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Saturn V thrust and momentum of sand in railway truck

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

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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?

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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?

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Physics Problem: Drawing Vector Diagrams

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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?

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Initial conditions for normal modes of gas in a tube

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Completing the square with a coefficient on x²

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Calculating Resistance of Aluminum Cylinder

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Work done by a rope pulling a cart at 28.5°

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Is the force field central for a spiral orbit r = aθ³?

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Graphing the derivative of a function with a cusp

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Finding the integrating factor for (1-xy)y' + y² + 3xy³

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Rearranging a differential equation solution from implicit to explicit form

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Find the solid angle subtended at the orgin

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Is the Triangular Lamina Stable When Suspended from Point C?

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How Far Does a Bus Travel After Accelerating and Decelerating?

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What is the angle of the electric field near a charged rod and two balloons?

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Is the Orbital Energy of a Comet Elliptic, Parabolic, or Hyperbolic?

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Calculating induced emf and transformer turns ratios

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Calculating Forces on Boy Sledging Down Slope

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Finding the Polar Equation of a Circular Orbit in a Central Force Field

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Air Resistance: Solve Your Questions Here

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Tension Pull problem w/friction

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How far does a projectile travel in a given time?

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Solve a Simple Kinematic Question: Space Shuttle Landing Acceleration

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Finding the Speed of a Point on a Rotating Grinding Wheel

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How do I integrate arcsin x by parts?

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Calculating Cutoff Frequency with Oscilloscope and Coaxial Cable

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Solving Standing Waves/Nodes: 230 Hz, Harmonic Order, Fundamental Freq

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Electric Field w/ Continuous Charge Dist.

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Constant acceleration with initial and final position and velocity

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How can I solve equations without graphing?

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Finite Rotations: Prove D^(1/2)[R]

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Why Is It Hard to Find Images of Mobius Syndrome Online?

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Finding charge Q2 when electric field is zero at point P

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Calculating Work Done by a Spring with Initial Compression

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Moment of inertia of a rectangle and disk

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Magnitude of acceleration of electron in electric field

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What Distinguishes Internal Forces from External Forces?

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Finding Values for Theta in Vertical Plane Rotation Problem

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Electricity, Conducting Plates and Magnetic Fields

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Air kinetic energy and Vrms of N2 and O2 at 293K

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Inductors i think it'll make an harmonic type of move

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How to Find Vector Magnetic Potential A from Magnetic Flux Density B?

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Ice thickness in a pond with temperature gradient

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Diagram & Calculations for Pulley System with Masses 8kg, 2kg, and 4kg

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Are My Physics Problem Answers Correct?

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Can't solve any kinematics or forces problems on my own?

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How Is Magnetic Field Generated by a Stream of Protons?

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Can I show my solution? Linear Algebra

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Solving the Group O(n) Generator Problem

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Checking 7 rotational motion homework answers

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Different colored light on solar panels?

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Acceleration Questions: Answers to Solve Equations

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How Do Sound Waves Measure Water Depth in Physics Coursework?

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First-year physics formulas and when to use them

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Ferry Velocity and Passenger Motion: Solving for Direction and Magnitude

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Calculate the magnitude of the tension force in the rope

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Finding the Angle of Release for a Pellet on Top of a Cylinder

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What is the equivalent resistance when diagonal resistors are present?

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Find the vertical component and friction

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Calculating Minimum Speed for a Bicycle Jump Across a Creek

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Kinetic Energy and Work and Power

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Work done by stretched hose on balloon when released

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High Voltage line with a resistance problem

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What is the magnetic field produced 2.0 m from a stream of 10 E9 protons/second?

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Acceleration, speed, distance problem

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How Do You Calculate Time and Speed in These Physics Problems?

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Truck collision with spring bumpers: momentum and energy

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Triple integral of div F over a sphere: volume or surface integral?

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How Do Oceans Function as Buffers?

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How Do You Apply the kT>>hw Approximation in Van der Waals Interactions?

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Proving Transitivity of Sets with No Foundation

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Forces, Torques, and Acceleration

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My Physics Teacher didn't tell me how to do this

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UBC Physics Olympics: The Descrambler Event

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Total charge and max current for a 250Ah car battery

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Calculating the Threshold Mass for Static Friction in a String System

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Circuit with a capacitor problem

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How do I solve for coefficient of friction?

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Lorentz force and magnetic force on current-carrying wire

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Solving Kinetic Friction: Min Force Needed to Prevent Sliding

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How do I find electric force on a charge without its coordinates?

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Can I Calculate the Momentum of Two Colliding Cars?

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Difference between mass, force, newtons, slugs and gravity in pounds and kilograms

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Fundamental Wavelength of Vibration of Steel Wire 1m Apart

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How Does Changing a Gaussian Surface's Shape Affect Net Flux?

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Surface charge density of spherical conductor with given potential

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Football Punter's Force: 0.55kg at 8m/s in .25s

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Possible arrangements for a deck of 52 playing cards?

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