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Interesting science developments

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Why is refraction absent on curved surfaces?

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of a Block of Ice Using Thermal Dynamics?

  • derfrok
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Solve this Math Problem: Find Last 2/3 Digits of 3^3^3^3

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Finding the angle between 2 vectors

  • PinkFlamingo
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Coulomb's law and different charges

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How to Solve a Particle Motion Problem with Increasing Resistance?

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Energy of photon emitted in hydrogen transition from n=4 to n=3

  • UrbanXrisis
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Work to accelerate electron and stop moving car

  • krypt0nite
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Kinematics: Solving Problems with Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration

  • PhysicsBeginner
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What is the Acceleration of an Electron in a Constant Electric Field?

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How Do Impulse and Momentum Affect the Motion of Colliding Ice Skaters?

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How to calculate uncertainty in measurements

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What percentage of carbon-14 decays in 22922 years?

  • mustang
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How Much Weight Can a Hot Air Balloon Lift Given Specific Conditions?

  • dubsinpubs
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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Friction Force in a Sliding Object Problem?

  • redshift
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How does temperature affect the speed of gas molecules?

  • exequor
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How Is Acceleration Determined When a Weight Is Suspended on a String?

  • redshift
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Finding where y = 0.027x² + 8.3x - 7.5 has a 35° slope

  • Arienne
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Tension in String One of 5 kg Mass at 45 Degree Angle

  • UrbanXrisis
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Triangular loop in magnetic field

  • Juntao
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Probability of goalkeeper saving penalties

  • RBS_5
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LOADS of Final Review Questions

  • physicszman
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Rectangular plot fenced on three sides with 100m of fencing and 500m² area

  • travishillier
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Finding rectangular plot dimensions with 100m fencing and 500m² area

  • travishillier
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Finding currents through resistors with two EMFs in parallel

  • Drakon25th
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Bode Diagrams for Transfer Function: (s+2)/(s*(s+10)*(s^2+2s+2))

  • UnteljentEnginyr
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Calculating Center of Mass of a Hollow Nose Cone

  • mase5151
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Momentum Transfer in 1.00kg Steel Ball Collision

  • LD_90
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What are the physics and circuitry behind smart bombs?

  • Rudy_51
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Limit of (x+2)/(x³+8) as x approaches -2 and gradient of 4^x

  • Sombra
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How Can I Understand Logarithms and Their Graphs Better?

  • baltimores_finest
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How Can You Transform Ring into Bell by Changing One Letter at a Time?

  • travishillier
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Help finding physics resources or textbooks

  • cronxeh
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Skydiver ripcord timing for gentle landing with parachute drag

  • Nightspeed
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Probability question: random variables

  • jezse
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How much TNT can be made from 46 kegs of toluene?

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Relative velocity between two cyclists

  • Azeri
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How Do You Sketch and Analyze the Graph of k(x) = x^4 - 64x^2?

  • mustang
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Solving quadratic equations and evaluating a polynomial

  • Sope0nARope
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Solving Elliptical Orbit Problems for Space Dynamics Exam

  • retupmoc
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Will a ball rolling from hill A reach the top of taller hill B?

  • indebluez
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How Is Arc Length in Polar Coordinates Used in Real Life?

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Why does the acceleration graph look like a /\\ when a ball is dropped?

  • indebluez
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Measuring specific latent heat of ice without a calorimeter

  • xxpsychoxx
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Is Pair Production and Annihilation the Same Process?

  • EIRE2003
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Power and torque for lifting a bucket with a winch

  • Cyannaca
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Calculating the Inductance of a Toroidal Solenoid

  • Cockroach
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Thin lens equation problems with image distance and magnification

  • moonlit
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Velocities of balls after 2D collision

  • UrbanXrisis
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Is The Elegant Universe a Bridge Between Quantum Physics and Relativity?

  • Imparcticle
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Finding direction and mass of third fragment after rock explosion

  • wikidrox
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Before I attempt this next problem on sliding blocks

  • redshift
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Infinitely annoying square well

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How is Electric Potential Determined from Infinity?

  • Antepolleo
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What is the Electrical Potential Between Two Point Charges?

  • becca
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Find change in resistance for mercury-tube breathing monitor

  • JJaX
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Two weights connected by string pulled upward at 30N

  • redshift
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Question how to solve car problem

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Fortran program reading wrong values from binary file

  • falcon0311
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Solving String Wave Frequency: 6m in 0.5s

  • cseet
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What does reducing wave speed by a factor of 2 mean?

  • cseet
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Is the Antiderivative of 1/x Actually ln(x)?

  • chemical
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Help reviewing refraction and lens problems for physics final

  • moonlit
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How Do You Sketch a Traveling Wave at Different Time Intervals?

  • stawbeegirl
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How to Determine the Force on a Wire Frame in a Magnetic Field?

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Shortest mirror height to see full image when eyes are 1.8 m high

  • moonlit
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Converging lens with 7 cm and 12 cm focal lengths

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Is 'gustar' really different from 'to like' and 'to please'?

  • Imparcticle
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Pressure on a submarine window problem

  • jamdr
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Why is a magnet broken in half still as magnetic as the original?

  • holly
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Thermodynamics/Gas Law questions

  • Carbonoid
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Final kinetic energy with two different forces applied sequentially

  • wikidrox
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I really - angular speed and speed at equilibrium position

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Work Function of Silver: Solve Problem 18 for eV

  • mustang
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Weight on spring with 6 cm/s downward velocity from equilibrium

  • jen043081
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Finding Real Zeros of Polynomial Functions Using Derivatives

  • mustang
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What is the annual rate of increase for a gallon of milk?

  • mustang
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What is the speed of light in a universe with altered physical constants?

  • athenaroa
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Can I Prove Perpendicular Acceleration Using d(v^2)/dt = 0?

  • LD_90
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A Mover Pushes a Piano Up a Ramp: Work Done?

  • bbg5000
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Gravitational force between two people and Earth spin rate

  • wikidrox
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What is fluorescence and how does it arise?

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Constructive interference from coherent sources 1.72 μm apart

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How Do You Calculate Net Force and Impulse in Physics Problems?

  • wikidrox
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Calculate Index of Refraction: Air to Glass

  • cowgiljl
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Can someone check my Physics working?

  • cseet
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What Formulas Determine the Sliding and Toppling Forces on a Cube?

  • jimmy p
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How Is the Electric Field Calculated Outside a Cylindrical Conductor?

  • jreinier
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Box volume problem: square cut from corners, and polynomial equation

  • mustang
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The inverse of a set of points?

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Why Convex Mirrors are Used in Late Model Cars

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