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Circuits 1 ,hard proplem for me

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How Fast Does a Box Travel After Being Pulled with Force and Friction?

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How Is Free-Fall Acceleration Determined Using Time Intervals and Distance?

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How Do You Determine Scalars a and b from Vectors A, B, and C?

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Elephant Seal's Displacement: 635m Down, 590m East

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Physics problem: (speed of a point on earth)

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Uncertainty in pulsar rotation period measurement

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Train and locomotive collision problem with kinematics

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Electric field in a coaxial cable using Gauss's law

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How much energy does the kettle transfer?

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Physics question (kinetic energy) to all that apply

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Best physics programs in Belarus or Ukraine

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Image height for candle in front of converging mirror

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Build a full size chair out of newspaper and masking tape

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Solving Car's 2 Braking Times Problem - Physics Help

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Finding A's Components: Non Graphical Solutions

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Find the power an electric motor

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Solving Physics Problems - Aiming a Gun at a Target

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How Do You Calculate Vector Distances on a Checkerboard?

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Removable discontinuity at x=9 for F(x)=(3-√x)/(9-x)

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How Does Acceleration Affect Speed Skater's Velocity on Rough Ice?

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Calculating Net Force on a Charge Near an Infinite Grounded Conductor

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Physics plane/wind speed problem

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Solve Kinematics (3 in 1) Problems with Omid

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Beautiful Sunset Painting by Artist

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Rearranging an equation for pressure

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Proving Triangle with 90° Angle: Length of Hypotenuse Segment

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The Toppling of a transmitter mast

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Vectors II Return of the Problem

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Probability that a 50-senator committee has one from each state

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Find when 2x^3+x-5 is equal to zero

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Calculate Horizontal Distance for 12.0g Steel Ball, 32 Degrees

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Electric field lines for concentric spheres with opposite charges

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How to Solve for r in the Equation P = (2pG/3)p^2r^2

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Bullet drop at 200m range with initial speed 250 m/s

  • physicsss
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Calculating Percent Uncertainty for Volume of a Beach Ball

  • Melissa
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Calculating Helium Balloon Volume for 500 kg Payload

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How Do You Determine the Supply Equation Given Market Conditions?

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How Do You Determine the Supply Equation for a Commodity?

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Velocity and Acceleration of a particle

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Deriving the 2nd Equation on Wave Longitudinal Velocity

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Calculating Time and Distance for Two Soccer Players Colliding from Rest

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Finding the domain without a calculator

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When will runner B catch up with runner A?

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Egg drop competition package design (6' drop, 8×8" max, 2 lb limit)

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What is the average speed the runner must travel to catch the ball?

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Relative Velocity: Solving Airplane Vector Problem

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Prove g'(x) = xf'(x)+f(x) using the definition of derivative

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What is the wind velocity in km/h and what angle it it north of east?

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Vector subtraction and unit vector from C and D

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Thermal expansion and a pendulum clock

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How to Find Scalars and Unit Vectors from Given Vectors?

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Vector subtraction and magnitude with C and D

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Checking formula rearrangements for P=W/t, e=IR+Ir, x=a/y, F=ma

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Limits (one algebreic, two Trig)

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Relative Velocity of Ship A to Ship B: Magnitude and Time

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Integrating dN/ds = k(250-s) in differential equations

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Why Does My Force Calculation Differ From the Book?

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How Do You Calculate Wave Frequency and Timing in Physics Problems?

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How to convert metric units and use dimensional analysis

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Is 1.2A the Correct Current Value in This Circuit Problem?

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Time between waves washing ashore

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Integral S (-sin(t))* exp(cos^3(t)) dt

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What is the displacement of the car from the point of origin

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Kinematics - Acceleration and deceleration

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Golf ball on moon vs Earth and roller coaster loop forces

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Is the slope of the curve the acceleration?

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Calculus problem (electric circuit)

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Volume to Mass Conversion Problem

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Calculating Acceleration of Locust Jumping 4 cm

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Calculate the x- and y-components of the net electric field

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Power Rating of 570 W Heaters in Series: 1140 W

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How long does it take for the canister to empty?

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Calculating Freefall Time: Solving for t in a Ball's Descent

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How do extremes of a variable affect an equation?

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Displacement vector of watch minute hand tip

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Projectile Motion Leap Question

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How can I solve this tricky integral involving a radical and trig substitution?

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Solve 1-D Kinematics Problem: Baseball Pitcher's Acceleration

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How to Find Total Equivalent Resistance in Complex Circuits?

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Determine velocity of falling object after certain time

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Proving Continuity for Two Functions: x+2x^3 and (2x+3)/(x-2)

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Counting Question: 110 Counts in 1 Min - Probability (.15)

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Vertical Height Between Two Climbers

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Solve June Car Sales Problem: Air Con, Power Steering, Auto Trans

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How can I solve this triple integral using spherical coordinates?

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How Is the Angle of Displacement Calculated in Vector Travel?

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Units and variables in distance and velocity equations

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What Is the Range of the Quadratic Form f(x,y) = Ax^2 + 2Bxy + Cy^2?

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Finding maximum reaction time to avoid collision at 18.0 m/s

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Coulomb's Law: forces between charges

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Find the magnitude of the velocity of the canoe relative to the river

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Easy physics problem, finding forumula

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