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Coulomb's Law: Equality of Charges in Different Size Balls

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Energy to move 1070 kg object to altitude four times Earth's radius

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Angular acceleration and torque

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What is the mass of the ice cube?

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How do we calculate the standard deviation of returns in a time step?

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Finding potential difference given work and kinetic energy

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Minimum height for a satellite to remain over the same geographical point

  • F|234K
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Relativistic rocket speed in the first rocket's frame

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How to Inductively Prove a Recursive Sequence Formula?

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What is cutoff wavelength in modern physics?

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Stochastic Differential Equations

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Calculating Geosynchronous Orbit around Jupiter's Moon

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What must unification theory explain about forces and past theories?

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Force on Passenger in Car Crash: 602N

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Calculating Plate Spacing for 162 V Parallel-Plate Capacitor

  • Kawrae
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Electric Field and Force Components for Point Charges Q1 and Q2?

  • formulajoe
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What is the explanation for Gauss's Law and the concept of electric flux?

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Calculating Electric Field of a Charged Particle at 1m Distance

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Why Is My Calculation of Current in a 33 Ohm Resistor Incorrect?

  • CartoonKid
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Progation of error in this formula

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Coefficient of friction for car on banked curve at different speed

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How do I solve for y in the equation 3y^{\frac{2}{3}}=x?

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How can I integrate e^-x sinx using parts?

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What Are the Correct Formulas and Units for These Physics Equations?

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Proving Prime Numbers Greater Than 5 are Sums of 3 Primes

  • CollectiveRocker
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Electric potential at point above a uniformly charged finite rod

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Electric permittivity of copper

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Integral of 1 with respect to theta in trig substitution

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Finding potential difference U_MN in a multi-resistor circuit

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Why does x^n divided by the sum equal (x-1)/x?

  • sebasalekhine7
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Why can't c1 and c2 satisfy y(0)=0, y'(0)=1 for xy''-y'=0?

  • kdinser
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Boolean Simplification: Steps and Example for (A+B)(A+B)= X

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Why Does Mass Affect Acceleration on an Incline?

  • Delonge87
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Checking flowcharts with decision points for haircut and letter writing

  • jai6638
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Quick Math: Is tan(theta) + tan(theta) equal to tan(2theta)?

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Calculating Force Between Two Dipoles With 10pC*m and 16pC*m

  • vabamyyr
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Understanding Electrostatic Potential Energy Calculations

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Calculating Charges of Two Small Nonconducting Spheres

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Finding acceleration from two forces on a 14.1 kg block

  • xelda
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Calculating Electric Field from a Long Straight Wire

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What is the direction of the electric dipole moment?

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Car's Trajectory on a Roller Coaster Track

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What is the maximum speed on a dry road curve?

  • shwoll
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Impact force of 1000 lbf object falling 32 feet

  • minger
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Solving and Understanding a Tricky Differential Equation

  • krusty the clown
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How Do You Calculate Displacement Around a Circular Lake?

  • shawonna23
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Finding current and current density from drift speed in gold wire

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What Minimum Deceleration Ensures Legal Speed Over 116 Meters?

  • shawonna23
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Energy of parallel plate capacitor problem

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What is the current density in the ion channel?

  • kyang002
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Simple Harmonic/Spring Question

  • Tom McCurdy
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Solving a Fluid Volume Physics Problem Using Archimedes' Principle

  • Rachel C
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What Is an Example of a Nonintegrable Bounded Function?

  • matrix_204
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When does a system of equations have a unique solution?

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Set Up Help for Problem in 2.JPG | QuantumNinja

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Electric Field Calculation for a Rotating Thread with Charge Density

  • LostInSpace
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What about How to Prove Aut(G) is a Group?

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Deriving energy formula from Rydberg constant equation

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Ant on a Tightrope physics problem

  • anaksunamoon
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Why Can't an Extremum Path in Lagrangian Mechanics Be a Local Maximum?

  • meteorologist1
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Projecting onto a line in 3D space vs 2D projections

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Calculating Electromagnetic Field Energy Flux in Linear Medium

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How Do You Calculate the Circumcircle Radius with Given Triangle Sides?

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Deriving the identity sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x)

  • jKotha
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Floating Cork Ball - Charge Calculation

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Solving Particle Mechanics Equation: V(x)=-A|x|^(n)

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Where can I find advanced math and physics lectures on DVD?

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How do I solve a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for the variables?

  • VietDao29
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How Should I Handle Significant Figures When Calculating Solar Velocity?

  • tony873004
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Kinematic Problem: How Long to Reach Half Speed in a Fluid?

  • bjon-07
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Find Critical Numbers of g(x) and f(x) Functions

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Finding Values for Mean Value Theorem in Integrals

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How Does Friction Affect the Motion of a Spring-Attached Block?

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First and Second Law of Thermodynamics

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Two-slit interference: how many maxima can be observed?

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Will the Tow Cable Hold During the Car Tow?

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What is the significance of the Windshield Wiper function in calculus?

  • matrix_204
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Finding the Value of m and k to Reach an Average of 7.3

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How Does Magnetic Force Affect an Ion Moving Along the Line x=y?

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Momentum questions--need them done tonight

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Finding angular speed when clay hits rotating cylinder

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Force Experienced by an Electron in an Electric Field

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Initial velocity in projectile motion

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Hamiltonian with explicit time dependence

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How Do You Convert Weber Units to Tesla in SI?

  • JamesJames
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Charge on capacitors, total energy

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Where to find research on math in physics, complex numbers, and science's impact

  • properphysicist
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Proving m is 4k+3 when m² is 4k+3

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Bohr model vs classical physics and quantized energy levels

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Finding the position function for a ball thrown upward

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Why Must the Lagrangian's Mass Matrix Be Positive Definite?

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