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Separating a brass ring from an aluminum rod by cooling

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Calculating Tension in Pulley System w/ Friction

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Finding the Derivative of a Function with Arctan

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Comparing spectra from a lightbulb and hydrogen gas with a spectroscope

  • Macdaddy
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Is My Wave Superposition Calculation Correct?

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Ideal Gas Law and Balloon Volume

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Helicopter lift force with upward acceleration

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Change of Phase, Absolute Zero?

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Calculating Work for Pumping Water from a Hemispherical Tank

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Magnetic field from displacement current in charging capacitor

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What actually causes a motorcycle to do a wheelie?

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Calculating enthalpy change for NaOH and HCl neutralization

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Coal burned per hour to power 260 million electric clocks

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How Do You Calculate the Spring Constant and Natural Length of a Spring?

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Solving for Mica Thickness in Double Slit Interference Arrangement

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What is D in the Moment of Inertia Formula?

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Voltage Drop in Circuits with Parallel Components

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Circuits with Kirchhoff's rules

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Friction on an incline 2 problems

  • Polak
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Satellite orbital radius Question

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Magnetic force from a 12 A straight wire at 0.11 m distance

  • frank
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Why Do I Get Different Values for I2 in My Circuit Calculation?

  • cytokinesis
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So the sheet of paper should be placed 24 cm from the mirror.

  • mustang
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Dispersion - Chromatic Abberation

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Inelastic collision between two cars with skid marks

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Rotational Dynamics and torque, easy problem

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Calculating g on an Unfamiliar Planet Using a Simple Pendulum

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Rotational Kinematics and Energy Problem.

  • new324
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Finding power rating, charge magnitude, and capacitor voltage

  • moonlit
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Finding net magnetic field by subtracting two fields

  • Spectre32
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Conservation of angular momentum (hard)

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How much energy is needed to melt a 50kg snowman at -2 degrees Celsius?

  • Simple_Simon
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How Does Friction Affect the Motion of Blocks and a Pulley System?

  • cristina
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Cylinder rotated by string with hand accelerating upward

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Where does kinetic energy go when clay balls collide inelastically

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Box sliding down incline compressing spring with friction

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Linear Algebra - Dimension, Basis

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Rotor ride radius with coefficient of friction 0.0580

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Does a rod stretched under its own weight change diameter uniformly?

  • Dr.Brain
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What is final velocity?

  • poloplaya2008
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Finding x and y acceleration components for charge in electric field

  • Rockdog
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Kinetic energy and where it rotates

  • ShawnD
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Factorizing x^6 + x^4 + x^2 + 1 using roots of x^8 - 1 = 0

  • expscv
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Finding the Height of a Two-Dimensional Completely Inelastic Collision

  • PhysicsPhun
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Does a shadow of circular motion form simple harmonic motion?

  • divyaushadam
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Solving Entropy and Energy Transfer in a Rigid Tank with Argon Gas

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Finding θ when x=0 in converting 8i to polar form

  • MikeH
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Why Are Improper Integrals Undefined?

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What is the force constant of the spring in this physics lab experiment?

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Calculating Rotations and Linear Acceleration in a Flywheel System

  • PhysicsPhun
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Find intersection of sin(x) and 2x/π, solve inequality

  • expscv
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True or False: Car Collision Kinetic Energy and Rest

  • PhysicsPhun
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How Does a Roller Coaster Affect Scale Readings?

  • Saad
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How far back up will the guy recoil?

  • ussjt
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Forces and Motion Challenging Qs

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Calculate Time Difference for Two Rays of Light in an Optical Fiber

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Three forces in equilibrium, friction, and tow-bar force

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Maximum amplitude of oscillation of a block

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How Is Friction Calculated for a Scrambler Car That Stops After 10 Meters?

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Creating an Ohmmeter: Solving a HW Problem Using Kirchov's Laws

  • jnol6056
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Solving for ln(-e), (-1)^i, and (2i)^1+i in Rectangular Form

  • ilikephysics
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How Does a Small Change in Voltage Affect the Power of a Heater?

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Crane problem (reaction forces)

  • JamesL
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Calculating Induced EMF in a 5.56m Steel Beam Dropped from 3.97m

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How Do You Calculate Satellite Orbits and Friction Factors in Physics?

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How Do You Calculate Change in Kinetic Energy for an Elastic Collision?

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Is the Emf in a Coil of 100 Turns 0 When B Field Decreases from 1.0 T?

  • tandoorichicken
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What is the current in the other parallel wire when one carries 100A?

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Total internal reflection at glass-water interface

  • phy
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How Does Increasing Track Incline Affect NASCAR Race Speeds?

  • Saad
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Integrating tan(3x) using substitution method?

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Could someone give me an idea for a proof of this

  • stunner5000pt
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How can I simplify (n+3)!/(n+1)! using the property of factorials?

  • Blade
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What is the difference between average and final velocity?

  • poloplaya2008
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Calculating Average Binding Energy per Nucleon and Decay of Free Neutrons

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Rotational motion of a car's tires

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Quantum Mechanics: Eigenvaules, and orthogonality

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Calculating Forces, Moments, and Angular Speed in a Rotational System

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Total tolerance when adding resistances in series

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Current from 2.2 Micro F Capacitor

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Sarah Asks: How Does Adding Resistors in Parallel Affect Circuit Current?

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Voltage and charge redistribution for three connected conducting spheres

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Work Done on 50.0-kg Cylinder Up 3-m High, 6-m Ramp

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What do trigonometric substitutions mean and how do I use them?

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Two Questions, one very complicated

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Find the phase and group velocity of three plane waves

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Dipole in electric field, capacitor

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Converting rectangular to polar form: y=-5, x=10, and circles

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Series circuit and total resistance

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How do I find out the capacitor?

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