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Calculating Volume Increase for Cube w/ Expanding Surface Area

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Applications of non linear thermistor

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

  • Padford
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IVP prob involving convolutions

  • fourier jr
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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]?

  • gunnar
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Merge and MergeSort Algorithms for Sorting Arrays in Java

  • courtrigrad
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Finding current through the central resistor in a Wheatstone bridge

  • adc85
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Law of conservation of Energy question.

  • ultimatejester
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Angle of projection above an incline?

  • Buck268
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Free body diagrams for forces on a block

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Divergent improper integral and ellipsoid volume by integration

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

  • RadiationX
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How to Calculate Torque for Car Wheels

  • hun_nomin
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Sound coming out of slide whistle

  • jai6638
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What Charge Would Keep the Moon in Orbit and Balance an Electroscope?

  • thisisfudd
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Physics coursework inspire me ;)

  • KingAS
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How do I calculate the instantaneous velocity

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

  • xelda
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How to Solve for Boat Velocity Relative to River

  • Spyder1121
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How Do You Prove the Relationships Between T_n, M_n, and S_{2n}?

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

  • Rachel C
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Which one of the following sequences converge

  • Benny
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Creating a Formula: Force of Gravity at Different Elevations

  • ChrisP2006
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Is Weight an External Force in Collision Scenarios?

  • primarygun
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Solving a Projectile Fired from a Ship Problem

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

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

  • bbfcfm2000
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Projectile Motion initial velocity

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

  • courtrigrad
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How Do You Calculate Total Displacement in Physics?

  • the_d
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How Do You Write Net Ionic Equations for These Reactions?

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

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

  • mgiddy911
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Neutral object and electric field

  • leolaw
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Hair Curler Surface Calculation with Calculus

  • CeeAnne
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Astronaut throwing bag and rock: momentum conservation

  • Dmt669
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Probably a rather easy Algebra problem that I am not getting

  • The Divine Zephyr
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Demonstrations and examples for explaining Bohr's model

  • courtrigrad
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Coulomb's Law With Three Particles

  • GingerBread27
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Calculating Dipole Moment of Overlapping Charged Spheres

  • quasar987
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Solving the Atwood Machine - Descending Mass

  • shamockey
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Realtime imaging of static and moving objects

  • RT steven
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12 sticks that cannot form a triangle with any 3 drawn

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

  • DR33
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Integration by parts on ∫x cos(5x) dx

  • digink
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7 steps to climb in how many ways?

  • aisha
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What are the lowest two frequencies of the sound?

  • Yoda13
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Molar Mass Calculation for Freezing Point Depression

  • relskid
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Kinetic energy of an orbiting object

  • decamij
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Resources on center of gravity?

  • ArabianBeauty
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Centre of mass speed and inelastic collision of relativistic particles

  • mike217
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Vector dot products in a right triangle with a+b+c=0

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

  • sim_shopaholic_csi
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Distinguishing projections, reflections and rotations from matrices

  • matrix_204
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How Fast Was the Car Initially Moving?

  • runner1738
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Determining arm length of catapult

  • ArrowHeart
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Can I Simplify This Integral with a Trigonometric Substitution?

  • mad
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Gravitational force and electrical force

  • leolaw
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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?

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

  • Soaring Crane
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Minimum Deceleration for Railroad Crossing Accident Avoidance

  • runner1738
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Solving the Tidal Force Problem

  • matpo39
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Model rocket launched at 45.6 m/s with 1.5 m/s² acceleration

  • runner1738
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Who's Correct About f(f_inverse(5))?

  • ktpr2
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Type of Expansions and Differential Equations

  • courtrigrad
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Angular momentum and orbital angular momentum problems

  • sebasalekhine7
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Can A or B be finite if A cross B is not the empty set?

  • physicsuser
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Understanding Perturbation Theory for the Harmonic Oscillator

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

  • ElectricMile
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C++ converting base 10 to Roman numerals

  • Math Is Hard
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What is the Electric Field Between Two Charged Plates?

  • lobstrain
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Finding the maximum height of a rocket

  • hieule
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Electric Field and electron speed

  • Soaring Crane
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Equation for velocity of center of mass

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

  • Xerxes1986
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2 objects 1 up and 1 down thrown

  • runner1738
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Solving for Acceleration and String Forces on Incline with Two Masses

  • stunner5000pt
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How is the Approximation of \( e^r \) Derived in Discrete Compounding?

  • courtrigrad
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