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What is the net electric force exerted on the point charge q1?

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Finding Resistance in RC Circuit

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Calculating the force for a differential pulley

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Solving Boat Speed & Distance with Drag Force

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Dipole moment, electric potential

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Question Involving Conservation of Momentum

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Two pulleys and two masses on a slope

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How Do You Derive the Period of a Pendulum with Arbitrary Amplitude?

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Centrifugal force on water in a glass

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Figuring heat exchanger's surface temp

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What is the missing variable in the double slit interference pattern?

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Two-Object System with Static Friction?

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Calculating P for an Aircraft Flying in a Circular Motion

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How Far Will a Puck Slide with Friction?

  • Anuj Agarwal
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What is the Normal Force on an Incline Plane with Two Connected Blocks?

  • Alex126
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Can't understand the question of a sound problem.

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Charge on Cylinder Shell: Q1 + Q2

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What Happens to Double Slit Diffraction in a Ripple Tank?

  • Arget
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Velocity and position of the boat

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How can a pi_0 meson decay into 2 photons?

  • Blue_Angel
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Relativistic kinetic energy and momentum

  • Cocoleia
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Calculating Angular Speed of Rotating Apparatus with Attached Mass and Rod

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Solve for Angle in 2D Projectile Motion Problem | Neglecting Air Resistance

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What is the energy of the electron just before it hits

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Putting rotating cylinder on the ground

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Calculating the Component of the weight that acts along a line

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Parallel Disk Capacitor E field

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Given Two Point Charges, Find the charge at Point 0 as x,y

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A problem about momentum and energy,

  • garylau
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Work Rate of Force on Block of 102 kg at 5.5 m/s

  • Arman777
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Am I doing this right? (Physics, Newtons, Diagrams)

  • barroncutter
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Incorrect Physics in Furious 7 Car Tower Scene

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Electrostatics: Charging a sphere by induction

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Calculating Angular Velocity of Disk w/ Angular Momentum

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Confusion about how KCL and KVL are used for diode circuits

  • timnswede
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Constant acceleration of baseball problem

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Electric Forces and net electric force?

  • jlmccart03
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Stone launched upward - Kinematics question

  • EinsteinApple
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Confusion regarding significant figures in answers

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Line charge within a charged shell (basket case)

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Mixing Light Colors: Is There a Theory?

  • martinbandung
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Where to Stand in a Water Tank Experiment to Experience Minimal Wave Action?

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1-D Projectile Motion: Throwing a Rock

  • Jarvis88
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Bernoulli Equation and Velocities

  • XanMan
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Electrostatic Potential / Work Question?

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Calculate area of PV diagram. Two isotherms, two isobars

  • llatosz
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Solving a Tricky Physics Pulley Problem: Finding M2 with Tension and Mass M1

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Find the electric field on a proton by an electron

  • jlmccart03
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I have a diffcult question about torque -- me

  • garylau
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Standing Waves On Strings: Harmonic and Frequency Problem

  • K_Physics
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Getting the init. velocity given G-force?

  • MartinSa
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How Can You Maximize Gain in Ideal Op-Amps?

  • Cocoleia
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Need help on Newton's Law Question and Determining speed

  • richvrd1
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Motion of a particle in eletric field

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Find the electric field at x and y coordinates?

  • jlmccart03
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Weight after sliding off a ramp

  • Arquon
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How to calculate the gravity on a hill?

  • caspeerrr
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Splitting reaction into horizontal and vertical components

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Father and Son Racing Kinetic Energy

  • Arman777
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How to calculate the mass of a ball based on a video

  • Sirbastian
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Archived 'Kinematics - Vector Derivative' Exercise

  • portuguese
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Electric field at centre of hollow half sphere

  • Cocoleia
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What is the effect of slope on velocity?

  • denzel
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Calculating Bragg Angles for X-Ray Scattering from Table Salt Crystal

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What are the effects of changing the speed of alternator?

  • srinaath
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Static equilibrium; pulley and inclined plane problem.

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Find the current and Voltage of the following pieces

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Harmonic Oscillator- Is this correct?

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Damping Constant: Solving for b Homework

  • Tylerladiesman217
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Potential energy of a displaced mass on a spring

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Minimum force to prevent smaller block from slipping on larger block

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Does Earth's Rotation Affect Gravity?

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Drag Force Ratio: Jet vs Transport at 1200 km/h, 15 km Altitude

  • Arman777
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Relativity: Time dilation and distance calculations

  • WWCY
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Elastic collision between pool balls

  • John004
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Moment of inertia of a rigid body

  • doktorwho
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Find the position of equlibrium

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Normal Force between two concentric cylinders

  • Joshua Smith
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Is Vb 0V in this Op-Amp circuit?

  • Cocoleia
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Analysis with Opamps: Find Gain & Solve for Unknowns

  • Cocoleia
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Diodes & Rectifiers: Homework Solutions

  • Cocoleia
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Frictionless body on Earth's Surface

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Rate at which Sun converts mass to radiation

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Classical Mechanics - Find angular velocity of two rods

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Acceleration of a Ball Rolling in a Funnel

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Electric field at the center of a hemisphere

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Friction Force and Decelerating Boat

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A 1 500kg satellite is in orbit 250km above earth's surface.

  • jakeginobi
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Reducing all circuit resistors to only parallel and series?

  • solour
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Average Coefficient of Kinetic Friction between Ice and Puck

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Calculate Work (w) for Isothermal Gas Expansion/Compression

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How Is Rocket Speed and Height Calculated Under Varying Thrust and Mass?

  • John004
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How Many Basic States Exist for Particles in Divided Spaces?

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Help understanding torques and moments

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Calculate the Kinetic Frictional Force

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Practical Physics: Discharging a capacitor

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