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Find height of tree from shadow silhouette

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How high does a projectile go when fired upward at 58.8 m/s for 1.5 seconds?

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Stabilizing the Leaves of an Electroscope

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Statics lever and valve question

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Gravitational potential energy of planet

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Ohm's Law: Meaning & Applications in Circuits

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How Much Ice Melts When a Hot Bullet Hits It?

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Physics fluids - buoyant principle help

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What is the Equation for Force of Friction?

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Evaluating Electric Field for the Coloumb Potential

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Solve Mass & Height of Hydraulic Lift w/ Car & Person

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Free Response: Skier moving down a slope

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Volume of a Semicircular Area? HELP

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Solving Gauss's Law Problem: Find Electric Field at Point

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Constant vector and cross product?

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Parametric Equation for Surface Area of Revolution

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Calculating Hydrostatic Force on Dam Plug

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What Happens to the Sand Bag When Andrew Climbs the Rope?

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Calculating Electric Field Components at a Point: A College Physics Problem

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Solving Electric Field Strength at Aircraft in Cloud: 1.03357e8 + 2.64009e9

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Neutral Balloon: Examining its Charge After Electron Removal

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Neutral Balloon: Charge After 19000 e- Removed?

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Can any one solve these for me ?

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Conservation of momentum on merry-go-round

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How Many Electrons & Charge in 2 Grams of Silver?

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Volume Ellipse: Find x,a,b Rotation X-Axis

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Plotting Gradients of Scalar Fields on the Plane

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Can someone helpme with this question

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I'm looking at this question:'If we assume as oscillation of form

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Calculating Power in a Circuit with Resistors - Exam Review Question

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Time at given speed in freefall

  • KingNothing
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What is the Electric Field Magnitude at a Charged Ball's Position?

  • Zypheron
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Find Magnitude of Force at Origin from 4 Charges

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Deriving an equation for the density of air

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Solve Exponential Growth Problem: US Population Doubling Time

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Merry Go Round Kid Jumps on find the work

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Need Major Help with Canal Lock Problem

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Exponential Decay: Solving with Radioactive Half-Lives

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Integrability of a step function

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Exam Review Questions: Work, Kinetic Energy, Acceleration, and Impulse

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Finding Maximum Range R for Jumping from Cliff: Mechanics Question

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How to Calculate the Speed of a Charge Without Knowing Its Mass?

  • KingJaymz
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Energy and a Frictional Incline

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What Does [N30.0'E] Indicate in Navigation Terms?

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How Do You Calculate the Resultant Force and Its Direction from Two Vectors?

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration of Multiple Connected Blocks?

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Calculating Resultant Force Magnitude and Direction Angle

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Fat hydrocarbon chains question

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Finding the Resultant of Vectors C & D

  • NanoTech
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Help with Cauchy-Schwartz Inequality proof.

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How Does Friction Affect the Acceleration of Stacked Blocks?

  • HW_unlimited
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Acceleration due to gravity

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Range of Tennis Ball Thrown from Ground: 15 m/s

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Calculating Distance and Acceleration in Circular Motion of Two Cyclists

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Calculating Magnetic Flux & EMF through a Conducting Loop

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Correct Solution to the Differential Equation?

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I'm confused about proving vector spaces

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Energy & Power: Understanding the Laws of Thermodynamics

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Are Electric and Magnetic Fields Always Perpendicular?

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Electrodynamics problem(Lenz' s Law)

  • student1938
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Junior seeking help for project.

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Solving Linear Systems: Hemlock & Blue Spruce Trees

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Why Do Closed Pipes Not Produce Even Numbered Harmonics?

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Wave interference from 2 point source

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Finding Cable Tension Components with Given Angles

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Model Rocket Launch: Acceleration and Maximum Height Calculations

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How Many Electrons in a High-Speed Beam at Stanford Linear Accelerator?

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Calculating the Wattage Usage of a 60-Watt Light Bulb in Three Hours

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AS Sensor Coursework Ideas: Spinning Disc and Phototransistor Setup

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How do I calculate the volume of a spherical slice using integration?

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Constructing a Vehicle Powered by a Rubber Band:

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Finding the Final Speed of a Golf Ball Projected at an Angle

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Deflection of an Electron and Capacitor problems

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Understanding Vector Quantities and Projections: Answers to Common Questions

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Solving for Net Force of Charge Q on Two Charges q1 & q2

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Momentum in different directions

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Physics racing velocity problem

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Trouble with Proof of Optimal Launch Angle

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The Gravitational Dance: Calculating Fred & Betty's KE

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Newton's Laws Questions: Understanding Deceleration and Resistance

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Downward acceleration greater than g

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Calculating Earth's Greenhouse Gas Absorption

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Solving E1jk & Proving |Torque|^2 w/o Summation

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Pressure Help: Calculating Force in a Multi-Tube System

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Permutations of n taken r at a time

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How Does a Boat's Velocity Change with Current Direction and Speed?

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Why Does D'Inverno Equate Lbarg in the Palatini Approach?

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How Do You Calculate the Original Volume of Gas After Pressure Change?

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Finding the Zero Net Electric Field Point for Two Point Charges on the x-axis

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How Does a Tape Measure Act as a Spring in a DIY Land Rover?

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Velocity Time graph question [i'm not getting anywhere]

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