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Finding the mass constant k for a weighted disc with hole

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Water level involving Density, mass, volume, radius

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Understanding EMF and Charge Separation in a Changing Magnetic Field

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No slip condition: is fluid velocity zero or equal to the boundary?

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Archived Power absorption in a lightly damped oscillator approaching Lorentzian form

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Force between plates of a capacitor with dielectric and cell

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Why Does the Acceleration of a Particle Need to Be Zero for Maximum Speed?

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Momentum with Two Carts on a Low-Friction Track

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Spring compression after bullet passes through block

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Force needed to pull out a plug out of a drain under water?

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Calculating moment of inertia of a complicated system

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How to calculate moment of inertia of this irregular system?

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Find cable angle to pull maximum weight with tension limit of 1100 N

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Friction and inclines problem. i

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Kinetic Energy from a Simple Harmonic motion and spring

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Electric Field Calculation for Coaxial Plates with Holes

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Isothermal Compression of a Ideal Gas and Distance

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How to derive this equation of missile launch?

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Which Lorentz force form to use with transformed relativistic fields?

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Finding Spectral Slope in dB/Octave for Hydrophone Data

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Keep mass vertically still using friction

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How do calculate the prob of being in a state in therm eq?

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Finding Magnitudes of Forces in Similar Triangles

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Why Does the Lap Time Get Shorter Each Lap?

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Period of Motion: Find Mass 0.85kg Piston's Period of Motion

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How do I find the centre of gravity of this object?

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Path of the particle on inclined plane

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When will the football players collide?

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How Does Heat Affect the Dimensions of Steel Sheets?

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Pipe Radius: Calculate Diameter of Middle Part

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Find Density Given Period of Orbit

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I finding the distance and the time

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What does the magnetic flux depend on?

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Tension of wire attached to 45-kg ball.

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Does an orbiting satellite speed up as it falls towards earth

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Bucket of water spinning in vertical circle

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Bob on cart: why is my momentum calculation giving the wrong max speed?

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Oscillating charges in an electric field

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Will rope A break if rope B is pulled down gradually vs suddenly?

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What materials coat the cathode to emit electrons?

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Mass of an annulus with variable mass density

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Kinematics Problem: How High Was Humpty Dumpty's Fall?

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Finding Distance with given 2 speeds and a time

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Does Hall Voltage Disappear When Electric and Magnetic Forces Balance?

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Fish Apparent Position Using Refraction in Water

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How Much Charge Passes Through the Lamp in 1 Minute?

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Kinematics-Motion in one dimension

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Calculating Resistance in a Parallel Circuit without Voltage Information

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Electric field due to a charged square

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Minimum horizontal force needed so book does not fall?

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Find Internal Resistance From 2 Circuits w/ The Same Battery

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How Does Changing the Temperature Affect a Hot Air Balloon's Buoyancy?

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Work done by gas through three stages of a cycle

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How does the distance between molecules affect temperature?

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What is the correct equation for volume flow rate in an inclined pipe?

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Entropy Change - Irreversible Isothermal Compression

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Photoelectric effect at wavelength 492nm for mercury

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What Is the Power Developed by a Boat Overcoming Drag?

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Fractioned electrons, what do they mean?

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Why do blocks have the same velocity at maximum spring compression?

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Coefficient of Friction of Fixed Atwood Pulley

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Why subtracting sphere volumes doesn't work for Gauss' Law

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Calculate the mass of the disk?

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Applied torque/angular momemtum

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What is the relationship between HGL and EGL at a pump?

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Centripetal force of rolling disc

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Question on finding work done on charge

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Relativistic motion of the bullet

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Difference between electric, electrical and electrostatic

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Understanding Torque and Equilibrium in Simple Systems

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Finding coefficient of friction from deceleration on flat surface

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Constant of Integration when calculating displacement

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When do I use Biot-Savart Law vs. Ampere's Law?

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Calculating Velocity from a variable force.

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Bear sliding down tree with friction work check

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Cart with 2 springs and a sliding mass

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Solving Elastic Collision: V1' = -2.5 m/s, 5.9 m/s

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Two blocks connected with spring and pulley

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How much heat required to raise the temperature of potassium

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Projectile Velocity for Perpendicular Impact on an Inclined Plane

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Distance needed to walk in order to hear local maximum

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How Does Buoyancy Affect a Ball's Movement in Water, Oil, and Moon Gravity?

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Archived Driven, Damped Oscillator; Plot x(t)/A

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What is the Direction of Friction Force for a Slowing Car?

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Why does major head loss formula change from fLv²/2gD to fLQ²/3d⁵?

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Charge conservation on capacitor

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What are the dimensions for a, b, and c?

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What is the issue with calculating the gauge pressure of object B?

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Electric Flux of Two Hemispheres with different radii

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Cylinder rolling thanks to external torque.

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Current induced in moving rectangular wire

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Circuit problem Kirchkoff's law

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Voltage in secondary coil of transformer

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