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Waves & Sound: How deep is your well?

  • internetimothy
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Momentum Problems: Help with 2 Problems and Energy Stored in Spring

  • lucifer
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Does sodium bicarbonate function as an acid or a base?

  • xLaser
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Conservation Laws Homework help

  • Lorax
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How Does a Flywheel Power a 40 T Magnetic Field?

  • Nylex
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Why Does an Object Fall 490 Meters in 10 Seconds?

  • tman
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I'm so lost Volume and tension?

  • shadow2006
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How to Calculate Phase Difference Between Two Sinusoidal Waves?

  • SpeedBird
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Number Theory Question - Discrete Log mod (pq)^2.

  • Chu
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Please help with these Quantum theory Qs please

  • Yuelao
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Solving Hanging Sign Problem: Find Tension, Horizontal & Vertical Force

  • strugglin-physics
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Calculating Volume Using Archimedes' Principle

  • nix
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Please, still with rotating rigid body problem

  • gaborfk
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What is the derivative of x^x and how to sketch sin(x)/x by hand?

  • ponjavic
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Solve Astronaut Wrench Problem: Find x_2 from x_1, v

  • tigerseye
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Calculating Angle of Globe on Accelerating Train - Forces in Motion

  • futb0l
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Volume of a object by being submerged

  • mikezietz
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Solving Analysis Problems: Proving Real x & Showing f(x)=0

  • matrix_204
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How Does Newton's Third Law Explain Our Forward Movement?

  • UrbanXrisis
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What is the required force to accelerate a child on a sled at 1.12 m/s2?

  • Rapta3
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Two Brainmelting Problems Save Me

  • fizziksplaya
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Homework help: discrete schodinger eq. Energy Eigenstates?

  • tiger_striped_cat
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HELP w/ coefficient of kinetic friction problem

  • WCU
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Find Radial & Circumferential Strain in Incompressible Vessel

  • chusifer
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Help with Fundamental Frequency problem

  • Purduenub03
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Circuit Help (Parallel, finding IR1, VR1, etc )

  • BigDanT
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Rolling without slipping and frictional force

  • gcolombo
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What Is the Required Power for a Cable Car on a Slope?

  • scan
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Solving Physics Problems: 25N Force, 2.5 kg Block, and 35deg Incline

  • scan
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How to Prove the Moment of Inertia for a Spinning Cone?

  • Warmoth
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What is the Kinetic Energy and Work Done for Separated Space Vehicle

  • pinky2468
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Find Equation for Ideal Gas in Cube Container

  • jamie_o
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What Went Wrong in Calculating Tensions in These Statics Problems?

  • Shay10825
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What Are the Characteristics of Protonium?

  • stunner5000pt
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Help Needed: Calculating Coal Delivery Rate with 60kW Motor

  • steelcap
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Stuck on Tension on a Hanging Massive Rope

  • disruptors
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Phase velocity and group velocity

  • nuttyquark
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Conservation of Momentum of a uniform thin rod

  • 7C0A0A5
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Two masses and a Gravitational field

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Finding Acceleration for Object on Equator

  • GingerBread27
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Potential Energy of a Three-Particle System

  • sizzler
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Calculating Revolutions for Weightlessness on a 15m Ferris Wheel

  • DLxX
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Expand & Sum Binomial Series: f(x)= x+x^2

  • DivGradCurl
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Is g Positive or Negative in Bernoulli's Equation?

  • Skomatth
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Solving Calorimetry Ques: Molybdenum Specific Heat

  • vg19
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Calculating Mass of Asteroid Given Moon's Size, Distance, and Orbit

  • GingerBread27
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How Do You Calculate the Density Ratio of the Moon to the Earth?

  • envscigrl
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Calculating Acceleration in a Pulley System

  • eno
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Optics problem: electromagnetic theory

  • cuti_pie75
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This time its a statics problem

  • Cyrad2
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How Does a Decreasing Radius Affect the Speed of a Rotating Cylinder?

  • gaborfk
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How Do I Solve These Physics Vector Problems?

  • ravadongon
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How Do You Solve for a, b, and c in Polynomial Equations?

  • aisha
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Thermodynamics - heating spoon and coffee

  • mikep
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Calculate the distance from the center of the Earth

  • envscigrl
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Solving 3 Simple Physics Problems

  • mikezietz
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How Does Acceleration Affect the Period of a Simple Pendulum?

  • cissablecat23
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How Do You Calculate Microstates for a Constrained Spin System?

  • Nylex
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Troubleshooting Air Volume Increase: -3.5°C to 37°C

  • mikep
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Fluids (Find the Force Exerted)

  • Bcisewski
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How Do You Identify Resonance Structures for SO4^2- and H3PO4?

  • nobb
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Projectile Motion Analysis: Calculating Safe Distance for a Swimmer in Training

  • synchronicity
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Formula for mass up an inclined plane

  • simmer_27
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Which Newton's law describes inertia is proportional to mass?

  • no idea
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Calculate Exact Area b/w x-axis & Graph of y=7-8x+x^2

  • mugzieee
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Prove this is a right triangle?

  • aisha
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Solving Rotational Motion: Coin Rolling Up Inclined Plane

  • PinkDaisy
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Confused about kenetic and potential energy problem

  • mattysimins
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Complex Variables and Integration

  • Ed Quanta
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Solve Electric Circuit Equation: Use Kirchhoff & Ohm's Law

  • butz3
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Designing a Curved Exit Ramp: Angle Calculation for Speed & Radius

  • ballahboy
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Does a net torque imply the presence of net force in a system?

  • justagirl
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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Pulley System?

  • Godad
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Finding angular acceleration for this prob

  • ballahboy
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Solving the Wave Problem: Transmitted Wave Amplitude

  • mlee
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What Is the Maximum Amplitude of a Wave Pulse?

  • mlee
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Help with Periodic Table Game Project

  • actingbiz1
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Solve a Simple Power Problem: Escalator Work Rate

  • pinky2468
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What Mistakes Did I Make in Solving This Circuit Problem?

  • needhelpperson
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Calculating F(3) and F(-4) for F(x)= -x^2+2

  • Chikawakajones
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Calculating Coefficent of Kinetic Friction: Box on Floor

  • (* ^_^ *)
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Time difference between two sine waves

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Understanding the Simplified Solution of a Differential Equation

  • relinquished™
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What Does Retarding Force Mean in This Context?

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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What is the Java notation for height in a 2D array?

  • UrbanXrisis
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How to Solve Work Problems: Understanding the Concept and Calculations

  • XenoFazz
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Calculating Moles and Net Heat in an Ideal Gas Cycle

  • [rit]panfist
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Power and maximum power problem

  • abot
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Solving Potter's Wheel Friction Problem

  • check
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Help with centripital motion questions.

  • DLxX
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Calculating Spring Compression and Velocity with Friction

  • Markrosoft
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Solve Banked Curve w/ Friction: Formula Needed

  • dqasem
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Gravitationnal potential of a sphere

  • quasar987
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Line of Best Fit: Accuracy & Data Analysis

  • JamesJames
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HELP Conservation of mechanical energy question

  • abot
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What is the correct radius of the plane's loop?

  • IGeekbot
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What is the maximum force on the vine during Tarzan's swing?

  • Zlex
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