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Solving Collision Problem: Find Angle Between Initial Velocities

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Electric potential in a uniform electric field

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Calculating the Sum of a Series with Sigma Notation

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Question on Gravity Keplers Laws?

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Bullet lodges in rod: conservation of momentum or angular momentum?

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High Jump on Mars: Calculating the Athlete's Height

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What is the speed of a bullet fired into a stationary wooden block?

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When Do Lines in Space Not Intersect?

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What is the Escape Speed Formula and How Do I Use It to Solve Problems?

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Proving a force is conservative (via path integrals)

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Calculating Upward Support Force on a Rigid Beam

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Calculating Speed and Time on a Frictionless Roller Coaster

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What are the solutions to ln(z) = 1 and ln(-e^2)?

  • Claire84
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Valence Bond question (Chemistry)

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Force needed to launch a ball through a curved tube

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Periodic Table Game Project: Find the Mystery Element!

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Trolley-trolley system force problem

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Elastic string conical pendulum at angular speed 2w

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What is the magnitude of angular acceleration upon release?

  • justagirl
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How Is Average EMF Calculated in a Rotating Coil?

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How far can the rocket go trough space?

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Integral problem: landing this

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Can't Solve This Rigid Solid Problem? Let's Figure It Out!

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Proof of limit involving square root

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How to calculate a cross product

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Infinite-Finite Potential Well

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Impulse and Momentum of a falling student

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Tension in a hanging massive rope

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Solving Friction Force and Coefficient on a 17 kg Box on a 35 Degree Incline

  • shrtweez13
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Finding Planet X's rotation period from weight at pole and equator

  • dudgey
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Solving Rotational Dynamics Problems with Torques & Acceleration

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Tension in a chain dragging a 675kg tree at constant speed

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How Can You Calculate Acceleration in a Two-Weight Pulley System?

  • MattF
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Induced EMF and a square copper loop

  • Physics_wiz
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Moment of inertia of a wagon wheel

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Finding ounces of substances A and B for complete nutrition with a 3:5 ratio

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How Do You Calculate the Radial Force on a Hinged Stick?

  • justagirl
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How does the rocket equation M×ΔV=Δm×Ve work?

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Calculating Forces on Sliding Box

  • Tanya Back
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Explain why the electric field strength is zero

  • MightyMeanie
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Inertia and friction: The tablecloth trick

  • no_brainer
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How do I prove this? [Linear Algebra]

  • AKG
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Solving Coefficient of Friction Error on Webassign

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Kinematics with electric forces

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Frictionless cylinder yet chain wraps around it

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Are my answers right? (Calculus YAY )

  • FancyNut
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All-Easy production LP with labor and machine hour goals

  • franz32
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How to Calculate Muzzle Speed in an Inelastic Collision?

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Centripetal force yo-yo problem

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Steel bridge - increase dimensions by 5

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A bubble question - thermal physics

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Drop in Pressure Over A Given Distance

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Chemistry - Quantities in Chemical Reations

  • Ruth
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How Do You Solve Interacting Systems Physics Problems?

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Finding the mass of a pulley from block accelerations and tension

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Person walking on overhanging plank: when does it tip?

  • nix
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What Distance is Required to Stop a Car Moving at 50 m/s?

  • Soaring Crane
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Does rope tension depend on whether the wheel moves?

  • jjiimmyy101
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Compton scattering with photon losing half its energy

  • stunner5000pt
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Earth's Orbital Speed Around the Sun

  • Dragoon
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Strain in elevator cable during constant descent and braking

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Why does the liquid can beat the frozen can down the ramp?

  • puravida
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Light reflecting and refracting at glass/air boundary with θ₁ = 30°

  • HashBrown
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Finding center of mass of rod in bowl with radius 1

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What is the force constant of the web?

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Are perfect crystals actually brittle?

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Simple harmonic motion (4 questions)

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Roller coaster drop physics problem

  • Dragoon
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Calculate this height for aluminum column

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Why is My Concept Wrong for A Uniform Solid Disk Rotating?

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Find area between y=Sin x and y=Cos x

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Centripetal acceleration of boat in circular turn after 2 seconds

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Show whether S-omega is SC, CC, LPC, or compact

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Is the Reaction Between Na and H2O Correctly Balanced?

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How do I simplify factorial expressions like (n-1)! and (2n-1)!?

  • FancyNut
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Force on wedge supporting plank and Earth's angular momentum

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Velocity/acceleratio in one dimension question

  • FancyNut
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Average velocity from San Antonio to Houston and back at different speeds

  • pseudonewtonian
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Projectile motion homerun question

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Kinetic friction on an incline problem

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Angular momentum of rolling solid ball with given radius and density

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Finding K Value for One-to-One Functions

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X/y intercept for translations of f(x)

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Speed, acceleration and force for 600kg aeroplane taking off

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Normal force on a hoop from a sliding mass at 36 degrees

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Work done by friction on three different paths

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How Do You Solve Difficult Engineering Statics Problems?

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Solving Oscillary Motion: Half Max Speed at 2.25 cm Amplitude

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How Do Canoeists A and B Coordinate Their Arrival Using Relative Motion?

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Solving a Java Program that Prints Prime Factors of Numbers

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What is the Sound Intensity at 7.1 Meters?

  • yankeesfan08
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How Fast Must a Golf Ball Travel to Avoid a Windmill Blade?

  • NotaPhysicsMan
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Maximum height of a uniform vertical column

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