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Can Tension in Circular Motion Be Equal for Both Ropes?

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Capacitor Network Homework: Find the Charge

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Harmonic Oscillator with Friction

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Is My Homework Solution Correct?

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Coefficient of kinetic friction?

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Statements Based on a Heat Exchanger

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Derive Formula for Velocity of Object Approaching Earth

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Rotating mass on a frictionless table pulling up an object.

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Magnetic field inside and outside of a magnetized cylinder

  • astrocytosis
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Waves questions from Cambridge physics paper 9702

  • Michael Marchenko
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Why does ray a correspond to red and ray b to violet in this dispersion diagram?

  • Augustine Duran
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Pushing spring from both sides - Find the spring constant

  • Pishard
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Conceptual question about frictional force and equilibrium

  • lichenguy
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AP Physics C: Karate Expert's Board Chop Calculation

  • CoreanJesus
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Rotational Mechanics: Find Height of Stick in N Turns

  • ARNAV SHARMA
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How do I calculate the normal force for equilibrium lab?

  • Noman Rasheed
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Superposition on longitudinal wave

  • Kai
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Rotating Bodies Around Origin: Analyzing Motion & Dynamics

  • Silviu
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Group Velocity of Non-Dispersive Wave Packet

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Projectile Motion Problem (Physics 12) -- Apple core thrown from a tree

  • fatcats
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Wheel rolling on a horizontal surface

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How to determine the force that stretches a rubber band

  • Sanev
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A problem on velocity that is bugging me :/

  • warhammer
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Which cylinder reaches the ground first?

  • Pushoam
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Material: semi - conductor or metal?

  • Pushoam
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Did i do this problem right? (Work by Spring and KE)

  • Lori
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Physics Of A Loop Using the Program "Tracker"

  • njdcat
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Calculating Torques on a Door with Hinges

  • darkduck
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Question about output voltages and impedances

  • Mohamed Abdul
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Energy Flow in Coaxial Cable with Linear Free Charge Density

  • GL_Black_Hole
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Wave equation for an elastic rod

  • thomas19981
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"From your data, is the bandgap of ZnSe direct or indirect?"

  • chrononaut 114
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Unsolved Circuit Question: Ammeter Reading and Potential Difference

  • Peter R
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Force and Power Required to Lift an Elevator Car

  • Lori
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Velocity of spheres after collision

  • Saitama
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Finding the Mass of a Meter Stick (Torque and Balance)

  • Katelyn
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Examine the following circuit. Now complete the table.

  • Sainvictus
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Gravity and Spring + KE problem

  • Lori
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How Do You Calculate the Forces in Support Braces at Different Angles?

  • John Muller
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What is the necessary correction factor for Rutherford scattering in 3D?

  • Taylor_1989
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Weight held by a beam and cable

  • EchoTheCat
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Current and power with transformers

  • Cocoleia
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Scuba Diver Sees Bird: Refraction Problem Explained

  • Irfan Nafi
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Another pulley problem (answer check)

  • Lori
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Uniform Circular Motion of Roller Coaster

  • Jdnotnice
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Calculating Drag Coefficient from Wind Tunnel Data

  • zehkari
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Kinetic Energy and Newton Forces - distance/speed

  • Lori
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Unhinged -- Static Equilibrium for a Door

  • ErCeTe
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Rate of Gravitational Force (Power)

  • Lori
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Slide generator/hookes law problem

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Pulley at an Angle Problem - Newton Forces

  • Lori
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Solving v^2/2=gs(sin(α)+cos(α)*k): Get k with Steps

  • CarrotWilliams
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Why is Theta 2 Independent in Solving for Theta 3 in a 4-Bar Mechanism?

  • EastWindBreaks
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Why Does My E/M Experiment Graph Have an Unexpected Y-Intercept?

  • Kamal98
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Thermal physics -- Latent heat melting ice

  • Cici2017
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How to find the torque for a spiral and bowl for dough mixer

  • Sampath cm
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How do I measure the "load" in a schematic?

  • Tasdel
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How to solve for the moment of inertia and angular acceleration?

  • tellas
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Freefall v Jetpack: Will He/She Stay Afloat or Crash?

  • Dhruvish
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Problem about an elastic collision between a rod and a ball at an angle

  • ubergewehr273
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Buoyancy: Cube of Iron - solved this correctly?

  • snowcrystal42
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The equation to find the frequency of a bouncing ball

  • Carlo Silanu
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Rotation of a hoop about an off-center axis

  • Chad Jensen
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Effect of Earth-Sun Distance Variance on Effective Temperature

  • il27
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Is this a typo? (Complex positions of input and output links)

  • EastWindBreaks
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Potential energy of a ball on top of a vertical rod

  • Vriska
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Time Dilation and Length Contraction Problem

  • ddobre
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Newton's Law Problem (Did i do this correctly?)

  • Lori
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Tension in Suspended Traffic Light Problem

  • Lori
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Is this a mistake on the answer key? (Newton's Laws)

  • Lori
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Cooking (Thermodynamics) Problems

  • Matt Poirier
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Kinetic Energy & Work Problem -- Tractor Pull Competition

  • Lori
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Neutron absorbed by a sheet of indium, % chance

  • richphys
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Expressing expectation values of a particle moving in a periodic potential

  • RJLiberator
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Effusing gas onto the interior of an evacuated sphere

  • Toby_phys
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Electric field due to semi-circular wire at a distance

  • Gijs
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Determine electrical power generated by changing B-field through a loop

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Ratio of electric field to applied magnetic field

  • Rijad Hadzic
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How Do You Calculate a Car's Average Velocity?

  • ariloz
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Zero momentum reference frame and an inelastic collision

  • Cutetys
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Suspending a Speaker: What is T in each cable

  • pemby
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Can someone quickly clarify the answer for this?

  • Lori
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Finding net force from acceleration, speed and distance

  • Lis277
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Noise Modelling - Digital communication systems

  • CMW328i
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Calculating Magnetic Field at Point P from a Short Current Element

  • mortymoose
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Tension in a String: Explaining P=T+25 N vs P+T=125

  • Lori
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Pulley Problem with External Force?

  • Lori
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Thermodynamics-adiabatic diffuser

  • yecko
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Using Kirchoff's Voltage Rule to find currents in a system

  • Rexx
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Using Newton's 2nd Law to find acceleration

  • PerpetuallyConfused
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Confusion about Bernoulli's Equation & Airplane Wing

  • snowcrystal42
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Conservation of Energy and Angular Momentum in Inverse Cube Force Problems

  • Spanky1996
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Blocks falling while attatched to pulley

  • Jamie_Pi
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Tension and Centripetal Force in Circular Motion

  • Lori
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When will the tension the same throughout a rope?

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Elastic collision heavy particle problem

  • Abu
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Kinetic energy of recoil atom in the photoelectric effect

  • thatguy145
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How Do Sign Conventions Affect Focal Length Calculations?

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