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Suvat - Two cars approach each other on a straight road

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Projectile Motion of football receiver

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Acceleration of a block on a moving wedge

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How to find internal energy with constant temperature?

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Image Magnification: Find Height of Image with f=42

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Magnetism: magnetic feild strength of a wire

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Dew Point -- will we be able to see our breath?

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Percentage of Block Energy Dissipated

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Slope of Force vs Frequency^2 and Radius vs Period^2 Graphs

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Dimensional Analysis involving power

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Deriving position y(t) for projectile with gravity and air resistance

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Dynamics and Circular Motion Problem

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Effective cross-section of catching a comet with the Sun

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What is the Temperature of a Thermistor at 300K in Celsius?

  • Mishal666
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Is e^(ikx)/(x^2+a^2) Integrateable over All Reals?

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Electric field model using a cylindrical capacitor

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Acceleration of a downhill skier

  • aron silvester
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Acceleration along a pulley with a ledge

  • fontseeker
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How Do Friction and Spring Constants Affect Block Velocities?

  • chahud42
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Show that the entropy is non-negative

  • patrickmoloney
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Molar Gibbs Energy: 25{\circ} C Expansion Calculation

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Electron accelerated through a potential and magnetic field

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Calculating Changes in Internal Energy for a Rising Air Parcel

  • il27
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Ammeter and Voltmeter in Series

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How Fast Must a Superhero Accelerate to Catch a Free-Falling Person?

  • Ritchie
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How to calculate the moment of inertia of a system with multiple bodies?

  • CollinsArg
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Force at the Bottom of a Circular Amusement Park Ride

  • artireiter
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What is the Cartesian sign convention for microscope and telescope distances?

  • Suyash Singh
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Water Filling a Cylindrical Container with a Scale Under It

  • yellowcakepie
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Motor lowers a mass over a pulley, find acceleration of mass

  • Nicoleeeeeee
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Magnetic field of off center triangle - Biot Savart Law

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Finding tension at rope ends on a circular pipe

  • Poetria
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How do i choose the Surface area vector in different cases?

  • Neolight
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Determining Coefficient of Friction for Two Boxes with Applied Force

  • Dave27
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Find the simple harmonic equation

  • martinbandung
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When should I use internal energy U or enthalpy H?

  • yecko
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Hockey Puck Collision--momentum problem

  • mtruong1999
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Why Does Enthalpy Change Differ from Heat Change at Constant Pressure?

  • yecko
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Projectile Motion - is this solvable?

  • Jrslager
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Fire Hose Power Output, Given Height and Radius of Hose

  • yellowcakepie
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How to get the internal energy?

  • yecko
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Electric Potential Energy - Final Velocity

  • Glendon Koss
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Kinematic Equation Rearrangement

  • EthanG02
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What should be the work done here?

  • Asad Raza
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Forces and Free-Body Diagrams in Real-World Scenarios

  • mirs08
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Calculating B:I for Helmholtz coils

  • Ryaners
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Can I write -5m/s to the right?

  • abc612008
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Error on slope using LSQ method

  • Matt21
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The Wicked King and the Beautiful Princess - Tension

  • Talha Temuri
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Expressing x(t) of a particle (air resistance)

  • Cooojan
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Gravitational force acting between objects

  • Abu
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Throwing a pen and measuring gravity

  • Hawksteinman
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Completely stumped on this one -- Kinematic Conceptual problem

  • ruskointhehizzy
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Is Angular Momentum Conserved During the Changing of the String Length?

  • AlexanderIV
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EMF between an axis and the surface of long wire

  • PumpkinCougar95
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Uniform Circular Motion - distance

  • AlexanderIV
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S.H.M of the midpoint of a guitar string

  • DuoASM
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Mean thermal energy of a system with given potential energy

  • Pushoam
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Beats calculation/Doppler Effect

  • Dilman Sidhu
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Determining the equivalent resistence of a circuit

  • Eman 5
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Calculating Free Energy in Nuclear Fuel Reactions

  • jtk4012002
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Kinetic Friction Between Block and Surface (HW Check)

  • Masrat_A
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How to Solve Tension Problems in Physics?

  • Wanting to Learn
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Normalizing wavefunction Ψ = Ae^(-λ|x|)e^(-iωt)

  • says
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Why isolate n in the x-component for finding speed on a banked turn?

  • aron silvester
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How to calculate projectile off cliff when angle is below th

  • Abcdefghijk
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Newton's 3rd Law Dynamics Problem

  • Abu
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Radius of largest possible loop of an Airplane.

  • HRubss
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A package of mass m is placed inside a drum

  • Alexanddros81
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Oscillation of a point charge perpendicular to field lines

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Ampere's Law and Choosing a Loop for Integration

  • Marcin H
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Calculating Liquid Pressure: Water and Mercury

  • guan721
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Thin film interference on water

  • Taniaz
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Must There Be Net Zero Force and Torque on a Massless Rod?

  • timetraveller123
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Force needed for a pushup using torque calculations

  • Dave27
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Equivalent resistance of 2015 points

  • timetraveller123
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Quick Significant Figures Problem

  • Lori
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Finding the period of an object moving in horizontal circle

  • fontseeker
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Photon Energy that can Produce an Electronic Transition

  • MathIsFun
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Finding Minimum Force Needed to Hold Object In Place

  • Oannes
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Right-Hand Rule: Finding Induced Direction in a One Loop Wire on the Page

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How long does it take to heat a vessel?

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Two cars driving toward each other (non-uniform speed)

  • Stormblessed
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Tension problem with several ropes and a mass

  • Andy1234
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A block placed in a horizontal hollow cylinder

  • SciencyBoi
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Conservation of Power in the armature circuit of a DC motor

  • Cocoleia
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Question regarding phase shift between two signals

  • Mohamed Abdul
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2D equation for projectile with linear drag force

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How do I find acceleration and tension on an inclined plane

  • ivan ripalda
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Compressing gas in insulated cylinder with adiabatic vs isothermal processes

  • fabianprewett
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How to calculate the efficiency of a fuel engine

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I with finding a voltage across a Capacitor

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Converting relativistic acceleration from coordinate time to proper time

  • timetraveller123
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Circular motion comparisons question

  • jakeinater
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Conservation of energy -- Two charges separated by a spring

  • Roxas ross
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Calculating Losses for a Blackbody Heater and Infrared Sensor Geometry

  • Natalie Johnson
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