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Why can't an equilateral triangle have vertices at lattice points?

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M's Electric Field Calculation for a Uniformly Charged Wire

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String harmonics and resonance in tuning forks and pianos

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Find digits A, M, and C where (100A+10M+C)(A+M+C) = 2005

  • cdhotfire
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Proving the Algebraic Nature of Root 3 + Root 2 Using Polynomial Expressions"

  • lokisapocalypse
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Coefficient of x^r in the binomial expansion of (1−x)^−3

  • misogynisticfeminist
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How Does Photon Angular Momentum Influence Zeeman Effect Observations?

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What Are the Van der Waals Constants for Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)?

  • diegojco
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Questions about Hund's Rules and L-S Coupling

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Did the Last Sip of Tea Heat the Ocean?

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Stone thrown at 30° from cliff edge with final speed 25 m/s

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Optics Problem: What am I doing wrong?

  • xenogizmo
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Proving the Irrationality of √3 and Other Non-Perfect Square Roots

  • courtrigrad
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A system with varying mass - a rocket

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Calculating Resonant Frequency of a Bridge with Added Support

  • Haftred
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How Does Compressing a Spring Store and Release Energy?

  • clh7871
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Electric field strength (should be easy)

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Solid sphere rolling up a 30° incline without slipping

  • sebasalekhine7
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What Happens if Electrons and Protons Had Different Charges?

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How Do You Calculate Charge and Tension in Hanging Charged Balls?

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Buoyant forces on hot-air balloon

  • franklyn
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Block falls on Spring Work and Speed

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How Does a Positron Behave in a Penning Trap?

  • stunner5000pt
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Solving Nonideal Voltmeters with R_V, r, and E

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Calculating Tension and Acceleration in a Pulley System with Friction

  • ndwiseguy
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Centripital Acceleration question

  • DLxX
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Simplifying tan²x - csc²x/cot²x and proving a trig identity

  • Cabal
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Calculating Average Acceleration of a 747 Airplane

  • dg_5021
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Force applied to the ground from a 1.2 m standing vertical jump

  • SteveVer256
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How do you calculate the force of friction on an inclined plane

  • Gogsey
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Is Using a Catapult on an Asteroid a Viable Propulsion Method?

  • Dmt669
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Oblique Triangle and the Law of Cosines: Solving for Change in Piston Rate

  • courtrigrad
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Question Concerning Chemistry Model

  • courtrigrad
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Poisson distribution question

  • semidevil
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What Could an Unconventional Physics Exam Question Look Like?

  • dekoi
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Bird on transmission line and force on current-carrying wire

  • altrez
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Volume between paraboloid z = 4x² + y² and plane z = 4x + 3

  • AKG
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Rotational Motion. Apparently, I have no idea what I'm doing.

  • baby_bunny_bee
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Velocity as a Function of position

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Uniform Circular Motion of a ball

  • jewel203
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Why is L the angular momentum

  • hun_nomin
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Semester review: impulse, circular motion, momentum

  • Zoe
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How Do You Calculate the Equation of an Ellipse for Specific Scenarios?

  • JeNNeHJo
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Angular Acceleration and a grindstone

  • bamalam
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Oval Track Motion: Velocity Vectors G and H

  • khf
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How Do You Integrate sqrt(x^2 - 9) for Hyperbola Area Calculation?

  • sporff
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How Do You Calculate Vector Components of Velocity?

  • shawonna23
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Potential Due to collection of point charges

  • GingerBread27
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Calculus review for statistical mechanics with Callen

  • pt176900
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Is the Solution to This Differential Equation Unique?

  • stunner5000pt
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Finding mass of air at 70F and 200psi to calculate specific volume

  • Frustra8ed
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How Can a Pilot Adjust Course for Wind to Maintain a Westward Path?

  • CaptainofIron
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How to Calculate the Frequency of Lightwave at 500nm Wavelength

  • Grandor
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Momentum and radiation pressure

  • nemzy
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Tune Radio to 5.30 MHz with 1.04 µH Inductance

  • nemzy
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New to physics - throw me a bone here

  • Grandor
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Find the distance the particle travels

  • ProBasket
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Solving Int. sin(9x)sin(16x)dx w/o Multiple Angles

  • ProBasket
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What is the distance between the cliffs?

  • Bri
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Domain of solution to differential equation with cube root

  • stunner5000pt
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What is the magnitude of the charge inside the box?

  • azazelis
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Solving Physics Equation: "v=m1v1+m2v2/(m1+m2)"

  • UrbanXrisis
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How do I solve for the value of areal density given the mass and radius?

  • Deeviant
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Electric field on a point charge

  • Electro
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How Do You Calculate Initial Speed and Acceleration of a Decelerating Truck?

  • VeeVee151
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What Are the Spring Constant and Mass in This SHM Problem?

  • foggy
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Heat conduction melting ice in a copper rod

  • 2099
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Two Questions -> Speed of Light

  • Kawrae
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How do related rates apply to circles, rectangles, and spheres?

  • courtrigrad
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Shaving Cream in a Vacuum project

  • Bissli
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Preparing for AP Physics B exam after failing first semester

  • SnitchSeekaHarry
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Solved problems in modern physics beyond Serway

  • mike217
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Grade 11 Physics Help: Solving 3 Challenging Questions for Your Exam Tomorrow

  • leafs rule
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Reflections between two parallel mirrors 1.60m high

  • Kawrae
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Formulas for Copper (II) Chlorate

  • seve
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Calculating Total Power of Heaters Connected in Series

  • figs
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How Do Trigonometric Identities Derive from Basic Formulas?

  • aisha
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Football kicked at 50° traveling 20 m

  • XtremeChic4
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Force problem for elastic stretch

  • hackerdiety03
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What are the sign conventions for force in physical chemistry?

  • hackerdiety03
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Coefficient of Sliding Friction Lab

  • vitaly
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Simplifying (√18 + √12) / (√8 - √96) in terms of p and q

  • Gughanath
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Could someone verify my answers?

  • Matt.D
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How can I solve these mirror problems without getting the wrong answer?

  • Kawrae
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Related Rates of a triangle angle

  • courtrigrad
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What is the speed of water waves?

  • jai6638
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Calculating Thermal Efficiency: Is There More to Consider?

  • togepyamy
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MergeSort error: 'Mege is undefined'

  • courtrigrad
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Acceleration and constant speed question

  • dbzsongoku
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I have a few questions for my Phys Lab

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Trignometric identities question

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Scuba Diving and Ideal Gas Law

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Verifying a physics theory with homemade experiments

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Vector operations in polar coordinates?

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