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Strangely difficult log question

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QUESTION: N.m Torque Calculation for Rotating Square Plate

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Force on roll of paper - length of paper that unrolls

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Max Area Rectangle Plot: $1000 Budget

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Solving Infinite Series Problem with L'Hopital's Rule

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Pat pulling rope over pulley to lift herself and chair

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How Can You Determine the Principal Moments of Inertia for a Cone?

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Rewriting sqrt[(1 + i tan t)/(1 - i tan t)] as cos t + i sin t

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Coefficient of kinetic friction on car

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How Is Projectile Motion Calculated in Physics?

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How Large Can a Pulsar Be Before Its Surface Exceeds Light Speed?

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Hammer thrower - Angular acceleration

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What Are the Standard Rf Values for Plant Pigments in Spinach Chromatography?

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Shadow length and cone height related rates problems

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At what angle does a skier lose contact with a frictionless snowball?

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Forces on plank with box and hollow ball rolling down incline

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Running Speed Calculation for 62.5 kg Runner - 65.4 W Race

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Meriam Engineering Dynamics 5th ed.

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How Do Oxygen Molecule Quantities Differ in Two Physics Problems?

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Creative Physics Photo Ideas for Grade 11 Class

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Is Function f(x) Differentiable at x = 4?

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Why Is Calculating the Moment of Inertia for a Wagon Wheel Complex?

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Solid Ball Problem: Kinetic Energy Calculation

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Solving Integration and Work Problems in 1st Year University

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How to Calculate the Power of a Truck Traveling Uphill at 100 km/h?

  • sp00ky
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Unit Test Review: Elevator Speed Calculation

  • physicsgrade11
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How Do You Calculate Physics Machine Efficiency and Power?

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Finding integration limits for a joint normal probability region

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Resistive force on a water skier at constant velocity

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Magnetic flux and emf as bar magnet passes through coil

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Linear transformations and rotations

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11000=12184/9n co-efficient of friction?

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How Can Friction Impact the Movement of a Chain Off a Table?

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What is the Relationship Between Mu and Theta in the Inclined Plane Problem?

  • tricky_tick
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Solving Differential Equations: Did I Do It Right?

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Finding release angle from pendulum velocity and mass

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How many Yurbles at the party with 141 monsters and 350 socks?

  • majinknight
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Deriving the L+-L- Formula in Quantum Mechanics

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Understanding Conceptual Questions for Exam - Physics 101

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How Does Electromagnetic Braking Work?

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Car with tangential acceleration equal to centripetal acceleration

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Converting torque and rpm to power in watts and horsepower

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Graphing mean, absolute uncertainity, etc

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Solving Part C of Jerry's Skateboard Problem

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Why is log(x^n) = n log(x)?

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Calculating Tension: Basic Formula?

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Angular speed of two stars rotating about their common center of mass

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How do you find an orbital radius from mass and orbital period?

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How Does Mechanical Energy Explain a Bungee Jump?

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Solving f(x) Without Derivatives, Limits, or Integrals

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Elastic Collision - Scattering

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Find Line Intersection: Symmetric Equations

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Find Distance from Base to Center of Mass of Ladder

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How Do You Calculate the Height of a Rock at Half Its Initial Speed?

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Finding Equilibrium Forces: Are My Vector Calculations Correct?

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Calculating Wheel Revolutions with Rotational Kinematics

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Why Does Differentiating Arctan(x^2-1) + Arccsc(x) Yield Zero?

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Linear speed and reaction forces

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How Do You Calculate Electric Potential Inside a Nonconducting Sphere?

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Solving Momentum Problem: 10 g Bullet & 10 kg Wood Block

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How Deep Will a Bullet Penetrate a Block on a Frictionless Surface?

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How Does Adding a Weight Affect the Center of Mass of a Wheel?

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Finding the Sum of a particular Power Series

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Angular momentum of the earth's orbit

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Suggestions on Forces/Kinetic Problem

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Atwood machine with friction on one block

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Does Schaum's Offer a University-Level Electronics Practice Book?

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Minimum cost to enclose 3000 sq ft garden with shrubs and fencing

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Short definition of young's modulus?

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How Do You Calculate Angular Acceleration from RPMs?

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How Does Friction Impact Work and Energy in Physics Problems?

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Solve Pendulum Hitting Peg Problem with Conservation of Energy

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How can I standardize a given harmonic wave function?

  • triplezero24
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Analysis Problem (proving differentiability at a point)

  • AKG
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How Do You Minimize Work on an Inclined Plane?

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Finding zeros and factoring 32x^4-28x^3+113x^2-112x-60

  • NickK
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Maxwell equations and Poynting vector for plane EM waves

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Quantum harmonic oscl. half space potential

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Is my solution right or wrong ?

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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Calculating Ball Velocity with Unit Vectors

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Solving Package A's Motion w/ Newton's 3rd Law

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Drawing FBD for object inside elevator

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Adding/Subtracting Vectors - Resultant Magnitude Change?

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Stopping force for 850kg car moving at 110km/h

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Calculating Relative Speed in One-Dimensional Collisions

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Do These Solutions Accurately Solve Basic Momentum Problems?

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Momentum and Conservation of Momentum

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Bullet fired into block attached to spring - finding impact speed

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