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How Do You Find Tangent Lines to a Parabola Through a Given Point?

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How Does Air Density, Speed, and Cross-Sectional Area Affect Resistive Force?

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Calculus Question: Gradients & Normals

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Can You Prove Conservation of Energy in Vertical Stone Throwing?

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How Much Should a Golfer Increase the Putt Speed to Overcome Grass Resistance?

  • buffgilville
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Finding the Mass of a Second Block in a Spring Equilibrium Problem

  • BlackMamba
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Cartesian and Polar Coordinates

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Drag and time to slow down -__-

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What Index of Refraction Causes Total Internal Reflection in a Prism?

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Solving Momentum in Inelastic Collisions

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Solve Bullet Through Block Problem: Mass, Speed & Intial Velocity

  • SnowOwl18
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Understanding kN in Torque Problems

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Acceleration of a Pulley System: 100g & 120g Masses

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Grade 11 Math Help: Solving Quadratic Equations

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Energy, Work and circular motion

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Calculating Time Taken for an Object Dropped from 40 m & Weighing 53kg

  • Turkish
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Calculating Plumb Bob Deviation at 35 Degrees North Latitude

  • evman150
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Limits and choosing an epsilon properly?

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Minimizing Volume with Lagrangian Multipliers & (2,3,4)

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Calculating Maximum Volume of Sand in a Circular Area

  • winlinux
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Determine the initial vertical reaction

  • jjiimmyy101
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General Relativity tensor proof

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Maximizing Product: Find Two Numbers with Difference 30 for Math Help

  • EvilPony
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General Relativity tensor proof

  • regretfuljones
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Solving Physics Puzzle: Hockey Puck Collision

  • RussG
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Convergence of a series based on reciprocals of prime factors of 2 & 3

  • Kenshin
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Analysis Problem (finding a derivative)

  • AKG
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How Can I Solve a Physics Problem with Poor Instruction?

  • suf7
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How Does Current Direction Affect Magnetic Force on a Conductor?

  • ACLerok
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Physics Hwk. Problem: Center of Mass

  • shawonna23
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Why Is Knowing the Mass and Charge of an Electron Important?

  • Dutch
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Solving for Speed of Mass After Spring Compression: .15m

  • Lorbersf
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How Does Entropy Change in an Isothermal Compression of an Ideal Gas?

  • Nylex
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Doofy Spring constant problem problem

  • Supaiku
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How Many Electrons Are in 1 Kg of Water?

  • joej
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Wood block coeffiecent of friction

  • Frosty_TAW
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Calculating Electric Force: 6.20 * 10^-2 N

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Velocity of wood block down an incline

  • FancyNut
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What is the final temperature of a mixture of steam and ice?

  • mickeychief
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Physics HWK: Avoid Injury w/Stiff-Legged vs. Bent-Legged Landings

  • shawonna23
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Understanding Simple Harmonic Motion: FAQs and Examples

  • buffgilville
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Can you solve the strange derivative of this complex function?

  • thennigar
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Potential and Kinetic energy and a sled

  • Red04Cobra
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Uncovering the Mystery of Sulfur-Nitrogen Compound

  • needhelpperson
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Projectile Motion of a football

  • smartins16
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Can Spanning Sets Help Me Understand Vector Spaces Better?

  • Spectre5
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How can I draw angles using just a ruler and compass?

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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Help with flow speed & Thermodynamics

  • mickeychief
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Vector cross products involving magnetic forces

  • ACLerok
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Prove Cauchy Sequence: {sn} from {tn}

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Can Rhodium Achieve a Noble-Gas Electron Configuration?

  • needhelpperson
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What is the speed of the third fragment in an exploding object problem?

  • SnowOwl18
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In a book it also says g(x) h(x) etc what does it mean?

  • roger
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Spherical shell of charge / electron

  • Zaphodx57x
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What is going on here? - Mechanics Puzzler

  • emob2p
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Elevator problem with safety rails, spring, and a snapping cable->

  • VinnyCee
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Turbulent Drag Force: Relationship for A, v & p

  • Try hard
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Solving for the New Speed of a Brick on a Waxed Plank

  • meh6287
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Use differentials to estimate the maximum possible error

  • circa415
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Charges on Conductors and Gauss's Law

  • crazynut52
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Tide, Further 2 my post yesterday on tough integration

  • alonzo
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Problem concerning magnetism. Please help

  • JamesL
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Integrating Vector Functions: Am I On the Right Track?

  • crazynut52
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How Do You Calculate the Change in Kinetic Energy for a Block on an Incline?

  • ballahboy
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What are the solutions for these momentum/impulse problems?

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Homework help functions/patterns

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How to Solve for Distance and Time in Rotational Motion Problems

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Solve for Length of Friction-Ridden Ice Patch | Work-Energy Theorem Hint

  • kingsean
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Frictionless inclined plane problem

  • Strelka
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Non-Ideal Collision: Analyzing Problems & Effects

  • buffgilville
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If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.15 find the tension in the string.

  • mickeychief
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Calculating the Height of a Swinging Man on a 24m Building with a 24m Rope

  • Physics_Noob
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What is the Magnitude of Average Force Due to Air Resistance?

  • IShouldBSurfing
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Doppler Effect: Source vs Detector Motion

  • colonel
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Physics HW: Man in Bosun's Chair with Massless Rope & Pully

  • 2Pac
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Kinematic Equations: V_0, V, t, a, x

  • Tom McCurdy
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Linear Dependence/Independence Help

  • vg19
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Physics 40s scaling and proportions .

  • mp3guy
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Probability of fish math problem

  • Shockwave
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Forces of friction with angles

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Need help solving a thermodynamics problem

  • sonna
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Need help on difficult Newton's First Law Question

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Torque and Tension of two weights

  • Enoch
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Point of Clarification about Phase Changes

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Integrate Tan/Sin Without Special Methods

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Calculate the magnitude of the force exerted by the spring

  • MusicMonkey
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Generalized Triangle Inequality

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Circular Racetrack Problems Involving Radians

  • Groove
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Lab Report: Advanced Physics Honors Lab - Measuring G

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Calculating Arc Length in Multivariate Calculus

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