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Pion's mean free path in a lake. exercIse question

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Experiment to simulate the radioactive decay of U-235

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Electric field inside a non uniform spherical distribution.

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Find Centre of Mass of Semi-Circle: Solving Integrals

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How to prove a wave is travelling ?

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Work done in thermodynamic process

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Gravitational pressure dependence on volume

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Approximation: The right way to do it

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Pulse pass medium 1 to medium 2 Problem

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Gravitational force - point mass and circular platform

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Potential difference between two points (VA - VB)

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Where Should Charge Q3 Be Placed to Nullify Net Force Between Q1 and Q2?

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How Does Torque Affect Body Stability in Ergonomics?

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What angle will the vine break and what's the max tension?

  • Charlene
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A car is traveling at a steady 74 km/h in a 50 km/h zone....

  • Mary0524
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Find Ampermeter Current from Circuit | R1 = 10 Ω; R2 = 10 Ω; R3 = 30 Ω

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Relationship between Velocity, Kinetic Energy and Mass

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Determining the Wavelength of Sound using Resonance Tube

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Calculate the distance the sled travels

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How high can it coast up the hill, if you neglect friction?

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Moment of inertia of a neutron star

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How long would it take a sound wave to travel 150m

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Projectile Motion: Solving for Angle and Time

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Metal sphere on a thread in a horizontal electric field

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Discharging a capacitor through resistor and uncharged cap

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Find if the boat will see the flare, what angle will they?

  • Charlene
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What's the minimum initial speed to score

  • Charlene
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Does Light in a Box Have Momentum?

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Friction problem involving a block and pulley on a ramp....

  • leojun
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Understanding the Need to Change π3 to π3' in Buckingham Theorem

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How Deep Does the Acrylic Bottom Appear Under Water?

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Simple Motor Project Solution Needed.

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Which will boil faster: steel ball in container or just water?

  • Ravi Singh choudhary
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Cylinder hitting inclined plane

  • Vibhor
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How Do You Calculate Acceleration on an Inclined Plane with Friction?

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Electrostatic field at the centre of a disk

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Calculate pressure difference in current-carrying mercury

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Oil & Water Problem: Ball Float 50% in Water - Why Does It Rise?

  • Joe55433454
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Solving acceleration of a car with torques

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Finding the speed of an object on a pulley system

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Pressure is equal or force is equal at the bottom?

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Calculate a torque from a pressure

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A ball being hit, find the energies and maximum height

  • Charlene
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Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves at a Dielectric-Metal Boundary

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Help with the work-energy principle

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Satellite moving around the Earth

  • Vibhor
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Pendulum max gravity acceleration

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Angular Width Of Central Diffraction

  • Chris18
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What are the unit vectors in the x, y, and z directions?

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Is the Tension Force in an Atwood Machine Only Transmitted Between Blocks?

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Ideal gas through Isobaric process

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What will be stress in the unbalanced force situation

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Solving Tension in Rope for Homogeneous Rod

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Motion with elastic potential energy and other forces

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3D Equilibrium of 4-wheel support

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Predicting Position for velocity time graph

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Compton effect photo scatterred

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Shear stress on surface of a bar

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Projectile Angle and Distance problem

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Curves on a Position time graph

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What is the Correct Calculation for Sam's Speed at the Bottom of the Slope?

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What is the Rate of Work Done on a Box Moving at a Constant Velocity?

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Dynamic coeffecient of friction Problem

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Pendulum & Spring Equation of Motion

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Using a set square to reduce parallax error

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Ideal Gas Expansion: Finding Depth of Tank

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Maximum angle between resultant and original vector

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Potential Energy for dipole in Electric Field

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Calculation of power produced by an electric fish

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Barbell in gravitational field (Lagrange)

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Alternative form of buckingham theorem

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How to calculate average velocity given distance and time?

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Internal Reflection / Fiber Optics

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How Do Kinetic Energies Compare When Two Bodies Have Equal Momentum?

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Work and Energy: Find the Angle of Force - 65 Characters

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Momentum of 1g and 4g Masses: 4:1, root2:1, 1:2, 1:16

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What do echo and reverbation have in common?

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Which Length Ratio is Correct in Fluid Mechanics?

  • welovephysics
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RLC Circuit Question For final exam

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Special relativity muon example

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Moment of Inertia of rod on an axis

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What do interference and diffraction have in common

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Help with determining distance where electric potential is 0

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Solving a Bubble Puzzle: Understanding Surface Tension Force

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Circuit problem with two voltage source

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Newtonian physics word problem static friction

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Which waves can have a constructive interference?

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What Height Does KE Become Half for a 2 kg Body Thrown Upward?

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Relative Velocity of Two Rockets and the Earth

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Deriving the Time Period of a Pendulum with Small Angle Approximation

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Angular Momentum of a rotating mass

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Rat Running on Ice: Solutions & Tips

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Find the tension in the rope pulling a box at an angle

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Calculating Resistance in Prototype Boat using Formula of Force

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A mass hits other two, one on top of the other

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Thermal Equilibrium of Hot Iron & Water

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