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Pytels Dynamics 12.40: The rocket sled is propelled....

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Pytels Dynamics 12.39: A rocket is launched vertically

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Electromagnet with two cardboard pieces

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Calculating Water Volume in a Tank Using Pressure Measurements

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How Does Magnetism Influence Proton Movement in Electric Fields?

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How Does Magnet Position Affect EMF in a Coiled Wire System?

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Find speed and direction of a particle after collision

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Molecular Specific Heat of an Ideal Gas: Computations

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Draw a FBD, calculate tension in the string, determine mass

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Attractive force between a charge q and neutral conducting sphere

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Electric Field Intensity of a line on bisecting plane

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Torque of Pulley with Two Masses2

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How do you find speed given the beat frequency?

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Frames of Reference Question - Airplane Problem

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Which formulas are appropriate for calculating intensity?

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Conservation of Angular Momentum of Train on Disk

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What force does the current carrying coil feel?

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Change in Potential energy equals change in Kinetic energy?

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A dinner plate, of mass 580 g is pushed .... find work/F

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Two gases separated by a piston

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Newton's law of gravitation, find the mass and radius of the sphere

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Van der Waal expansion and delivered work

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Calculate the time at which the object changes direction

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Potentiometer Circuit 1: Balancing the Current - Solving for Ix and Rx

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Understanding geometry problem in relativity

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Fairly hard induced EMF problem

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Electric field strength between charged plates help

  • Cici2017
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How Far Do You Move If You Jump in a Moving Train?

  • Lani
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Weight of a person a certain distance above the Earth

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Finding all the forces in this system

  • Alexander350
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Field pattern -- Which can be produced by 2 point charges?

  • Cici2017
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Finding the number of electrons?

  • Arij
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Energy change for a charged particle

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Momentum of a moon after a meteoroid strike

  • Ron Burgundypants
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Electric circuits -- Finding the V-I characteristics of a light bulb

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Resistance of a cylindrical resistor

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Jet fighter flying in a vertical loop

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Calculating Magnetic Force for Homework Assignments

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Direction of Magnetic Field with Current and Motion in Same Direction?

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Conservation of angular momentum

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Electric field strength between charged plates

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How Long to Change an Asteroid’s Rotation Axis with a Tug Spacecraft?

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Will there be a difference between the readings of V1 and V2

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Minimum h for Car to Remain on Track Around Loop

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Alternative approach -- Bicycle on a curve

  • Asad Raza
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How Does Friction Affect Pulley Systems on Inclined Planes?

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Finding net gravitational attractions in a triangle

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Force on a Wire: Magnetic Field and Direction of P and R - Homework Solution

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Electric field above the centre of a rectangle

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Understanding Electricity & Charge: Rod S as Insulator or Conductor?

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How Does Load Current Influence the Voltage Across a Battery's Terminals?

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Electrostatic energy of three charges

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Cylinder & Mineral: Thermal Dilation

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Motion of sleeve attached to a L-shaped rotating rod

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Compute the Work: Pressure analogous to Volume

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Wavelength and laser basics (ND:YAG)

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Effects of Varying Satellite Heights on Orbit Motion

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Why does Venus always appear close to the Sun in the sky?

  • Riccardo K
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Why are orbits of Comets unstable?

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Calculating Acceleration: Solving SUVAT and a Constant Homework Statement

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Calculating Rotation Period of a Collapsing Interstellar Cloud

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Forces acting on a thrown object

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Find the value of resistance in the circuit

  • Jahnavi
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Two-ended rocket - Conservation of Momentum

  • Ignitia
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Pytels Dynamics 12.35: A cart carrying a small package

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Which of the bulbs glow brightest and least bright?

  • Jahnavi
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Solving a Rolling Coin Problem: Is it 3 or 4?

  • Carbon123
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Charged sphere and charged conducting shell

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Significant Figures with Kinetic Energy Formula?

  • ProfessorMadMan
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What shape does the surface of a rotating liquid take?

  • Pushoam
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Finding the Remaining Pressure of a Gas After Removing 2/3rds

  • Const@ntine
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Heat required to increase the temperature

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Solve Superposition Wave: Prove, Phase Angle & Amplitude

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What is the radius of the circular arc in a sine curve trajectory?

  • Pushoam
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How Does the Coriolis Effect Influence Falling Objects at the Equator?

  • Pushoam
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Dynamics ramp and friction. Finding angle?

  • britt6
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Connecting three spheres with wires redistributes charge

  • iluvatar
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Special Relativity - Rocket problem (particle mechanics)

  • Thales Castro
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Is the buoyant force proportional to the mass?

  • Superman123
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Energy needed to jump one meter

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How can I calculate the depth of a well using free fall and distance equations?

  • Sunsethorizon
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Adiabatic Expansion Pressure Temperature Relation

  • SHISHKABOB
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Can the Biot-Savart Law be applied to point P_1 outside a finite wire?

  • czmat
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Why Do Different Methods Yield Different Spring Constants in Physics Problems?

  • I love physics
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Electric Field of a Charged Sphere?

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Find the centre of mass for this sheet of paper with a cutout

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Maximum Distance Traveled with Constant Propulsion

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Rotational Torque/Force Problem (rod around hinge)

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Conservation of Work/Momentum of Puck Sliding Off Plate

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Calculating Tension in Ropes for a Suspended Circus Performer

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Force on a bead due to a rotating wire

  • Pushoam
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Twins Paradox: Solving for Total Time Lapse

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Electricity and Charge: Understanding Attraction and Earthed Conductors

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