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Accelerating pulley with three masses: why is the acceleration negative?

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Circular Motion, an object attached by a string to a motor

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Bohr Model applied to Excitons

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Quick Resultant Forces Question

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What is the magnitude of acceleration?

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Pendulum experiment systematic errors

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Charges of three long charged cylinders centered on 1 axis

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Understanding Far Points and Lens Power in Correcting Myopia

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Accounting for Angular Acceleration in a Tensioned Rod System

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Magnification formula for a Galilean telescope

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Why don't we have gamma ray microscopes?

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What is the magnitude of gravity of a pendulum that is moved

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How can I calculate kinetic friction?

  • Rick devena
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Finding the magnitude of acceleration in 2D motion

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I'm having trouble figuring out how to use the equation with G for gravity

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Figuring out how to approach an electrostatics questioni

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Vector math for a cyclist: displacement, average velocity and acceleration

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Average speed, average velocity for a road trip

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Archived Why does internal moment equal moment about point I plus Iα?

  • urbano
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Calculating Scattered Light Intensity at Different Wavelengths

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Time average of the potential energy of a planet

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Work of external forces and electrostatic potential energy

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Body diagonals -- unit vector notation

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The center of a 1.00 km diameter spherical pocket of oil

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Calculating force needed to push sled down incline

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Calculate projectile velocity shooting from a trebuchet?

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Applying Newton's Laws, motion with constant acceleration

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Traffic shock wave physics

  • Iron_Man_123
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Rate of change of current with time, galvanometer deflection

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V required so ions passing through the region don't devitate

  • moenste
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Calculating acceleration on level road/ when road uphill

  • jmm5180
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Calculate the magnetic flux density

  • moenste
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Velocity, Acceleration and Displacement time graphs.

  • unknown physicist
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Relativistic Addition of Velocities

  • ManicPIxie
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What is the Work Done by Several Forces?

  • Adrian Pete
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Computing line integral ∫(A·ds) along a parabolic path

  • sgholami
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Calculating Uncertainty for a Chain of Trig Functions

  • Ryan Hardt
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How to find the coefficient of kinetic friction?

  • audrey1203
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How to determine the direction of current

  • Kyle Darden
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Mutiple choice nuclear medicine question

  • Derek1997
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Find work given a pulley and two weights

  • fishturtle1
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Net force from two forces using cosine and sine laws

  • den388
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Chemical thermodynamics, entropy, Maxwell relation and Z

  • deeko1987
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What charge circulates through the coil?

  • moenste
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Calculating magnetic force on semicircle conductor

  • shirobon
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Proving the inverse square law for sound intensity

  • Hannes
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Does the velocity of sound change when the source moves?

  • Hamal_Arietis
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Image charges for planar and spherical boundaries

  • Jefferson Yun
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What is the average launch speed?

  • Angela_vaal
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Ball hit at 1 m height barely clearing 21 m wall 130 m away

  • kubaanglin
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Magnetic force on a current loop above a current-carrying plane

  • gaus12777
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Finding work by Force over Position graph

  • Jrlinton
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Pulley system on rough surface.

  • Buffu
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Position-dependent forces, the use of potential

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Kinda tricky inclined plane problem

  • Jrlinton
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Finding C from a speed distribution function.

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Finding the number of moles of an ideal gas in a capillary

  • Potatochip911
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Measurement Uncertainty Problem in MIT OCW 8.01x

  • AdrianMachin
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Theory in approaching Faraday law/circuit question

  • RoboNerd
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Work done when a car accelerates from 26.5m/s to 30m/s

  • Veronica_Oles
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Co-60 Unit Activity: Treatment Time Calculation

  • sciencegeek101
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Bead sliding on wire with friction between points D and F

  • Elliott98
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How far does the piston move after energy is added?

  • sliperyfrog
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Power loss in the transmission system with a transformer

  • moenste
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Experiment using a potentiometer

  • Taniaz
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Block on movable wedge pulley system

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How Does Frequency Depend on Gravity in Classical Mechanics?

  • Arij
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Solving circular motion problem

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Final velocity of a mass moving through friction

  • Jrlinton
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Direction of rotation of a direct current motor

  • highqualityscience
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Maximum uniform speed on a arc of a circular path ?

  • Buffu
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Number displayed on an electric scale when an object hits it

  • ChessEnthusiast
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Why is ax negative and ay zero for a box sliding up a 30° incline?

  • alw4026
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Angular Momentum of Glass on a String

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How Do You Calculate Current Density Between Coaxial Cylinders?

  • RyanP
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Determining the specific heat capacity of water

  • VegemiteJuice
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Why wouldn't the bulb light up in this circuit diagram?

  • PhysicsNewbie321
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Position of Mass (Spring Mass Sytem)

  • Kanashii
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EMF between the rim and centre of the disc

  • moenste
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Ideal gas law, Find the Temperature of the container?

  • sliperyfrog
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What is the electrostatic potential energy of a sphere?

  • Jhoan Steven
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How Long Does It Take a Car to Climb a Hill with Limited Power?

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Will the Cars Meet During the Chase?

  • ujellytek
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Finding angle of resultant force from two tugboats

  • TomRiddle
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A circuit with multiple sources of voltage

  • ChessEnthusiast
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Lifting mass with battery-powered winch at different power levels

  • RyanP
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What is the speed of block one when block 2 has fallen h?

  • Vitani11
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What is the Force of Kinetic Friction?

  • JustynSC
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Why can't we use the center of mass as a pivot for torque balance?

  • Asad Raza
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Gravitational potential energy of a tilted teeter toy

  • Lis
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Shouldn't force pairs equal in magnitude cancel each other?

  • Varun Narayanan
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X ray crystallography - interpreting my graph

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Hydroelectric Power Plant Efficiency Calculation

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Finding the equilibrium distance Rsub0 using total energy.

  • joemmonster
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Resistance in an octahedron between adjacent vertices

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Projectile motion on inclined plane

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Equilibrium of a uniform bar inclined at an angle

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