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Amount of energy generated from fusion

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Total Entropy Change of Iron & Water: 2.2 J/K

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Is rotational inertia an intrinsic property of an object?

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Calculating Momentum of Propellant Gases in a Rifle Recoil

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Applied force of a ball on a glove

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Concentric conducting spherical shells cut by a horizontal plane

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Image Distance with two concave lenses

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Calculate Stress & Strain from Length, Diameter & Load

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2 Cylinder elastic rotational collision

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Number of amplitudes in one wave cycle

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Kinematics of Rigid Body Plane Motion

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Using Kepler's 3rd Law to find Period of Venus

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Saucepan Handle: Heat Conduction Benefits

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Verify Sol. of an Dynamic Problem with 2 Wheels

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What Is the Optimal Angle to Hit a 5m High Target with a 60 m/s Projectile?

  • curiosity colour
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Position of mass on spring w/o energy equations

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Lifting a 3m Beam: Calculating Force, Friction, & Net Force

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Vectors are confusing me. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right

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Calculate the impulse exerted after an inelastic collision

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Where to place a third charge so it experiences no force

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How Does Tension Affect Energy Conservation in a Pendulum System?

  • Auburn2017
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Fluid in rotating tube with different initial levels

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Rotation dynamics pulley concept confusion

  • Clara Chung
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Calculate linear acceleration of a pivoted stick

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Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

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Fundamental frequency change because of bouyant force

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Problem with boiling water and raising piston

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Archived Fluid dynamics, water emptying out of cylinder

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Archived Find the gauge pressure at the pipe input

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Reduced chi square test in physics

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Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

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Kinetic friction in an N,T- system only works in tangential?

  • Pascal1p
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Rotational Dynamics Homework: Find Initial Angular Mom & Ang Vel When Bar Vert

  • Clara Chung
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Solving problems involving forces

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Question about relativity and distance

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Force from non-uniform charge distribution on a conducting ring

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What are the forces acting on a car on a slope at an angle of θ=33.2°?

  • Auburn2017
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Archived Fluid Mechanics - Piezometric Head

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What is the value of induced magnetic field?

  • Safakphysics
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Simple Harmonic Motion: Pendulum Oscillation Calculation

  • Clara Chung
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Error Calculation Homework: Can I Kill 1 Bird with 2 Shots?

  • pangru
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Quick question about instantaneous velocity and acceleration

  • User72564
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What is the solution to the Kinematics of Particles Homework?

  • Auburn2017
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Solve questions on oscillations and kinetic energy

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Maximum speed of a cylinder dropped on a spring

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When to use KE = 3/2 RT vs 1/2 mv^2

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Calculating Power: How Force and Speed Affect Work

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Tangential velocity in circular motion with inclined path

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Calculating Normal Force on a Wedge with Friction: Basic Dynamics"

  • Clara Chung
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Acceleration of an object given forces

  • Zack K
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How does electrostatics explain the invisibility of quickly passing objects?

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Solve Numerical Problem: Proton Mass, Charge, Speed & Electric Field Strength

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What Force Keeps the Block from Sliding on a Frictionless Inclined Ramp?

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Kinematics/speed of sound question

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Curvilinear Motion with nonconstant acceleration

  • Auburn2017
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This solution does not make sense to me (dynamics)

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Free-body diagrams and Newton's laws with a suspended chain

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Fraction of lost energy in compton scattering

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Particle hitting an inclined wall viewed in different frames

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Ball colliding with rod elastically

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Finding the speed to receive sound constantly

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Transmission of mechanical wave on two different ropes

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Finding relative error for radial acceleration

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Statics: Equilibrium in 3-Dimensions

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Car Speed Against Resistance and Incline?

  • Traycee John
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What is the distance of the particle from mass A?

  • Mr.maniac
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Factors affecting the resonating frequency of wire?

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How Do Double Pulleys Affect Acceleration and Forces in Homework Problems?

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Finding time for a particular position of vertically thrown baseball

  • Zack K
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Question about electric field doing work

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Fluid Dynamics in Pipe Lines Problem

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Dynamics; I don't get, nor see the wrong assumption.

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How does temperature affect the expansion of steel railway track?

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Finding displacement using net work?

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How Do You Solve Nonuniform Linear Acceleration Problems?

  • Auburn2017
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Linearising Graph of Mass and Frequency

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Simplify Trigonometry expression

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Reversible heat exchange between water and ice

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Question relating to Kirchhoff's law

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Archived Motion of an electric charge in the field of an electric dipole

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What is the heat produced when two charged spheres are connected by a wire?

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Free falling with air resistance question

  • Clara Chung
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Inelastic Collision - Kinetic Energy

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One of those 'think about' problems in textbook

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Kinetic energy of positron and proton

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Object drawn across two support points

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Ionization Energy: Homework Problem Solving

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Statics: Problem about Equilibrium in 3-dimensions

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Radial force in a circular motion

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Kinetic Energy when the Force is Perpendicular to Velocity

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Thermal expansion of liquid in a tube

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Is Δθ in a circle equal to the angle in a velocity vectors triangle?

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HW questions about Forces with ball examples

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Calculating average velocity for this kind of motion

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Force-neutralizing charge (electrostatics)

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Solving Projectile Motion Problem: 4.2 m/s

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Static Equilibrium Problem involving Moments

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Why Is the Electric Potential Higher at Point P Than at Point Q?

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