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How to determine if a function is odd or even

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Why rolling is less than kinetic

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Example where lim(Xn + Yn) exists but doesn't equal lim Xn + lim Yn

  • Trigger
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Independence of friction and area of contact

  • prasanna
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Formulas I have learned in my pre-AP physics class

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Why are my sound absorption measurements erratic and oscillating?

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Probability of drawing a second white ball without replacement

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Indicate the regions of the plane

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What Are the Subgroups and Normal Subgroups of D4?

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Find Spring Constant (k) in Mass Spring System

  • lab04
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Rotation with constant acceleration

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Block on Spring without Friction

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Potentional energy is work done by gravity?

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Solving 25^x - 30(5^x) + 125 = 0 with common base

  • aisha
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Solve Particle in a Box Questions: Lowest Energy & Probability

  • Physicsiscool
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Curl and Divergence (flux, and what not)

  • dink
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What is the equation for the tangent line in parametric equations?

  • ziddy83
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Calculating rotational inertia of a sphere

  • Silimay
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Who Can Crack the R-L-C Circuit Challenge?

  • Moore65
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Solving 5^(log₃(3x) – log₃(2)) = 125 for x

  • punjabi_monster
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How to Calculate Magnetic Flux with a Long Wire and Rotated Plane

  • hd28cw
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How Do You Solve Related Rates Problems in Calculus?

  • p4nda
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Period of Simple Harmonic Motion: Amplitude Independence

  • physicsss
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Is Your Solution to These Rotational Mechanics Problems Correct?

  • barnsworth
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Solving 2/5 = 5/8n - 4 by clearing fractions

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Static Equilibrium and a uniform rod

  • BillytheKid
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Kinematics (Don't know what I did wrong )

  • BlasterV
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Calculating Beam Deflection and Failure Load for Plywood Beam Design

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Finding Tension Of A Spring In Waves

  • GingerBread27
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Calculating Work Done on a 50kg Crate by 100N Force

  • Drey0287
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I dont understand where i went wrong

  • agirlsrepublic
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How to solve (3√27)^(3x-1) = 9^(x+3) for x

  • aisha
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Finding balloon volume from lift using Archimedes' principle

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What Is the Mass of a Block Pulled with a Force at an Angle?

  • scan
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Why Is the Force Acting on the Object -3k When x=0?

  • UrbanXrisis
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3^2x=5(3^x)+36 whats the exact value of x?

  • aisha
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Why does 3^(x²+20)=(1/27)^(3x) give negative solutions?

  • aisha
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Calculating Object Density with Formulae

  • Haftred
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Projectile motion, circular motion, and pendulum problems

  • Beowulf
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Calculating Period of Oscillations - Graph with x and t Coordinates

  • Soaring Crane
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Electric Circuit, drawing question

  • NYROCKFAN
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Strength/weight ratio question

  • faust9
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How do we locate the principal axis?

  • JimmyRay
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Did Jack Burn His Feet Jumping Over the Candlestick?

  • manjuj
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Greatest tension in vine during Tarzan's swing

  • Darienesque
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What does a head on collision imply?

  • stunner5000pt
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Solving the Sonic Boom Problem: Mach 1.60

  • Mikey
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Calculating Mean Lifetime and Revolutions in Excited State of Hydrogen Atom

  • stunner5000pt
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Is Y=23x+18 the Correct Equation for the Tangent Line at X=2?

  • chjopl
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Mechanics Problem: Cart Velocity with Leaking Sand and Inclined Plane"

  • Trigger
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Solving 2^x=7·5^x with logarithms

  • chjopl
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Interference pattern with glass plate in front of one slit

  • Jack16
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Conservation of Energy Problem-I think

  • bbbbbev
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What happens when the discriminant is negative in the quadratic formula?

  • CinderBlockFist
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Work Theory Question: Is a Woman Swimming Upstream Doing Work?

  • DLxX
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Contour Integral with just straight lines?

  • hd28cw
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Paper Bumpers for Collision Reduction

  • albert611
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How Fast Must a Golf Ball Travel to Avoid Windmill Blades?

  • Crazedkid
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How Fast Must a Golf Ball Travel to Avoid a Rotating Windmill Blade?

  • Crazedkid
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Water wave diffraction through two slits

  • Jack16
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Electron accelerated by potential difference

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How Does Bernoulli's Equation Apply to Wind Over a House Roof?

  • khai06
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How do I solve the limit of tan^2(2x) / 3x^2 as x approaches 0?

  • theCandyman
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Electrostatic force between two charged water drops

  • Lorax
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Work done by tension on a rock twirled in a circle

  • UrbanXrisis
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How do I find the velocity that an electron must acquire

  • irony of truth
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How Does the Right Hand Rule Determine Magnetic Force Directions?

  • agirlsrepublic
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What is the velocity of a ball on a frictionless curved track?

  • boxcarracer767
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Solving 9^(x^2+1)=(27)^x(3)^(2x) by converting to base 3

  • aisha
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How do I express the square root of 2 as a power of 2?

  • aisha
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ARGH this is giving me a headache

  • schattenjaeger
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Solving Two Physics Problems: Weighing Rocks and Steel Barbells

  • SnowOwl18
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Thermodynamics self-assessment quiz on heat, energy and thermal transport

  • PhysicsNovice
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Don't understand by the arrangement of the capacitors in the diagram.

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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Sound wave questinos my tutor couldnt even figure out

  • HobieDude16
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Calculating Average Force on a Tennis Ball During a Serve

  • Rapta3
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Find dx: Projecting Object at 100 m/s from 20-70°

  • JWest
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How Do Phase Changes Affect Energy Calculations in Ethanol?

  • nobb
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How do I sum the telescoping series with parameter a?

  • quasar987
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Simplifying the product (1−1/2)(1−1/3)(1−1/4)⋯(1−1/n)

  • DivineNathicana
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Converting 2nd Order ODE to 1st Order ODE

  • johnwalton84
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Probability of landing on an even number in roulette

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What is the integral symbol actually called?

  • ascky
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Finding square duct dimensions for room air exchange in 30 minutes

  • SnowOwl18
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Can Running People at the Equator Change the Length of a Day?

  • ousooner
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Microvolts over degrees->degrees over microvolts

  • Mk
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How to Solve a Damped Harmonic Oscillator Problem?

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