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Rotation Velocity on a boomerang

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Rocket Nozzle with combined equilibrium/frozen flow

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Finding current as function of time in RC circuit with switch opening

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Dispersion relation ~ modern phyics (solid state physics)

  • adamaero
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Finding the drift speed of a conduction electrons

  • Omar FTM
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Having trouble rearranging this RC circuit

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Velocity of car after 180 degree turn

  • ujellytek
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Bernoulli's law in a network of a tube and a reservoir

  • Niles
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Finding current in an electric circuit

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External Fluid Flow -- Immersed Body Friction Drag

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RC Circuit with a voltage source

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How can Superman minimize the braking distance?

  • TheChemist_
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Two ice skaters pulling along a rod: angular momentum and work

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Determining the capacitance of the two conductors

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Thermodynamics adding ice to water problem with latent heat

  • MattNguyen
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How to make total resistance of 1 ohm?

  • Abs321
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Is a crown made of pure gold using Archimedes' principle?

  • Phuf
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Calculate the induced charge on a conducting surface

  • doktorwho
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Solve Bernoulli's Equation for Water Height Rise

  • huffy
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Expectation values of the quantum harmonic oscillator

  • Dean Navels
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Average net force on car hitting antifreeze barrels

  • LionLieOn
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Equilavent Resistance of a Triangular Circuit

  • Dilemma
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Archemides principle/ Center of buoyancy

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Teardrop loop-de-loop radius function

  • nagyn
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Polar Coordinates [Finding the velocity]

  • MrMechanic
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Calculating the volume charge density

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Finding height dropped from Force vs. Time graph

  • drierplease
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A 342-g mass is attach to a spring and undergoes SHM.

  • utorontoconnor
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Archimedes's Principle Question

  • Physics Dad
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Converging lens experiment: no clear object grid image

  • Taniaz
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Finding maximum height of a string before it goes slack

  • green-beans
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Why must E and B have the same phase in an EM wave?

  • erisedk
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Difficult Practice Questions for Gravitational and Electric Fields

  • Alex_C
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Intensity of Diffraction Pattern

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How Do You Calculate the Displacement in Thompson's Cathode Ray Tube Experiment?

  • David112234
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Moment of Inertia: Non Uniform Rod

  • Andrew VanFossen
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Calculating the potential of a charged ring

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Finding velocity of a piece after explosion

  • goatz4real
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Intensity of sound wave and energy

  • Pambos
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Finding Orbital Period of Unknown Planet

  • tristanslater
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A problem about fluid mechanics

  • harini07
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At what distance is the gravitational pull balanced

  • a97e
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How Do You Calculate Electric Energy Density Near a Copper Wire?

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A gyromagentic ratio for a cylinder

  • TheSodesa
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When to use C(subv) and C(subp) for Q heat equation

  • nso09
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Two lenses: find Di through second lens

  • tensor0910
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Approaching capacitor circuit question

  • RoboNerd
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Multi-stage Vs. single stage rockets

  • Januz Johansen
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Units of the given potential box

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What Are the Formulas for Calculating Height in Synchronous Orbit?

  • Shelilla
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Applying Kirchhoff's laws to a circuit with three resistors

  • Joe03
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Young's double slit experiment with the source being a slit

  • Cocoleia
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Electromagnetic Induction (Long straight wire above circulua

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Calculating Velocity of a Sliding Box on an Inclined Ramp

  • Cglez1280
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How do I calculate the Fermi Energy of a compound?

  • member 422733
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What are some real-world applications of Gauss' Law?

  • Clol
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Tension on a rope between two objects with different mass

  • siumbaim
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Weightlessness and forces on an inclined plane

  • Arquon
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Find the magnetic field at the origin

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Why does a rod move when magnetic force equals friction?

  • David112234
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Help With a Difficult Lenses Question: Find the Answer!

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Calculating distance, acceleration and time

  • agargento
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Why is a multistage rocket more efficient than a single stage?

  • Januz Johansen
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Pressure Drop in a vacuum cleaners

  • Marylaax
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Finding acceleration given position and time

  • agargento
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Finding the change in length of the rope

  • Arquon
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E=1/2mv^2 Given E and change in velocity

  • LoganNagol
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What Speed Is Needed for a Basketball to Reach the Hoop?

  • agargento
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Find the temperature increase of a rotating disk

  • Edward258
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Various forces on various objects

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Work done by moving a point-charge

  • AwesomeTrains
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Resultant equation of two identical out of phase waves

  • Any Help
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Why are there two terms of both mutal and self inductance

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Position vector for bead moving on spoke with angular velocity

  • StudentOfScience
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When is the image produced by a thin lens sharp?

  • JulienB
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Why are multistage rockets more efficient than single-stage rockets?

  • Januz Johansen
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What is the torque on the right side of the stick when the center is at 50cm?

  • Just_enough
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Projectile range on Mars vs Earth with polar coordinate velocity

  • baba_944
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Trying to Calculate k, using Hooke's Law

  • masterexploder
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How to solve using Bernoulli equation

  • Zahid Iftikhar
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Calculating Reactions (Equations and Moments)

  • JMxBelfast
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Work done by man pushing a crate up a ramp, includin done on

  • SDTK
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How Do You Calculate Mutual Inductance in Toroidal Solenoids?

  • HelpPlease27
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Quantum harmonic oscillator wave function

  • Dean Navels
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65 kg skier sliding 30 m down a hill colliding with stationary skier

  • LionLieOn
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Releasing Electrons with a color filter

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Car stopping time and distance when speed is doubled

  • Just_enough
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Minimal altitude to start a “Suicide Burn” - variable thrust

  • Daquicker
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Effect of Change of Potential difference applied to an X-Ray tube

  • Bloopy
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Transforming velocity 4-vector with Lorentz boost

  • MikeLizzi
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Why is my momentum equation giving an incorrect force?

  • k_squared
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Liquid in which vessel boils first?

  • Vibhor
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Pulley system: how much rope must be pulled to lift a 5000 N box 2 meters

  • Just_enough
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Electrical circuits with resistors and variable voltage sources

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