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Rocket fired upward with engine thrust then free fall

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How long for a cop to catch a crook driving at 85 mph?

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Point charges on square - find magnitude of force

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Complex Number-how to show it ?

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Solving cos^-1 (3/7): Exact Trigonometric Values and Techniques

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Help with textbook exercises for next week test

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Thrown ball velocity and acceleration

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What is the electric flux through the rectangle

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How Do You Calculate Moles and RMS Speed in Ideal Gas Problems?

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Calculating Induced e.m.f and Power in a Perpendicular Coil

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What single chip can be used to replace an AND gate in a circuit?

  • paul11273
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Instantaneous velocity animation

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Test rocket acceleration physics problem

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Kinematics bowling ball problem

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What is the force at 18 degrees in a charged ball suspension problem?

  • physicsuser
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How Do You Calculate the Uncertainty in Physical Measurements?

  • physicsss
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Solving the Salmon Jump Problem: How High Can it Go?

  • Hollyleelee
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Point charge in an electric field

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Building a safe Tesla coil for a school science fair

  • Shay10825
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Simplifying Combinatorics: Proving nC(k-1) + nCk = (n+1)Ck for k>0

  • courtrigrad
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What does this experiment show?

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What is the concept of Gauss' physical law?

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Finding the Direction of a Plane's Emergency Landing Using Trigonometry

  • COCoNuT
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Find Resoance Frequency for Electric Motor Mass of 100 kg

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Solving Hexane Condensation Problem: Flow Rate & Recovery

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What is the magnitude of the velocity vector at time t = 8.3 s?

  • SMS
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Oil slick diameter and bowling ball speed

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Electric Potential in a Region: Is it Zero or Nonzero?

  • GreenDinos
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An electron moving across capacitor

  • spatel600
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Tackling a Tough Physics Problem: Proton's Turning Point

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Max Angle for Increasing Distance Projectile

  • ExtravagantDreams
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How did Newton derive the inverse square law of gravitation?

  • scoutfai
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Solving the differential equation f'(x) + ((1-2x)/x²)y = 1

  • Cyannaca
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Finding Distance Moved by Swapping Positions of Two Masses on Boat

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Derivative with respect to time ?

  • ddoerr
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Calculating Basketball Player's Hang Time

  • Webb
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Ball hit at angle on inclined hill, maximize horizontal distance

  • asourpatchkid
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Physics I should be able to do

  • JonF
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What are the confusing questions about structural I beams and cones?

  • rumaithya
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Calculating Edith's Average Velocity in a Relay Race

  • Whatupdoc
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Linear Speed of Object on Earth Surface at 62.0 Degrees Angle

  • Eleet
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How can you determine the net force of a bottle

  • Gmaximus
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Conducting sphere in a conducting spherical shell

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Initial Speed of Ball Thrown Horizontally from 15.75m Height

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Calculating Force in Parallel Conductors

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Maths or physics Interception question

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Will expansion increases potential energy?

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How Does Liquid Volume Affect Pressure and Flow Rate?

  • ConceptuallyInept
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One dimensional motion magnitude

  • SMS
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How do you add velocity vectors together?

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How Do You Convert Air Weight from Newtons to Pounds?

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration from Velocity?

  • Shay10825
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Equal Pressure in Efflux: Understanding Fluid Dynamics in a Tank

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Solving Box & Ramp Problem at 50° Angle

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How to Calculate Moment of Inertia for Composite Objects?

  • Gmaximus
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Calculating Horizontal Distance of Ball Bearing with Mass 11.0 g

  • SMS
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How do you design a bridge with these materials?

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Steps to solve Projectile problem

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How Far Should the Rescue Crew Fly to Reach the Plane?

  • COCoNuT
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Trouble with Notation in Vector Analysis

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Find the direction of vector A+B with given components

  • Whatupdoc
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Relativistic Lagrangian -> Hamiltonian

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Flowerpot height from time visible in window

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Dimensional analysis and frequency

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Center of Gravity, Non-Uniform Bar

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What is the difference between empirical and fundamental laws in physics?

  • arwen^undomiel
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How can I solve this free fall problem with missing variables?

  • pinky2468
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Mars Climate Orbiter probe crashed into the surface of Mars

  • Whatupdoc
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Investigatory project in physics

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Baseball Projectile Motion Problem

  • NoPhysicsGenius
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Trouble Solving Relative Velocity in 2-D?

  • NoPhysicsGenius
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How Is Mass Calculated from Specific Heat?

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Electric Potential, acceleration and velocity

  • Brianjw
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Why Doesn't f(x + Δx) Approach f(x) as Δx Approaches 0 in Limits?

  • haribol
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Projectile in Motion: horizontal

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Electric Problem: Charges Drawn to Uncharged Metal Rod

  • Physicsisfun2005
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Find the quadrant where sin Ø > 0 and cos Ø < 0

  • Poweranimals
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What is the speed of the new steamship?

  • NickyuTse
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Solving Acceleration Problems in a Sports Car Rally

  • Manbe
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Calculating the Density of Wood with Archimedes' Question

  • jimithing
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How much force did the rock exert on my head?

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Convert octal to hex, w/out converting to Binary

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Maximum force and height for bone fracture using Young's modulus

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Help with an electricity physics problem

  • Zurtex
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How Do You Calculate Atomic Plane Spacing in a Cleaved Crystal?

  • bang911
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Three quizzes from our exam(junior middle school grade 3)

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Solving Drive Train Problem with Friction Coefficient of 0.3

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What Factors Affect the Period of a Simple Pendulum?

  • chapz
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Is it possible to 'disappear into thin air'?

  • Shyla
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How Do Nitrogen Molecules Separate When Changing From Liquid to Gas?

  • JasonRox
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How Can I Finish Integrating a Natural Log Using Integration by Parts?

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