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Help Me Analyze Particle Moving in Inverse Cubic Force Field

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Calculating Time it Takes for Soap to Slide Down a Ramp

  • strugglin-physics
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Calculating Impact Time in Two Rugby Players Collision

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Normal Force = Weight of Book: Agree or Disagree?

  • Faiza
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Physics Problem: Satellites in Circular Orbits

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Calculate Leg Breaking Force: 60kg, 1m Height Drop

  • Faiza
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N, which is not the case.Find Coefficient of Static Friction for 6.65 kg Box

  • strugglin-physics
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Find Tension Between Sections of Cable?

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Spring-Mass System: Treating 2 Identical Springs

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Finding total energy when 3 point charges are far away

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How Far Did the Football Travel in Total Displacement?

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Distance needed for the car to stop

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Projectile Motion angled downwards

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Flux through a cube with non uniform electric field

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Find Length of Spiral Given by r(t) Equation

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Spring and Hammer Problem: Calculate Motion w/m, k, J, t

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Help Me Solve Xsquared - 11x - 42 Maths Question

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Understanding the Validity of PDE Solutions with Variable Substitution

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A ladybug is at rest and accelerates to 2.0 m/s^2

  • Tanya Back
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Normal force on box on elevator floor?

  • GingerBread27
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What Materials Make the Best Insulators? A Scientific Exploration

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Uniform charged sphere with hole?

  • philipc
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What is the natural state of plutonium?

  • billnyethescienceguy
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Calculate Number of Molecules in 1m^3 Air at STP

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Projector Optics: Calculate Distances & Find Magnification

  • sharp81
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Checking Physics Homework: Spring-Tray-Particle System

  • Chileboy
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What is the formula for calculating displacement in motion?

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Calculating Water Flow Speed at Points A and B: Pipe Branching Equations

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Shortest Distance btw Point & Hyperbola

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How to Calculate Mass with Given Force and Acceleration?

  • mikep
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Solving a Projectile's Flight: Help with Work and Energy Problem

  • rocky811
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Solving f(x) Differentiation Problem - Tips & Techniques

  • Monsu
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Why does the block move with balanced forces?

  • FancyNut
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Finding Speed and Coefficient of Friction

  • GingerBread27
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What Forces Act on Each Book in a Stack with Different Masses?

  • Faiza
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How Can a Train Travel Optimally Between Two Close Stations?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Can Negative Acceleration Indicate Speeding Up?

  • Faiza
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Trigonometric Function Application

  • nolachrymose
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How Does Resistor Position Affect Transistor Storage Time?

  • Monsu
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Magnetic Breakaway Force: Explained

  • buffgilville
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Storage time of a transistor changes

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Solving Friction Problems: Coefficient of Kinetic & Normal Force

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Solving Integration Problem: Substitution for x√(x-1)

  • tandoorichicken
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Really simple problem - can't get right answer

  • justagirl
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Tricky track/friction problem (again)

  • Ravnus9
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Terminal Speed of 6.5 kg Ball: Calc Error?

  • GingerBread27
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Kinematics one dimension. help

  • saiyajin822
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Why Do My Physics Calculations on Force and Acceleration Keep Going Wrong?

  • buffgilville
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Equilateral Triangle Point Charge Problem: Solving for the Unknown Charge

  • Romperstomper
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How Long Does It Take for a Police Officer to Overtake a Motorist?

  • UrbanXrisis
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An Atwood's Machine lab question?

  • pinky2468
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Find the requested function and sketch the curve

  • BrendanM
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Problem with energy conservation

  • diegojco
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Triangle Area Based on Segment Division

  • nolachrymose
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Help, im rusty on first homework question

  • BrendanM
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How Can I Solve These Physics Problems on Motion and Acceleration?

  • Kadaj
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Calculating Resultant Displacement in a Cave: A Trigonometry Problem

  • Physically Impaired
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Really easy 1-d motion question

  • mewmew
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Find the probability distribution

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Fourier integral / transform ? What is it really?

  • student1938
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What is the potential of the other terminal in a car battery?

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What is the force acting on a ball at the top of its orbit?

  • buffgilville
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Solving Newton's Laws to Find Total Force - Physics Test Prep

  • sinisterlink
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What is your average speed from Houston back to San Antonio?

  • hytuoc
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Is the Given Series Convergent?

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Bouncing ball and acceleration

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Determine the magnitude and direction

  • physicsss
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Math Triangle-inequality problem

  • Anzas
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Cracking the Mystery of Fermi Numbers - Come Help!

  • Faiza
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Find Acceleration of 11.5N Bucket Pulled by 9.7N and T Forces

  • buffgilville
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Gauss's Law: Cylindrical Symmetry

  • cepheid
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Calculating Net Force: 11.3N Bucket Pulled by 8.7N & Unknown Angle Force

  • buffgilville
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How fast must a Puma leave to ground to go 12 feet high?

  • Physically Impaired
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Calculating Kinetic Friction Using F=ma and X_0*K

  • merlinMan
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Help: Newton's Laws - cement bag at rest.

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Distance Traveled in 8s: Factor of 1st Second

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Sequences/series - just a silly question

  • DivGradCurl
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Estimate how fast he should be moving

  • WillParadigm
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Finding the Area Within Two Ellipses Using Integration?

  • ACLerok
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Help with integrating these simple functions

  • ACLerok
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How Does Thevenin's Method Apply to Complex Circuit Analysis?

  • JamesJames
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Solving Glancing Collision: 50Kg Object Velocity Before Collision

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Calculating Power Delivered by Battery in RC Circuit

  • JamesL
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Help Solve Physics Problem: Rocket Acceleration in <60 mins

  • mattmaka
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Force due to uniformly charged rod

  • stunner5000pt
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Trouble Setting Up Projectile Motion

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Where Can the Electric Field Between Two Unequal Charges Be Zero?

  • stunner5000pt
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What is the current if the battery is shorted momentarily?

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