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What is the Acoustic Impedance of Wool?

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How to calculate impulse required to move an object vertical

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(somewhat complex inclined plane problem) why is this wrong?

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Uncovering Wavelengths Not Reflected in a Soap Bubble Film

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The net force on the charge placed at origin

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Why would his weight be zero at the moment of the fall?

  • alaa amed
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Parameters of final image formed by lens system

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Mesh current equation in matrix form

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Doppler effect in different scenarios

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Over what frequency range are Maxwell's equations valid?

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Phase shift of light incident on 2 slits

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Current in a solenoid (conceptual)

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Tension on a string attached to two objects

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How to calculate the size of a star with just temperature

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A simple static equilibrium problem

  • unified
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What Was the Initial Velocity of the Second Car in the Collision?

  • Balsam
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Golfing on North Pole (equation of motion)

  • JulienB
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Glider and vertical circle question

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Question about E-Fields and Potential of a Coaxial Cylinder

  • artoribio
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Projectile motion: find distance a ball would land

  • phys1213
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Defintion of Neutron activation and moderation

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Wave, finding the velocity of the incoming car.

  • Physicsman567
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Formula relating thickness of pipe to fundamental frequency

  • Zoro
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Force at Pipe Bend Outlet A: 0.0707(12cos120 - 12)

  • foo9008
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Momentum, vector addition question

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Firework Height Calculation: 712m, 23.6°C, Timer

  • leedia
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Thermal Physics Expansion Coefficient Problem

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How does increasing the tension of a string affect various properties?

  • GalacticSnipes
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Fluid mechanics - Pascal's principle

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Significant figure round off when adding and subtracting

  • n124122
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Power, Torque, and Velocity in a Pulley System

  • David112234
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Assess the statements: about potential and kinetic energy

  • late347
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What Is the Minimum Velocity Factor for a Lunar Orbit?

  • Physgeek64
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Calculate falling distance when object is already in motion

  • califauna
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Nuclear shell model, spin and parity predictions

  • Incand
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Circuit settles to steady state and switch is opened

  • j3dwards
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Which Container Retains More Heat After 30 Seconds?

  • LiamNi
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What Went Wrong with Calculating Spring Force in This Physics Problem?

  • Balsam
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Beat Frequency of 2 Waves in Free Space

  • nmsurobert
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Mean temperature of winding when current falls

  • DevonZA
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Is the direction of resultant force to the left in this problem?

  • foo9008
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Deriving an equation for water flowing from a tap

  • Woolyabyss
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Simple Harmonic Motion and Energy Problem

  • i_hate_math
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Easy Simple Harmonic Motion Problem

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Archived Electromagnetics field question

  • yusufali
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Archived Can You Solve This Two-Body Dynamics Problem?

  • hsphysics2
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Archived Weighted least-squares fit error propagation

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What is the work that he does on his body?

  • alaa amed
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How to determine what vector A is equal to?

  • engphys204
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Reading the graph: find distances travelled

  • late347
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What is the charge on the outer surface of the middle conductor?

  • PhysicsInNJ
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Acceleration, Velocity and Position

  • cvc121
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Biot-Savart's Law for cylindrical conductor

  • Sho Kano
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Value of a wave at a time with a phase shift.

  • Jake 7174
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Normal Modes and Normal Frequencies

  • RicardoMP
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Are R3, R1, R2, and the capacitor in parallel?

  • Scholar1
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What is the total kinetic energy of the rod?

  • ccarit3007
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2 masses, friction and a spring

  • Karol
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Find current induced in the photoelectric effect

  • NihalRi
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Entropy Calc: Solving for 100 Mol Gas

  • ljeonjko
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Gauss's Law Problem: long, cylindrical charge distribution

  • Kaleem
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How Does Ohm's Law Apply to Parallel Circuits?

  • n124122
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Alpha decay ##Q##-value, recoil energy, momentum

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The force when the distance is reduced

  • aChordate
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Beta decay, electron capture Q value

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What is the Maximum Speed Needed to Avoid a Collision?

  • Amelina Yoo
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Pressure-volume graph and internal energy

  • NihalRi
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Can Water Flow in Multiple Directions in a Network of Pipes?

  • foo9008
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Signal to noise ratio in a CT scanner

  • BobP
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Equilibrium and Force on Lower Hemisphere

  • Vibhor
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Are My Gravitational Force and Field Calculations Correct?

  • cvc121
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How Does Biot-Savart Law Calculate Magnetic Field at Point P?

  • Sho Kano
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Find Electron Current Through Iron Wire

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SHM Q&A: Find Period given Max Speed & Acceleration

  • Niall103
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Friction factor at turbulent region

  • foo9008
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Confused with the energy equation in thermodynamics

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Find the initial velocity of a man falling in a boat

  • Brady Aucoin
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Current through an inductor after a switch closes

  • David Donald
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Comparing Acceleration and Time Of Different Slopesm

  • dlacombe13
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Newton's First law: Barrier on large transport trucks

  • Evangeline101
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Damped Harmonic Oscillator and Resonance

  • Tissue
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Why does changing the frequency of a wave affect the energy?

  • Oscar_Ross
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What causes the acceleration in a circular motion with a pulley system?

  • Mastermind01
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Kinematics - How high is the balcony

  • Evangeline101
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Unable to understand how higher current results in lower p.d

  • vinci
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Angular Momentum - rotating rod makes an angle phi with axis

  • ben3
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X-ray Tube Output: 80μGy/mAs at 1m, 900µGy/s @1m

  • BobP
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Final speed with mass, initial velocity, force, displacement

  • TDizzl
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Uncharged object between two charged plates

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How Does Intermolecular Potential Energy Behave in Ideal and Real Gases?

  • sapphyrblud
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Intensity of an electric field near a wire -- With and without Gauss' Law

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Schrödinger Equation: Solving for Energy in a Semi-Infinite Square Well"

  • Ashley1nOnly
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Can You Focus on Two Distances at Once?

  • fridakahlo
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Calculating Velocity Vector for Cue Ball Collision

  • Magnus Jahn
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