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How Do You Solve a Frictionless Collision Where Two Masses Stick Together?

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Find the temperature and total radiancy of star

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3-dimensional potential energy problem

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

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

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Finding planes whose intersection is a normal line

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Can You Prove Conservation of Energy in Vertical Stone Throwing?

  • jenavira
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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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Total internal reflection at all angles in a 45-90-45 prism

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Solving Momentum in Inelastic Collisions

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Bullet passing through first block then embedding in second block

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Understanding kN in Torque Problems

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Finding acceleration of 100g and 120g masses on a pulley

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Solving 36 = 49s²

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Energy, Work and circular motion

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Time for a 53 kg object to fall from 40 m?

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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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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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Two numbers with difference 30 and minimum product

  • EvilPony
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Proving a tensor property in all coordinate systems

  • regretfuljones
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Solving Physics Puzzle: Hockey Puck Collision

  • RussG
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Sum of reciprocals of numbers with only factors 2 and 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

  • punjabi_monster
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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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Finding S4N4 structure and bond enthalpy with equal bond lengths

  • needhelpperson
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Projectile Motion of a football

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

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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Flow speed in air duct and heating energy for diatomic gas

  • 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

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Boat losing mass while shoveling sand perpendicular to motion

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

  • VinnyCee
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Turbulent drag force equation for area, speed and density

  • 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

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Tide, Further 2 my post yesterday on tough integration

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Induced current in stretched square loop in magnetic field

  • JamesL
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Integrating vector function r(t) = <e^t, cost, sint> from π to 0

  • 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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Finding a formula for a block sequence pattern

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How to Solve for Distance and Time in Rotational Motion Problems

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Finding the length of rough ice patch using work-energy theorem

  • kingsean
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Frictionless inclined plane problem

  • Strelka
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What problems arise when marbles don't collide at their centers of mass?

  • 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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Man in bosun's chair pulling rope over pulley to lift himself

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

  • Tom McCurdy
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Do vectors (1,2) and (3,5) form a basis for R²?

  • 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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Air leaking from tank to cylinder with constant pressure

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Batman and Robin rope problem: tension when hanging at equilibrium

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Torque and Tension of two weights

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Finding equilibrium temperature when adding substance to three-substance system

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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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Definition of the generalized triangle inequality

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