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Intensity at a point on the screen

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Finding the magnitude of force P

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What is the speed of a wave on the string?

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Work / Energy Elevator / Spring Problem

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Difference in Radius of Charged Particles in Magnetic Field

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What's the error in 1 repeated measurement?

  • henry wang
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Using Work Energy Theorem to Find Necessary Velocity

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Physics project topic ideas for 8-month experiment with apparatus

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Electric field inside and outside a sphere (Not Gauss)

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Maxwell-Boltzmann Energy distribution

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Power dissipation in series resistors using a voltage-current graph

  • Clara Chung
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Fluid Mechanics and Archimedes Principle

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Loss of kinetic energy due to heat

  • Cocoleia
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What is the speed of the centre of momentum frame in terms of c?

  • abanana
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Signal strength of a wave packet

  • Elvis 123456789
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RLC circuit with damped oscillation and decay time

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Decide the resulting force (F) per meter on L2

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Egg Drop Challenge: Designing a Way to Keep an Egg Intact

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Finding coefficient of friction when object slides 10m to a stop

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Final temperature mixing 12 oz soda with ice at -19.5°C

  • NY152
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Minimum coefficient of static friction

  • emily081715
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How do you "read" this formula?

  • MyNameIsNicholas
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Why is the answer reflection and not total internal reflection?

  • SunandaGoh
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Calculate the frequency of microwave

  • patrykh18
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Magnetic energy of a conductor with a hole

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Capacitors in a circuit with switches

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Coulomb's Law in Two Dimensions

  • hsadiq98
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New Near Point with Corrective Lens?

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Examples of Innovative Product that is Frugal

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What is the minimum mass of the barbell without tipping?

  • Luke0034
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Finding the acceleration in this force problem

  • knewman55
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Showing that a wavefunction can be written as a product

  • TheSodesa
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Magnetic field inside a cylinder with an offset hole

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Finding magnitude and direction of resultant and equilibrant forces

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Determine the diameter of a piston

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Vector Nature pf Projectile Motion

  • hsadiq98
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What is the Time Required to Boil Away 1.0kg of Ice Using 900W of Power?

  • LGS1970
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Why Does ɪa = TR in Angular Motion?

  • Luke0034
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Block pulled across floor with friction work of 380J

  • jakeginobi
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How Is the Potential Energy of a Bobbin Calculated in a Magnetic Field?

  • txoricillo
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Are the resistors in series vs in parallel?

  • bryyo357
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Converging/diverging mirrors/lenses: conceptual question

  • tensor0910
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What does the buoyant force depend on?

  • NewSoul
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Simple Harmonic Motion Given Amplitude and Frequency

  • Vanessa Avila
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Wave speed for non-uniform density?

  • Blue_Angel
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Finding Frictional Force and Power Using Work and Energy

  • RushBJJ
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Finding time of how long the block travels (SHM)

  • Vanessa Avila
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Conservation of Energy with heat

  • jakeginobi
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Calculating Proton Energy in a Cyclotron

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Conservation of Angular momentum and linear momentum

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Distance between 2 axis in Parallel Axis Theorem

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Thoughts Experiment about Frame of References

  • kasha
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The ball's maximum speed relative to the vehicle?

  • Vanessa Avila
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Projectile motion of basketball

  • tensor0910
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Lagrangian for falling disk unwinding from fixed disk

  • Elvis 123456789
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Rotating uniform rod about an arbitrary axis

  • Dustgil
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Current and voltage with inductors and capacitors

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How do I calculate uncertainties for this experiment?

  • henry wang
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Finding current in circuits with inductors and capacitors

  • Cocoleia
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Finding displacement from x(t)=(7.40cm)cos[(4.16rad/s)t−2.42rad] at t=1.00s

  • Vanessa Avila
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Work done given force as a function of position

  • Thenotsophysicsguy
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Lagrangian of two mass and spring/pulley system

  • Elvis 123456789
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How much work done by friction when a box w/apparent mass...?

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Collision problem, conservation of momentum

  • Blue_Angel
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Calculating Speed and Kinetic Energy in a Rotating Rod

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A 165N sled is pulled a distance of 205m. What angle?

  • jmm5180
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How much energy is lost in an inelastic collision?

  • Eclair_de_XII
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Work done by torque on a wheel turning about a curb

  • Taulant Sholla
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What is the magnetic field at point P?

  • Vitani11
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What type of charges in currents produce a magnetic field?

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Direction of Charged particle in magnetic field

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How Fast Was the Car from City B Initially?

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How to calculate uncertainty of gradient of straight line?

  • henry wang
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Can flat iron be heated by friction?

  • Erish
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Magnitude of average force exerted by each particle on other

  • TRVSA
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What charge would have to be fixed at the origin?

  • TRVSA
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Special Relativity: Find speed of 3rd object.

  • Ken Miller
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Energy conservation in wave superposition and interference

  • Biker
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Prove n2 < N < n1 for effective index in total internal reflection

  • Alvis
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Finding the torque causing a car to rotate about its tire

  • WWCY
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Question on destructive and constructive interference

  • WWCY
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Particle distribution, Diffusion

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Change in number of microstates

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Air track - Inclined Plane experiment

  • PhysicEng
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Total charge in a capacitive circuit

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Horizontal distance for stone thrown on the moon with reduced gravity

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Error propagation - inverse of an error

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Consider a particle moving through magnetic field(T/F)

  • gkamal
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Period and velocity at perihelion/aphelion

  • Cocoleia
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Converting diameter to 1/d² for nichrome wire resistivity lab

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What Is the Entropy Change When Ice Melts in Hot Water?

  • tom4real
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What is the direction of the currents in each side?

  • horsedeg
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Why does gas only conduct when the electric field reaches a certain value?

  • Kajan thana
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Retarding force on a spherical satellite moving through atmosphere

  • Niall Kennedy
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Adding Vectors using Cefore Method

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Why do our bodies stay neutral after combing our hair?

  • Efast
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Finding capillary tube circumference from surface tension and weight

  • vijayram
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Centripetal force ball on a string lab

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