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Ground Level Ozone Production: Reaction Mechanism

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Electric Currents and Resistance

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Can somebody check my answers (DC-circuit)

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How Do You Calculate the Average Density of a Neutron Star?

  • ACLerok
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Instantaneous velocity and friction

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Understanding Impulse and Momentum: Explained for High School Physics Students

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Why Does a Filament Light Globe Draw More Current Initially?

  • cseet
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How Do You Calculate Charge from Electric Field in Electrostatics?

  • nisha
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Challenging My Professor's Grade: Proving My Answer Is Right!

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Electric Currents and Resistance I NEED HELP

  • phystudent
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Solving Difficult Problems: Tips & Strategies

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Adding Velocities with Special Relativity

  • Severian596
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Refraction Index Ratio: How to Calculate with 2 Unknowns

  • Spectre32
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Resistors in series and parallel

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Expanding Steel, Can't Follow Equation

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How Much Force Is Needed to Move an Object Up an Inclined Plane?

  • nutzweb
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Conservation of linear momentum

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Reposted Thread: QIS Career Project Interview Questions

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How Does Voltage Affect Electron Speed in a Magnetic Field?

  • pattiecake
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Calculating Angular Acceleration of Bicycle Wheels

  • cristina
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First-Order Spectrum Width for Diffraction Grating

  • lovelylm1980
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Calculating Static Coefficient of Friction: Mass & Angle

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Electric Energy: Experiment & Negative Potential

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Finding Relative Extrema & Points Of Inflection

  • Cod
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Calculate Force F of Falling Object with Mass m and Velocity v

  • KingNothing
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Magnetic fields at earth equator

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How Is Speed Accuracy Measured in Bicycle Computers?

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Electric Field and Optics questions

  • Spectre32
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Two Dimensional Motion Projectile

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Finding Acceleration of Spindles with Friction

  • cpuwildman
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Calculating Velocity of a 10-gram Bullet

  • Draygon_Phly
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Alpha Particle Flow: Current & Resistance

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Does Eric's Leap Clear the Puddle?

  • KingNothing
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How Does Coulomb's Law Apply to These Electric Field Problems?

  • moonlit
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Conservation of momentum of a boat

  • Chiara
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Ideal Mechanical Advantage of Three Lever Systems

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Identifying Particles by Mass: A High-Energy Physics Experiment

  • tandoorichicken
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Solving Electrical Circuit Problems

  • NINHARDCOREFAN
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Resistors connected in parallel and series

  • cseet
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Electric fields and forces help

  • mindhater
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Which Light Bulb Has the Higher Resistivity?

  • arcnets
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Finding RPM & Angular Velocity of a Wheel

  • celect
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Formula for finding the period of a pendulm?

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Diverging Lens and Concave Mirror

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Calculating Light Intensity through Polarized Lenses | Polarization Question

  • KingJaymz
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Simple mechanical energy question [gr.11]

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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Number of Diffraction Orders?

  • jazzchan
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I'm lost on this angular acceleration problem

  • falcon0311
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Solving Center of Mass Prob: Stick Length 0.25m, Mass 0.53kg

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Circuits: find current in the resistors

  • pattiecake
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A motorcyclics performing a stunt - How long is he in the air?

  • celect
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I'm clueless. Oscilloscope as resistor

  • KingJaymz
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Equivalent resistance & current

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Elasticity in colloids (gels, jellies)

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Hairy Electro-Magnetics problem.

  • frankR
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Conservation of Energy involving Spring

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Uses & Future Uses of Astronomy | Get Info Here

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Positive terminal of a battery is at a higher potential

  • pattiecake
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Strange radioactivity question. fast

  • EasyStyle4747
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Calculate Force Exerted Using Simple Machines

  • pvpanther05
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I want to understand relativity

  • insane_pete
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Volume of Air, Fridge Questions

  • holly
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Static Friction presentation Problem

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Impulse and Momentum of a crate

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Electric potential, current question

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How Do Forces F1 and F2 Affect the Speed of a Slider Block?

  • jjiimmyy101
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Why Does the Image in a Convex Mirror Appear Smaller?

  • rossi02
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Can a Trailer Fit Under a Parabolic Arch Bridge?

  • mustang
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Moments and equilibrium homework

  • Adam@Home
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How Does Conservation of Momentum Apply in a Three-Part Explosion?

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What is the Maximum Distance a Boy Can Walk on a Beam Before it Tips?

  • lollypop
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Understanding the Charge Distribution in a Coaxial Cylinder System

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Modeling conservation of charge

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Real Roots and Answers to Math Problems: Get Help Here!

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Modeling conservation of charge

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What Happens to the I-V Graph When Voltage Polarity Is Reversed?

  • AngelofMusic
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How Is Work Calculated with a Variable Force?

  • cristina
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Solve Fourier Transform Problem: f(t)=e^(-t^2/a^2)

  • RyanA1084
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Construct a 25 ohm resistance from a boz

  • cseet
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How Does a Toroidal Inductor Affect Velocity in a Motional EMF Setup?

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Calculating Frequency of Sound Wave in Water

  • jazzchan
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Why Are Gravitational and Centripetal Forces Equal in Moon's Orbit?

  • dura
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Help with a few questions please

  • EIRE2003
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Calculating Volume of Revolution: y=x-x^3 from 0 to 1 about the y-axis

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ANOTHER static coefficient question

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Where is the Center of Gravity for a System of Attached Balls?

  • lollypop
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Solving a System of Equations: What Gives?

  • discoverer02
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Integration sines and cosines question

  • ilikephysics
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Conservation of Energy Supp. 2

  • cristina
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Find the work done on the block by the spring

  • cristina
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Potential Energy function problem

  • cristina
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Optimal Rear-View Mirror Width Calculation for Improved Car Safety

  • mustang
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Choose the Right Physics Toy for Your Assignment: Tips from Miyu

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Supplementary Prob 1 Conservation of Energy.

  • cristina
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