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Solving dP/dt = 0.2P(1000 - P) with initial conditions

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How do I draw 3-ethylheptane and 2-methyl-3-ethylhexane?

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Period of a pendulum and standing waves in a string

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How Do I Create a Timer Circuit Using a 555 Timer?

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Brain cramp on 2nd elevator problem

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Bicycle Type Chain [Mechanics] Problem

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Refrence Angles & Positive/Negative Angles(Coterminals) HOW?

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Calculate Friction Coefficient Using Pulleys and Mass

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Sound Travel Time Calculation for Distant Listeners

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Calc Refractive Index of Cylinder w/Mirrored Surface

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Elastic collision between 248.2 kg and 149.9 kg satellites

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Ball launched by spring up curved incline - speed at top

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How do I find the limit of x as it approaches zero

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Solid sphere rolling down ramp then flying off horizontally

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Pulling thread from a suspended spool at constant height

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Can Car 2 accelerate fast enough to pass Car 1 in midair from a ramp?

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A Non-Conducting Sphere with a Hole

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What was the speed of the bullet just before impact?

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Field and potential from two -10 μC charges

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Griffiths QM problems 4.20-4.31 and 5.30, 6.1-6.3

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Work on an Incline: Calculating Force and Work

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Represent on a diagram the following to vectors

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Simple Harmonic Motion Problems with Vertical and Horizontal Springs

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Net force problem with two rope pulls at different angles

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Wave propagating along a string - Newton's 3rd Law

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Calculating Focal Length Using Sign Conventions for Lenses

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How to Calculate Moment of Inertia About Each Axis?

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How to Determine the Centroid of a Complex Plane Area in Calculus?

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Three final module physics questions on optics, fluorescence and DC transmission

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Calculating Electron Mass from Magnetic Field and Potential Difference

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Image formation and ray diagrams

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Clay colliding with spring-attached board on frictionless surface

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Wave Optics - Single Slit Diffraction

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Thermal Expansion of copper sphere Problem

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Why does x³/(x²+3x-10) approach -∞ as x→-5+?

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Why is my mergesort function only working for arrays up to three items?

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Work-Energy-Power Textbook Problem

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Electric Forces and Electric Fields in DNA

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Calculate RMS Value of Sawtooth Voltage in Figure 33.54

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Mechanics need to get facts straight

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Physics: Box sliding down an inclined plane

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Solve Kinematics Problem: Initial Velocity of Ball Thrown Horizontally

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Understanding Limits: Solving for x^2-2|x|/x

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How Do You Solve a Double Integral for Area Between z=e^{x^2} and the xy-Plane?

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How Do You Determine Object Location and Magnification in a Concave Mirror?

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Weird Generating Function prove

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Cannon shot to hit a target 2000 m away and 100 m high

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How Do Hinges Affect Door Movement in Physics Problems?

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Static coefficient versus kinetic coefficient of friction

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Force/Pressure - Easy Question I think

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Radioactiviy - # of unstable nuclei after 28 hours

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Welding Detached Retinas with Lasers: Solving the Puzzle

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Solve Derivative Problem e^{xy} = ln (x+y): Find dy/dx

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Solving the Physics Problem of 20 Tons in a 10 Ton Van

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Solving Scattering Angle Problem When m < M or m > M

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Prove that 1+2+4+...+2^(n-1)=2^n-1

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How Does Light Behave When Passing Through Different Materials?

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How do you add or subtract bar numbers in logarithms?

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Electric field and gaussian surface

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How Do You Calculate the Thrust of a Rocket at Lift-Off?

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How to Solve a Trigonometric Equation with Multiple Solutions?

  • Johnny Leong
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Momentum Changes in a variable mass system.

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What Is the Critical Angle Between Glass and Water?

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Harmonic motion of a string - Find energy

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Solving Resonance Problem: Explain Frequency of Tuning Fork

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Does Velocity Remain Constant at Each Hilltop on a Frictionless Track?

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Energy to liquefy nitrogen gas and melt aluminum cans

  • mustang
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Finding all isomers of C9H20

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Connecting energy conservation to centripetal acceleration in a loop

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How Does Banking Angle Affect the Radius of an Airplane's Turn?

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Electric field at center of charged circular arc

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Electric Potential vrs Electric Potential Energy

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Calculating Wavelengths & Refraction Angles for Violet Light

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Solving Flotation Problem: Estimate a Polar Bear's Mass

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Coaxial capacitor with varying dielectric constant K(r)

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Annuities: Determining the Interest Rate

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Stationary Points of Inflection

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Friction and nonconstant acceleration?

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Acceleration Graphs/Tangent Lines

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Boat drops a hat at point B, catches it at point D—what's the water current?

  • PoetryInMotion
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Physics correspondence course: forces, collisions, fields, magnetism

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Finding a Common Household Toy for Physics Presentation

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Synodic period of Jupiter and opposition interval

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Geometric Sequence; Arithmetic Sequence w/o 2,3,7

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Just these two problems I'll be done.

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