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Power given to particle by centripetal forces

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Coulomb force and charge equilibrium on the xy-plane

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Two blocks on a surface and a pulley

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Calculate the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field

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Magnetic field in a closed path

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Contour integral and problem of Quantum mechanics (Griffiths)

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Calculating water pressure in a horizontal pipe

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Change in the energy of photon due to recoil of the nucleus

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Calculating angle between velocity and position vector

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Calculating Power Output of a p-V Engine

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Friction and Scale Readings for a Cuboid on a Weighing Scale

  • Eitan Levy
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Change in the potential energy of a star after explosion

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What Are the Correct Values for Probability and Momentum in a Quantum Well?

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Ratio of K. E. of solid cylinder to shell

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Find the coordinates of a charged particle given the E field

  • Curtis Cleary
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Current flowing from point A in a circuit to point B

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Egg drop device 2m–8m, max 5cm tall, under 2000cm²

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Max spring compression and final velocities for two colliding blocks

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Why does phase change on reflection give the wrong wave equation?

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Why Ohm's law doesn't apply to AC voltage and current functions

  • Jahnavi
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Change in Momentum of a Hockey Puck

  • Wyatt Lowery
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Magnetic field of solenoid and a coil with multiple turns

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Gradients of Graphs with and without Rates of Change

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Electric field varying with distance

  • Jahnavi
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Integral Calculation for Yukawa Potential Differential Cross Section

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What is the Number of Fringes in a YDSE with Given Parameters?

  • Abhimessi10
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Electric field intensity at a distance

  • Jahnavi
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Rock falling through water with variable acceleration

  • Spoti112
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Block-pulley system and rotational dynamics

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Finding eigenvector QM 2x2 matrix

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How Do Non-Magnetic Metals React to Magnetic Fields?

  • Jahnavi
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Which force creates the torque?

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AC circuit Multiple choice question

  • Jahnavi
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Is the velocity of this object increasing or decreasing?

  • TMalan
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How to appropriately assign sigma values (uncertainty)

  • NicolaiTheDane
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Static friction needed to keep wedge M stationary with block m2 on incline

  • Eitan Levy
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Derive the expression for the work done by the friction force

  • Alexanddros81
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Efficient 12V Electromagnet Design for Extended Use

  • Gersty
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Height above the Galactic Plane

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Electric flux from an infinite charged rod through a sphere

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Intro to probability density QM

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How Far Does the Ball Land from the Pole?

  • Eitan Levy
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Diagram about potential difference over current

  • Krashy
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Cirular Motion - car on a circular ramp

  • Fatima Hasan
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HW question w/ rotational kinetic energy

  • Tony the Tutor14
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Light Signal Travels Between Earth and a Spaceship

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Calculating λ in a ripple tank lab

  • queenmurr
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Friction and normal force on an inclined plane

  • Fatima Hasan
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Work done by the force of a man on a crate of 80N

  • Kennedy
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Finding launch distance without energy methods

  • Eitan Levy
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[Optics] Find maximum order number, Fraunhofer diffraction

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Length contraction and time dilation in relativity

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How Deep Will a Barge Sit When Moving from Saltwater to Freshwater?

  • eglaud
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Friction force calculation returning 7 but not matching answer choices

  • Fatima Hasan
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Constructive Interference in Coherent Antenna Arrays

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Particle in a box question in classical mechaincs

  • Taylor_1989
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A weird velocity/acceleration question

  • inaiki
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Unstable equilibrium, centre of mass problem

  • Kennedy
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Special theory of relativity, theoretical problem

  • Kennedy
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How Far Could a Football Be Thrown in Reduced Gravity?

  • Lori
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Centripetal motion, the tension at the bottom of a circle

  • Kennedy
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Basic mechanics question -- Two cables supporting a stage light

  • Krashy
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How Far Will the Ball Roll Relative to the Ground in 0.10 Seconds?

  • pgardn
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Projectile motion above ground given only angle and height

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Statics of structure, distributed load

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Final velocity after collision of three objects

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Piston with crankshaft: what is the temperature of gas entering the cylinder?

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Circular motion, string and ball in a horizontal circle

  • Kennedy
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Static friction rotating an object

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Finding the battery voltages in this circuit

  • Eitan Levy
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Rotating rod of negligible mass attached to two point masses

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Acceleration of a speck around a circle

  • Lori
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Free energy per unit volume of an ideal gas

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Energy received by a planet from the Sun

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Static friction and a rotating object

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Body describes a closed trajecty on a free-to-spin disk

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Gauss' Law: Sphere with an Opening

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Solving Kinematic Movement Equation: Bike Acceleration

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Current through 15 ohm resistor in series-parallel circuit

  • Helly123
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Kinematics problem with differential equations.

  • Spoti112
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Finding speed of 2.0 kg pendulum at lowest point

  • Lori
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Thermodynamics- Piston problem, pressure, internal energy

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Accurate, precise, both, or neither?

  • Lori
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Block-pulley system and kinetic energy

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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment: Determining Elementary Charge

  • Sandro Romualdez
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String with masses on either end being pulled from the center

  • CSPhysics
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Connecting two charged capacitors

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Electrostatics? Magnitude and direction of a magnetic field

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The energy lost in discharging a capacitor

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Conduction band, valence band and Fermi energy

  • Pushoam
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How Does a Switch Affect Voltage and Current in a Circuit?

  • Eitan Levy
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The effect on a photocurrent of reducing the frequency of photons

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Proper usage of trig functions in force problems

  • Matt Armstrong
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Average tension force acting on a simple pendulum

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