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Calculating Density of a Dye in PMMA Sample

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How Fast Will the Bowling Ball Swing at a 10-Degree Angle?

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Simple Harmonic Motion Question

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Why Do Sound Waves Cancel Each Other Out?

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Electric Force of two hemispheres

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Few sentences related to a work concept.

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Simplifying Loga Root Expression

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Double slit interference and single slit diffraction problems

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What are the nth roots of unity?

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Understanding EMF When Area Vector is at 90° with B

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Trouble graphing and working out functions

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Calculating Resistances in Parallel and Series: A Tricky Problem Solved

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How to Find the Area Bounded by Two Complex Curves?

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Conjugate Hyperbola: Find Equation w/ Asymptotes y=+/-2x

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Kinetic friction of box down a ramp

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Bar on Roller Spinning and Translating: Force Impact?

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Optics: Finding the Diameter of the Image of the Moon through a Telescope

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What Are the Possible Values for R in a Parallel/Series Resistor Setup?

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Modelling Air Resistance using Differential Equation

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Total resistance in parallel circuits

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Induced emf in a square loop in a time-varying magnetic field

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Finding intersection of 2sin(θ)-1 and 3cos(θ)+2

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Can a Straight Line Divide a Thousand Points Equally?

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Car collision skid mark physics

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Year 12 physics - thin films question

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Convert mm/s to m/s for Electron Drift Velocity

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Optics - What is the magnification of this image

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Resistivity Coursework problem

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Is the voltage from point A to B equal to the voltage across R2?

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Determining charge on capacitor

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Finding the first nodal line from two point sources

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Answer: Understanding Ruby Laser Energy Levels and Pumping: Cr+3 Ion Diagram

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Finding axes and center of ellipses from equations

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Which Truck Has Greater Momentum If Both Have the Same Kinetic Energy?

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Calculate Volume of Object Thrown into Ocean

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How to stop a fast moving electron

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Finding m so that x² - 2x - m|x - 1| + m² = 0 has solutions

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Volume of Solid Rotated About x=3, Region Bounded by x=1-y^4, x=0

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Recommended physics exercise sites for electromagnetism and quantum physics

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Physics true/false questions v. isolated parallel plates

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Physics Spring Question: Block Position with Applied Force of 2.8 N

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How to Calculate Ground Conductivity with Hemispherical Electrodes?

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The Effect of Electric Field on Proton Motion

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Finding dy/dx for y = x ln x

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Work done by kinetic friction on a refrigerator pulled at an angle

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Summand part in summation notation

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Finding Acceleration of 16.5kg Suitcase Given Forces

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Potential energy and a skateboard, only have until 11:30

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Meet the Fockers: Movie Review and Critique

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Evaluating Potential of A Uniformly Charged Circular Ring - kQ/a

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What Force Maintains a Constant Velocity for a Water Skier?

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Find the charge on each capacitor

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Most likely an easy Integration problem

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True/false statements on projectile motion and energy conservation

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Solving Algebra Problem for Limit as n Goes to Infinity

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Finding Heat of Reaction for MgSO4 and Ba(NO3)2 Solution Mixture

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Why laser light is mono chromatic

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Circular motion of two wires and a ball

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Physics Newtons 3rd/2nd law problem

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Electron Beam Heat Up Time Calculation

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Understanding Gauss's Law and Electric Field Distributions

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Calculating Density of Helium Gas at Different Temperatures

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Second order term in relativistic vs classical Doppler shift

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Do Trucks with the Same Kinetic Energy Have Different Momenta?

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Capacitance of two spherical conductors

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Find volume of object if cross-sections are known

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How much weight must be dropped to make a balloon rise 105m in 15s?

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If I don't solve these two problems, I'm gonna lose $60

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Calculating Work Done with a Series RC Circuit with Variable Plate Spacing

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Find the distance of the image from the right edge of the sphere

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Force between masses in a square and asteroid orbital period

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Can Set Theory Identity (A-B) ∪ (B-C) = (A ∪ B) - (B ∩ C) Be Proven?

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Solving x^3-6xy+6=0: Implicit Diff. or Quotient Rule?

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Solving Riccatti Equation: 2nd Order Diff. Eq.

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Calculate Volume of Solid Rotated about y=4

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New intregral same old problem

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Projectile explodes at peak where will it fall?

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Solving √2 sin θ = √3 - cos θ for 0 < θ < 2π

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Solve Traffic Accident: Who Was Lying?

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What is the Velocity Ratio in an Elastic Collision?

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Derivative of ln(cos(w-1))

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Change of Momentum in Motion - Find J (Impulse)

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Finding current through R2 when R1 carries 9 A

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How Does Gauss's Law Calculate Charge on a Cylindrical Shell?

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Determine the speed of the smaller mass

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What does isoelectronic mean and how to identify it?

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Calculating Rocket Acceleration from Liftoff

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Wire Loop in Equilibrium-Angle?

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Finding centripetal force for a roller coaster on a horizontal curve

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Does current stay reduced after passing through a resistor?

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