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How to begin oscillation in steady state?

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What is the value of n for 1 km distance between seeing and hearing an event?

  • needhelpperson
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Intro. Physics: scaling problem

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Homogenous mixture and a heterogeneous mixture

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Calculating uncertainty in pulsar rotation period

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Addition of Vectors and displacement

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How Do You Calculate Distance Using Trigonometry in Physics?

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Magnitude of Acceleration Question

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How Do You Graph and Revolve Functions Using a Computer?

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I dont understand what uniform acceleration is?

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Questions about the projection operator

  • curious george
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Converting nautical miles squared to square meters

  • BlackMamba
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Calculating Automobile/Truck Distance and Speed

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Outside wall temperature of a water tank with heat loss

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At what time will runner B catch up with runner A?

  • JohnQ
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Finding n for distance from light and sound speeds

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What is the Direction of an Emu's Acceleration When Slowing Down?

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What is the mass of a 4.29 cm cube of gold?

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When does runner B catch up with runner A if B starts 5 min later?

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Calculating the Number of Atoms in a 12 kg Cat

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How to Dissect an Isosceles Triangle into 4 Triangles for a Square

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How many moles of atoms in a 12 kg cat?

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Solving Uncertainty Problem with .7g Lateral Acceleration

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What is the acceleration of the motorcycle in this situation?

  • EaGlE
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Baseball player slide Friction problems

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Finding Magnitude of Forces A + B

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How many apples did the dealer buy?

  • Omid
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How far does a bird travel flying between two approaching trains?

  • olilee
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Flower Pot Falling Past a Window

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Finding total distance from acceleration graph in first 20 seconds

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Calculate Speed of House in Michigan Due to Earth's Rotation

  • discoron77
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How to figure out the amount of heat (joules) needed to melt 1g of ice?

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What is the magnitude of the electric field inside the insulator

  • JamesL
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Half circle inscribed in triangle with diameter parallel to base

  • Anzas
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Why two incandescent bulbs don't produce interference patterns

  • chisai_tam
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Track Plane: Find $\hat R_{BA}$ (2 SF)

  • EaGlE
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An arithmetic progression problem

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Solving C and F in Formula: How to Find the Unknowns

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Tough Semester Ahead: Seeking Advice on Achieving an 85% Average

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Hot Air Balloon Free Fall Question

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Arithmetic progression(alternate method)

  • needhelpperson
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Electric field at vertex of equilateral triangle with charges

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Finding unknown charge from Coulomb force between two charges

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Does an Air Bubble in a Leveling Hose Affect Accuracy?

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Mass spectometer and relativity

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Calculating the Vertical Acceleration of a Skier

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Finding instantaneous velocity from a graph at t=1.4s

  • ramin86
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What is the value of the automobile acceleration?

  • jtagtp
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Foreign Language and Physics/Chemistry Majors:

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Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing significant figures

  • Imparcticle
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with this Acceleration Problem

  • GingerBread27
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HOw can an egg fall from a high placeto the ground without breaking?

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I have a couple of brain blocks.

  • falcon0311
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Police car's acceleration physics problem

  • physicsss
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Finding a subset of R^2 closed under scalar multiplication but not a subspace

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Relativity and Michelson-Morley experiment

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How Does Orifice Diameter Affect Fluid Flow Rate?

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Estimated volume of a golfball?

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What Are the Correct SI Units for the Gravitational Constant G?

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Couple walking around a circular lake with 1.35 km radius

  • shawonna23
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Pellet fired from 13 m cliff reaches 30 m/s, how high would it go upward?

  • shawonna23
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Good Books for Physics Level 1 Students

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Check my work on 6 projectile, force, and elevator problems

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Volume and uncertainty of concrete for pool sidewalk

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Electric field at the center of a uniformly charged hemisphere

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Calculating Maximum Speed Attained by a Spaceship Traveling to the Moon

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Calculating the Diameter of an Oil Slick

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Calculating Time for a Boat to Slow Down Using Friction and Kinematics

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Boy's displacement vector and solving for coefficients a and b

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Finding the radius of a sphere with seven times the mass

  • ramin86
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Model Rocket Physics Problem: Maximum Height & Speed Calculations

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Kinetic Friction of a released block

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If excess hydrochloric acid reacts with 4.6g of barium nitrate

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Find the x and y component of vector c

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Calculating Cross-Country Ski Distance

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Homogeneous linear system question

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Why do cereal boxes use more material than the optimal design?

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Why is the field uniform between parallel plates with opposite charges?

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Solve Springy Question on Incline with Mass and Acceleration

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For what values of r does y=e^(rt) satisfy y''+y'-6y=0?

  • parwana
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Deriving V-E Relation for Uniformly Charged Rod at Radial Distance r > a"

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Value of an angle will their vector sum have the same magnitude

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What is the difference between reciprocal and inverse in mathematics?

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How much weight does the pulley hold for a 100 lb suspended block?

  • help_me
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Electric fields and electrostatic forces

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Calculating Takeoff Speed for an Olympic Long Jumper

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Net electrostatic force on central charge between two fixed charges

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Solving for t in a Physics Problem for Students

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What is incorrect about my vector component calculations?

  • iamhumble
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Interpreting Vector Directions: A=8 at 45°, B=8 at 180/225°

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Hockey puck hit by stick: finding contact time

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