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What do interference and diffraction have in common

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Point of zero electric potential between +4.0 nC and another charge

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How does surface tension exert force on a bubble?

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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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Finding equilibrium temperature when hot iron is placed in water

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Which formulas do I use to solve these pr

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Why does the point experience NEGATIVE field strength?

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Calculating Radial Acceleration of a Rotating Wheel

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Kinematics involving an airplane

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Maximum load platform can withstand

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Is the scale ratio Lm/Lp or Lp/Lm for prototype and model lengths?

  • welovephysics
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Force Calculation in High Jump Takeoff

  • pennywise1234
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Magnitude and Direction of Frictional Force on a Moving Object

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How to Calculate Net Resistance in an Infinite Sequence of Resistors?

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Pressure calculations in a manometer

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Energy conversion in a spring SHM

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Dynamics of Rotational Motion and hinge

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How Do You Calculate Energy and Speed on a Roller Coaster?

  • alijan kk
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Drawing a heat curve of ice melting

  • Evangeline101
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(Special relativity) Two masses connected by spring

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Reversing an electron's speed in a magnetic field

  • Biker
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Longitudinal and Transverse waves transmitting at same Veloc

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Deriving Discharge Expression for Broad Crested Weir Model

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Phase problem in a damped RLC circuit

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Ball rotated on a string vector diagram

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What is the Maximum Height Achieved by a Soccer Ball Kicked at a 45° Angle?

  • pennywise1234
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Ratio of size of prototype and model

  • welovephysics
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What are the equations for solving combined circuit problems?

  • j doe
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How Do You Calculate Forces on a Crate on an Inclined Plane?

  • Nikstykal
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How Does Hill Angle Affect Pedal Force on a Bike?

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Conservation of Momentum Spaceship Question

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Calculating Work Done by a Child Pulling a Toy Car

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U-substitution limits in electric field of a disk integral

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Use a bubble chamber photo to find collision/decay particles

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Conservation of energy: Conceptual question

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Charged particle in centre of equilateral triangle

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Buoyancy correction in a Kater's pendulum

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M=Fl solve a Moments problem (force X distance)

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Calculating Maximum Height in Projectile Motion on a Trampoline

  • pennywise1234
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Angular velocity and acceleration

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How Does Carbon-12 Have a Lower Rest Energy Than Its Separate Nucleons?

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Energy cost and power consumption of refrigerators and washers

  • Evangeline101
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Pressure of wheel after being pumped

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How does stirring a cup of tea affect the entropy of the tea and the universe?

  • bananabandana
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How to Calculate Gas Usage in Pressure Drop Situation?

  • prehisto
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Which of the following strong reactions is possible?

  • katamaster818
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Electrostatics problem- two sphere

  • Physgeek64
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Ship draft (draught) word problem buoyancy

  • late347
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Finding i1(t) and i2(t) in AC circuit with two voltage sources

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Hardy Cross method correction problem

  • welovephysics
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A question on percentage uncertainty

  • Mr Bob555
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What distance does the block slide?

  • JiJiasd
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Thickness of object to halve the stress

  • songoku
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Time Dilation particle lifetime

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Can some explain vector a+b must be great than a-b

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Treating a projectile like a rotational system?

  • LiliPling
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Understanding Velocity and Acceleration in Rotational Motion

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Simple problem calculate total Resistance parallel

  • late347
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Young's double-slit interference?

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Calculating Water Depth Using Snell's Law and Trigonometry

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Finding current magnitude between two points in a circuit

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Solving Work Done by Pushing a Lawnmower

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Calculating focal length from a number of focal ratios

  • Fernwood
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Finding electric field vector components from multiple charges

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Conical pendulum angle with 2.5 N centripetal force

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Work done in moving a charge to infinity

  • beamie564
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Second Newton's law in rotation with pulley.

  • PhysicsKush
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Motorcycle Police Officer Chasing Car

  • Ummiya
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How to calculate the height of a skier

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Kinetic energy of charge between cell membrane walls

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Resultant Displacement with direction problem

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Finding net force on charge C from two equal forces at 45°

  • Bagwan
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Electric circuitry, confusion about the electric charge

  • late347
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What is the average power of a boy

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Does air friction slow a satellite in low Earth orbit?

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When Does the Rate of Change of Magnetic Flux Equal Zero?

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The speed of a projectile when it reaches its maximum height

  • Ab17
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Fluid Mechanics-Bernoulli and Energy Equations

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The block and spool problem (dynamics of rigid bodies)

  • multiplegoats
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With which speech goes the Mass through the Equilibrium?

  • wiegetz
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Fluid discharge from pipe to atmosphere

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When Will the Proton Meet the Rear of the Ship?

  • i_hate_math
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How to solve for Initial velocity Problem

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Triognometric problem with vectors (how to solve)

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