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How can I understand Rotational motion and dynamics better?

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Charged particle thrown upward (almsot there)

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Why Does a Bridge Freeze Before the Road?

  • misskitty
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Extension cord connected to heater - Find the power

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Perturbation of hydrogen energy due to nucleus

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Combination of electric and magnetic fields

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Questions About the Formation of Hydrochloric Acid

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Integration of sec(v+π/2)tan(v+π/2) by substitution

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Solve (sin x)^6 + (cos x)^6 = 5/6 ((sin x)^4 + (cos x)^4)

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Units regarding a photoelectric question

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Solving a Doppler + Beat Frequency Problem for Bat Speed

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Can you use Newton's laws in a geocentric frame to explain Earth's orbit?

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Why does power increase by factor of 4 with four D-cells instead of 2?

  • thisisfudd
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19 kg box sliding down a frictionless ramp 4.5 m long

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How Does Frictional Force Affect Bullet Penetration in Wood?

  • mugzieee
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Finding maximum likelihood estimators for Bernoulli distribution

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Work required to push a 36 kg box up a ramp with friction

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Calculating Charge on Conducting Balls Hanging from Strings

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How Do Meters, Kelvins, and Watts Relate in This Equation?

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Wavelength and properties of gamma-ray and X-ray photons with same energy

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What Does a ≡ b (mod m) Imply in Mathematics?

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Reading bytes from an MP3 file in C++

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Impact Parameter of Alpha Particle Rutherford

  • PhatPartie
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Magnets making things hurtle towards me eep

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How Is Maximum Resistance Calculated in a Superconducting Ring Experiment?

  • andrew410
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Constraints on monotone sequences for telescoping series convergence

  • Townsend
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How Is the Period of Uniform Circular Motion Affected by Latitude?

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What Are the Dynamics in a Circular Orbit?

  • oldunion
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Head on Collision with a car physics

  • shamockey
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Kinematic Problem: Solve Traffic Light Stop Distance

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Net force exerted between hemispheres of uniformly charged sphere

  • Kelvin
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Magnetic field from two parallel wires with opposite currents

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Is length a fundamental property or an abstract relationship between objects?

  • whatzzupboy
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How Does Lenz's Law Affect Electron Force Calculation?

  • andrew410
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Understanding Lenz's Law: Solved Example on Homopolar Generator

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Solving for x: Graph of y=|2x|-|3-x|

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Calc Work Needed to Push Car up 11.0 deg Incline

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Why Does the Toy Truck Stop at 3.2m Instead of 3.5m?

  • Alex_
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Is Cos2x the Same as Cos^2(x) in the Equation Cos2x + Cosx + 1 = 0?

  • aisha
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Check expression equivalent to

  • aisha
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Calculating RLC Circuit Damping Time and Energy Loss

  • andrew410
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Terminal Speed of Golf Ball Dropped from 25m

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Simply Checking an Answer in Calculus

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Solving a Three-Player Nash Equilibrium

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Electrostatics charged particle Problems

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Total Accel: (15)^2/173 + .6614 m/s^2

  • runner1738
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Special relativity and velocity of a particle

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Stone's Height Above Window Question

  • jen333
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How to solve 2 - 2sin^2(theta) = cos(theta) on the domain [0,2pi]

  • aisha
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Most Plausible Reason for Large Stable Nuclei's Extra Neutrons

  • Faiza
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E-field for infinitely long cylinder

  • LakeMountD
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Solving dy/dx = (x-4)(y+1) with y(0)=4

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Did I solve the calculus problem correctly?

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Tangent to the Point: Solving for b and c

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Struggling with Parallel Plate Capacitor Concepts?

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How to Find Electric Field at Semicircle Center Without Calculus?

  • PhysicsNewb
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Limit of cube root using difference of cubes factorization

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Net force from rope pulling if I weigh 800N and tension is 347N

  • mohlam12
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Very simple combining fields question

  • Jacob87411
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Solving Algebraic Fractions with 3 Binomials

  • homegrown898
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Calculating Work and Coefficient of Kinetic Friction for a Sliding Seal

  • askthefool
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How Do I Analyze and Graph the Function \( \frac{x}{x^2-4} \)?

  • jzq
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Electric Field Calculation for Non-uniformly Charged Sphere

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Solving Work Needed to Push 1147kg Car Up 15.1o Incline

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How do I solve x^3 + y^3 = 1, x^4 + y^4 = 1

  • mohlam12
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C++ code won't prompt for input value for a

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Finding the derivative of y=t/(1+1/t)

  • danne89
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What other instruments are related to the Tuba?

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Elastic Collision and conservation of momentum

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How did vibrations cause the Tacoma Bridge collapse?

  • liv
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What is the Correct Method for Calculating Error Expressions in Capacitance?

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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What is the tension in the cord as the elevator accelerates?

  • runner1738
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Problem on finding second derivative.

  • jzq
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Parametric equations for particle motion

  • jaidon
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How can I prove Gauss's Law for a continuous charge distribution?

  • AKG
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How can I find limits and slopes in calculus?

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Area of region enclosed by three curves with y=5 as a boundary

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Parabola passes through the points (0,4), (0,-1) and (6,1)

  • HawKMX2004
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Finding E and B fields from forces on a test charge with three velocities

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Integrating 50 + 14sin(πt/12) from 0 to 12

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How Do I Apply F=ma to Solve These Physics Problems?

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A little push on this trig identity

  • aisha
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Motion questions show me the steps

  • dagg3r
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Try it do you get the same answer?

  • aisha
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Simplify in sum and difference equation

  • aisha
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Check this for me involving sin theta

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Find initial speed of projectile fired from 150m cliff taking 10s to reach base

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Gravitational force at different altitudes above Earth

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Electric Potential Difference and charges

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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Height of a Projectile Using Energy Concepts?

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Proving Trigonometric Identity Involving Double Angle Formula

  • aisha
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Estimate takeoff speed of aircraft

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Understanding Specific Heat and Calorimetry: Experiment or Equation?

  • misskitty
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Momentum of Bullet and Angle of Impact: A Physics Lab

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