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Finding reactions at C and D using a 2 force system

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Vector components with i-hat and j-hat in collision problems

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What Is the Work Required to Accelerate a Proton from 0.5c to 0.7c?

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What is the thrust of the engine?

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Thermal energy of floor, bullet stopping in wall, Niagara Falls

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Electricity Circles question that's killing me

  • Dragons Master
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Why does F=BIL sin θ find the component perpendicular to B?

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What is back EMF in a motor?

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True/false statements about battery and resistor circuits

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Projectile speed at the top of trajectory

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Calculating Charge of Insulating Balls

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In how many ways to answer a true-false test with 6 questions

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Find the Volume of xº Plane with 10kg and 15kg Masses

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How Do You Solve These Calculus Differentiation Problems?

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What is the magnitude of the total momentum

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Are Kinetic and Potential Energies Equal in Simple Harmonic Motion?

  • mindcircus
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Why Do Astronauts Experience Weightlessness?

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Egg drop: no parachutes or padding

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How to Solve a Geometry Problem?

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Program for writing equations / expressions

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Finding angular momentum when only mv is known

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How Does a Silicon Thermistor Measure a Child's Temperature?

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Find Appropriate Angle for Forces in Free Body Diagrams

  • jjiimmyy101
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Solving the Problem of Converging Lenses' Focal Point

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How is this related to entropy?

  • jlmac2001
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Energy burned climbing 1600 stairs and equivalent walking time

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Charge on a mass by removing electrons

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Moment of inertia of a rod about its center and end

  • jlmac2001
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Finding The Volume Of Solid Using Triple Integrals

  • wubie
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Is this a center of mass question?

  • jlmac2001
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Can You Explain How Heat Engines Work?

  • UrbanXrisis
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Solving for Time and Distance in Two Cars Traveling at Different Speeds

  • xyxaprilxyx
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Deriving Potential Energy from a Force Law

  • AngelofMusic
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Calculating Velocity and Time for Vertically Thrown Stones

  • Cummings
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Proving det(AB) = det(A)det(B) for 2×2 matrices

  • ilikephysics
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Solving Paul Tipler's Challenging Physics Problem

  • franz32
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Determine the change in internal energy of boiling water

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Calculating Current in Parallel DC Circuit - Solving for I3

  • TheMadCapBeta
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Which weight will upset this table

  • Scott55
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Can You Solve This Equation? A Collection of Math Jokes and Sayings

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Radio transmitter and railway track distance formula

  • Astronomer107
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How to Determine Transformation Parameters for Triangles in Geometry?

  • Johnny Leong
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How Do You Calculate Potential Energy and Work in Physics Problems?

  • nemzy
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Triple Integrals Over General Regions

  • wubie
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Double-pendulum struck by bullet: finding maximum swing angle

  • Lomion
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Why is the electric field zero to the right of two parallel, charged plates?

  • SparkimusPrime
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How is the net charge distributed on the inner surface of the outer sphere?

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Calculating Final Velocity of a Car Over a Ramp

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Average value of a function formula

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Dielectric constant for a plastic kitchen bag?

  • AngelofMusic
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How do I solve the integral of ln(x+2) using integration by parts?

  • JanusII
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How do I perform the integral of sec^2(3x) tan^5(3x)?

  • tandoorichicken
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Scale model submarine length in inches or feet

  • Dagenais
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Note: the two proofs are not the same!

  • franz32
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Air-filled parallel-plate capacitor question

  • Aerospace
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What is the magnitue of the average Force from the wall stopping it?

  • nemzy
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A simple conversion question that im getting wrong

  • nemzy
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Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Problems with Work, Y'Know?

  • holly
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How Do Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power Interact in Physics Problems?

  • nemzy
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Car, Coffee, and static friction

  • KingNothing
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Finding Imaginary Numbers with Cosine of 3

  • Zurtex
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Understanding Moment of Inertia for a Box: Calculations and Examples

  • ilikephysics
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Understanding Charge and Current in a Series of Questions

  • Spectre32
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How Does the Divergence Theorem Apply to a Vector Field on a Unit Sphere?

  • jlmac2001
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How Do You Calculate the Range of a Ball Thrown from a Hot Air Balloon?

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How Does Acoustic Radiation Pressure Exert Force on Objects?

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Acceleration on an Incline: Calculating Net Acceleration and Final Speed

  • RingWraith2086
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Really easy thing but i'm getting something wrong

  • tgoot84
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Debye Potential and Jupiter encounter

  • student1938
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What is the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction for an Inclined Object?

  • RingWraith2086
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Change in potential and kinetic energy for F=(-Ax+Bx²)i

  • Xamfy19
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A solid ball - kinetic energy and angular speed

  • HandcuffedKitty
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Easy problem but i'm getting something wrong

  • tgoot84
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Solving Momentum vs Energy Problem: Distance of Clay Parts

  • derfrok
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Proving Triangle AEF = Triangle FBD: A Puzzling Problem

  • ruud
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Finding distance and velocity with kinematics formulas

  • Security
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What is the correct answer to the electric strength problem?

  • NINHARDCOREFAN
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How Do You Convert Watts into Kilowatt Hours?

  • solaron
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Delta function integral and deriving Coulomb's law from Gauss's law

  • jlmac2001
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How Do Newton's Laws Apply to a Frictionless Pulley System?

  • Swigs
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Direction of friction between two blocks connected by pulleys

  • AngelofMusic
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Converting galvanometer to ammeter with available shunt

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Saturn V thrust and momentum of sand in railway truck

  • Auron87
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What does it mean to find a formula as a function of temperature

  • jlmac2001
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Entropy change as ice melts from 0°C to 25°C

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How Does Changing Plate Separation Affect Energy Stored in a Capacitor?

  • eku_girl83
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Calculating Inductance of a Tightly Wound Solenoid

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What are some ideas for building a car powered by Newton's third law?

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Graphing the derivative of a graph

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Damped mass-spring oscillation: is the differential equation correct?

  • formulajoe
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Physics Problem: Drawing Vector Diagrams

  • BobbieN
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What Are the Latest Innovations in Superglue Materials?

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Why isn't the force 1N times the gravitational constant?

  • holly
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