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Pencil movement on a no-friction table

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Electrostatic Force: +3.2 C & -1.6 C Magnitude of Force

  • Luke0034
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How does friction cancel out in this problem?

  • Vitani11
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Finding moment of inertia of cone

  • Vitani11
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Dynamics Questions // Elastic Collision with different Vo

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Final amplitude with damping of bungee cord

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Calculating Stress: Understanding Q1(1) and N/tex | Homework Help

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Spring set makes up a traveling wave

  • Jenny Physics
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Sound & Music - Mass per unit length

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Solve Proton Homework: Min Speed to Miss Lower Plate

  • Vanessa Avila
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Sound of vibrating string - modes

  • Torrie
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Friction of rubber box on concrete floor

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How Does Time Affect the Displacement of a Plucked Violin String?

  • danmel413
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Kinetic Energy in Circular Motion: Is 1/2 m v^2 Still Applicable?

  • JiggaMan
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Charged particle in magnetic field parallel to y-axis

  • Macykc2
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Calculating Forces and Kinetic Friction for a System of Connected Blocks

  • Sagrebella
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Electric Flux and Electric Flux Density

  • CoolDude420
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Net Electric Field Homework Solution

  • Jrlinton
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Spacecraft splitting into two near a planet

  • Noakhailla Hola
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Compound lens separated by a distance

  • Toby_phys
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Moment of inertia of a set of spinning disks

  • OrlandoLewis
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What happens to the moment of inertia when a rod is folded?

  • OrlandoLewis
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How do I calculate the luminosity of a Random Beanbag Machine?

  • Adrian1234
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How to compute the magnitude of a initial velocity u

  • javii
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Find the magnitude of the electric field at regions 2 and 3.

  • Mason Smith
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Calculate the cost of the energy lost to heat per hour per meter

  • NasuSama
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Question about friction? Dynamics

  • Ricardeo Xavier
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How exactly does Hawking radiation work?

  • caspeerrr
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What Angle Maximizes Air Time for a 34.6m Football Punt?

  • mh_99
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What is the potential at the top of R2 in this circuit?

  • marchcha
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T-shirt launcher and Projectile motion

  • Sagrebella
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Capacitor question -- charging time for an RC circuit

  • Mausam
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Why Does Maximum Water Velocity Occur at the Surface?

  • fonseh
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Finding the Distance Between Sound and Wave Maxima at a Train Station

  • timetraveller123
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Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Problem

  • Crush1986
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What should the speed of a pion be

  • annalian
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Maximum Height of Ball on U-Shaped Ramp

  • Arman777
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Electric field due to a flat circular disk

  • grandpa2390
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Dynamics question.... where did this formula come from?

  • calivianya
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Find the magnitude of charge density for a power line

  • jlmccart03
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Mutual Inductance: Rectangle w/ Variable Height

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Find the two figures and the get value of the resistor and current

  • Hamood97
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Can Light Wavelength Remain Unchanged at High Velocities?

  • AishaGirl
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Reynold Number: ρvD/μ or ρvR/μ?

  • fonseh
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Solve Work with Friction: Mass, μ & W Given

  • Alex126
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Is it possible to convert ρ (density) to Newtons?

  • geofix
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Inductor and bulb in an circuit

  • aryan pandey
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How to find electric potential given only velocity

  • jlmccart03
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Vectors and Kayaking: Solving for Velocity, Time, and Distance

  • Sagrebella
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Derive the wave equation for fields E, B from the potentials

  • phenomenologic
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Electric Fields Question, What is the speed of the electron?

  • Rangers1994
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Magnitude of the work done by electric field.

  • jlmccart03
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How to find the equation for the maximum velocity possible

  • brenna_s
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Magnitude and angle of an electric field vector

  • Jrlinton
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How Does Charge Movement Affect Electric Potential and Kinetic Energy?

  • jlmccart03
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What was the initial velocity of the rocket

  • Vitani11
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Derivation of capacitance for two shells

  • Stendhal
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Answer: Neutron Interference: Understanding Kinetic Energy

  • aryan pandey
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What is the approach to solving this AC circuit voltage problem using phasors?

  • aryan pandey
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Lenses often contain thin coatings to reduce reflections....

  • AlexisFair
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Does Friction Affect Momentum in a Spring-Driven Spacecraft?

  • Leyzorek
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Work done by a Carnot Engine. Melting ice

  • The Real Simon
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Spring Energy System: Finding Total Energy with User-Selected Position (x,y)

  • member 428835
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How Do You Calculate Tension in Unequally Lengthed Cables Lifting a Beam?

  • tooperoo
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Conversion vectors in cylindrical to cartesian coordinates

  • ForTheGreater
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Elastic attached to a Car travelling down an inclined plane....

  • Samil
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Speed of an electron due to a ring charge

  • Stendhal
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Relative velocity during a race?

  • Sagrebella
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Determine voltage - complete response

  • Cocoleia
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A laser emitting light with a wavelength of 560 nm (Single slit).

  • LionLieOn
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Calculating the volume of a nucleus

  • rebc
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SHM question (Is my method correct?)

  • Faiq
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Homework: Solving for Energy Conducted dQ/dt

  • encorelui2
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Parallel plate capacitor voltage question

  • needhelpplease
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Capacitor Charge Density Calculation

  • PhysKid45
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Calculating Time to Return to Starting Point in a River with Constant Current

  • Sagrebella
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Using Lagrangian to derive the equation of motion

  • mmalon15
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Exponential of hermitian matrix

  • ZCOR
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Calculating Force and Impulse of a Bullet Hitting a Man

  • StormPix
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Mean distance between air molecules

  • songoku
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Conical pendulum in rotating frame

  • StrangelyQuarky
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Potential in a sphere in a dielectric

  • nagyn
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Calculating rest mass and energy (in an inertial frame)

  • CricK0es
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Calculating the Top Accelerations of a Falling Chimney

  • Arman777
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Net displacement of a particle given its equation of motion

  • javii
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Six identical charges in hexagonal setup problem

  • MoAli
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Distance Problem: Find distance of 50,000 kg locomotive w/ 0 m/s Vf

  • vac
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Analysis of collisions from data

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Pressure at surface and bottom of pool

  • Taniaz
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Solving a Physics Problem: Sine vs. Cosine Theta

  • Faiq
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Metal Pole Falls Homework: Find Speed of Upper End

  • Arman777
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RL circuits - finding resistance and inductance

  • Cocoleia
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A problem I couldn't solve -- Number of Earth rotations in a year....

  • Nagendra kamath
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Why is the pressure different at points X and Y?

  • Taniaz
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Car on a ramp with uneven weight distribution

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RLC Circuit Behavior with Changing Frequency, Capacitance, and Voltage

  • Asmaa Mohammad
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Electric Field due to multiple point charges

  • tarkin
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Relativity: Spaceship travel times and distances

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