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What's the relationship between T = r X F and T = I(alpha)?

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Integration of Parts Calculus help

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Find Initial Acceleration of Rod's Center of Mass with Newton's 2nd Law

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Burning wood with magnifying glass

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Are We Heavier at Midnight Due to the Sun's Gravity?

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How Does Compound Interest Affect Birthday Savings Over 20 Years?

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Is there an exact solution for (7-x)ln(x)?

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A long straight wire carries a (+) current of two amps in a direction

  • athenaroa
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Water slide energy dissipation problem

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Gravitational Field Strength of Sun vs Moon at Earth

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Probability mutual exclusive homework problem

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How would I calculate the g's felt?

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Impedance of circuit with capacitor

  • athenaroa
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Solving Conceptual Issues of a Square Wire Loop Problem

  • AshleyF708
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Calculating Torque for a Horizontal Rod with a Hanging Weight

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What is a Streamlined Design Engine and How Does it Improve Fuel Economy?

  • delta_mu
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How Can You Move Ten Feet Without Motors, Wheels, or Human Propulsion?

  • micron
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Can a Nuclear Reactor Produce More Energy than it Consumes?

  • delta_mu
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Investigating a Rolling Ball-Bearing

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Factors affecting cellphone signals

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Why Does a Gyroscope's Spin Axis Maintain Its Direction?

  • powerball
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Tangential/radial/total acceleration & angle

  • Klion
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Calling All Angels: Questions on Gold, Buoyancy & More

  • holly
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What is an extension in a statics problem?

  • philipc
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Silly question about redshift, relativity

  • billy_boy_999
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Calculating Length of Parametric Curves

  • sonya
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How much mass can a brass spring hold without becoming permanently bent?

  • psruler
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Calculating Automobile Crankshaft Torque for Beginners

  • NanoTech
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Questions on Internal Energy and Specific Heat Capacities

  • Auron87
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What Are the Key Factors Influencing Shallow Water Wave Velocity?

  • deimos
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Strange radioactivity question. fast

  • EasyStyle4747
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Transformer engineering problem

  • neraketam
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Calculating Shunt Resistor for Galvanometer to Ammeter Conversion

  • Magna1
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Does Scale Affect the Angular Velocity of Ferris Wheels?

  • celect
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Momentum and energy disagreement

  • ShawnD
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Line Integrals: Evaluating with Respect to Arc Length

  • wubie
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Forces involved in spring-pulley system

  • Luminous Blob
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Solving Transfer Matrix for Total Internal Reflection

  • Norman
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Electrical Energy and Capacitance

  • ScoutFCM
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Solving Two Charge Problems - Coulombs and Electrons

  • Skipperchrldr
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KsP calculations with solubility values

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Integration of rational functions

  • Kuja
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Is Electrostatic Potential Zero When Electric Field Is Zero?

  • burak_ilhan
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Electricity and Magnetism problem

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What's Wrong with My SHM Calculations?

  • nonzee
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Calculating moment of inertia for a uniform rod of mass

  • Luminous Blob
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How Can I Better Understand Physics Waves for 9th Grade?

  • killjoy
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Solve 37 x 0.785 w/ Logarithms (Base 10, e & 5)

  • chemical
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Are My Buoyancy Questions Really That Confusing?

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Equal sign with a triagle above it?

  • frankR
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How Does Charge Distribution Affect Electric Field in Nested Spheres?

  • frznfire219
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Magnetic Force on segment of wire

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A question about university level physics and math.

  • AJ
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Net Force on a Charge at a Given Point from Two Other Charges

  • steve92595
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Charged particles in magnetic field

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Electrical Potential Energy Problem

  • Embermage
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Deriving Wien's Displacement Law from Planck's Law

  • gnome
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Calculating Minimum Stopping Distance for a Car on a 15 Degree Incline

  • cristina
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How Does Current Direction Affect Magnetic Force Between Parallel Wires?

  • eku_girl83
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Bathroom scale on one of the Earth's poles

  • psruler
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What is the acceleration of the block?

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Explain the difference of hyodrogen ions

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What Is the Radius of a Banked Turn in Airplane Flight?

  • cristina
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Electric Potential and Forces in Spherical Raindrop Interactions

  • broegger
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How do changes in charge and distance affect the force in Coulomb's Law?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Is the Calculated Density of the Steel Ball Correct?

  • Cummings
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Coulomb's Law: Examining Forces and Charges

  • UrbanXrisis
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How Do You Calculate the Number of Coulombs in a Glass of Water?

  • LTech221
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Understanding the Missing Stages in Simplifying Expressions

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Solving Resistivity Equations: Step-by-Step Guide

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Find the Solve the Problem with Force!

  • cool2think
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How Do Magnetic Forces Affect Parallel Current-Carrying Wires?

  • eku_girl83
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Determining Resultant of Concurrent Forces: Law of Cosines

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Formula for centripetal acceleration

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Is the Moon's linear momentum p constant?

  • Oripmav
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Conservation of energy problem.

  • PhysicsPhun
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Two gravitational force questions

  • psruler
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A Spring in a Conservation of Energy Problem?

  • PhysicsPhun
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Jerk of the point of contact of a ball rolling on a flat surface

  • kuba
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J j thomson's previous experiment

  • gnome
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How Is Average Velocity Half of Final Velocity in Constant Acceleration?

  • xxpsychoxx
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Enthelp of a neutralization reaction

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Help Solve Induction Trouble Problem

  • AshleyF708
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What is the Correct Formula for Calculating Speed in a Basic Generator?

  • mrbling
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How Does Changing Gas Quantity and Temperature Affect Pressure?

  • Alethia
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Prove: An, En, On --> L iff An --> L

  • stunner5000pt
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Is There a Surjective Function from Z+ to Z?

  • phoenixy
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Solve Gas Law Problems: Volumes, Pressures, & Temperatures

  • DoctorReynaldo
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I in applying Netwon's law of inertia

  • delta_mu
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How Do Birds Control Their Falling Speed and Cars Stop Quickly?

  • Big Rudy
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Cannon Recoil Speed: Solve the Doubt

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How Strong is the Electric Field Between Two Charged Plates?

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Pendulum with Water-Filled Sphere: Does it Change the Period?

  • Physicsisfun2005
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Electric field problems literally

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