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Density of Flow Along a Tube Under the Action of Advancing Piston

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How to calculate the wind speeds produced by an ionic thruster

  • Jon Doe
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Pressure in fluids and Archimedes' principle

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Vertical projectile motion with quadratic drag (sign convention)

  • f3sicA_A
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Find velocities when a mass leaves a system of a rod with two masses

  • Jeavenasti
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Calculate the volume integral over a cone of height h and radius r

  • physicss
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Electromagnetism Help: Get Unstuck Now!

  • butterflycandy
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Location of point mass based on graphs

  • songoku
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Correct statement about thermodynamics process

  • songoku
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Image distance of a Keplerian telescope

  • guv
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Microwave standing wave calculations (max/min Intensity, Wavelength)

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Multipath Microwave EM: Max & Min Intensity Regions

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What is Velocity.length_squared?

  • Amsalja
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How to calculate the wind force acting on a water drop?

  • Lotto
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Calculating Average Acceleration of a Particle Moving in a Circle

  • Slimy0233
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How do we obtain an ampere-hour rating given voltage and watt-hour?

  • zenterix
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Two charged beads with a third bead in equilibrium

  • putongren
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Water wheel and hydroelectric power question

  • Pinon1977
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Confused about direction of electric field

  • Muhammad Usman
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Calculating Tension in a System of Trolleys

  • Say17
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Speed of a star in Special Relativity

  • RafaPhysics
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Application of Newton's second law to a horizontal pulley

  • ElectroMaster88
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Pressure difference between the top and bottom surfaces of this cube

  • Say17
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Signs of work done and delta K.E.

  • Ebby
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Velocity vs Speed (What's more relevant here?)

  • Slimy0233
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Wind drag problem with a ball hanging on a rope

  • crememars
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[Kinematics] Calculating the maximum height reached by the ball

  • Slimy0233
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Solve Disk & Coil Spring Motion: Get Amplitude Help

  • Lil123
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How much time do I have to catch a coin?

  • Lotto
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Find Universal Gravitational Constant w/ Torsion Balance Timelapse Recording

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Calculate Distance Traveled: Instantaneous vs. Average Velocity

  • Slimy0233
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Interference of 2 spherical waves

  • mariamiguel1921
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Find Isobaric Expansion & Pressure-Volume Coefficient for Solid

  • member 731016
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Finding gauge pressure for gas inside light bulb as it heats up

  • member 731016
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Combined Rotation and Translation of a Rectangular Plate

  • xkcda
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Why does ##Sigma T. x=0## hold for tension

  • Kashmir
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Finding acceleration of the pulley block system

  • Kashmir
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How Can I Measure Kinetic Energy in a Non-Inertial Reference Frame?

  • xkcda
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Conventional current definition and a variation on that definition

  • member 731016
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Runner Impulse Question: Estimate Power of Runner Leaving Blocks

  • suedi
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Coplanar system or Convergant forces?

  • Kris_At_N
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Determining the interval between two F1 cars

  • ilasus
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Why Won't a Disk Rotate on a Frictionless Bearing?

  • Lil123
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Simple question regarding weight flow rate and specific gravity

  • drdyke
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Physical Pendulum - Theoretical equation

  • Physics Curiosity
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Fluid Dynamics - Using the Manometer Equation

  • dylanwalt
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Average Speed Question for a Train that Accelerates and then Decelerates

  • vryC0nfused
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Two masses accelerate towards each other

  • Janek
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Find Lowest Speed to Yank Tablecloth - F/dt=0

  • meowts
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Net torque on a cylinder by multiple applied forces

  • Mohmmad Maaitah
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IB Extended Essay research project on relativity

  • Juan2g19
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Find spring constant k using an electrical circuit

  • ananonanunes
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Potential inside a rectangular pipe

  • better
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Terminal Velocity of a Falling Parachutist

  • Saptarshi Sarkar
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Question about this Radial function Rl(r)

  • physicss
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Laplace operator in spherical coordinates

  • physicss
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Why Define Internal Energy Using Average Mechanical Energy?

  • member 731016
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How to Simplify the Laplace Equation in Spherical Coordinates?

  • physicss
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An electric circuit problem involving 5 current variables

  • vcsharp2003
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Are suvat equations valid in 2 dimensional motion for constant acceleration?

  • vcsharp2003
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Fluids: Concept about Fluid Pressure in a relation with Force and Area

  • Nova_Chr0n0
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Can a harmonic be louder than the fundamental frequency?

  • Jon.G
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Direct proportionality equations

  • member 731016
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Moving Source, Observer at Rest, derivation for Doppler effect

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Deriving density formulae from first principles

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Airplane Vector Problem: Drawing the diagram

  • susan_khan
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Find equivalent resistance R in the circuit

  • valhakla
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Chain rule and division by zero

  • jain_arham_hsr
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Find power needed to fly this airplane using momentum considerations

  • mmfiizik
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Torque on a pulley (2 masses connected by a string hanging from 2 pulleys)

  • Mohmmad Maaitah
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Loop problem with skier on ramp going into a loop-the-loop

  • PainlessPeach
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Multiple Tanks Concept: Changing Water Level Difference

  • pranta
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Solving Elastic Collision of Two Balls: Theory & Solutions

  • mmfiizik
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Find the equivalent resistance between two points in terms of R

  • valhakla
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Electric heat generation from parallel rods carrying current in an oil bath

  • jackkk_gatz
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Special Relativity: What are the events in the question?

  • AronYstad
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How did the textbook get this answer? (satellite motion question)

  • httplol
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Evidence that the Earth rotates in Space

  • IvanDkiwi
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Uncertainty in Newton's law of cooling

  • sunmoonlight
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Doppler effect derivation for moving observer and stationary source

  • member 731016
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Optimum Battery (and Wire) to Power 10x Mini 1.5V Bulbs in Parallel?

  • Jingoo
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Question about this unit conversion principle (multiplying by "1")

  • member 731016
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Does a Bent Wire Affect Induction Calculations?

  • Lambda96
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Mass-energy conservation in nuclear reactions

  • voreryar
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Electric flux through a hemisphere due to these charge configurations

  • gracy
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What does this expression involving Partial Derivatives mean?

  • physicss
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Find unknown wind velocity given airlplane's speed

  • Gardunf070
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Calculating torque about a point with given forces

  • Nova_Chr0n0
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Analyse motion of an oscillator: x(t)=0.2cos(12*pi*t)

  • MatinSAR
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I know everything to do on this problem except one thing

  • flamebane
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Question on Time-Independent Perturbation Theory

  • cwill53
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Air Density & Bernoulli's Equation: Tolerance Explained

  • member 731016
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Explanation for Newton II giving negative mass in my Physics lab results please

  • member 731016
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Magnetic field at origin due to infinite wires and semicircular turn

  • PhysicsRock
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Circular Motion: Tangential and Normal Acceleration

  • Heexit
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2D kinematics problem -- Skateboard ramp jump calculations

  • weewooweee
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No problem, happy to help! Good luck with your project.

  • sunmoonlight
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Graphing velocity, acceleration, and position

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