0.758T magnetic field

  • ballahboy
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Understanding Pendulum Work and Energy: A Scientist's Perspective

  • coile3
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Elastic collision of billiard balls with opposite velocities

  • Jayhawk1
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Penetration of Bullet in Concrete Wall: Physicsal Analysis

  • reggie
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Normal frequencies and modes for two discs on a rod

  • Feynmanfan
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Calculating Enthalpy Change for Ca and CaO Reactions

  • erik05
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What is the Velocity of Gliders A and B in an Inelastic Collision?

  • KU_Mustang
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Water in thermistor circuit carrying unwanted current

  • Noj
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Help with three test correction physics problems

  • Imparcticle
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Pressure at center of earth (or any planet)

  • Bill Wells
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Is the ideal gas equation experimental or definitional?

  • Steph
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Calculate Kinetic Energy Decrease: Rotational Energy

  • UrbanXrisis
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Magnetic field at the center of the loop

  • Heart
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Calculating Electrostatic Force of 3 Point Charges

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Solving an Integral Involving Conversion to Cosine

  • mugzieee
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Centripetal Force and proportionality

  • MathHelp
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Is Doppler Effect Infinite when Wave Velocity Equals Emitter Velocity?

  • Raparicio
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What is the pattern in this summation expression?

  • irony of truth
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Work out the tension in the rope

  • Gughanath
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Physics Coursework: Sensors, Photodiodes and Graphs

  • Padford
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Research:physics behind car crumple zones

  • Harold
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Rate of electric field change in capacitor with changing voltage

  • airkapp
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How do I find all 6 solutions to sin(3x) = 1/2?

  • seiferseph
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Average Induced EMF in Loop of Wire Rotated in B-Field

  • airkapp
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Finding displacement field D for exponential cylindrical charge distribution

  • robert25pl
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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass for a Three-Mass System?

  • gflores
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Medians extended to X and Y: proving X, A, Y are collinear

  • Tanya Back
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Is the Energy Output from Different Alcohols Proportional to Their RMM?

  • sueanne
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Is the story of Noah's flood fact or fiction?

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How to Convert Units in the Equation \(\alpha = a/d\)?

  • tony873004
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Momentum Conservation in Elastic Collisions

  • ShazK
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Polynomial class addition operator with rational coefficients

  • Math Is Hard
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Rotational Inertia of a hollow sphere(having trouble)

  • Vasco
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Ball dropped in moving airplane and accelerating forces

  • DevilTemptations
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Car and truck collision with equal masses at intersection

  • tandoorichicken
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Forklift stopping distance and tipping condition analysis

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Finding period and amplitude of a damped pendulum solution

  • juef
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Equation for the tension in the string

  • Gughanath
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Can This Logic Proof for ~(~E > A) Be Resolved?

  • NileQueen
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Velocity relation of a particle

  • Wiz
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Differential equation with rate of change inversely proportional to square root

  • sebasalekhine7
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What is the Angular Speed of a Pulsar?

  • elemnt55
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Single Slit Diffraction Pattern

  • mohdfasieh
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What Is True About Sinusoidal Electromagnetic Waves?

  • Annie1011
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How does potential energy affect the motion of a particle?

  • Azytzeen
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Energy Required to Lift a Heavy Box

  • ProBasket
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Calculating Absolute Potential at the Center of a Square with +Q Charges

  • Soaring Crane
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Need working checked for limits question

  • shan
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The Acceleration of a Block on an Incline Plane: Formula and Minimum Ratio

  • tony873004
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Solving for Translational Speed of a Bowling Ball on a Vertical Rise

  • kpangrace
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Simple De Broglie Wavelength Problem

  • vsage
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How Does the Wrecking Ball's Weight Affect the Boom's Stability?

  • smith5029
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Calculate Net Work on 391kg Piano Sliding 3.7m Down 27° Incline

  • Fanman22
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Calculating Forces in a Rotational System with a Wrecking Ball and Boom

  • smith5029
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Why does the scale read less when the elevator accelerates downward?

  • SwAnK
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Solve Relative Motion: Boat, Wood + River Flow

  • Kamataat
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Finding the determinent or the identity of the matrix?

  • carltonblues
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