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What is the Net Force on a Rock Thrown Vertically Into the Air?

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Why Does a Skydiver's Acceleration Differ from Calculations?

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M1 Mechanics Help: Solve "P" Hitting Floor After String Breaks

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Calculating the Distance a Box Moves on a Moving Belt Without Slipping

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Tension of Ropes Supporting a 50kg Box

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Solving Heat & Temperature Problems: Q&A

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Impulse of bungee jumper slowing down

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Solve X Equation for Sum of Forces in X/Y Direction

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Calculating Electric Field of a Solid Sphere with Uniform Charge Density

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Prove to my teacher that i know how to use physics forums

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Calc Question: Find Side Length of Cut Squares for 1575 cm^3 Box

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Direct Current Circuits and Kirchoff's rules

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How Do Tangent Lines Relate to Calculus Problems?

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Forces in a Frictionless System?

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Can Capacitors Be Combined to Fix a Stereo Amplifier's Power Supply?

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Calc Change in Internal Energy of Boiled Water

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Why must equipotential surfaces be perpendicular to electric field lines?

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How Is Acceleration Calculated with Force and Friction Involved?

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Integrate 1/(x^1/3 + x^1/4): Can Anyone Help?

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What Intensity Is Needed for a 194 dB Sound Level?

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Basic Homework Help: Solving Problems with Compressed Air and Diffusion

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Car Launching Project: Ideas for 2kg Weight & No Motors

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Reverification of an answer Doc Al

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How much has the cable stretched?

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Batteries and Charging Capacity

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Solve Lorentz Eq for Charged Particle Motion in EM Field

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Stone is dropped from the top of a cliff

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Coupled Forced Oscillators- Small Question-

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Solving for \alpha^4 + \beta^4 & Finding Area of Rectangle

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Which Direction Will the Cup Slide on a Dashboard During a Turn?

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How Do You Solve Collision Equations for Final Velocities?

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Calculate for each field the work done in moving a particle

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Calculating Volume and Mass of Iron Block Using Equal-Arm Balance | Scales

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Archimedes principle and wooden block

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Find the angle that the total acceleration of the car makes

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Clausius-Clapeyron Equation, and Cubic Unit Cells

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Calculating Centripetal Acceleration & Tension in Circular Motion

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Proof of Triangle KLM: PL=PK=PM & LKM = 90°

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Making Telescopes: Simple Resources for Beginners

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Solve Wood Block Collision: 5.5g Bullet, 22.6g Wood, 1.5m Post

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Grade 12 HWK Help: Acceleration of Car A

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Calculating Efficiency of a Heat Engine: Converting Celsius to Kelvin

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What is the temperature change of blood?

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Solve a Physics Homework Question: Movement of Mass M

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Calculating Tension in a Stretched Rope: A Harmonic Wave Example

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Help with quick integration problem

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Electric Field Required to Accelerate Electrons in Television Tube

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Why Does Work Done by Lightning Bolts Have Different Signs?

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Where Can I Find Helpful Resources for Understanding Electricity?

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Calculating Induced EMF in a Changing Magnetic Field

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Question about Conducting Sphere

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Find All Solutions of the Congruence

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What work was done by the electric force on particle?

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Solving Two Physics Problems: Force and Kinetic Friction

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How Do You Calculate the Sinking Depth of Wood in Water?

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What is the equation for calculating change in momentum in physics?

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How Do I Solve These Physics Vector Problems?

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Calculating Electric Field Strength from Kinetic Energy and Displacement

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Find the initial speed of the bullet

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Electric Fields, Insulators, Conductors

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Calculating Electrons for 4.00nC Negative Charge

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Conceptual question over pendulum

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Capacitors connected in parallel

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Solving Vector A & Surface S Integral: Help Appreciated!

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Probably an easy problem but i'm having trouble- gravity

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Constant force exerted on the ball by the wall?

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Plumb a Tree w/240 N Force: Find & Fix Incorrect Answer

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Can Polynomials Satisfy the Equation xf''(x) - f'(x) = g(x)?

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Solving Mechanics Question: Motorcycle + Rider Masses & Reactions

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Momentum of 0.150kg Baseball Thrown at 35m/s

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Why is it hard to walk without bending your knees?

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On proving Linearly independence

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Which function should be used when dealing with two curves in an integral?

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How Do Elevator Accelerations Affect Weight Measurements?

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Problem with current and parallel resistors.

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Solving Archimedes' Problem: Is the Crown Gold?

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Speed of Water Emerging from Large Tank: [itex] \sqrt{2gh} [/tex]

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What Are the Correct Answers to These Basic Chemistry Practice Questions?

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What is the conservation of momentum?

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What is the speed of the second ball after the collision?

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Billiard balls in headon collision with one at rest

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Initial Speed of 5.5g Bullet Fired into 22.6g Wood Block

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Calculate Absolute Pressure with Pump, Height, Density

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Youngs Modulus and Elastic Modulus

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Navigating Physics 101: What to Expect in a University Course

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Potential difference and ohms law

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Solving Kinematics Problems: Ball, Object and Particle

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