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How to Calculate Velocity After a Spring Releases?

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What Determines the Velocity of a Mass Released from a Compressed Spring?

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Solving an Integral Involving $\Theta$ and $u$ - Seeking Assistance

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What is the force on the handle in a statics problem using Excel?

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How Can Conservation of Energy Determine Projectile Height and Bead Speed?

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Solving Velocity Problem: Need Help with Unknowns

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QM Compton scattering energy loss; check of derivation

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Calculating Hill Height from Angle of Elevation: Trig Problem Solution

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What are some basic formulas and examples for friction and forces?

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Demonstration and Newton's Laws

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Position of Block When Spring Stops Pulling

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Easy Pre-Calc Question - Natural Logs

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Chemical reaction of 2 H atoms.

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Calculating Current in a Circuit with Capacitors and Resistors

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Special Relativity: Simultineity question

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How Common Are Millionaires Among Ford Employees?

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Determine the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the table.

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Work of a Spring: Solve 24 N/m Stretched 0.24 m Problem

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Mastering Proofs: Tips & Examples

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How Far Does the Fragment Land After a Mid-Air Explosion?

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Block down ramp colliding with spring

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What is the Component of the Plane's Velocity Perpendicular to the Ground?

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What are the three tests for continuity?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Find Value of K for Continuity of f(x) at x=1

  • UrbanXrisis
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Conservation of Momentum.Boat Question

  • mfianist
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Finding the Exact Values of tan 165 and tan 285 using sin and cos

  • Maria
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Acceleration & Velocity v Time: Is a Sine Curve Possible?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Particle Motion: Units of Constants, Maximum Position and Speed

  • strugglin-physics
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Calculating Normal & Friction Forces for 1350kg Car on Plane Surface

  • fibersnet
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Need Help Understanding Squeeze Law

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Doing a Lorentz Transformation in the X-Direction

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Examples in which force is exerted on an object without doing work

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Projectile motion problem (on the moon)

  • highwind7777
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Is f(x,t)=Acos(K(x-vt)+phi) a wave equation solution?

  • leoflc
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Velocity at the bottom of an incline

  • Tycho
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Need help veryfing E&M Multiple Choice

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The webpage title could be: Calculating the Force of Air on Your Head

  • Deeviant
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Calculating Maximum Height of a Rock Thrown Vertically Upward

  • Hughey85
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How Do You Calculate the Speed of a Particle After a Collision?

  • Enoch
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Solving the Mystery of Electron-Positron Collision Energy

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Solving a Spring-Ladle Problem: Work Rate at Equilibrium and Beyond

  • HobieDude16
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High School Physics Presentation Ideas help

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What are the Permutations of the word 'Saskatchewan'?

  • Dooga Blackrazor
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Complex Variables: Questions on Singularities, Residues & Cauchy's P.V.

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How Does Speaker Placement Affect Sound Wave Interference?

  • andrew410
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What is the tension in the lower cord?

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Understanding Index Notation in Engineering and Physics

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Solving Spring Work Question: Part d

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Still more problems with Gauss Law

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Tower Trig Problem: Find Height of Chimney

  • Rocko
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Dielectric/Conductor Interface

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Integrating $\int\arctan 4t \,dt$ - Integration by Parts

  • tandoorichicken
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How does chaos theory explain heart attacks?

  • Kateena
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Simple Free Body Diagram question

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Stopping Distance on dry pavement

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Calculating Average Power for a Ski Lift

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Finding a Tangent Plane on a 3D Surface

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Tension on the table top pulley

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Equation of Tangent Line to y=cosx at a=pi/4

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Find Perpendicular Vector w/ Dot Product

  • Spectre32
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Tension Magnitude Calculation for 4.02 m/s Speed & 0.291 kg Mass

  • RumDragon
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How Do You Calculate Group Velocity from Phase Velocity?

  • CollectiveRocker
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Does Bouncing a Baseball Help It Travel Faster?

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A little bit beyond projectile motion.

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Proving 1-1 Correspondence of I and J Sets

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Integrating Problems: Solving a Cubic Integral

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Deciphering the Complexity of Group 1B Elements in the Periodic Table

  • Math Is Hard
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Position of Block when Spring Stops

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With what initial speed does he throw his first ball?

  • mfk_1868
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Solving a Mechanics Problem: Equilibrium and Tension in a 160kg Box

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Calculating Fourier Coefficients and Series for f(x)

  • broegger
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Tips for Stress Management During COVID-19

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Help with resolving along a plane

  • horseman
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Solving a Water Pump Problem: How Far Can 6.6 HP Pump Water at 220 gal/min?

  • sjsustudent2004
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Physics HWK. Problem-Vertical Circular Motion

  • shawonna23
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Banked Race Track Physics Problem: Max and Min Speeds without Friction

  • shawonna23
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Position of Block After Applied Force of 2.8N

  • mochabcha
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MoonsideMaster Needs Help Solving Lab Problem

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How Do I Solve a Natural Log for x?

  • OpticDean
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Solving Physics Homework: Mass, Slope & Speed | POWER Needed

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Series (finding the interval of convergence)

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Potential energy given to each coulomb of charge

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What force must provide the centripetal acceleration of the block?

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Centripetal force and friction problem

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Circular Motion, weights and gravitation

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HELP Motion in inverse cubic force field thx 1000000 in advance

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Problems with Work and Kinetic Energy

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Calculate Damping Coefficient of 50.0g Egg

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How High Will a Stone Rise If Thrown with 9.8 Joules of Kinetic Energy?

  • Physicist7
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Calculating Force and Time for Stopping a Moving Car

  • VinnyCee
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Infinite Series Problem (I'm stuck)

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