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T-shaped pendulum total mechanical energy

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Conservation of Energy with Gravitational Potential Energy

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Why combining two 12V batteries in parallel gives 12V, not 24V

  • Maghraby
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Static vs Kinetic Friction on an Unbanked Ramp

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Why does integrating a disc as rods give different MOI than rings?

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Would one be pushing as much as their weight?

  • biomajor
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Confusion in using the continuity equation here

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Are grad, div and curl vector operators?

  • MatinSAR
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White light passing through prism

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Speed of a mass falling into a star given the mass and radius of the star

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Calculate the focal length of a thin convex lens

  • Lotto
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Friction Forces on 2WD vs 4WD Vehicles

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Different sunset times due to elevation ##h## at a point on the Earth

  • brotherbobby
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Conservative forces in circular motion?

  • disjk47
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Semi-infinite + finite potential well QM

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Calculating the Average speed given two speeds

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Distance traveled when decreasing velocity

  • brslagle
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How Do Two Rotating Rods Interact?

  • eitan77
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What is the right formula to use in this context? (momentum conservation)

  • El foolish Phenomeno
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Ping pong ball projectile launcher stuck at 5m range

  • SSKscioly
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Does Heating a Metal Wire Change Its Properties?

  • eitan77
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100 meter dash when one runner starts 3 seconds later

  • jnuz73hbn
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How to correctly round in physics?

  • Lotto
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Spring with mass hangs from the ceiling

  • MatinSAR
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Electric field between capacitor plates when a dielectric slab is inserted

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Is the Molar Specific Heat of Air Similar to Hydrogen?

  • Karfen
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Mathematical model for drag on tether

  • Tobi9242
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Thermodynamics - Hot copper block dropped in ice water

  • nighfallraid
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Why is there a resistor in a MOSFET-based inverter?

  • zenterix
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Net force on a wheel with three forces at different angles

  • omal3rab
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Spring constant formlula for Force and Work Done

  • danielsmith123123
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Graphing the Superposition of Two Standing Waves

  • TRB8985
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I have a Lab Report on Centripetal Force

  • star123
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If tension provides the torque to this pulley, what is its equation?

  • haseebaslam
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Conservation of energy and momentum for a bullet fired into a block

  • defetey
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What is a focal length of a thin convex lens?

  • Lotto
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Height of a stable droplet on a perfectly wetting surface

  • Hak
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Why Does the Force Meter Show Different Readings in Similar Situations?

  • Iamconfused123
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Solving for Masses in an Atwood Machine

  • Venturi365
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Kirchhoff's law: Find the current I3 through the Amp meter

  • skibidi
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Calculations for accelerating particles in a Cyclotron

  • sss1
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Average Angular Acceleration of a Music CD over 75 minutes

  • mcarloni
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Is My Understanding of Angular Momentum and Trigonometry Correct?

  • Xuran Wu
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The period of a simple pendulum

  • guv
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What minimum speed do we need to give a charged ball?

  • Lotto
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Graphically determining the focal length of a converging lens

  • ilovemycat
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Two networks described by v-i graph: Find voltages when interconnected

  • zenterix
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Why ignore the wire's weight torque in a static equilibrium problem

  • TRB8985
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Find the Electric field due to an electric dipole at the origin

  • MatinSAR
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Why do I keep getting friction coefficient as a negative?

  • Iamconfused123
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Two equations "combined" don't give the desired result

  • nomadreid
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Electrons enter charged capacitor

  • Xuran Wu
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Does friction depend on horizontal force or on motion?

  • Venturi365
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Classical mech. - inelastic collision

  • areverseay
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Find the unkown tensions and masses in the situation below

  • Venturi365
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Is Solar Radio Flux dependent on Spectral Class?

  • yannick7
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The normal force on a thin stick being lifted on a surface

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Magnetic Field due to a curved wire

  • Dewgale
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What was the mistake in solving for the speeds of two marbles after a collision?

  • anotherphysicsgeek
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Why is the square root of x^2 = |x|?

  • Ebby
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Finding an open-cicuit voltage, why is resistor in series ignored?

  • justin___
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What helium mass in a balloon to make it bouyant in air?

  • Lotto
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Graphing Elastic Potential Energy

  • TRB8985
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Point particle model for a person pushing a block on ice

  • salqmander
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What Are the Differences Between Black Body Radiation Formulas?

  • sss1
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Misunderstanding Work-energy theorem and center of mass properties

  • physicsissohard
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Tension in a string being pulled from both ends

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Brownian ratchet with temperature difference

  • Hak
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Wavelength of traveling wave on string (one end clamped and one end free)

  • Dalip Saini
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Physics puzzle about the concentration of fog droplets in the air

  • Hak
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Showing Complex Vectors are Orthonormal

  • Crush1986
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Oscillation of free surface of water in parallelepiped container

  • charie
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Find the diameter of the piston at certain heights

  • sgk777
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Conservation of momentum for a robot on a space platform

  • resurgance2001
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Oscillation with friction - Analytical mechanics

  • NODARman
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Calculating the central temperature of the Sun using the ideal gas law

  • accalternata
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Projectile motion when only given distance and acceleration

  • James1019
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Projectile motion only provided acceleration diatance

  • James1019
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Work done in a chamber with gas undergoing adiabatic free expansion?

  • zenterix
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Confusion on product rule for mass of differential volume element

  • TRB8985
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Is my understanding of nuclear fusion and binding energy correct?

  • sss1
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Maximum speed on a vertical banked curve (well of death)

  • NTesla
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Gauss' law and Faraday cage problem

  • sss1
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Pulley system and energy conservation?

  • Sagrebella
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Four Snails Traveling on a Plane -- Do they cross paths?

  • pennystuck
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Work done on container receiving gas from high pressure container

  • zenterix
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Acceleration of stacked blocks on an inclined plane

  • Ark236
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Finding value of g given a motion map

  • Kashmir
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Concave mirror image distance calculation

  • radish
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Finding the magnitude (length) and direction (angle) of a vector

  • Ineedhelpwithphysics
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Find the location knowing the resonance using Kepler's third law

  • Kovac
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Where Should the Pivot Be Placed to Balance a See-Saw?

  • panda02
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Integral for work done leading to potential energy sign confusion

  • Ebby
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How to find current direction when analysing a cricuit using KVL, KCL

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