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Im just not getting these force things

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What is the rotational kinetic energy of one molecule of Cl2

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Understanding Binomial Coefficients: Finding the r-th term formula

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Rearranging T = 2π√(m/k) to solve for spring constant k

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Lewis structure for ClF and when to use triple bonds

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Does Every Point of R Exist as an Accumulation Point in a Sequence?

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Insanely vague thermodynamics question

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Theory of relativity - spacetravel

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Tarzan swinging on a vine with Jane releasing mid-swing

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Finding charge on suspended water drop in electric field

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Equations of Tangent Lines Passing Through Point P(5,5) for y = x^2 - 4

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What Are Examples of Discontinuous Functions and Their Properties?

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What is the wavelength of a photon that has energy of 2.10eV

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Is the punter doing work on the football during and after contact?

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Gas in piston-cylinder system with weight and heating

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Tarzan swinging on a 30m vine at 37° angle

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How Do Sound Waves Interfere When Two Trumpets Play Together?

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Practice assignment review: kinematics, energy, collisions, fields

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Pressure in a tornado and net force on a door

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Position vector for particle on circle with radius 3.35 m

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Can you evaluate sin(-15 degrees) without using a special triangle?

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Simple harmonic motion and time

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How Do String Length and Tension Affect Vibration Frequency and Wave Patterns?

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How Does Heine's Theorem Relate to Calculating Limits?

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Can Two Masses Whirl Exactly on a Horizontal Line with Equal Angular Velocities?

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Is a Subset of a Linearly Dependent Set Linearly Dependent?

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Why do resistors in parallel not follow the trend?

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Graphing the Derivative of y = x^4 + 2x^3 + x^2 + 6

  • courtrigrad
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Calculating Well Depth Using the Speed of Sound

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Thermodynamics - Weighing an aquarium

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Probability of r heads in n fair coin tosses

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Analysis of Rectangular Loop in Uniform Magnetic Field

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What Is the i,j Form of a Vector?

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How Do Sound Waves Affect Emergency Responses and Wave Motion Calculations?

  • Shay10825
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How Does Physics Explain These Real-World Scenarios?

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Tension in a rope pulled by two boys with 40N forces

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How do Newton's laws of motion relate to conservation of energy?

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Two pairs in poker dice: why is my count twice the expected answer?

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Verifying Sum Difference Formula Results

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Velocity related to force of friction

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Understanding Electron-Optic Biprism Phenomenon in Electron Microscopes

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Football bouncing off a vase collision problem

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Projectile motion - time taken to hit the ground

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How to Calculate Time Required for Investment to Quadruple at 7.1% Interest

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Determine Value of Trig Functions

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Finding spring length when mass is removed using Hooke's Law

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Solving for Cotangent using Cosine and Pi

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Theorems for maximum sums of reciprocals and inscribed polygon areas

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Exam Practice Problems: Solving for Time, Speed, and Velocity

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Probability of needing n rolls to get a sum greater than 8 with dice

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Really needed info. Saprkling Ice?

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Kinematics Rolling motion off a cliff

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Asset Market and Arrow-Debreu equilibrium

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Binomial distribution smallest value

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How Do You Derive the Derivative of y=sin^3(1-2x)?

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Question regarding alternating current

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Geometry: several problems. Try

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Find velocity of puck and octopus

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How transformers actually operate

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Finding coefficient of friction and normal force in two problems

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Solving Magnetism Problems: Selecting Variables for Data Table

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Divergence Theorem for the Curl

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How to solve P(0 < z < a) = 0.2 for a

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What do n, q, and v represent in the current formula I=nqAv?

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Spring with constant k cut in two

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Why is the derivative of x ln x equal to 1 + ln x?

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Paris Gun projectile motion at 55 degrees

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Question on Waves: Pulse Scattering in Dispersion Medium

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Maximizing container volume by cutting corner squares from sheet metal

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How to build a mousetrap car for physics exam

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Calculating Final Temperature: Enthalpy of Fusion vs Specific Heat

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Stefan-Boltzman's radiation law problem

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How do you calculate r in the centrifugal force equation?

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Solve Word Problem: Jane Running at 5.6 m/s, How High Can She Swing?

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Chemistry problem solving (neutralisation)

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What Interesting Math Topic Can a Grade 12 Student Teach for a Class Project?

  • Parth Dave
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Frequency of Train Whistles: 3.70 Hz

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Proving 2^n < n! using Induction: Where to Start?

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Finding the Maclaurin series for sum of tan(x/2^n)/2^n

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What is the speed of a proton after moving in a uniform electric field?

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Giancoli 5th Edition Solutions Ch 13 - Get Answers Now

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Calculate b/2m for Damped Oscillations of 1.00 m Pendulum at 18.0°

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Finding tension in a rope swinging an object in a circle

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How to find increasing and decreasing intervals of a biquadratic function?

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Find cos(θ-β) given csc θ=-17/15 and cot β=-3/4

  • aisha
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How do I determine the area within 0.5 standard deviations of a given z-value?

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Finding period and amplitude of driven oscillator with damping

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Solving for Tangential Speed of a Uniform Bar

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Rotational Motion/Angular Momentum

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