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A particle travels along a plane curve (Polar coordinates)

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Thermodynamics: Water Properties

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Angular momentum of a pulley system

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Calculating the RMS Value of Sinewave Voltage

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Acceleration when car changes direction at constant speed

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Number of molecules moving in a given direction at a given speed

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Practical Skills - Recording time with human error

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Flux Through A Sphere Surrounding A Parallelepiped

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Effect of doping level on the width of the depletion layer

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Projectile Motion Max Height and Range

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Is the Resistance of a Diode Higher in D.C. or A.C.?

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Simple Gas Pressure Question - Combined Chambers Final Pressure

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Calculating Relative Velocity and Length Contraction in Special Relativity

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Pen P of the flatbed plotter traces the curve - Path Coordinates

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Should there be a constant in the RHS of (5.8)?

  • Pushoam
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Thermodynamics Ice Melting Question

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Reproducing dirac-delta function in electric dipole field

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What is the width of a spectral line?

  • Pushoam
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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

  • Girn261
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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

  • Pushoam
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Particle motion - Path Coordinates

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Maximum deflection of accelerating trolley pendulum: work energy vs equilibrium

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

  • radji
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Net Vertical Force on a Slipping Chain on a Table

  • Jahnavi
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How do i account for the height for projectile motion

  • rashad764
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How Long Does a Sprinter Accelerate Before Reaching Top Speed?

  • Cliborpimus
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Calculating Error Bars for Height and Time in Ball Drop Experiment

  • aron silvester
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Object moving on a spiral figure

  • Smouk
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Calculate factor of safely on a steel bar

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Induced voltage in triangular loop near oscillating current wire

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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

  • Tomtam
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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?

  • stolencookie
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Three momentum and bowling pin collision problems

  • 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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Focal length of combined lenses and mirror system

  • Tanishq Nandan
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Rounding to the correct decimal place

  • aron silvester
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Why is kinetic energy in SHM proportional to displacement squared?

  • Cici2017
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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?

  • Wanting to Learn
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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.

  • Vladi
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Acceleration of Planet/Sun System

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Why is the wave point moving in direction B instead of D?

  • Cici2017
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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?

  • Cici2017
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Problem concerning about thermal physics

  • Richardbryant
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How many significant figures in the average area?

  • Anshul23
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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?

  • Pao44445
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A box over an inclined plane with a mass, no friction

  • SqueeSpleen
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Ball thrown vertically, only the time is given

  • Wanting to Learn
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Methods in Calculating with Vector Components

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Magnetic Flux Questions from Japanese University Exam Papers

  • BeginnerPhysicsMan
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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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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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Galilean Relativity (Invariance) Problem

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Simple Electric field question -- Charged sphere

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