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Diameter of hole vs time to submerge

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Radius of Curvature to Correct Myopia

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Doppler effect of a satellite (extended)

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Two equal positive charges are held fixed and separated by d

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Finding original speed when kinetic energy doubles after 2 m/s increase

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Signs in the equation, angular acceleration

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Specific heat for a triatomic gas

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Instantaneous center of rotation

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Equivalent resistance of pentagon of resistors

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Measuring young's modulus from simple harmonic motion

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Finding friction without coefficient?

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Banked roads -- circular motion and gravitation

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Cooling 128 cups with a 30 amp unit from a 5 amp baseline

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What are the currents at each resistor?

  • chuvacjoe
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A problem with Newton's mechanics

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Vector resultant when angle is 120°

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Vector Motion and Perpendicular

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Vector question - North-east direction

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Resultant of two vectors of equal magnitude

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Finding Polarization Components of an Electric Field Vector

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Finding Binding Force in Falling Disk System with Lagrange Equations

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Can three forces of 10 N, 10 N, and 25 N have zero resultant?

  • gracy
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What is the significance of a minus sign in kinematics equations?

  • Bauxiet
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Infinitely charged wire and moving charge

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What is the Correct Tangent Angle for Calculating Force on a Cylinder?

  • Bauxiet
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Virtual image on the perpendicular

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Einstein Coefficients - Laser Beams

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Rate of gas leakage through small hole

  • rohanlol7
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Trajectory of pendulum in frame of rotating disk under it

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Point source of light, opaque screen with hole. photodiode problem

  • Screwdriver
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Hard Momentum problem (Force on blades for turbine)

  • rohanlol7
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Ball being hit starts to slide and roll

  • Karol
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A pressure cooker cooks a lot faster than an ordinary pan by

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Simple Conservation of energy question

  • Derek1997
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Uniform E field for spherical shell.

  • GwtBc
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Kinematics Question on falling rock

  • Riju
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Relativistic speed of a particle

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How Does Charging Affect the Electric Field Inside a Metal Sphere?

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Non-central force and work done

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Free particle wave function confusion.

  • Oz123
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Difference between a bar pendulum and a simple pendulum

  • Samia qureshi
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Archived Maxwell needle method and torsional rigidity formula derivation

  • Outrageous
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Determine the rms value for the given function

  • Northbysouth
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What Day Length Would Allow Objects to Float at the Equator?

  • MPat
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Why the temperature of a moving jar of gas doesn't increase

  • RubinLicht
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Circle area uncertainty with radius 3.1e4 cm

  • JustynSC
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Velocity at t = 0.60 s for x(t) = 35cos(10πt)

  • xxphysics
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Harmonic Motion and uniform disk of mass

  • xxphysics
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Filament lamp model (derivation)

  • rohanlol7
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Hard Circuit simplification problem

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Calculating Distance with Friction on an Icy Surface

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Remote sensing, Question from an old exam

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Illustrating the Direction of a Current in a Magnetic Field

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Orbit: impulse making orbit spherical

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Why do different-sized conducting spheres share charge unequally?

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A ball rolls on a horizontal table and drops. it hits the 0.

  • JAZZ541
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Torque needed to rotate shaft in pipe?

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Entropy in system of non-degenerate atoms

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Acceleration-time graph for jumping on a trampoline

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Prove irreversibility in this quasi-static process.

  • benny_91
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What is the minimum radius of curvature for a pilot flying at 1000 km/h?

  • Plantatree123
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Position of particle in polar coordinates at t = T/8

  • vaibhav garg
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What is the effect of light on the weight of a glass prism?

  • rohanlol7
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Tension in two wires at unknown angles

  • MickeyBlue
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Archived What is the entropy of mixing for a system of two monatomic ideal gases?

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Why Do We Not Calculate Angle Change in Plastic Container?

  • SadPanda6022
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Calculating Distance: Free Body Diagram for Box Sliding with Friction

  • Shehryar
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Proof of Kinematics Equation: Eliminating Time from the Equation

  • PurelyPhysical
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Where do the 2/3 and 1/2 factors come from in this velocity problem?

  • PurelyPhysical
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Kinematics problem (initial acceleration)

  • rndaryam
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Is my reasoning valid for solving this weight tension problem?

  • AXRY
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Asteroid deflected by Earth -- effect on Earth

  • Dazed&Confused
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How does Earth's rotation impart eastward velocity to wind?

  • Vibhor
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Zero B Field Inside within Hollow Wire

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Will a 15 kg box stop before hitting an open door 0.8 m away?

  • Atkinson1988
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Magnetic force on electron and proton with same velocity

  • Medtner
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Solid or hollow sphere rolling down an incline?

  • Milo Martian
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Back emf and potential difference across an inductor in a circuit

  • Clara Chung
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Problem following a demonstration

  • Frank Einstein
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Rod rotating and hitting a mass

  • Karol
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Thermodynamics rankine cycle problem

  • Robax
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Hollow sphere half submerged in a liquid, find density

  • Taniaz
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Solve for 2D Elastic Collision: Find θ & φ Angles

  • amanda.ka
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Energy Loss in Plastic Scintillator

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Block hanging from cord submerged in water, find density

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Transfer of forces from a pulley to a beam

  • MartinLoland
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Do Protons Move? Answers to Your Physics Questions

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Projectile motion of skateboarder problem

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How High is the Water in the Bottle Based on Fluid Dynamics?

  • Nanu Nana
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Can someone explain this quote about centripetal motion?

  • ooohffff
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Center of Mass Rotational Motion

  • xxphysics
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What is the mass of a car given work and velocity?

  • Erenjaeger
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Torque and Rotational Acceleration

  • xxphysics
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What do t and t0 represent in the relativity train problem equation?

  • Coco Hwang
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How Do You Calculate Deceleration from Two Segments of Motion?

  • Plantatree123
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Maximum mass of hanging block for cylinder to roll without slipping

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Scattering of two charged particles

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