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Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy of a Child on a Swing

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Max and Min Applied Force for Stationary Block on Inclined Plane

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Where Can I Find Free Software for Simple Geometrical Drafting?

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How Can Two Perpendicular Vectors with Different Magnitudes Sum Up to (6, 8)?

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Finding g(y) using Clairaut's theorem with mixed partial derivatives

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Can you calculate the speed of a man jumping onto a spring-loaded platform?

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Limit as h->0 when [cos(pi/2+h)]/h

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Question from Fundamentals of Physics, 6th edition (exhanced) .

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An object fired upward at a speed of 3.000 m/s

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Calculating Cube Deceleration on a Moving Board

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Molecular Polarities and Physical Properties of Molecules

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What do permeability and permittivity of free space mean?

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How Does Center of Mass Influence Collision Outcomes?

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What Is the Ideal Length for a Half Wave Dipole Aerial at 120MHz?

  • Sanosuke Sagara
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An object travels in a straight line at a uniform velocity

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Vectors around a circular track

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Torque/acceleration with masses on pulley

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Probability that randomly chosen dogs are from the same state

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What'd I do wrong? [Angular Kinematics]

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How Do Forces Distribute Among Blocks on a Frictionless Surface?

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Does the middle of the Earth spin faster than the outer part?

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Mass and Velocity in Elastic Collisions

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Distribution functions

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Can VSEPR theory be used for ionic molecules like BeF2?

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Electric field between -8.0 µC and +6.0 µC charges 4 cm apart

  • joej
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Calculating Revolutions/Minute for Centrifuge at 4.62 cm Radius

  • matchboxdude
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Electric Field and Potential of Thin Charged Metal Plates: Analysis and Sketch

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Finding clockwise and counterclockwise torques from a diagram

  • pinky2468
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Total distance traveled at 10 m/s for 3 seconds, then 5 m/s for 2 seconds

  • SpeedeRi2
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Young's Modulus/Breaking Point

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Parallel Transport and Triangle Excess Angle

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Cartesian coordinates and in polar coordinates?

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Calculate max height and t in max height?

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Particle deflection in magnetic field and charged ball entering field

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Newtonian Gravitation with an extended body

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Moments of Inertia, almost got it

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How Do You Calculate the Speed and Deflection of a Wave on a String?

  • saksham
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Why is the force to lift a 52 kg crate only 260 N in a pulley system?

  • tony873004
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Ball Rise Trajectory: How Fast Was the Ball Moving?

  • UrbanXrisis
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How Can Physics Help in Making a Musical Instrument?

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How to sketch and find the volume of a solid from an integral

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Ice Surfing: Solving the Physics of Motion

  • Chileboy
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Calculating Weight Changes in a Looping Plane

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A car crashes into a concrete wall

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Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon

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Measuring coefficient of friction with only a ruler

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How Do You Calculate the Minimum Angle to Push a Mop Considering Friction?

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What is the tension in the string between two blocks with friction?

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Isotopes/uncertainty in measurement

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Egg drop landing pad with paper, straws, and styrofoam cups

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Is (a × b) × c zero when c is perpendicular to both a and b?

  • Chen
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What are the intensity and wave properties of two simple wave problems?

  • saksham
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How Do You Solve a Frictionless Pulley System with Unequal Masses?

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Basic Physics - Spinning Head (mine)

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Total force on a charge at the origin from three point charges

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Angular Displacement: Solving for a Mountain Bike Wheel

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Projectile motion with aerodynamic drag

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Calculating Jet Engine Output of an Airplane

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What is the speed of the space shuttle when a ball is dropped?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Calculate the position of the center of mass of the weighted wheel

  • physicsss
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Equations and explanation for wind car theory

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Pre-Algebra Struggles: What Can I Do?

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Calculate stopping distance on level ground

  • Lannie
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Converting ρ(1-2cos²φ)=-ρsin²φ to cylindrical and rectangular

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What Angle and Normal Force Are Involved When Pulling a Suitcase?

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Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force

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Solving Spring/Work Problem: Find Block's Movement on Incline

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Real numbers x and y, f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+1. If f(1)=2, what is f(3)?

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Why Do My Calculations on Frictionless Hill Physics Seem Incorrect?

  • kimikims
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Final speed of 12-pack pushed 1.60 m with friction

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Net force on square loop from parallel current-carrying wire

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Propagation of errors? (lab phenomenon question)

  • StonieJ
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Vectory Geometry, problem involving spheres

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Finding GCD and LCM of 175 and 35 using prime factorization

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Power series approximation of ∫₀^(1/3) x² arctan(x⁴) dx

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Forces and centripital acceleration

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What Is the Acceleration of Two Blocks in a Frictional System?

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Moment of inertia of a three-legged stool with disk and rods

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Remainder bounds for series with ratio test conditions

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Struggling to Solve a Spring + Gravity Problem

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Calculating Potential Energy for 16 kg Object

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In terms of Einstein's theory of heat capacity

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Equilibrium Formula Derivation for Torque and Lever Systems

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Calculate Tension: Mass, Examples, How To

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Question on Photoelectric effect

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Solve Superman Problem: Stop Train in <1 hr

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How Do Newton's Laws Apply in Calculating Contact Force Between Boxes?

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Calculating Laser Beam Power and Wave Crests per Second at 632.8nm Wavelength

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Calculating Electron Revolutions per Second in Electric Force Field

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Arghhh Coordinate geometry question

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Work done by hamster to accelerate exercise wheel

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Find Min Distance from x=20 to y=3√(x-15)

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Find the constant of vain (wien)

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