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How to Calculate Capillary Rise on the ISS

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Is My Calculation of Kinetic Energy Change Correct?

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Finding the voltage at a radius of a cylinder

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Figuring Out if A Force Field is Conservative or Not

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Moment about a point in an incline plane

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Determining work of a 3 particle system

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Two bodies on elastic spring system

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Surface Charge Density, Polarization

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How quickly are you moving relative to the ground?

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Determine the location of the center of mass of spheres

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Find the centre of mass of the system?

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Trouble w/ setting up the equations for capacitive circuits

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Coils arrangement so the hotplate operates at 3 diff. powers

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Rotation due to center of gravity

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Inclined plane problem strange result

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Distance contraction vs time dilation for spaceship to distant star

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Simple harmonic motion calculations from doubling the mass.

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Forces of motion, Newton 2nd law

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Derivative of Position Vector at Specified Time

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Aquarium on a train during braking

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Elementary questions about error estimation

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What is the ratio of lengths for two vibrating strings with a beat frequency?

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PD across the terminals of two cells

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Why does the second kinematics method give negative displacement?

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Taylor mechanics chap3,problem 4

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Moment about a point of a crane

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Bug moving on a turntable rotating with constant omega

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How Long to Boil Water with Two Thermophores?

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Newton's Laws - Incline. Do I have the right idea?

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Calculating velocity needed for uniform circular motion?

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A piece of ejecta is thrown up, what is the velocity

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Can I post homework answers here for checking?

  • Lauren0619
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Energy conservation with tension

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Discharging a capacitor to to charge multiple capacitors

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Internal resistance of the battery and energy transformed

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What is the difference between apparent weight and true weight in elevators?

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Calculating Magnetic Field of Two Coils on a Common Axis

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Batteries, Resistance, Power, Potential, and Current

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Dumbell problem (conservation of energy)

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Why Does a Lamp Light Up Slowly When Connected with a NTC Thermistor?

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Draw circuit, % increase in the resistance

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Solving Double Slit Homework Qs: Phase Difference & Destructive Interference

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How a heating element is connected to increase power

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Mass within a box hung from a spring

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Clay hitting hinged stick: finding energy loss ratio

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How to Calculate the Resultant Electric Field from a Line Charge?

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Acceleration = (Force of boy on sled - Force of friction)/Mass of sled

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Free body diagram of two different objects

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Determining angular frequency and amplitude for SHM

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Fermilab relativity energy problem

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Moment about a point of a hammer

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Puck on string with hanging mass centripetal force

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GZK cutoff energy for cosmic ray protons colliding with CMB photons

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How do you modify the Bohr model equation for Li++?

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Mechanics problem -- 2 masses and a string in motion

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Finding M1 in a Mass Sliding Problem with an Angle and Friction

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Projectile motion of arrow shot parallel to ground

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Finding x(t) for a particle with force F(x)=kx

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Find the mass of a metal block with heat capacity 60JK

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Electric field inside concentric solenoids

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Definition of Success problems with projectile motion

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A box Under Air Pressure -- will it blow?

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Can a beam of light appear to have different trajectories?

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Calculating Standard Error of Mean with Significant Figures

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Statics Double-Mass Pulley Incline Problem

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Resultant Velocities in 2D (Relativistic)

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Calculating Average Velocity for a Multi-Segment Trip

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Determining electric field at origin from semicircle charge

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Direction of alpha particles/protons from isotope decay

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Why does this system of equations lead to inaccurate results?

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Kinetic Energy and Work/ Work depends on acceleration?

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Reading of the voltmeter with closed switch

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Resistance of the resistor and voltmeter's readings

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Adding and Subtracting Significant Figures

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How many M&Ms needed to run at 19 m/s or lift 1 kg?

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Quantity of heat, phase change of ice to water

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Finding the point of equilibrium

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Quadrupole Moment and Potential

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What is the speed of 1.4-kg cart right after the separation?

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Two athletes time compensation

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Projectile Motion pea shooter question

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Calculating Relative Velocity: Train vs. Car Collision

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Penguin sliding down incline with friction: find the angle

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Internal resistance of each cell+energy dissipated in 1 min

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Calculate Inertia: What is the Mass of the Crate?

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How much of the atom's internal energy is released?

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The normal reaction between blocks A and B is?

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Projectile motion equation proof

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How Do You Calculate the Resistance of a Voltmeter?

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What can you predict given acceleration and initial velocity

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Particle´s acceleration respect two inertial frames

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Effect of friction on the tension acting on the string

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What is the critical angle for a box to topple?

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Difference in EMF of 5000 V and a voltmeter reading of 40 V

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Finding acceleration with ideal pulley

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What Is the Approximation for the Roche Limit?

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Matrix representation of a quantum system

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