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Designing a Fission Reactor for Long-Term Operation

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Help with Musical Acoustics Final: Sample Test Questions

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Finding pressure in vertical tube section using Bernoulli's equation

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Finding Perpendicular Vectors with Sum [6,8]

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Solving Electrostatics Question: Third Charge Placement for Zero Net Force"

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Launching projectile from north pole to equator

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Math Practice: Periodic Functions

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Solving Electron Problem 14: Find Electric Force (N)

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Net electric field at y=2.1m from two point charges on x-axis

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Springs, Pendulums and Centrifical Force

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What is the electric field strength

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What Is the Area of the Largest Rectangle Inscribed in a Semicircle?

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Mass of charged object floating in vertical electric field

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Negating a statement with quantifiers and conditionals

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AS Model Answers (Section C). OCR Board.

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What's the Trick Behind This Chocolate Brain Teaser?

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Power dissipated in RLC circuit

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What are some practice problems for final review in physics?

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What Went Wrong with My Calculation for Problem 14?

  • mustang
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How Do Wolverine's Superpowers Relate to Physics?

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Calculating gravity in rotating frame(ECR)

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Using Kinematic Equation w/ Constant Velocity: Solving Time of Fall

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Understanding Electric Fields between Charges

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Pulley with cylinder and distance

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What is the focal length of the converging lens?

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Calculating Velocity of 6000 lb Truck Around 650 ft Curve

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How Long to Fall from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

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Relative Maximum of x + k/x at x=-2

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How is the Length of an Elliptical Curve Calculated?

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Solving the Pendulum Problem: Mass, Speed, Frequency and Trajectory

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How do you find an antiderivative for f(x)=0 with F(0)=3?

  • tandoorichicken
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Committee combination math problem

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Where Can I Get Online Tutorials?

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A potential V(r) = -k/r^4 A very superficial analysis

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Heat Transfer in Radiators: HOW DOES IT WORK?

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Mechanics difficulties - acceleration

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Mysterious Planet: Approximating its Density

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Length of Latus Rectum in Ellipses: A Geometric Proof

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Solving the Integral: $\int \sin^2 x \cos x \,dx$

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Who were notable figures and vessels during the Civil War?

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Ice melting in hot soup and finding metal specific heat capacity

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What is string theory and how do vibrating strings relate to particles?

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Ideal gas and final temperature

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Calculate Tension in Cable, Force Exerted on Pole

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Kinetic energy changes in collisions

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Who is responsible for a quarter of the world's population being killed?

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Rotation problems for physics final review

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Calculating Horizontal Force Needed to Pull Wheel

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Calculating Energy Requirements for Changing Satellite Orbits

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What is the minimum angle at which the ladder will not slip?

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What is the acceleration of the bowling ball in a subway car?

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What Factors Affect the Rate of Heat Loss?

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Measuring the wavelength of light using diffraction

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Car on flat track Rotation problem?

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Solve Rotational Motion w/ Pulley & Cylinder: Acceleration Calculation

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What are the first and second derivatives of the function

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Wave Pulse Travel Time on 24m Nylon Rope

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How Do You Calculate Distance Traveled and Minimum Stopping Acceleration?

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How Do Radiation and Evaporation Affect Newton's Law of Cooling?

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Cylinder fitted with piston and spring im lost

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Fe3+ concentration in galvanic cell with Pt cathode and Cu anode

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Calculating Tension in a Deflected Rope: A Simple Physics Problem

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Electric, Magnetic, and Gravitational Fields

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration in a Dual Pulley System?

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Find the final speed of an electron

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Verifying Answers to a Problem Using Attached Figure

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How Does Redesigning a Rollercoaster with a Spring Affect Physics Calculations?

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Equations of Planes: Solve xz-intersection Line

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Fundamental Counting Principle problem

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Force of friction in circular motion

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How difficult is it to produce plutonium from U-238?

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Spring Mass System Approximations questions

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Calculating Vertical Components in Ski-Jump Slopes

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Finding wavelength of neutrons in double slit experiment

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Solving Momentum Problem w/ Friction: Find Bullet Speed

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Formula for calculating band pass filters

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Santa sliding down a roof and colliding with an elf

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Calculating Acceleration of a Solar Sail at a Distance from the Sun

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Diffraction lens diameter Problem

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Electron orbital speed in hydrogen atom model

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Classical mechanics and specific relativity

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What is the charge needed to suspend an oil drop in an electric field?

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How should you stack the blocks to achieve the maximum protrusion?

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Physics Work and Energy problem

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Work and energy bicycle question

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How Does Spring Force Affect Particle Movement on a Frictionless Surface?

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Force on particle attached to two springs pulled perpendicular

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Weight on a Planet with Twice the Mass and Three Times the Radius

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Solving a Raft Submersion Problem - Edge Needs a Second Opinion

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How Do Gliders Behave in an Elastic Collision?

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Converting polar angle arctan(4√3/−4) to degrees

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Rocket fuel consumption to reach 348 m/s with 807 m/s exhaust

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Car that travels 8-12 meters and stops automatically for physics project

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