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Acceleration versus time graph - constant increase in acceleration

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Solving for Acceleration: Mass, Air Resistance, and Cliff Falls

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How Does Fraunhofer Diffraction Prove the Equation y = R * m * (wavelength) / a?

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Force exerted on car by rope pushed perpendicular at midpoint

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Max. height and range problem I can't crack

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Easy physics thinking question (conservation of momentum)

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What Angles Should the Nozzle Point to Reach 3.0m?

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Position vector of a sinking ship relative to a rescue plane in 3D

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Production levels for three-industry input-output model

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Finding theta bounds for hemispheric integral in spherical coordinates

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What Minimum Force Moves the Bar?

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Magnitude and direction for the total gravitational force

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What force, in Newtons, does the wood exert on the bullet?

  • Whatupdoc
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Arrow shot from bow at 26 m/s, what speed if force is doubled?

  • BlackMamba
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How do I find the remainder and an N value for a sequence approaching 2/3?

  • courtrigrad
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Estimating spacecraft momentum change from asteroid flyby

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Velocity and Distance while skiing

  • Rick A. Joseph
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Statics exam problem 2 help needed

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Graph of Electric Potential vs. Function

  • fresh
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Finding max displacement of spring oscillator with speed and spring constant

  • punjabi_monster
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Matrix Rotation: Does A Represent a Rotation?

  • fresh
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Solve Unknown Variables: f(x)=x^3+Ax^2+Bx-3

  • UrbanXrisis
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John's Loan: $1,000.00 Discounted at 10% for 6 Months

  • wmosley
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GRE 75, orbits, satellites and their periods

  • quantumworld
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Finding t in a Quadratic Equation with Two Variables

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How Long Does It Take for a Dropped Book to Hit the Elevator Floor?

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Solve Motion Problem: 50m Dropped Camera in 2.0m/s Descent

  • mikep
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Raindrops relative to car and projectile motion help

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Centripetal acceleration and rotation rate of astronaut in centrifuge

  • Chrisb6987
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Solve Trigonometry Problem 0 <= Θ <= 180

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Solve Dynamics Problem - Find Radius of Curvature of Track

  • jam12345
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How Do You Calculate the Initial Velocity in Horizontal Projectile Motion?

  • Physics_Newbie
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How can equations solve moments and equilibrium problems?

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If potential is constant in a region, must the electric field be constant?

  • Physicsisfun2005
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Find the magnitude of the horizantal force

  • dg_5021
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Solve Max Mass for 3 Masses, 1 Pulley System

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Average speed and velocity for a round trip

  • UrbanXrisis
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Circuit Problem: Finding the Correct Solution for a Voltage Calculation

  • ninaricci
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Circular motion: gravitational field, humpback bridge, and banked road

  • saltrock
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Camera dropped from descending hot air balloon at 50 m

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How Do Horseshoe Magnets Create Induction Lines Without Contact?

  • franz32
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Two cork balls of mass .2g hang physics problem

  • deltabourne
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Find dx in a Complex Integration Problem: Anti-Derivative of Cos(2x)

  • Whatupdoc
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Calculating Geostationary Orbit for a 700kg Meterological Satellite

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Determining N(i) of a Hydrogen Electron Transition

  • DennisG
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How Do Stacked Boxes Affect Normal Force Calculations?

  • physicsss
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Derivative of f: Finding the Derivative of \sqrt{x}(2x-7)

  • Dantes
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How Much Internal Energy Increases in a Damped Oscillating System?

  • jimithing
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Motorcycle jumping over buses at 30 m/s and 18.2°

  • BlackMamba
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Particle in a BOX - what are allowed momenta?

  • student1938
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Kinematics in 2D with projectile motion and planes

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Calculating Net Power for a Heat Pump Cycle

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Integrations and derivatives in physics

  • Shay10825
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Find equation of circle through points A(0,8), B(0,6), C(0,0)

  • Wasper
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Instantaneous velocity expression

  • UrbanXrisis
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Finding initial and final n for hydrogen absorption at 4055 nm

  • needhelpperson
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How far does a phasor pistol fall in 2 tocks?

  • Omid
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Average Speed/Average Velocity Problem

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Solving a Simple Log Problem: 4^x + 4^-x = 5/2

  • courtrigrad
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Calculating Original Speed and Acceleration in 1D Motion

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Can the Numerical Value of Sin or Cos be Derived Without a Calculator?

  • haribol
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How Do You Determine CscØ with CosØ and TanØ?

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Superposition of 2 waves problem

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What Is the Optimal Selling Price for a Paint Mixture with 17.0% Pigment?

  • jimithing
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Help identifying a hand-drawn graph

  • Poweranimals
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Projectile motion and neutron star rotation problems

  • winlinux
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Finding angles between a vector and coordinate axes with dot product

  • Amil
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Finding resources on engineering uses of lasers

  • Shahil
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How Far is Earth from the Sun if Light Takes 8.3 Minutes to Travel?

  • puregoodboi
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Why Is My Calculation of Silver Isotope Abundance Incorrect?

  • BrianC
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Logic problems involving quantifiers

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Solving 3D Momentum Problem: Find Piece Velocity & Direction

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Divergentce sentence of gaus prove for spesific pyramid

  • ori
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Solution to Griffiths introduction to EM problem 2.26

  • question2004
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Solving ln(t+1) - t = (-ln399)/4: Need Advice

  • fresh
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Calculating Earth-Sun Distance from Velocity and Time

  • puregoodboi
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How to find a triangle angle when all three sides are known

  • Poweranimals
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How Do You Calculate Displacement Components in Physics?

  • kimikims
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Resultant displacement with multiple segments

  • Kdawg
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Multiple pulleys is driving me crazy

  • Alora
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When is sin increasing and cos decreasing from -2π to 2π?

  • 404
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How to calculate algorithm running time for different input sizes

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Maximum speed around a curve with oil on the road

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Difficult Kinematic Range Problem

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Some Issues with Projectile Motion

  • BlackMamba
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Kinematics In One Direction Problem

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Plane velocity relative to ground with wind

  • helplessstudent
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Domain and range of f(x) = 4x + 3 for x > -2

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Two cars, one accelerating and one

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Calculating Train Speeds Using Classical Relativity

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