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Projectile Motion Problem with 2 Moving Cars

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What is the Wavelength of Neutrons at Room Temperature?

  • scissors
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Solve Rope Physics Problem: Find Time to Travel Length of Rope

  • DMD
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What is the FTC saying about the derivative of the integral of a function?

  • ProBasket
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Solving Displacement of Prismatic Bar AD with Loads P1,P2,P3

  • Dyls
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Help with Functions: Find the Area of a Norman Window

  • thegame1234
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Acceleration/deceleration problem

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What Are the Correct Steps to Determine the Range of a Function?

  • preet
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How Do You Calculate the Potential of a Simple Quadrupole Using Point Dipoles?

  • meteorologist1
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Impulse and Momentum problem HELP

  • BlasterV
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Calculate the charge on the ball

  • waywardtigerlily
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Induced EMF and Current in a Moving Plate Through a Solenoid

  • stunner5000pt
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Cell Membrane and Hollow Spheres

  • figs
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How Do You Calculate Car Weight and Required Motor Force?

  • Jessi
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Solve Simple Wave Problem: Find v_2

  • mathlete
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Uncovering the Speed of a Leap: Salmon's 3.56m Jump

  • sundrops
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Proving Suprema & Infima: Showing Sub B is an Upper Bound of A

  • lokisapocalypse
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Calculating the Line Integral of a Vector Field Using Vector Calculus

  • formulajoe
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What Is the Original Concentration of the Solution?

  • DB
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Work energy theorem problems cracking my heard

  • farai
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Does my paragraph make any sense at all?

  • !Live_4Ever!
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Please hlep me with this ELECTRICAL FORCE QUESTION.

  • DLxX
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Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle

  • Soaring Crane
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Question about non-trivial equation

  • flying2000
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Black Body Equations (more of a math prob)

  • Rob Hal
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Spherical balloon with conductive coating

  • meteorologist1
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How Does Temperature Affect the Speed of Sound in Air?

  • Drey0287
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How Does Gravity on Zond 4 Compare to Earth?

  • Gogsey
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Two Physics problems Work and Electricity

  • Pseudo Statistic
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Finding the Zeros of a Polynomial Function

  • jai6638
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What is the lifetime of a subatomic particle at rest?

  • aptiva
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Basic Question About A Cart Hitting another Cart

  • Markd
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Finding the Magnitude and Direction of a Force Vector Using Trigonometry

  • shawonna23
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Can the Laplace-ian Problem be Simplified?

  • Raparicio
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How Do You Optimize Box Volume by Cutting Squares from a Sheet of Metal?

  • courtrigrad
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Force Lines and Equipotential lines

  • figs
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Increasing and Decreasing Functions

  • courtrigrad
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Please read if you saw my thread I pasting together this new gravity

  • whatzzupboy
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How to Verify an Antiderivative for the Function f'(x) = 4x^2 - 3 + sin(x)?

  • courtrigrad
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How fast is the shell moving when it hits the rocks?

  • dg_5021
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Calculating Chain Forces on a Swing: Midterm Problem Help

  • ajc9387
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Finding Final Volume - almost got it

  • sisigsarap
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How Deep Could Tarzan Dive While Breathing Through a Reed?

  • Soaring Crane
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Solving River Current Speed: 67m Downstream, 100m Wide

  • sundrops
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What Is the Equation of Motion for a Pivoted Rod on an Accelerating Car?

  • matpo39
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Cargo Plane Drops Supplies to Dogsled Team in Antarctica

  • sundrops
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What Happens to sin(1/x) as x Approaches Zero?

  • Echo 6 Sierra
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Non-standard calculus (infinitesimals)

  • danne89
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An odd Volume problem/how to find the area of a part of a circle

  • Wooh
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Atwood Machine simulation problem

  • extreme
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How Does Substitution Work in Solving Homogeneous Differential Equations?

  • kdinser
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Partial Fractions - Deduce the Equation for given fractions

  • whkoh
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Solving Gaussian Elimination Algorithm Problems (Matrices)

  • adc85
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Calculating Power Factor of RL-Capacitor Parallel Circuit

  • bulbanos
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Is Courant's Calculus Book Suitable for AP Calculus and Cost-Effective?

  • courtrigrad
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Help with Vector Mechanics Question #71

  • gparizek
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Projectile Maximum Height: True or False Explanation

  • sundrops
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C++ printing and positioning with loops

  • Math Is Hard
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Electric potential energy and particle charge

  • figs
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(Electric Charge and Electric Field)

  • Axeman2k
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How Does Integrating Planck's Formula Relate to the Stefan-Boltzmann Law?

  • mathlete
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Anyone here Uses MASTERINGPHYSICS.COM

  • reyazi
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How Many People Can Stand Inside the Pentagon?

  • reyazi
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Derivative of f(x)=1+2p(x-1)+(x-1)^2

  • UrbanXrisis
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How Does the Kinetic Energy Theorem Apply to Bonny Blair's Skating Problem?

  • Femme06Fatale
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Solving Snell's Law: Prism Refraction of 700nm Light

  • Kawrae
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What is the escape speed of a projectile fired from Earth's surface at 8.2 km/s?

  • CinderBlockFist
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Solve Pendulum Problem: Find Position in 1.6 Sec

  • beanryu
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Light Interference: Why Don't We See 2 Sources? 2 Reasons

  • Gogsey
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What is the optimal angle and range for a rocket racer?

  • dranger35
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Equipotential Contours and Point Charge

  • GingerBread27
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Football kicked at 50° travels 20 m: finding initial speed and flight time

  • XtremeChic4
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Help w/ conservation of mech. energy

  • Femme06Fatale
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Calculating the Unbalanced Force in a Pendulum System

  • krypt0nite
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Electromagnatics Disperate Help

  • Berg
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How Are Group Velocity and Phase Velocity Related in Wave Packets?

  • Hyperreality
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What Does 'Earth Radii' Mean in This Homework Problem?

  • CinderBlockFist
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How Does Torricelli's Law Relate Water Height to Flow Rate in Physics Labs?

  • Washable_Marker
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How Do You Solve a Leslie Cube Assignment?

  • jaidon
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How Does Planck's Law Simplify for High Frequencies?

  • Nylex
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Is the integral of 2x + x + 1 equal to (1)(3) + \frac{1}{2}(1)(3) + 1?

  • courtrigrad
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Solve Net Gravitational Force Problem: Earth-Moon Distance

  • CinderBlockFist
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Exploring the Combinatorial Nature of Subsets in a Finite Set

  • Townsend
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How can I accurately measure g using freefall and a simple formula?

  • Matt.D
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Maximizing Car Safety: The Impact of Sensors and Seatbelt Technology

  • theknownothing
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Please help me in starting this problem (Water thru a pipe)

  • michaelw
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Understanding Electric Field Distribution in Various Charge Configurations

  • blur_monny
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Computing Integrals: From 3 to 11 - Prove You Are Right

  • matrix_204
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Fire Hydrants, pressure and velocity

  • vaxop
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Friction and Force problem Help

  • BlasterV
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How Does Resonance Frequency Calculation Work in LC Circuits?

  • Little Dump
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Why Do Rubbed Materials Attract or Repel Each Other?

  • zaftcouncil
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How Fast Must the Enterprise Travel to Shorten 85 Light Years to 20?

  • hype_chicky
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Why a timelike vector and a null vector cannot be orthogonal?

  • crit
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