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Difficult Conservation question - HELP

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Find the spring constant and the amplitude of the simple harmonic moti

  • Flinthill84
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How Do I Solve This Webwork Problem Using Stoke's Theorem?

  • hellishcolt
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Calculate Degrees of Freedom for 10 cc Oxygen Gas at STP

  • prasanna
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Calcium Carbonate: Enthalpy and Entropy Difference at Room Temp & 0K

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Finding the Angle for the Perfect Shot: A Physics Challenge

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Proving Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio

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Solving Frequencies Problem: Lowest Tone in Close-End Pipe 200Hz

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What Is the Correct Approach to Solve This Specific Heat Calculation Error?

  • porschedriver192
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How Do Torque and Hinge Placement Affect a Door's Stability?

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Finding the Walking Speed: Solving for Velocity with 440Hz and Speed of Sound

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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What is the solution for x in 2x^(1/4) = 64/x using indices?

  • Mo
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How Do You Calculate the Force of Gravity on a Spacecraft Above Earth?

  • shrtweez13
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Collision of pucks on frictionless table

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How High Should a Marble Be Released to Propel a Steel Ball at 150cm/s?

  • darkdryad
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Writing Gravitation Force On Central Sphere In Unit Vector Notation

  • GingerBread27
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Setting the equ. of motion help

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Calculating Moles of Air Required for Tire Pressure Increase

  • mikep
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Solving 2-Unknown Algebra Problems: A Challenge!

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What Is the 360th Power of the Function f(x) = 1/(1-x)?

  • Link
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Impact Force Comparison: Car vs. Wall Collision

  • sinas
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Physics Problem (densuty, pressure etc)

  • shalei
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Solve Entropy Problem with Heat Carrier - Nille

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Friction acting on a spinning ice skater

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Should You Use Indefinite Integrals for Deriving Formulas of 1/(x+1)?

  • courtrigrad
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Projectile and Conservation of Energy

  • Heart
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Solving a Rocket Equation: Mass, Velocity & Height

  • LondonLady
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How Does Light Refract When Emerging from Water into Air?

  • daveed
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Optimizing Pendulum Period: Using a 1.0 m Stick for Maximum Results

  • physicsss
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Calculate Total Resistance: 5R/3

  • aviv87
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Rate of Reaction: Effects of Volume Changes

  • decamij
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Solving -1^n and (-1)^{n+1} Confusions

  • kdinser
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Calculating the Change in Kinetic Energy During a Collision

  • disruptors
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Bridge Building with Pasta Assignment

  • Namic56
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Find the Height for Equal Pressure in a Cylinder of Water

  • prasanna
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Solving Dark Fringes Problem with 651nm Light & 5.47x10^-6m Slit

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Solve Damped Pendulum: Find Alpha, Period and Reduction Time

  • physicsss
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What do i need to learn in order to do the following contest questions?

  • furtivefelon
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Question about finding the area of a function with delta x

  • Juche
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How Do You Calculate the Tension in a Wire for a Submerged Iron Cube?

  • Bcisewski
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What Steps Are Needed to Prove That a Number Is the Supremum?

  • semidevil
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Quantum Mechanics Problem - [Rotating Molecule]

  • AKG
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Solve Ladder Logic Puzzles: Word Ladder Brainteasers

  • sp00ky
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Solving Friction: Acceleration and Velocity

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Solving Problems Involving a Skater and a Spring

  • Kissinor
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Don't understand by the phrases 'third second'

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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How Do I Solve These Grade 12 Calculus Optimization Problems?

  • decamij
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Solving a 20% Efficient Real Engine Problem

  • jaidon
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Mutual Inductance of the cylinder coils

  • Romperstomper
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How do I find the formula for the hydrate?

  • Dooh
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Don't understand by the phrases 'retarding force'

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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Max Speed Calculation for Tarzan's Vine Swing - AP Physics Problem

  • AllAmericanGirl2004
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Kinetic energy of massless spring

  • Flinthill84
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Calculating Forces: 1kg & 0.5kg Carts

  • UrbanXrisis
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Are My Calculations for Accident Recovery Probabilities Accurate?

  • OptimusPrime
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Solving Sampling Distributions in AP Statistics: Unbiased Estimators

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Analyzing the Cause of King Duncan’s Death in Macbeth

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How Does Ship Size Impact the Average Volume of Clothing Shipments?

  • OptimusPrime
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Surface area of atomized molecules?

  • gaborfk
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Phase Changes and Energy Conservation

  • mikep
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Solving Rotating Systems: Finding Normal Force on Motorcycle

  • Chen
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Calculate Weight Difference at Equator: 715N Gravitational Force

  • Coolbass04
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I dont understand how conditional probabilty works

  • semidevil
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The gravitational force between the aircraft and Moon

  • Omid
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Cockroaches fighting phys. prob

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Calculating Forces on an 80kg Man on a Ferris Wheel

  • HawKMX2004
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Conservation of energy and maximum height

  • senseandsanity
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Help With Pulley System: Calculating Angle Theta for Upper Rope

  • senseandsanity
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How to Find the Speeds of Suspended Objects Over a Pulley?

  • elizabethg
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Newton's three laws and friction

  • furtivefelon
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Reaction Questions with AgNO3: Help Fred Out!

  • Mathman23
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Calculating Max Ice Production Rate Given kW Input and Temperature Conditions

  • eku_girl83
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Finding Distance of Fragment After Shell Explosion - Center of Mass

  • Twigs
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Optimization and maximum area of a rectangular enclosure

  • TSN79
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Crane Efficiency: 5.10 x 10^5 Energy to Lift 1000kg 32m

  • puregoodboi
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How Do You Calculate the Area Between Curves in Calculus Problems?

  • buffgilville
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Can like charges accumulate in tight spaces despite repulsion?

  • mborn
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Baffled by Electric Field of a Plate

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Rocket Problem: 0.27kg Mass, 0.18kg Gas, 40m/s Velocity

  • vabamyyr
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Essay on Digital and Analogue technology -_-

  • TimUK
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Calculating Friction Force: 12 N, 0.6 & 0.8 Coefficients

  • disruptors
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Analyzing Recurrence Relations: Help with Summations Code

  • EvLer
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How Do Electric and Magnetic Fields Affect an Electron's Path?

  • nemzy
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Solving Gauss Law Problem: Electric Field on Hollow Sphere

  • mborn
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Quick Question about lenses/refraction

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How Do Protons Behave in a Magnetic Field?

  • nemzy
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Calculating Minimum Turn Radius for 200 m/s Jet

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At what time was the yeast added?

  • mborn
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Solving Surds Equation: Tips for Simplifying with Ease

  • Mo
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Understanding the Circle Equation: Explained Simply | Roger's Guide

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In Desperate Need of Help (Dalton's Atomic Theory)

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Solving for Probability Current Density in Region 2

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How Do You Solve Momentum and Elastic Collision Problems in Physics?

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Calculating Final Temperature of Steam and Water Mixture - Chemistry Question

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Solve Polynomial Division: -6x^4+2x^2-8x+1 / 2x^2-3

  • aisha
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Finding the Roots of Z^6 + 64 = 0

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