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Physics 221 Calc-based question for homework

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Using a multimeter as an ammeter

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What is the equilibrium temperature of a collector plate?

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Calculating Distance and Displacement in Vector Problems

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Position Operator in Momentum Space?

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How to find a current is this specific circuit

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Electron/proton released from charged parallel plates

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How to find acceleration of object without mass?

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X and Y components of a vector using a graph of speed/time

  • AidenPhysica
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Equilibrium temperature of some ice and steam

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Electric Field at the End of a Line of Charge

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Vectors: Displacement, average velocity & speed

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Measuring the h conv from velocity not the same as that he gave

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Calculating weights on a slope using virtual work.

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Isobaric and Isochoric Process Combined

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Draw a diagram, specify intercepts

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2008 us physics olympiad pendulum in electric field

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A rope falling off an inclined plane

  • Elvis 123456789
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Resistor made from two materials

  • RoboNerd
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Work done in assembling a system of charges

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Question about work on an electric charge

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Determine the speeds of the 2 masses

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How Is Force Calculated in a Human Cannonball Stunt?

  • Arman777
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Understanding Electric Fields and Flux in Charged Objects

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How Is Fractional Uncertainty Defined When the Measured Value Is Zero?

  • RaduAndrei
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Projectile Motion + Kinematics Clown Problem

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Why Does a Smaller Radius Increase Centripetal Force?

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How can you anticipate when to add the atmospheric pressure?

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What is the Moment of Inertia of a Slender Rod in a Cable System?

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Energy in system of two conducting spheres

  • RoboNerd
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Introductory Vector Problem- Airplane emergency landing

  • Jarvis88
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Electric field acting on a negative test charge due to semicircular rod

  • AnonBae
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Looking for speed using the wave equation

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Inductance per unit length of coaxial transmission line

  • Abdulwahab Hajar
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Finding the effect of air resistance on period of oscilation

  • Muizz
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Relativity of Simultaneity and lightening

  • WWCY
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Heat Transfer. Ice and steam in a container (easy)

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Optimizing Distance from a Cannon: Simplifying the Quadratic Formula

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Efficiency of energy transformation on a slide

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What are the key components of sinusoidal wave equations?

  • Mr Krabs
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Energy from the Sun received at the Earth cross section

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Electric field-boundary conditions question

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Falling Mass on a Pulley - Rotational Energy

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Magnetic flux through a triangular loop?

  • Abdulwahab Hajar
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Scaling Rotational Inertia - from Model to Full Size

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Help understanding a vibrating string question

  • John004
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How Does Temperature Affect the Lifting Capacity of a Hot Air Balloon?

  • Ian Baughman
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How Does Electric Field Direction Affect Work on a Negative Charge?

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With a circular orbit, when do I use 1/2mv^2

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Torque on wheel in magnetic field

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Unconventional capacitors connection

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Force per unit length acting on four parallel wires

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Finding the center of mass of an arbitrary uniform triangle

  • John004
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Solved: Flow over Spillway: Calculating Q with Bernoulli & Torricelli

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Electric field at a point (point charge and semi-circle rod)

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Alpha Particle Approaching a Gold Nucleus

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Force on a rod attached to a pivot.

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Rotational Dynamics Designing a Propeller Velocity/Acceleration

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A Steamroller on a Slope (Moment of Inertia)

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Why does friction sometimes have the same direction as movement?

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What Surface Does ds Represent in Calculating Magnetic Flux Through a Toroid?

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How does friction act between PA and AB in an equilibrium of forces system?

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Elementary pendulum equation of motion

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Solving for Velocity on a Pulley System

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Finding time with distance, initial velocity and acceleration

  • Justin Che
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How Does Force Scale with Radius in Orbital Motion?

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Relativistic Particle Speed Approximation using Total Energy

  • Ken Miller
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What is the diameter of each hole in the shower head?

  • Galactium
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What is the mass of the water in the stirrer supported by surface tension?

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What is the mass ratio of melting ice cubes in different temperatures?

  • Biker
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Possible variables for Coulombs Law?

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Solving the Car Crash Puzzle: Newtons 2nd Law

  • denzel
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Charge carrier drift velocity of wire

  • ravsterphysics
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Free Fall Experiment: Predicting Ball's Maximum Height and Time

  • Emily Falk
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What is the optimal thickness of a coating to reduce a wire's resistance by 50%?

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Calculating Current in a Wire: Applying PD and Cross-Sectional Area

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Compressions and rarefactions of a wave

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What has a higher total energy?

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Container of Liquid Accelerated Upward

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Calculating Echo Time for Sound in Water and Air

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Constant Acceleration: find time

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Ball is thrown at the edge of the roof of a building

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Torque, beam, angular acceleration problem

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Lead ball temperature rise after hitting wooden cube

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Circuit with NTC/Voltmeter/Ammeter

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Rubber Band Spinning in midair

  • Chozen Juan
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Out of Phase Waves: Solving the Relevant Equation

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How to Calculate Time, Weight, and Wavelength in a String with Weight System?

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Rotational kinematics of a spherical rock upon collision

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Circuit question with two batteries and resistors in pa

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Why does a straw look bent in water?

  • ravsterphysics
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Optimizing Electrostatics Question: Minimizing Force on Particle 3

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Circular motion: ring on string

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Why does (ax, by) not transform like a vector under rotation?

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Special relativity simultaneity

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Electric Current of an Orbiting Electron

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Change in entropy of a resistor

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