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Solving KVL in a Multiloop Circuit with Battery & LC Circuits

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Final Temperature of a Lightbulb filament

  • Augustine Duran
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Retarding impact force when object impacts stationary object

  • GeorgeMJ
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Solving John's Elevator Problem: Acceleration & Time/Distance

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Solve Horizontal Spring Homework: T, A, V&Where Max V

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After 14ms the current drops -- Find the capacitance at C

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Pile Driver Energy Homework: Calculate Change in PE

  • AutumnBeds
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Two Capacitors connected in Series and to a 10V battery.

  • Kelsi_Jade
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How Does Induced Current Vary in a Metal Coil Within a Magnetic Field?

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What is the question really asking? Just understanding the question

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Capacitance of the capacitor after inserting the dielectric

  • Atacan
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Calculating Momentum for 1kg Ball Falling Freely

  • JayK
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Electromagnetic Induction repulsion

  • Dousin12
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How do I translate periodic motion to translational motion?

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Special Relativity: Length Contraction Problem

  • peroAlex
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2 bumper cars collide (check my work please?)

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Why does a gas behave as ideal if the Isotherm and Isenthelp

  • ScareCrow271828
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Find mass of cylinder (rotational motion question)

  • Valerie Prowse
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Conceptual Issue Dealing With Atmospheric Pressure

  • ScareCrow271828
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How Do You Calculate the Mass of a Rotating Square Plate?

  • SteveS
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Equilibrium of Non-Uniform Box on Two Scales

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How Much Work Does Kinetic Friction Do on a Sliding Block?

  • TheFlemster
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How Do You Calculate Torque on a Wrench?

  • tennisgirl92
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How high will UT bounce on a bungee jump from the Golden Gate Bridge?

  • Superman123
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Harmonic Oscillator Homework: Issues with d)

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Magnetic flux, current and magnetic field confusion

  • Cocoleia
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Physics -- Change in Internal Energy Help

  • MauricioValdez
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Sound & Music - Tension of a string

  • Torrie
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Magnetic flux - magnitude of the change

  • superslow991
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Find the distance over which the skater will move

  • Rijad Hadzic
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A car traveling upward on inclined plane

  • EastWindBreaks
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Distance an object travels after sliding and falling from roof

  • Natalie Johnson
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Momentum and force combined question

  • JayK
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Calculating the V, I and R of resistor components

  • marand2017
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Transverse Wave Velocity/Acceleration

  • sbuzsaki
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A block of mass m=0.2 kg, is pushed by a spring of stiffness k=300 N/m

  • selhai97
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Calculate the total change in length of a brass bar

  • DevonZA
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The Buoyant Force on a Man: What is the Ratio to His Weight?

  • tennisgirl92
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Tensile stress in perforated steel plate

  • DevonZA
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What Is the Linear Acceleration of the Center of Mass of Link OA?

  • Ian Blankenship
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Special Relativity - Is damage absolute?

  • pbj_sweg
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Calculating the moment of inertia of a solid sphere

  • Rahulrj
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Concepts at play with polarization?

  • Manodesi524
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Heat flow through aluminium rod

  • em3
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EM Waves - Would the bulb glow?

  • jlmccart03
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Ineleastic perpendicular collision question

  • MomentumIsHard
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Ultraviolet Laser Beam Shaping With Constraints

  • Strelkov
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How Does Energy Conservation Affect Block Movement Near a Wall?

  • AdkinsJr
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Conservation of energy: Crane raising a mass

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Difference between instantaneous velocity and acceleration

  • otownsend
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Coating Eyeglass Lenses(destructive interference)

  • Joe Butler
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Induced Current in a Coil with Changing Magnetic Field

  • BrainMan
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Biconvex Lens Floating on Mercury

  • Marcus95
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Determine the resistance of an ammeter.

  • Asmaa Mohammad
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What Is the Smallest Spot Diameter the Human Eye Can Detect?

  • aDabOfRanch
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Does Separating the Plates of a Capacitor Affect Its Charge?

  • needhelpplease
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Pointmass colliding with windmill

  • Alettix
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Gauss' Law - Electric Field for a Charged Metal Plate

  • Gustavo
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Converting between a known and unknown temperature scale

  • BOAS
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Inertia tensor for point masses

  • physicsdude101
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Clarification on PV=nRT question.

  • Rizke
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(LC Circuit) Finding cap charge after connecting to inductor

  • Vanessa Avila
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Kirchoff's Voltage Law and Current Law --

  • shibuzgeorge
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How Do You Model a Block Attached to Springs in a Frictionless Box?

  • lz975545
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Why does this bulb get brighter after the switch is closed

  • alexdr5398
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Understanding Motion Graphs: Converting Units and Interpreting Results

  • Bunny-chan
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Potential between concentric spheres

  • Kara386
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What is the Resistance Between A and B in a Circuit?

  • Kara386
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Velocity of electron at the end of a contraction

  • randomgamernerd
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Gibbs Free Energy -- Connection between V, P, N & T

  • cake-jake1
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Ideal gas in a cylinder with a piston

  • Elias Waranoi
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Laplace transforms in circuit analysis, finding missing values

  • Cocoleia
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Torque and rotational equilibrium question

  • Redwall54
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Acceleration of Center of Mass

  • Ian Blankenship
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Projectiles launched at complementary angles

  • Bunny-chan
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Calculating the Efficiency of a Heat engine

  • grandpa2390
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Calculate acceleration due to gravity of hemisphere

  • Kara386
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Show that the total eigenfunction must be antisymmetric

  • tarkin
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Acceleration amplitude of a damped harmonic oscillator

  • TheBigDig
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What is the speed of the rocket relative to the Earth?

  • terryds
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Solving Inductor Circuit Homework Problems

  • superslow991
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What is the acceleration of the cart? :)

  • Dusty912
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Physics Projectile Word Problem -- Dropping packages from an airplane

  • Retweetfire
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How Fast Must You Throw a Baseball to Orbit an Asteroid?

  • Jesse_1
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Geometric Optics and Lens Power

  • CCR5
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Basic kinematic problem, find velocity using certain data

  • SqueeSpleen
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Showing equivalent potential expressions for a Transverse String

  • Potatochip911
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Show that potential energy is conserved

  • gelfand
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Equipartition ceasing to apply at what temperature?

  • want2graduate
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Special relativity where am I going wrong?

  • Kara386
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When does a sound echo not disturb its listener

  • randomgamernerd
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Electric Field of Uniformly Charged Rod at bisector

  • patzer234
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What is the absolute pressure in a tank measured by a manometer?

  • DevonZA
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How Fast Does a Rock Fall from 20 Meters?

  • McNutt74
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How far will the ship travel after the engine stops?

  • Kara386
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Calculate the angular velocity of the milk carton

  • javii
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Analyzing Forces in Circular Motion: Ramp and Ball System

  • tbear
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What is the motion of the cylinders after the collision?

  • Game_Of_Physics
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