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Static friction: is it equal to μR or less than or equal to μR?

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IVP prob involving convolutions

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Maximum deceleration of plane stopping in 66 m from 58 m/s

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Boat crossing a river at an angle to current

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Which Matrices Satisfy AB=BA for A=[1 0; 1 1]?

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Merge and MergeSort Algorithms for Sorting Arrays in Java

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Finding current through the central resistor in a Wheatstone bridge

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Law of conservation of Energy question.

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Angle of projection above an incline?

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Free body diagrams for forces on a block

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Divergent improper integral and ellipsoid volume by integration

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How do I find the definite integral in a changed coordinate system?

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How to Calculate Torque for Car Wheels

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Sound coming out of slide whistle

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What Charge Would Keep the Moon in Orbit and Balance an Electroscope?

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Physics coursework inspire me ;)

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How do I calculate the instantaneous velocity

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What Formula Should I Use to Solve a Horizontal Projectile Problem?

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How to Solve for Boat Velocity Relative to River

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How Do You Prove the Relationships Between T_n, M_n, and S_{2n}?

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Fluids and buoyance, determine how much of the cylinder is in the oil

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Which one of the following sequences converge

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Creating a Formula: Force of Gravity at Different Elevations

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Is Weight an External Force in Collision Scenarios?

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Solving a Projectile Fired from a Ship Problem

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Proving Schwarz's Inequality for Proportional a's and b's

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How Do I Rearrange Doppler Effect Equations to Solve for Specific Variables?

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Projectile Motion initial velocity

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How Do Brownian Motion and Coin Tossing Relate to Time and Bet Size?

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How Do You Calculate Total Displacement in Physics?

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How Do You Write Net Ionic Equations for These Reactions?

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A couple of questions regarding AREAS (and getting the formulas,etc.)

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Why does frequency not seem related to pipe length in resonance lab data?

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Neutral object and electric field

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Hair Curler Surface Calculation with Calculus

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Astronaut throwing bag and rock: momentum conservation

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Probably a rather easy Algebra problem that I am not getting

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Demonstrations and examples for explaining Bohr's model

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Coulomb's Law With Three Particles

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Calculating Dipole Moment of Overlapping Charged Spheres

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Solving the Atwood Machine - Descending Mass

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Realtime imaging of static and moving objects

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12 sticks that cannot form a triangle with any 3 drawn

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Energy released bringing -600nC charge to 1mm from 500nC charge

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Integration by parts on ∫x cos(5x) dx

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7 steps to climb in how many ways?

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What are the lowest two frequencies of the sound?

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Molar Mass Calculation for Freezing Point Depression

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Kinetic energy of an orbiting object

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Resources on center of gravity?

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Centre of mass speed and inelastic collision of relativistic particles

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Vector dot products in a right triangle with a+b+c=0

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How Does Boiling Water Affect the Computed Specific Heat in Calorimetry?

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Distinguishing projections, reflections and rotations from matrices

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How Fast Was the Car Initially Moving?

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Determining arm length of catapult

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Can I Simplify This Integral with a Trigonometric Substitution?

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Gravitational force and electrical force

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How can I find the equation for the cell division sequence?

  • aisha
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What is the relationship between dividends and no arbitrage?

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Find the changes in entropy for the water and for the ice

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Minimum Deceleration for Railroad Crossing Accident Avoidance

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Solving the Tidal Force Problem

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Model rocket launched at 45.6 m/s with 1.5 m/s² acceleration

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Who's Correct About f(f_inverse(5))?

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Type of Expansions and Differential Equations

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Angular momentum and orbital angular momentum problems

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Can A or B be finite if A cross B is not the empty set?

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Understanding Perturbation Theory for the Harmonic Oscillator

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How Can Continuity be Ensured for Functions with Discontinuities at x=2?

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C++ converting base 10 to Roman numerals

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What is the Electric Field Between Two Charged Plates?

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Finding the maximum height of a rocket

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Electric Field and electron speed

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Equation for velocity of center of mass

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Normal force on a tilted road: why isn't N=Mg cos(theta)?

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2 objects 1 up and 1 down thrown

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Solving for Acceleration and String Forces on Incline with Two Masses

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How is the Approximation of \( e^r \) Derived in Discrete Compounding?

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Determine the tension of the cord?

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Stone projectile motion problem

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How to integrate x^4/√((1-x²)³)

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