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Checking My Work: Solving for Applied Force in Friction Problem

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What is the relationship between voltage and resistance in parallel circuits?

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Object at 2F₁ through convex lens and concave mirror

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How Do You Calculate Current in R1 Using Kirchhoff's Rules?

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Uncertainty principle and tv picture tube

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Determine the direction of the magnetic field

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Efficient Pendulum Pivoting for a Frictionless Physics Experiment

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Diameter of laser spot on the moon with diffraction

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How to integrate sqrt( cos(x) + cos(x)^3)

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Spacing between minima with four slits vs two slits

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How Do You Calculate Equitable Payments in Financial Mathematics?

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Algebra - inverse of complex numbers

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What are the Final Velocities After a Proton Collides with a Carbon Atom?

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Given (1/cos x)+tan x=22/7 , (1/sin x)+(1/tan x) = m/n, find m+n

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Calculating the Bending Moment of a Steel Tube

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Setting up the Lagrangian for a rod with large mass ratio

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Magnetic force and field problem

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2004 Georgia Tech Math Competition questions

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What does this problem mean by angular frequency for a swinging stone?

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Maximizing box volume by cutting corner squares from 14×9 sheet

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Mutual speed after head-on tackle collision

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How Does Weather Affect Telecommunications?

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How Does Friction Affect Spring Compression on an Incline?

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Minimizing horizontal distance in projectile motion

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Applications of Derivatives using Pythagoras

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What Is the Mass Ratio of Neutron to Proton in an Elastic Collision?

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Two non-isomorphic groups of order n squared

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How do you add I1, I2, I3, I4 to get I5?

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What are the best books to master E&M ?

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Heat Capacity of Tin Near Fusion Point

  • Yegor
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Find acceleration of car attached to spring scale

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How Does Club Length Affect Golf Swing Speed and Kinetic Energy?

  • Padj01
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Calculate Angular Momentum of Falling Ball

  • UrbanXrisis
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Proving vector derivatives and the BAC-CAB rule

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Parallel Pipe Flow: Potential Energy Drop

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How Do You Calculate the Minimum Banking Angle for a Car in a Turn?

  • DrZoidberg421
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How to Solve for Currents in a Circuit with Resistors and Voltage Sources?

  • Matty9879
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Why is the acceleration value halved in distance calculations?

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How High is a Satellite Traveling at 6.7 km/s Above Earth?

  • the_d
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me in solving this Diffraction Grating Problem

  • shaiqbashir
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Tension in rope supporting box over pulley with two rope angles

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Constructing Proofs: Solving Set Functions with Characteristic Functions

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Magnetic field of a coaxial cable at different radii

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Child crossing river with current k times boat speed

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Calculating Capacitor Potential Difference and Resistance for 12V Battery

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How Does a Circular Hole Affect the Center of Mass of a Rectangular Plate?

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Aluminum wire, current, voltage, density, find mass

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Solving Physics Gravity Problem: 80kg Object Falling

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Electric fields + magnets = ouchies

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Angular acceleration and tension

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Finding derivatives of the astroid equation

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Simple thinking problem - mirror refraction

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Finding the angle between vectors A=-3i+4j and B=2i+3j

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Which Lens Material Requires the Most Effort to Craft?

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What Is the Momentum of a Particle at the Highest Point of Its Trajectory?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Maximum incident angle for light to stay in optical fiber core

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Electricity and magnetism question

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Completing the Square Practice Questions

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Torque with non-perpendicular forces and rotational kinetic energy

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Magnetisim Problem Just need an Equation.

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Solving the Stopping Force of an Arrow Shot into Hay

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Capacator with moving dielectric

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Lens power/focal length question

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Michelson-Morley time delay approximation and ether speed calculation

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Solving a system of linear equations

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Kinetic Energy on Incline Objects: Cylinder, Sphere, Hoop, All Same?

  • UrbanXrisis
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What is the time when the ball is 15 m above the ground?

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How Fast and How Long Does a Pebble Travel in a Projectile Experiment?

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How do I calculate the net resistance in a complex resistor circuit?

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Is a Potato Gun Project Safe for Physics Experiments?

  • SelmerSaxMan
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Calculating Work Done Dragging a 20.0kg Suitcase

  • askthefool
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Corner reflector reflects light parallel to incident ray

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What Forces Determine a Submarine's Diving Trajectory?

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What is the Electric Field of a Cylindrical Capacitor?

  • AKG
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Lots of electricity confusion

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Interleaving two convergent sequences preserves the limit

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Find the equation of the hyperbola with centre at the origin

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What is the minimum radius for a safe and effective space station?

  • LHS Students
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Proving integral of continuous non-negative f is positive when f(c) > 0

  • stunner5000pt
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Claculate the final speed of a skier who skis down a hill

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Can u simplify this further? (25-x) / (-25-x)

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How Does Height Affect Blood Splatter Area in Experiments?

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How tall must a plane mirror be to see your full reflection?

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Two heaters in series: why can't I just add the power values?

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Find the planet's mass from moon orbital period and radius

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Vout Impact of Taking Current from Potential Divider

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Definite Integral of ln*algebraic function

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