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Find the velocity of the stone just before it hits the ground

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Two blocks in contact -- find the force between them

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Can You Accurately Compare Bearing Slow Down Functions?

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Help Calculating probability between 2 limits for the ground state

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POWER - different approach, different results

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Help needed in this problem involving a spring and energy balances

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How Does an Iron Deposit Affect Water Levels in Fluid Mechanics?

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When does Phobos collide with Mars?

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Calculation of torque and force on magnetic dipole near infinite wire

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Calculation of magnetic dipole moment of the Earth

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Final Charge of a Capacitor in a Circuit with Capacitors and Resistors

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Does a Slowing Piano Exert More Force Than the Man Pushing It?

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Why is a current ring approx a magnetic dipole from very far off?

  • zenterix
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Where on a rigid body is a resultant force applied?

  • zenterix
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Prove this equation for projectile motion

  • Winner123
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How Does Stress Affect a Hollow Pipe When Force Is Uniformly Applied?

  • Mohmmad Maaitah
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Understanding MIT's applet on sound with Fourier coefficients

  • zenterix
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Find moment arm of resultant force of two forces applied at two points

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A sphere suspended from a cord -- Find the tension

  • lola9
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How Is Potential Energy Converted to Kinetic Energy in Physical Systems?

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Physics 1 Parabolic Motion Question Confusion

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Acceleration in uniform circular motion is uniform or non-uniform?

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Difference between resonance in undamped vs damped mass-spring-dashpot

  • zenterix
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Amplitude of harmonic oscillation given position and velocity

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Modeling a mass falling from one side of the Earth to the other

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Elastic Potential Energy - Positive or Negative?

  • amandela
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How Do You Solve a Non-Equilibrium Pulley System with a 154 Degree Angle?

  • ashley2024
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Where Did I Go Wrong in My Refraction Problem Solution?

  • Florian Geyer
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Elastic potential energy - different methods, different results

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Work Done and Acceleration (Mistaken Answers?)

  • amandela
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Faraday's law help -- Induced EMF vs. time graph

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How can I find the sustain time of an electric guitar?

  • Krazen017
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On what does gravity assist depend? (possibly with sources)

  • renobueno
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Calculation of the magnetic field of four quarter circles

  • katarameno
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Magnetic Field Due To Wire Of Semi-Circular Cross Section

  • Aurelius120
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Calculate the gravitational force between these three masses

  • hraghav
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Vectors Directions: Where is this Resultant Vector Pointing?

  • Remle
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Momentum Physics Problem: Two astronauts throw billiard balls that collide

  • in33dphysicshelp
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Understanding work in translation and rotation of a magnetic dipole

  • zenterix
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Current through a circuit when the key is open

  • Darshit Sharma
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Current flowing in an open circuit

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Change of internal energy during linear transformation

  • TheEyeOfInnos
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How does one calculate the number of photons striking a surface per second?

  • Danielk010
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Find net external work of a system w/ 2 objects w/ opposite forces

  • dcmf
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Internal energy won't add up to 0 in cyclic process

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Static Equilibrium Reaction Question about Fixed Point

  • Grandpa04
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How Do You Begin Creating a PV Diagram from Complex Data?

  • Samir_Khalilullah
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Instantaneous Acceleration Given Equation for Velocity

  • amandela
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Minimal rotational kinetic energy for a gyroscope to precess

  • Malwina
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How does this potential divider circuit work?

  • Dr. Who
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Vertical Mass Spring System | Analyzing work

  • I_Try_Math
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Understanding relative velocity in 1D elastic collision

  • zenterix
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Stefan-Boltzmann's Law. How to apply to the Sun

  • PMNIMG
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Why Does Surface Tension Allow Bubbles to Form Despite External Pressure?

  • tellmesomething
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Optimizing energy expenditure over a race course in cycling

  • martonhorvath
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Does levitation distance increase as Fg increase???

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Sign of Work (Negative or Positive)

  • Ineedhelpwithphysics
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Kinetic energy in center of mass reference frame

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How Can Derivatives Determine Speed in Physics Problems?

  • emily-
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Work Pulley Problem with constant speed

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Spinning a Bucket to measure gravity with the parabolic surface of the water

  • Samir_Khalilullah
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Angular acceleration of plank hanging off edge with a weight

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Compare the conductance of an insoluble salt with soluble one

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Circuit with potential difference across battery being zero?

  • zenterix
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How Do You Calculate Wire Extension Under Sudden Loads?

  • giodude
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Final velocity of the barbell dropped after a dead lift

  • Rudina
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How can I calculate the Density and Volume of a mechanical mixture (atoms)?

  • bumblebee77
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Why do the headlights on the car become dim when the car is starting?

  • zenterix
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Why Is Energy Released in Nuclear Decay Equal to Change in Binding Energies?

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Translational Equilibrium Practice problem

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Worst-case power consumed by a circuit with MOSFETs

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Flux linked with circular coil vs solenoid

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Can Two Particles Have Multiple Collisions in a Single Interaction?

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How force on atom in diatomic molecule varies with distance

  • I_Try_Math
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Electromagnetic Induction in AC circuits

  • Cal66
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Using energy considerations to analyse particle motion

  • I_Try_Math
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Dragging an object: what is Fmin and magnitude of acceleration?

  • tomiharv
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Comparison between two Tippe tops

  • abrahamabraham
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Why does mass not affect sliding speed down an inclined plane?

  • MeesaWorldWide
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Find the value of ##θ## and frictional force acting on the block.

  • chwala
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Using energy considerations to determine speed

  • I_Try_Math
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Series RLC circuit connected to a DC battery

  • Meow12
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Finding the center of mass of a piecewise function

  • JorkThePork
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Confused by Lorentz transformation equation

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Final speed of particle far away from rings with opposite charges

  • risakapal
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Is the Total Energy Change in a Closed System Always Zero?

  • zenterix
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Sound absorption/Acoustuic attenuation coefficeint (α(ω)) of PVC foam?

  • Marcogoodie
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Is potential energy defined only for internal conservative forces?

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A sphere held steady on a slope by a rope

  • Theexploer
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Find force as a function of position: F=F(x) using v=v(t)

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Refractive index of seawater and a diver transmitting RF for 100 meters

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Forces applied to a spring-loaded gas pedal

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Index Notation, Identity Matrix

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