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Time and final velocity for shoe dropping 75 m

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Using the Galilean transformation and classical velocity addition

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Uniform Circular Motion and wheel revolutions

  • Parth Dave
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Calculating Average Velocity and Forces on an Inclined Plane"

  • buffgilville
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Solve Physics Problem: 500m from Safety of Space Craft, 11.32min Air Left

  • antiflag403
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Calculate charge on a body(in Coulombs)

  • HurricaneJesus
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When to use sin vs cos in conical pendulum tension equations?

  • saltrock
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Questions concerning, logs, rational funtions, and trig.

  • EasyStyle4747
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How do I solve a surface charge problem for a cylindrical drum?

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Wagon velocity after child jumps off

  • antiflag403
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Vector Element Problem: Solving for Components of C in A - B + 3C = 0

  • ramin86
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How Long Was the Kangaroo in the Air?

  • Amber
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Motorboat displacement and velocity problem with two legs

  • swingkids
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Understanding Vector Addition: 2 Forces with Same Magnitude F

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How Long for an Electron to Move 1cm in a Silver Wire?

  • GreenDinos
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Calculating Tension in a Telephone Wire: Physics Problem Help

  • sisigsarap
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A Quantum question came with The GRE

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Simple physics(acceleration) problem

  • ucdawg12
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Easiest way to solve projectile motion problems?

  • EaGlE
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Proving U1=U2 When U1, U2, W are Subspaces of V

  • gravenewworld
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Block on inclined plane: angle, free body diagram, and average velocity

  • buffgilville
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How Do You Calculate the Components of a Superhero's Displacement?

  • motionman04
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Proving f(L) = L for a sequence of iterates and finding fixed points

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Finding the angle of a BANKED curve

  • rocky811
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How many waves pass a boat in 55 seconds?

  • puregoodboi
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Factorising x^3 + 216 to Include (x + 6)

  • Alkatran
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How to get the horizontal asymptote.

  • UrbanXrisis
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How Far Will a Bungee Cord Stretch During a Jump?

  • coglon
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Trouble with some vector problems

  • ramin86
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Projectile Motion Analysis: Solving for Victim's Fall from 4th Story Window

  • Parth Dave
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Restaurant meal combinations and garage door button codes

  • Juntao
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Monotonic Sequence Theorem Question

  • DivGradCurl
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Average velocity for a car with three distance and speed pairs

  • kimikims
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How Does Gravitational Force Vary Between Two Planets with Identical Radii?

  • pinky2468
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How do I calculate the tension and speed of a tether ball on a pole?

  • TraceBusta
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Find the magnitude of the trucks horizontal component of displacement

  • kimikims
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Find Coefficient of Friction (μ) on Cylinder with Rope and Cat/Mice Forces

  • Super_Leunam
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Complex Analysis: Nonlinear system

  • arunma
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What Is the Net Force on Each Side of a Heated Sealed Box?

  • jin
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Low Level Physics Problem 1D Motion

  • Maskkkk
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How do I solve for r(theta) in central force motion with r''=(k^2)*r?

  • DarkEternal
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Main Operator in Formula: Tribar or ~?

  • steersman
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What is the Acceleration and Direction of an Elevator Based on Scale Reading?

  • Soaring Crane
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How to Find the Coefficient of Friction for a Pulled Sled?

  • pinky2468
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Solving Mutually Perpendicular Vector Components

  • CinderBlockFist
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Lots of Trouble With Free-Fall

  • evilempire
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Helicopter rotor has four blades

  • Whatupdoc
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Possible that a fabric can be used as a diffraction grating

  • franz32
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Will a 36 N force overcome static friction on a 45 N block?

  • pinky2468
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Comparing torque from a doorstop to torque from opening a door

  • jazjackson12
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Proving Peskin and Schroeder equation 2.33 for momentum operator

  • Norman
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Probability: Arrangements in Circle

  • futb0l
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Why Does Cutting the String Change the Tension Ratio in a Pendulum?

  • daveed
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Looking for tutorials on Gauss's law

  • SpatialVacancy
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Solving Projectile Motion: Finding Initial Velocity and Distance

  • physics_challenged
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Can Two Vehicles Avoid Collision in a Wet Tunnel?

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Solving Addition of Forces Involving Adults and Child

  • underthebridge
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Solving Velocity Problems on the Moon

  • member 5645
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What is the magnitude of the car's displacement

  • Catgirl-Pink
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How Do You Solve a Projectile Motion Problem in Physics?

  • quality101
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How does a fractional exponent move to the front in logarithms?

  • singleton
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What Is the Electric Field Near Charged Objects?

  • kristi.lynn
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Calculating Force and Acceleration in a Bucket Pulley System

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Finding displacement vector components from base camp to mountain summit

  • physicsss
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Calc II substitution integration

  • kdinser
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Fettucini bridge design for 3 kg load

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Equation of a line from Parametric equations

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Solving the Traffic Light Overtake Puzzle

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To Swim From A to B, U_s = 1.35 km/h

  • COCoNuT
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Why does sin(t+2π) equal sin(t) on the unit circle?

  • haribol
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Man Throws Rock Off Cliff - Solving Physics Problem

  • Monsu
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Average velocity of jumping into car

  • tony873004
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Equation of Perpendicular Line at Origin

  • Przybysz
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Matching objects to size scales in powers of 10

  • Alkatran
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How Do You Calculate Work Done by a Force Field Along Different Paths?

  • ossito_the-diracian
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How Does Integration by Parts Simplify \(\int 8x^2 \cos(2x) \, dx\)?

  • Whatupdoc
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Find x0 in Cosinus and Sinus Equations

  • Dr-NiKoN
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Understanding Significant Figures in Math

  • Caldus
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Plot the lines of the electric field between a small point charge

  • galipop
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Calculus-Volume of tetrahedron and cross product

  • GingerBread27
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How Do You Calculate the Average Acceleration of a Dragster?

  • Omid
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Finding the smallest angle between Vectors

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Freefall Acceleration of a Raindrop

  • VinnyCee
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Solving Partial Fractions Integrals

  • Whatupdoc
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How Does Projectile Motion Determine Firefighting Hose Angles?

  • EaGlE
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How Does Potential Energy from Lightning Accelerate a Car?

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Can Velocity Reverse Direction with Constant Acceleration?

  • spdrxc
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What are some recommended physics programs for TI calculators?

  • iamhumble
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Gravity force on Jupiter problem

  • Whatupdoc
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What is the value of this distance up the slope?

  • cdhotfire
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Force pulling a box at 25° over 12 m with friction

  • punjabi_monster
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How to Calculate Error in a Pendulum Clock at Different Temperatures"

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