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Block-pulley system and kinetic energy

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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment: Determining Elementary Charge

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String with masses on either end being pulled from the center

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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

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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

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Average tension force acting on a simple pendulum

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Calculating Maximum Bending Moment and Radius of Curvature for a Round Beam

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Average velocity with changing acceleration from t=5 to t=11 s

  • Kennedy
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Finding Initial Temperature Entropy and Heat Exchange

  • Luke Strand
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Circular Motion - Hanging object swinging around

  • Alex126
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Torsion and stress on a beam question

  • Confusedbiomedeng
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The length of a pendulum that is equivalent to a rocking hemisphere

  • chriskh
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Object on rotating cone surface: finding rotation period

  • Alex126
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Movement of a Body on horizontal surface

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Show that v < 5.5. How can we prove that?

  • lioric
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Understanding Capacitor Voltage and Capacity in a Circuit

  • Eitan Levy
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Pressure of a piston cylinder device after heated

  • EastWindBreaks
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Mechanics - Hooke's law and energy conservation

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Normal Force on Car at Top of Rounded Hill

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Finding final pressure in heated piston-cylinder with saturated water

  • EastWindBreaks
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Tension force of block and rope

  • Wes Turner
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Find the current I in this electrical circuit

  • Helly123
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Do ideal gases move at the same speed?

  • Lori
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Finding a convergent subsequence of the given sequence

  • Maddiefayee
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Radial acceleration of car at Indianapolis 500 halfway through arc

  • y90x
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Is the Correct Option for Magnetic Field Homework Statement (d)?

  • Pushoam
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Find the tension force in each pair

  • Adris
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What does sat. stands for in thermodynamic?

  • EastWindBreaks
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(Rotational Motion) Calculating maximum velocity.

  • KANY3EUWEST
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Finding the angular velocity of a rotating rod

  • LuigiAM
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What are the speeds of two Jupiter sized planets when they collide?

  • AbigailG
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Gravitational problem, spacecraft orbital period

  • y90x
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Time to travel through Earth between surface points

  • Pushoam
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Which statements about semiconductor doping are correct?

  • songoku
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Work Done by Gravity - Positive or Negative

  • axer
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Something I don't understand about kirchhoff's laws

  • Eitan Levy
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Flux of a point charge through a circle

  • Pushoam
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Relation between chemical potential and S,V,T,P

  • Pushoam
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Why does a larger synchronous generator have a better rating

  • Cocoleia
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Angular momentum about a parallel axis O'

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Equilibrium of forces (angle of road so car will not skid)

  • LuigiAM
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Rod swinging and hitting a ball

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Violin string fingered at 1/3 length and out-of-phase speaker interference

  • snowcrystal42
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The angle and distance of a projection - Grade 11 physics

  • CAT 2
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Rate of Change of Magnetic Field in Square wire loop

  • CDreyer23
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Angle of Displacement of Rod Hit by Bullet in Time

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Cylinder rolling on fixed cylinder

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The amount of radioactive substance after 38 days

  • Pushoam
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Can Conservation of Energy Alone Solve Momentum Problems?

  • aa_o
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Refractive index of electron beam in potential step

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Why is surface area included in Q=mcΔT for solar heating?

  • axer
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Flux through an infinite plane due to a point charge

  • Pushoam
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Cylinder rolling on fixed cylinder without slipping

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Relation between E and B of em radiation

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Angular Acceleration Homework: 962 Revolutions in 10 Secs

  • Wes Turner
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Elec. flux through the top side of a cube with q at a corner

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Distance between train and its carriage

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Wavelength of em radiation of H - atom

  • Pushoam
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How does the conservation of electrostatic energy work?

  • Coderhk
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Change in entropy per mole for an isothermal process

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Calculating for a distance including vi, vf, time, and Ff

  • varoney
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How to find specific volume given temperature?

  • EastWindBreaks
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Newton's Rings and Thin Film Interference

  • Abu
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Finding Energy Levels in Infinite Wells: College Physics 2

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Speed at the top of the loop with energy loss from friction

  • miyayeah
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Finding the Minimum Thickness for Destructive Interference in Thin Films

  • Sofija Zdjelar
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Calculating Projectile Distance on Pluto

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Find an Expression for the Frequency - Pendulum

  • AbigailG
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Why Is My Calculation for the Time to Drop an Object Incorrect?

  • aa_o
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Calculating Potential Energy in a Rotary Mousetrap Spring System

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Semi-infinite slab of charges -- find E and charge density

  • allison west
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Change in temperature for a system with entropy change

  • MalcolmMck
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Conservation of energy/Angular momentum for elastic collison

  • Oliver Legote
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Rotational equilibrium problem (ladder against a wall)

  • LuigiAM
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What is the combined resistance here?

  • Eitan Levy
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What are the Individual Capacitor Charges and Voltage in a Circuit?

  • Shiba Tatsuya
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Maximum height of a spring toy launched at an angle

  • CAT 2
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How do I find the uncertainty in this specific scenario?

  • Hao2k
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Quantum Jump that produces an infrared line?

  • MarilizeLegajuanas
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Wire loop falling out of a magnetic field

  • TopherF
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Heat engines working over time

  • Matt Armstrong
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Velocity to land 1/4, 1/2, and around Earth

  • supernova88
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EM wave power density in lossy dielectric at 2.45 GHz

  • derek l
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Electric field of two conducting concentric spheres

  • MarcusNTran
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Is there work for object moving at a constant speed?

  • miyayeah
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Why Is the Calculated Wavelength Incorrect in This Hydrogen Atom Problem?

  • Suyash Singh
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When to use 1/2 mr² vs mr² for moment of inertia?

  • Zheng_
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Constant acceleration except time?

  • Lori
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Why is mgh equal to mgx in this conservation of energy problem?

  • Lori
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Specific Heat Problem, not getting the correct answer

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