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Reproducing dirac-delta function in electric dipole field

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What is the width of a spectral line?

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Calculation of equivalent resistance

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Force between two lines of charge?

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Hydrualic pressure moving plug in pipe

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The motion of a particle in the central force

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Calculate equivalent resistance

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Calculating Reaction Forces on Cylinders Resting on an L Profile

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How do you deduce acceleration?

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Calculate the force on the tight side of a belt drive

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Friction Force with Incline and Pulley

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Shooting a bullet at an angle from a given height

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Archived Coaxial Cable With Potential Difference between conductors

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Finding avg. energy of a canonical system

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Particle motion - Path Coordinates

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Work energy theorem and forces at equilibrium -- Conceptual doubt

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Solving for I2 in a Circuit: What Am I Doing Wrong?

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Net Vertical Force on a Slipping Chain on a Table

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How do i account for the height for projectile motion

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How Long Does a Sprinter Accelerate Before Reaching Top Speed?

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Calculating Error Bars for Height and Time in Ball Drop Experiment

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Object moving on a spiral figure

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Calculate factor of safely on a steel bar

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Faraday's law with Calc 3 integration help

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Magnitude of the induced magnetic field in a circuit

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How do you graph vectors on a graph paper using their magnitude and direction?

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Electric field strength -- calculating distance from charge

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A thin disk rolls without slipping

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How an Electric Field is affected by an Insulator

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Work done pumping air into a bottle

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Electric Field of Line Charge with Displaced Origin

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Magnitude of electric field at point A using components

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Multifluid manometer (pressure problem)

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How do I find Vector C in a non-right triangle using the Law of Cosines?

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Problem set involving Momentum and bowling balls

  • Matt Poirier
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Determining Relationship Between Two Variables

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Understanding Simple Harmonic Motion: Equations and Solution Attempt

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Combining Lenses and Mirrors: A Short Guide to Calculating Focal Lengths

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Rounding to the correct decimal place

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SHM and Total Energy Equations for Solving Homework Problems

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Dice throw, avg.,standard deviation

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Avg. of sum of independent variables

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Coefficient of friction between stick and circle

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How Fast Are Water Balloons Traveling When They Pass a Window?

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Volume Charge Density in Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinat

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Electric Field due to a Semicircle of charge

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Charge density and charge on a conductor

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Can E=V/d be used to calculate the electric field of a dipole?

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Calculating Vector Components with given Magnitude and Direction

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Determining terminal voltage, field current,etc.

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Acceleration of Planet/Sun System

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Wave Direction: Understanding the Relationship Between Points and Answers

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Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment: Is my reasoning correct?

  • Mason Smith
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Introduction to thermodynamics question

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Intro Thermodynamics equilibrium problem

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Maximum rate at which energy is stored in a LR circuit

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Complex Solutions to Oscillations

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How do I calculate kinetic energy in oscillation problems?

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Problem concerning about thermal physics

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How many significant figures in the average area?

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Calculating Time for Car to Catch Up to Truck

  • Wanting to Learn
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How much water evaporates per minute from a copper pot on a stove?

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A box over an inclined plane with a mass, no friction

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Ball thrown vertically, only the time is given

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Methods in Calculating with Vector Components

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Magnetic Flux Questions from Japanese University Exam Papers

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Photoelectric Effect, Light Intensity and Stopping Voltage

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How Long Does It Take a Car to Overtake a Truck?

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No. of choosing 4 atoms out of 10 atoms

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Calculating speed in circular motion

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Attempt to jump across a river on a motorcycle

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Calculating Tension in Circular Motion

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Calculate speed of block at the end of the ramp

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Velocity & acceleration problem

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Pressure at the center of an accelerating sphere

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Archived Fluid pressure in a tank - manometer

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Electric Field of a cube with a rod

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Radioactive decay of Uranium 238

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Unraveling the Mystery of EMF Internal Resistance

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Galilean Relativity (Invariance) Problem

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Simple Electric field question -- Charged sphere

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Atwood's Machine: Understanding Acceleration and Tension

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Balancing Lever Problem: How Many Rings on Each Side?

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How Long Does It Take for a Launched Ball to Hit the Wall?

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Significant Digits for Uncertainty Values

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Finding the magnetic flux from a 3 Dimensional Shape

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What Forces Act on a Pulley System with Two Masses?

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Significant figures in a results table

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Finding Proportional Relationships using Log-Log Graphs

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Calculate the angular acceleration of a hand - no time given

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Proton approaching infinitely long charged line

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How fast should the Earth spin for centripital accel. to equal gravity?

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Help with differential understanding

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration from a Velocity-Time Graph?

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Potential difference across capacitor in a network

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Ball Release and Thrown to reach ground at the same time

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