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How Is Average Force Calculated When Catching a Baseball?

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Does vector projection distribute over addition?

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How Does a Spring's Compression Relate to Block Height and Work Done?

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Simpson's rule with 6 intervals from x=16 to x=22

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Calculate the amount of food needed to walk a distance of 30 km

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Finding the unknown voltage with a potentiometer circuit

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I know im forgetting something simple

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What is the satellite's instantaneous velocity

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Reaction time of Light Dependant Resistors

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Solving 10 Ohm Resistor Problem: Min 3 in Series/Parallel

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Calculate the gravitational force between these spheres

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Coefficient of kinetic friction on ramp

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Heat-Related Problem: Is Inverse Proportion True?

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Calculating Maximum Height of a Ball Thrown at an Angle

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Physics: conservation of energy and springs

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Solving Force and Motion Problems with Friction

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Young's modulus and key properties of steel for A-level presentation

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Solving for Parallel Tangent Lines: A Confusing Example

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Find initial velocity of the spaceship

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Finding a formula for partial sums of (1.01)^n

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Find the Fake Coin: Weighing Strategy with 27 Coins in 3 Attempts

  • Some_Student
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Percent Abundance of Br-81 in Bromine

  • mugzieee
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Answer: Calculate Time for Heat Loss to Rise to Normal

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General Physics 1: Calculating Force for Constant Speed

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Deflection of electron in electric field

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External torque needed to keep a small rotating loop in motion

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How can I prove s(n+1) = t(n) + t(n+1) for all positive integers n?

  • lvlastermind
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Probability and chance of failure

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Acceleration and time of blocks with friction acting

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Will a solid sphere float if a hollow sphere of the same weight floats?

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Echo-based Valley Width Calculation - Knowing the Speed of Sound

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How Does a Proton's Path Change in a Magnetic Field?

  • Jacob87411
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Angular momentum when rotation axis doesn't pass through the center of mass

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Implicit differentiation and a bicorn curve

  • erik05
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Evaluating Improper Integral of $\frac{x\arctan{x}}{(1+x^2)^2}$

  • neik
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Ratio problem: brand Y refrigerators out of 100 sold

  • homegrown898
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Solving Spherical Charge Distribution Problems - Physics

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Solve Temperature Problem: 8.7 Deg C

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Which is the 9th term where do i stop adding?

  • aisha
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How Does Changing Frequency Affect Capacitance in an AM Radio Tuner?

  • airkapp
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Why? Series question easy but dont know what to write.

  • aisha
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Solve Stoichiometry Problems with HCl and Marble

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What are the properties of a muonic atom?

  • PhatPartie
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Calculate RMS Speed of Helium at 361K

  • R.Harmon
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Disk speed NON UNIFORM and UNIFOR CIRCULAR MOTION

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Maximum Energy transfer in Compton Effect

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Physics Questions: Frictionless Incline + Pendulum Speed

  • convict11
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Why Does My Physics Book Use L/2 for Calculating Linear Acceleration?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Motion: How to Calculate Speed with Acceleration?

  • Kamataat
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Modular arithmetic with RSA and large power exponentiation

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Lots of great physics info at Answers.com

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Elastic Collision: Find Speed of Protons After Collision

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Potential Energy of an Atom Due to Its Charge Distribution

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Heat flow through a rod with varying cross-section

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Proving the L¹ norm is a norm and completeness of C⁰([-1,1])

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Tennis ball impulse at 45.4° striking and rebounding from ground

  • Jayhawk1
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How much work is done by friction in this process?

  • Jayhawk1
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What is the Formula for Newton's Law of Cooling?

  • Physically Impaired
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Finding wave frequency by using a strobe

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Relativistic kinetic energy of electron from momentum

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Do Waves Behave Differently in Various Scenarios?

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How Does Simplifying the Expression L√(3g/L) * L√(3g/L) Compare to 3gL?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Parallel plate capacitor and point charge problems

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How Do You Calculate the Net Magnetic Field Between Two Wires?

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Force between hemispheres of a charged metal sphere

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Why is Sphere B Negatively Charged? Physics Explanation

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One more Quantum Matrix question

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Proving Integral of f is 1 When x = 1/n

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How do u graph these without using a graphing calculator?

  • gillgill
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Electric Field of 90° Arc of 2 Wires w/ Uniform Charge - Q/πR^2

  • Gale
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Express the area of an equilateral triangle as a function

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Coulomb's law problem with charged clouds separated by stellar diameter

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Cartesian coordinates and torque

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How do you find out where a series converges

  • stunner5000pt
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Double integral of √(x² + y²) over unit square using change of variables

  • ninjacookies
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Couple of electromagnetics questions

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Using Newton's Laws to Escape a Frozen Lake

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What is the velocity of the boat relative to the water

  • carltonblues
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Planar curve where radius vector and tangent meet at fixed angle

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How to design a resonance experiment with metal strips

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Geometry of Sphere: Find All Points on Circle in Sphere

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[Physical Science] Finding Density, Mass, or Volume

  • Jessi
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Solve Algebra Word Problem: x+1/x - 1/4 = x+3/x+2

  • homegrown898
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Proving Inner Product Spaces w/ (1+x^2) Defined on V

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Calculating Decimals for Expressions

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How far apart are two electrons in an electric field?

  • Physically Impaired
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Finding coil turns from charge during electromagnet shutdown

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How Do You Solve a Riccati Differential Equation?

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What is the tangential acceleration of a point

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