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Calculating Power Use on a Hill with Air Resistance and Friction

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Chain sliding off the edge of a table

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What is the value of K that makes x+y=K perpendicular to the curve y=x^2?

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Solving Trigonometric Problems with the Laws of Sines and Cosines

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How Long Does a Cricket Take to Jump Portions of Its Full Leap?

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Finding a Value of N for a Limit Question: How to Solve |r(x) - 3x/2| < 0.001

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Intersection of surfaces/tangent vector

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Help needed with physics problem from earlier post

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Two trains leave a station, and an observer misses them both what does he see

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Bullet embedded in wood block travels 1.65 m

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Vector function for the curve of intersection of the paraboloid

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Torque from magnetic field/current

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Calculating Current Needed to Lift a Cross Piece in a Horizontal Magnetic Field

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Just need to be pointed in the right direction

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Force exerted to stop falling object

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How Is Energy Dissipated by Friction Calculated in a Moving Train?

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Learning Coupled Motion in AP Physics

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How Do Angles Affect Puck Movement in a Non-Head-On Collision?

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What Evidence Supports Light's Ability to Travel Through a Vacuum?

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Wheel and turntable with different angular velocity

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Force in truss member BC as angle of support surface varies

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How Does Electrostatic Induction Affect Neutral Objects?

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What is the acceleration of a block sliding down a slope?

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Centrifugal force in high pressure vessel

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What Is the Maximum Kinetic Energy of a Pendulum Bob?

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Angular speed of rod with 2 masses seems EZ but NOT

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Is Gravity Always Negatively Affecting a Ball?

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Momentum + Friction force = me depressed

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Does Widening the Slit Increase Brightness in Young's Slit Experiment?

  • saltrock
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Find the next line in the sequence

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How Do I Solve Parts C and D for a Stone on a Spring Problem?

  • HobieDude16
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Coefficient of friction on rock of 0.70

  • zero1520
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How Does a Magnetic Field Affect a Charged Particle's Motion?

  • vsage
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Minimum acceleration for block to slide down 28° incline

  • jhson114
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Centripetal force on lettuce in a spinning salad spinner

  • benji
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Future of Fire: What's In Store?

  • Nezrin
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Objects in Equilibrium/Center of Gravity

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Find the direction and magnitude of the impulse

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Changing angular acceleration of a shaft

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Energy of UV and IR photons at 320nm and 5000nm

  • Math Is Hard
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Expanding (x+h)^(1/3) using the binomial theorem

  • JasonRox
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Where to find essays by professors?

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Wood Movement Due to Rubber vs. Aluminum Bullet Impact: Explanation

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Finding block velocity after collision with conservation of momentum

  • Lannie
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Protons to accelerate a space probe

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Finding a 3x3 Matrix D that Satisfies a Given Equation

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How Far Will a Box Slide Before Stopping If Pushed with a Force of 21.9N?

  • Alem2000
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How is the English Grading System for A-level Mathematics?

  • ponjavic
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Finding the constant a for an improper integral with Gaussian function

  • FancyNut
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Calculating Impact Speed of Meteor Falling from 811 km

  • strugglin-physics
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What is the tension force of each cable?

  • compute_a_nerd
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Integrating the force equation when velocity drops to zero

  • Speags
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Mass on rotating frictionless wedge speed after rising distance L

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Resonant Frequency and Air Column Length

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Calculating Speed of a Rolling Cart with Added Mass and Running Man

  • ElectricMile
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What is the integral of sin^3 theta?

  • redshift
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Why Are Helium, Neon, and Argon Considered Inert?

  • ruby_duby
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Hockey Puck Motion: Determining Position & Time to Rest

  • Speags
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Does a Car Exhibit Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • garytse86
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Finding critical angle for lawnmower push force singularity

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Building a non-electric fan for a wind tunnel assignment

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Solving a Friction Force and Coefficient of Friction Problem

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Differential Equations lesson today

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Calculating New Blood Pressure with Drug-Induced Arteriole Radius Increase

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How Do Diffraction Gratings Affect Light Wavelengths?

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Complex conjugates and analyticity

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One question on conservation of mass and energy

  • stunner5000pt
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Two Stats questions for Math nerds (std. deviation, mean, subsets)

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How much work is done by friction in this scenario?

  • Hughey85
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How High Will the Block Rise After Hitting the Spring?

  • Hughey85
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Calculating Velocity in a Sticky Situation

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How Do Different Frequencies Affect Sound Intensity Levels?

  • Himura Kenshin
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How Is Power Calculated in a Simple Work-Energy Problem?

  • StonieJ
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Mnemonic devices for derivatives

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Mass spectrometer radius of the path

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Magnetic field of a lightning bolt

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RC circuit charging and discharging problem

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How Far Is a Point from a Wire Given Current and Magnetic Field?

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How Do You Calculate and Graph Impedance in RC Filters?

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Fluid Mechanics Density problems

  • Susan
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What is the correct speed of the bullet at impact with the block?

  • doxigywlz
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How Does Kirchhoff's Loop Rule Apply to a Two Battery, Three Resistor Circuit?

  • helpme12345
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What Is the Correct Formula for the Self Inductance of a Solenoid?

  • Monsu
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Calculate the forces against the puck?

  • Tanya Back
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Will Jack's swing break the vine?

  • vtech
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How much time does it take to lift the piano?

  • BlackMamba
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How Is Work Calculated in the Presence of Kinetic Friction?

  • shawonna23
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Is the Color Spectrum Just a Fraction of the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

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Preparing Physics Tournament Project: Wind-Powered Car Design

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Average acceleration of an air cart from two velocity measurements

  • miranda82
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How Does Wind Affect a Boat's Speed and Direction?

  • guru
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Momentum Conservation in Tennis Ball Collision

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Why Must m Be a Power of 2 for 2^m + 1 to Be Prime?

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Is a Skydiver at Terminal Velocity an Inertial Reference Frame?

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Finding atmosphere height from weight and constant density

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Can a Baseball Thrown at 25 m/s Hit a Window 13 Meters High and 50 Meters Away?

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Finding Fx when the angle doesn't create a right angle

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