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Elastic collision heavy particle problem

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Kinetic energy of recoil atom in the photoelectric effect

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How Do Sign Conventions Affect Focal Length Calculations?

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Breaking Distance of a Car Traveling on an Inclined Plane

  • Emma Hughes
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Angular momentum conservation point for impulse on a rod

  • ubergewehr273
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Specific heat capacity, Q = mcθ

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Find the period of radial oscillation through effective potentials

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About moving through the air and Newton´s 3rd law

  • Javier Mont
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What is the total displacement?

  • ilittlepotato
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Mass bouncing on spring after heavier mass removed

  • Abu
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Kinetic energy of a compound system (atwood machine)

  • Davyd Sadovskyy
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Finding the decrease in potential energy of atwood machine

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Starting height of marble rolling around a loop the loop

  • Jamie_Pi
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How to understand linear momentum?

  • Javier Mont
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Find the magnitude of the electromagnetic force on electron?

  • prokaryote
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Find the total electric charge in a spherical shell

  • Physics Dad
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Normal force for stacked objects in a moving elevator

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Intuition for why escape velocity doesn't depend on angle

  • RubinLicht
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Pressure caused by beam of molecular oxygen

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Calculating Forces and Torques in a Basic Equilibrium Problem

  • Matt Armstrong
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Collision Angle for Two Particles with Constant Velocity and Acceleration

  • Christoffelsymbol100
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Understanding Net Force Calculation in Physics Problem #93?

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Inelastic collision, determine ratio KEf/KEi

  • Anonymous123451234
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Transistor circuit: current in R1 when on, output voltage when off

  • Mohamed Abdul
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Elastic collision - Trigonometry equations

  • Dandi Froind
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How to find coefficient of friction *Without* mass?

  • APphysicsSenior
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How do you find the current going through a weird circuit?

  • giantf
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50 kg box with friction: finding acceleration after it starts sliding

  • APphysicsSenior
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How much power must a refrigerator draw to remove 300W of heat leak?

  • patrickmoloney
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Can F_1,2 Be Defined Using r-hat_2,1 Instead of r-hat_1,2?

  • Ryan McParlan
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How does angular momentum conservation apply to a cylinder rolling up a step?

  • ashankrudola
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Voltmeter Ammeter and percentage error in R

  • Jahnavi
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Questions about Subsolar Temperature

  • MathIsFun
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Power of radiation received by a surface

  • Jahnavi
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Why Is the Calculated Angular Momentum of the Pucks Zero?

  • Joshua A
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How to Derive Impedance in an LCR Circuit at Various Frequencies?

  • Blue Kangaroo
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[Nuclear Physics] photoelectric peak

  • CarmenGonzalez
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Acceleration and Gravity with Circular Motion

  • Joshua A
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Expectation of energy for a wave function

  • thomas19981
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Magnetic field above the center of a square current loop

  • astrocytosis
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Finding potential at center of sphere with charge density ρ = βr

  • Neolight
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Velocity of a slider in magnetic field

  • Jahnavi
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Boyle's law pressure calculation

  • Daan van Driel
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How to Solve for T in an Equilibrium Problem?

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Finding how long it takes for a_t to equal a_c

  • klm_spitfire
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Minimum spring force required to keep a car level

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Example in chapter: Gravitation

  • EngMan
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Radial force on charged particle in beam of positive ions

  • astrocytosis
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A system comprising blocks, a light frictionless pulley, and

  • maestro3000
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Conservation of Energy and projectile motion

  • vlmstudent
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Finding click frequency when echoes coincide with new clicks

  • CrazyNeutrino
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Calculating Work and Change in Thermal Energy

  • alyssad
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Monkey and hunter - forces, vectors

  • mgsk
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Displacement of Center of Mass Problem

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Electric potential of a dipole moment

  • Leporad
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Finding experimental Centripetal force from F=4pi^2rM/T^2

  • HexRei
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Waves and Vibrations -- Vector Diagram

  • Blue Kangaroo
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Coefficient of friction for rubber on wood

  • LESLEY
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Underground cable with electrical short

  • carlyn medona
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Tension Ratio in a Uniformly Distributed Rope System

  • Poetria
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Transformers and Electromagnetism

  • mortymoose
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Phase and Line current in 3 phase circuits

  • Cocoleia
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Finding the Magnetic Field Due to a Wire stretching from Infinity to 0

  • B3NR4Y
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3 phase Delta / Star : Line or Phase?

  • Cocoleia
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What is the direction of P relative to A?

  • EastWindBreaks
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Radius and centripetal relation

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Rotational Inertia and Angular Momentum

  • ScreamingIntoTheVoid
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Angular Momentum of a Ball at Half Height

  • ScreamingIntoTheVoid
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Springs and Splitting Mass Concept Confusion

  • snowcrystal42
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Questions involving airflow and pressure around a car

  • Matt Poirier
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Relating surface and linear polarization charge density in a coaxial cable

  • Granger
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Flux induced in a circular loop

  • meaghan
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Finding magnetic force direction using Fleming's left hand rule

  • Devs
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Solenoid with current carrying wire inside

  • meaghan
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How Does Changing EMF Affect Current in an Inductor?

  • Vibhor
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Finding work and the Change in Thermal Energy

  • alyssad
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How Does Gravity Affect Kinetic Energy in a Glider System?

  • aron silvester
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Derivation of an expression for centripetal acceleration

  • Sophieg
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Mean life of a mixture of two radioactive species with different decay constants

  • ubergewehr273
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QM: Difference between these Initial Wavefunctions

  • WWCY
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How to calculate the force of a charge through its kinetic Energy?

  • MichaelC960
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Launch angle to hit moose 500 m away in a depression

  • EggsBenedict1
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Will a block slide in a moving lift with equilibrium?

  • ProfManas
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What is the tension along wire 1 after wire 2 is cut?

  • Bestfrog
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The energy stored in a system of capacitors (only)

  • Roxas ross
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Work In Circular Motion With Tension

  • Lori
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Distance from wall of collision

  • hendrix7
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What Defines Induced EMF in Circuit Analysis?

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Calculate the probability that the particle's x coordinate

  • Frankenstein19
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Spring launching 250g block up 10° frictionless incline

  • CrazyCatMom
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Distance traveled during the fourth second of free fall

  • SUSUSUSUSUSUSUSU
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Magnetic field produced at point P

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Determining the Poles of a Magnet Using a Hall Probe and Lab Equipment

  • waley
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Varying mass- finding centripetal force

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