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How do I find the the coefficient for kinetic friction given

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(Spring constant) I can't figure out what I did wrong.

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Distance of two moving particles

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Projection at an angle - throwing stones

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Relativistic Doppler Shift for Transverse Movement

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What is the velocity due to gravity between two point masses?

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Creating a Wind Tunnel Simulation: Where to Begin?

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Determining Parameters of a Transverse Harmonic Wave

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Question Regarding Circular Motion and Normal Forces

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Electric field above an off-center finite line charge

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Fraction within a fraction -- Units

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How Do You Calculate µB Using Quantum Mechanics Equations?

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How can I find the length of this pole?

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How does the kinetic energy of a swinging ball change with respect to height?

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Calculating g with known time intervals

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Limitations of Young's double slit experiment

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Find v(z) given volume charge density

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Electric field inside non-conducting spherical shell

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Work done by gravity and by a spring

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Relative Intensity of Various Light Sources - Lab Experiment

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Archimedes' Principle and a weather balloon

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Maximum height reached by object released from a vertical spring

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Mechanical energy of a block sliding on a circular path

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Force in Center of Mass frame equaling zero

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Understanding Beat Frequencies in Sound Waves

  • Sho Kano
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I got bored and did something with the dielectric constant

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How to Calculate Work of Isothermal Magnetization?

  • TristanJones
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Radius of a planet with the same density as Neptune

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How many places of maximum loudness?

  • Sho Kano
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Find the max speed so that an electron doesn't hit the plate

  • Whiteclaws
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Need help with a circular motion question

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A child slides down the helical water slide AB (Polar Coordinates)

  • Alexanddros81
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Electricity: electric field in a point Between Two Charges

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Resistance and capacitance in LCR circuits

  • physicsStudent00
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Elevator Problem: Determining Scale Reading for a Moving Object

  • Masrat_A
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Friction between sled and rider

  • SillyYak
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What forces act on a bird sitting on a sagging wire?

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Feynman Lectures exercises problem 1.9

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Energy in each cycle of transverse wave?

  • Sho Kano
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Why does having a high input impedance and low output impeda

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Understanding the Logic Behind KCL: An Exploration

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Analyzing a Current Mirror: Finding Rref for Vcc=8V and Icopy=0.38mA

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Question on corner and resonant frequencies

  • Mohamed Abdul
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Maxima in a diffraction grating

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Obtaining Acceleration from Position vs Time graph

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Capacitor - Least squares fitting

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Finding the Capacitance of a Conducting disc

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Calculating Final velocity and distance

  • Burke
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Projectile Motion: Angle & Range with Air Resistance and Wind

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Understanding Newton's Third Law in Action: A Truck Pushing an SUV

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What is the Maximum Temperature for a Copper Block at 1000 atm Pressure?

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How Do You Calculate Electric Potential for a Given Charge Distribution?

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Calculating Gravitational Potential

  • Jimmy87
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Simple Special Relativity Problem of Length Contraction

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Vertical cables in a suspension bridge

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What is the Direction and Moment of This Diagram?

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What does "find the time dependence of velocity" mean?

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What Is the Correct Approach to Solve This Bra-Ket Equation?

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Why did my water contract when exposed to rapid temperature change?

  • David89
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Finding the Acceleration of masses on a pulley

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Tension from two carts & hanging object on pulley

  • Huski
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Field gradient in a 50-cm Stern-Gerlach magnet for silver atoms

  • grandpa2390
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Isentropic process (temperature and pressure relationship)

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Relationship between Launch Angle & Horizontal Distance

  • Anonymous_001
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Calculating Coefficient of Lift: Angle of Attack of 7°

  • yecko
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Find angle between displacement and velocity vector

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Can Trig Ratios Solve for Theta in a Physics Homework Problem?

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How rubbing a needle on a magnet affects its polarity

  • UserOfPhysics
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Help me find the Potential V from a situation with charge

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Distance of box pushed up incline by spring

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Calculating Electric Field and Force in Vector Manipulation Problem

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AP PHYSICS 1 Kinematics falling with deceleration

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Calculating the height of a cliff given only time to the splash

  • KiwiThief
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Mass point sliding down a sphere

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Help with finding Normal Force of inclined plane

  • Bob Johnson
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Why is it necessary to derive the given velocity

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Calculate strength of the electric field at indicated point

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EMF and internal resistance laboratory work

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Change in r-hat by change in theta

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What happens to the electric field's phase upon reflection?

  • Gabriel Maia
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What is the initial velocity of a ball falling in Earth's gravity?

  • Orson
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What is the relationship between critical angle and negative refractive index?

  • Tanishq Nandan
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Calculating Kinetic Friction Coefficient for Sliding Soccer Player

  • kdrobinson
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Biomechanics question vertical velocity

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Calculating Distance for a Train on a 1% Grade

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How Does Mass Loss Affect Acceleration in Atwood's Machine?

  • ScreamingIntoTheVoid
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Time period of small oscillations of the point dipole

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How Many Sig Figs Given Error Range?

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What time did they both set off?

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How to differentiate b/w a conservative/non-conservative force?

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Specific heat at constant pressure formula help

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Components of the equivalent moment at a point

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What is the acceleration of the blocks in a pulley constraint problem?

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Photoelectric effect calculation

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