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Farday's law in two conducting loops

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Electrons in a Moving Wire: The Lorentz Force

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Choosing resistor and capacitor for 100 kHz low pass filter cutoff

  • blair321
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Collisions problem (How should I approach it)

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Not sure how to get started on on prob

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Law of Conservation of Energy of a skier

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Four charged particles at the corners of a square

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Does seesaw weight matter for balancing problems?

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How to Calculate and Measure Electrical Forces: Point Charges Problem 22

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How Is Kinetic Energy Distributed in a Rolling Sphere?

  • Hindi
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Calculate the entropy of this system in equilibrium

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Calculate Speed at Top of Roller Coaster 2nd Hill (5.5m)

  • cowgiljl
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How Do I Find the 4th Roots of a Complex Number?

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Pendulum investigation with a stop

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Scatch space mod prob. is need a formula and answer check

  • cowgiljl
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Power from a 30m waterfall and lighting bulbs from it

  • cowgiljl
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Spring scale readings and force problems with work energy

  • physicszman
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Instructor confusing mass and weight in physical science course

  • nautica
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Finding components of two forces given magnitude and direction

  • cowgiljl
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Two problems on Coulomb's law with conducting spheres and point charges

  • mustang
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What formulas should I study for College Physics I?

  • nautica
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Calculate Speed and Time to Revolve Around the Moon

  • cowgiljl
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Conservation of Momentum in a Billiard Ball Collision

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Work Done on 5.8kg Particle in 4.4 seconds

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Is This Calculation of Post-Collision Speed Correct?

  • bard
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How Does the Elevator's Velocity Affect a Dropped Ball's Motion?

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Electromagnetic power radiation

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Electromagnetic waves in a vacuum

  • scariari
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RL Circuit with Two Loops: Solving for Current and Switch Equation

  • discoverer02
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Power of laser beam pushing spaceship with reflecting mirror

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What Happens When Photons Interact with Hydrogen Atoms?

  • jezse
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One more Universal Gravitation

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Calculating Work Needed to Stop a 1000kg Car at 100km/h

  • dzem68
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What is the area between the curve y=\sqrt{1-x} and the coordinate axes?

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Determining Speed at Points A, B, and C

  • roy5995
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Solving Integrals with Semicircles: Proving $\frac{1}{2}\pi a^2$

  • tandoorichicken
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If h(x) = -h(-x), what is the integral from -a to a?

  • tandoorichicken
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How Do You Structure a Paraboloid as a Smooth Manifold?

  • franznietzsche
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Universal Gravitation and X-ray pulses

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What force will be needed to start the sled moving?

  • badboyben03
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Calculating Volume of Weather Balloon to Lift 4220kg Package

  • Corky
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Does Calculating Block Speed Involve Integration?

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Calculating Work for a 300kg Object on an Incline

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Solve 57kg Sled Weight w/ Friction Coefficients

  • badboyben03
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Circular Motion and coefficient of static friction

  • kbrowne29
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How Do Phase Differences and Velocity Relate in Wave Propagation?

  • timtng
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What Formulas Should I Use for These Challenging Physics Problems?

  • stumillardkm
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What impulse is needed to change the speed of a 16 kg object

  • Dil
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Standing Wave Problem, What is the mass of the string?

  • timtng
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How Fast Does Sound Travel Compared to Lightning?

  • timtng
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Sound intensity and ocean microphone

  • Corky
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Cue ball struck at height H to prevent sliding

  • zekester
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Snell's law of refraction problem

  • rockind78
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Solving an Intricate Integral: \int 6t(1-2t^2)^{-1/2} dt

  • tandoorichicken
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Newton's law of cooling and factors affecting cooling rate

  • franz32
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Unwinding a string around a spool, what is the angular acceleration?

  • mustang
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How do I approach electromagnetics problems better?

  • Wxpunk
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Calculating Speed of 2kg Block After Falling 2.5m

  • zekester
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Calculating Work & Forces: A Toboggan Problem Solved in 2 Hours

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Force exerted on hand during karate strike

  • badboyben03
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Give Feedback on Jeremiah Hendricks' Quantum Physics Research

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Proving triangle ACB is congruent to triangle ADB

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Fridge on truckutter frustration

  • Rockdog
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Electric field from two point charges in a line

  • marshall4
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Solving the \int x\sqrt[3]{x-1}\,dx Integration Problem

  • tandoorichicken
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Solving the Bowling Ball Problem: Find Final Speed

  • zekester
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One more question(hopefully) before exam

  • moooocow
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How Can You Prove This Hyperbolic Function Identity?

  • bard
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Solving Fourier Integral for Random Variable Sum

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Question on adiabatic expansion

  • tristan_fc
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Photo electric effect relate to determining the charge of an electron?

  • Kristine
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Understanding of rotational motion

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Does the Function Delta Have Infinite Order in Rigid Motions?

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Geometry and Discrete Mathematics (Matrix)

  • Cyto
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What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?

  • badboyben03
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Do Bowling Balls and Cue Balls Roll at the Same Speed Down an Incline?

  • formulajoe
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Center of mass particle problem

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How Is Work Calculated for a Falling Raindrop?

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Spring struck by hammer: period, frequency, amplitude, and energy

  • bard
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Solving the Bowling Ball Problem: Find the Final Speed

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Pressure, density, and hydraulic problems with diamonds and divers

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Doppler shift, orbital weightlessness, and de Broglie wavelength

  • suzy
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Surviving Finals Week: My Experience with Physics and Organic Chem

  • nautica
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Calculating Resistance in a Cylindrical Aluminum Block

  • eee
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What do those envelopes mean next to the thread subject?

  • Security
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Integrate sec^2x tan^4x: Tan^5(x)/5

  • bard
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Torque on a diving board with person 3.0m from support

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Finding frequency, period and velocity from displacement equation

  • bard
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Find the acceleration of the elevator.

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Solving a Square Root Differential Equation with Positive x and y Values

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Millikan's oil drop experiment and electron charge

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Calculate the Lift Force of a 4655-kg Helicopter

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Fuel used accelerating a truck from 30 to 60 mph

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Calculating Induced EMF in a Moving Square Loop

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How Do You Calculate Relative Velocity and Meeting Points for Two Cyclists?

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