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Why the answer in book does not match the clue given

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Electromagnetism –revising with past exam papers

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Projectile motion with baseball

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The efficiency of a transformer

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Equation Rearrangement problem(I think)

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Archived What is the Optimal Angle for a One-Bounce Baseball Throw?

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Ray diagram diverging lens both object and image virtual

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Find capacitance and charge of two aluminum electrodes

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Absolute Uncertainty of 1/d^2 Homework

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Checking answer to stacking problem

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Asteroid close encounter: speed at perigee

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Electric field in a cavity in a spherical charge density

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Calculate work done on charged object between plates

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Electric force calculate the separation

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Using Snell's Law for Brachistochrone Project

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Does Charge Flow Differ in Simple Circuits with Ideal vs. Real-World Batteries?

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Ratio of Potential: Calculating ##\phi_0/\phi_1##

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Magnetic flux- is this the correct way to solve it?

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One ball dropped, another ball launched

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Kinematics question, easier way to do this?

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AC, 2 appliances in parallel, one of them is disconnected

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Potential of thin ring of charge

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Find electric potential due to charge distribution

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Potential energy in a mouse trap

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A spring-mass system in circular motion

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Resistance of an oscillating system

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How do I work out units of velocity from light years?

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The frequency of two parallel springs and one weight system

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Maximum current through a capacitor

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What Is the frequency of red light?

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Finding Distance -- Hockey Puck Velocity

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Book demonstration about trigonometric relations

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Conservation of Energy -- Object around a loop

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How Is Charge Calculated on Capacitor C2?

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Distance of projectile - only speed given

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Throttling Calorimeter water equivalent

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Visualizing the Motion of Coins on a Rotating Scale

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Partition function for ideal gas for "medium" temperature

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a Spring?

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Solving Plane Pressure Problem: Finding the Line of Action

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Paradox in calculating potential of a sphere

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Understanding a book example about centripetal force

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Potential difference across capacitor

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Calculate Moon's Potential/Kinetic Energy, Escape Velocity & Period

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Spring mass system attached to a disc

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Cathode ray tube, Voltage needed to move the beam impact spot

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Uniform Circular Motion, Acceleration problem

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Equation of motion of a dampened pendulum

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Capacitor Circuit: Understand 40µF Capacitor

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Velocity of a Cart accelerated by a Jet stream

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Gravitation force of a disk with a hole

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Solving Chain Work Problem: Find mgh | Physics Homework Help

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Research project on heat transfer

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Forces on a Car in a Vertical Loop

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Should I Use the Total Length of an Object to Calculate Buoyancy?

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Calculating the equations of motion for particle in parabola

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Action-Reaction Forces on an Elevator

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Current in a capacitor question

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Find V(o) / V(s) in Output Opamp Voltage

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Undamped motion: mass and spring system

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What is the Work Done by a Gas in a Cycle?

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What is the surface charge density on the face of the penny?

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What is the initial voltage of the capacitor in this circuit?

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Understanding Digital-to-Analogue Conversion in Signal Processing

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Converging lens solve for all variables given f, Hi, and Ho

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Normal force in a curvilnear motion

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What % of PEg must be converted in KE in order to double v?

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Torque around a point from lever linkage

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Finding Resultant Force Using Cosine and Sine Law

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Conceptual Question-Capacitance

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Heat transfer in series and parallel

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Measuring 'g' and systematic errors

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Displacement Function of an Idealized Circular Loop Coaster

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Rolling without slipping, theory

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Spring Force and Displacement: Understanding the Relationship

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The phase difference between current and voltage.

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How Does the Rotational Inertia Affect Rolling Motion on an Inclined Plane?

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How Do You Calculate Work in a Thermodynamic Cycle with Constant Temperature?

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How did my professor get this integral

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Magnetic moment and Minimum energy

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Calculating the Depth of a Cylinder Using Refraction

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Why Do Certain Answers Apply in Basic Electric Field Questions?

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Newton's Second Law Homework: Forces, Accelerations, Angles

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Conservation of Energy for a roller coaster

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Torque Problem not yielding answer choices

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Optimizing Bandwidth in AM Modulation

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Calculating Force - Basketball player landing from a jump

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Radius of a Raindrop: Finding Mass & Volume

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Phase Difference: x & y, x & z - Explained

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Box and friction on a merry-go-round

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Point charge and conducting sphere

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Simultaneous eigenstate of angular momentum and hamiltonian

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Velocity of Efflux: Dependence on Orifice Size, Height, Gravity, Density

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Half-value thickness for barium 137m

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Crystal frames problem, what actually asking?

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Compound Microscope: Calculating Image Location with Two Lenses

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Capacitance capacitor parallel plate with dielectric (Gauss)

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Are Your Calculations for Energy and Friction Correct?

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How does the radius affect frictional force in circular motion?

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