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Coefficient of friction for 5 kg block on 30° incline

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Why Does a Free-Falling Object Not Have Zero Final Velocity Upon Impact?

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Find the coefficient of friction and acceleration with masses given

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Two different dielectrics between parallel-plate capacitor

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Where do electric field lines go on the right side of a dipole

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Uncertainty Error and Significant Figures in this Force Tables Lab

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Constrained motion of a ring along a horizontal rod

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A 3.5 nC charge is at the origin and a -10 nC charge is at x = 2 cm

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Charge on inner/outer surfaces of two large parallel conducting plates

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Rating speeds from least to greatest from a position time graph

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Gravitation Potential Energy -- Questions about calculating the sign of GPE

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Calculating Time Dilation for Space Travelers

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How many independent components does a tensor have?

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Derivation Of Torque On Current Loop Due To Uniform Magnetic Field

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Understanding Inductance and Induced EMF in Simple Circuits

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Direction of the magnetic needle

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How Does Voltage Affect LED Color Through Band Gap Adjustments?

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Potential Mistake in Free-Body Diagram

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Errors in Experiment with Low and High Conductivity Materials

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Compass needle direction between two solenoids

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Magnetic field pointing into a normal magnetized compass needle

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Deduction about Magnetic Poles surrounding a Conductor

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Tension Question with One Mass and Two Pulleys

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Why Do I Get Negative Values Solving the SHM Spring Problem?

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Hamiltonian Function thru new Variables Q,P -- Show that Q is cyclic

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Stretching of a rotating spring

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Double Atwood machine with pulley and masses

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Compare the ratio of two times t1/t2 in this vertical jump

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Centripetal Acceleration while Swinging a Stone on a String

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Should dropped sandbag inherit the balloon's initial velocity?

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Physics Torque Equilbrium Question

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How Does Longitudinal Stress Affect a Body's Internal Tension?

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How Do SI Units Affect Calculations in Fluid Statics?

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What Factors Cause a Water Container to Tip Over When Accelerated?

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Mass hanging in descending elevator with acceleration 0.1g

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Air pressure changes in a vessel as the vessel volume increases

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Quantum Mechanics I, finding impuls wavefunction.

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Syntax Error? x and y components of E field in unit vector form

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Direction of current as bar magnet moves uniformly through copper ring

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What Does exp Mean in Mathematical Expressions?

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Time interval between intermediate passing of two rods....

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Intensity and electric field amplitude

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Electron bound to proton by gravity

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Conceptual misunderstanding in applying formula for work done in adiabatic compression

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Why does dU=TdS−PdV apply to irreversible processes?

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Why does velocity of sound vary with distance in lab measurement?

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Energy transferred in elastic collision between 50 kg and 70 kg bodies

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Can an Electron Be Observed in a Light Microscope?

  • Juli
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How does thermal stress affect the length of a constrained rod?

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Tangent Angles for Lines of Force, Two Equal Positive Charges

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Understanding E subscript R Notation in the Context of General Relativity

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Does pressure on an object increase with its volume in water?

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Stokes' law and falling sphere method

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Magnetic field due to a long, straight wire

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Final Project (Matura Project) About The Wave Pendulum

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Toy car loop problem

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A rope, a pole, and some tension

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What is the definition of a way and how does it relate to travel?

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How Do You Solve Equilibrium Problems Using Moments?

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Force between poles of two magnets

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Newton's shell theorem - all mass is concentrated at its centre

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Mechanics questions from textbook

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Electromagnetic induction (Faraday's law)

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Balancing Torques and Forces on this Beam

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Swinging ball force

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Deriving the polar unit vector Uθ = −sin(θ)i + cos(θ)j

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Tangential acceleration of proton due to a changing magnetic field

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Does the Variable ##t## Represent Multiple Concepts in Physics Problems?

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Investigation regarding the rotor ride

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JEE solution wrong? (tempco of a clock)

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Why doesn't gas pressure decrease when air escapes from a sealed container?

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Average velocity ##\bar{v}## for a uniformly accelerating particle

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Angular velocity of a loop after being struck by bullet

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Destroying a Building Using a Lens

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Irreversible isothermal Process Work External pressure not provided

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Finding the focal length of a converging lens with VERY limited info

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A window cleaner holding his platform up with a rope and pulley

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Is enthalpy just the sum of internal energy and work against external pressure?

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Velocity components in Feynman Lectures exercise

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Finding Gauge Pressure in this Manometer

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Monkey accelerating up and down a rope

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Ways of transferring charge between objects (conduction and induction)

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What is the Relationship Between Restoring Force and Angle in a Pendulum?

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How to define vectors in spherical coordinate system?

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For the friction formula when to use Fn(normal force)×mu and when F×mu

  • Iamconfused123
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Why did I get two different results for the mass m2?

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Uncertainty principle if only one velocity direction is known

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Dead simple physics question (still a puzzle to me)

  • Bobthefreeradical
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Finding electric field from 4 charges at square corners

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Finding the currents in this circuit (2 voltage sources and 3 resistors)

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Effect on visibility of thin films due to interference

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In which direction is the magnetic field at point P?

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Motion of Sphere Rolling Down Rotating Cone

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