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What is a method to find the fundamental frequency of a pipe

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Collision with an unknown mass and velocity after

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What Determines the Normal Force on a Ball in a Loop-the-Loop?

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Law of universal gravitation and Kepler's law

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Physics - proving the stopping distance of a car

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[Rotational dynamics] cube sliding on a dish

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Understanding Forces on a Toppling Bicycle Wheel

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How to solve for distance of object with a concave mirror?

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Tolerancing Q: Virtual Condition & MMC Explained

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Question about errors, Hubble's constant

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A light-dimmer switch with a potentiometer

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How Do You Calculate the Momentum of a Puck After a Collision?

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Density floating problem, wood and lead

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[Mechanics] Tension in bungee jumping

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Friction in Pipe: Understanding N in Head Loss Formula

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Resultant force at elbow from water flow

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Thin films: reflection between glass plates

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Calculating Relative Speed of Objects Moving Away from Earth

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What is the meaning of r in the equation 2t=mλ for dark fingers?

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Electric charges and fields: Semicircular charge distributions

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Solving Pipe Flow: Understanding Why $\tau =\mu(-dV/dR)$

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About thin film (max bright/dark)

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Relativistic Time Dilation and Length Contraction in Overtaking Rockets

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The Classic Pole in Barn Relativity Question

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Designing a driven spring mass system for school project

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Power and pressure of radiation. Is my answer correct?

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How to solve for angle of reflection in respect to floor?

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Rotational period for constant mass but different volume

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Finding spring balance tension in a pulley system with applied force

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Experiment to measure frequency of de Broglie waves

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Understanding Spatial Resolution: Calculating and Applying θmin=1.22λ/D

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Velocity along a frictionless surface

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Calculating Magnetic Levitation Force for Maglev Train Prototype

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Can Fa = -Fb Solve E-Field Problem Faster Than Calculating at Part 1?

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Kirchhoff's Law Problem -- Resistors in Series and Parallel and a Switch

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How Does Zero Gravity Affect the Tension in Strings of Charged Bodies?

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Kirchhoff's voltage law problem: Batteries, switches, resistors

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Satellite Motion: Fuel Needed for Earth-Moon-Earth Trip

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Electroreception, Electric field and charges

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Heat Capacity of Distinguishable Particles

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Simple harmonic oscillation: uniform rod

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Gravity due to a uniform ring of mass

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Calculating the Maximum Mass of a Black Hole at a Given Distance

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If light travels for 3.0ns in ethyl alcohol, how much furthe

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Finding velocity of lump of clay. (Not too sure on answer)

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What Angle Does Light Emerge from a Prism?

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Ball rolls without sliding in a concave bowl

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Projectile Motion of water balloon

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Estimate the uncertainty in electron's position.

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What is the speed of three stars rotating in an equilateral triangle?

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How to calculate the electric potential inside of a sphere

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How Does an Electromagnetic Wave Propagate in Glass?

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GPE and gravitational force exerted by a ring

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Double pulley Atwood machine (with 3 masses)

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Finding the deBroglie wavelength: conceptual issue

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Find the maximum thermodynamic efficiency

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Angular momentum of a particle with a symmetrical path

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Kirchoff's method for a weird circuit

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Calculating the power transformed in a real battery

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Charged particles moving through a magnetic field

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Finding an electric field at a point from a line of charge

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Commuting Operators: Understanding How M1,M2 & M3 Work Together

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Single Slit Diffraction Intensity

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Photon colliding with moving electron

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Child sliding down slope then horizontal surface with friction

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What is the maximum induced EMF in a rotating contour near a straight wire?

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Archived Is a 'Light-Boom' Possible at the Speed of Light?

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Doppler effect Formula manipulation

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Rate of Increase in Water Level Due to Falling Cone in Cylinder

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Difficult energy conservation/rotational energy problem

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Find currents and voltages - 2 batteries & 3 resistors

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Conceptual Question about Polarisation and Intensity/

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Quantum Physics - Infinitely vs Finite depth quantum well

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Tips for Choosing the Value of D in Pipe Diameter Iteration

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Archived Electromagnetic Induction of ac generator

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Firefighter sliding down pole onto spring

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How Can D'Alembert's Principle Help Solve This Problem?

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Understanding the Moody Chart and R Value

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Find distance from COM using torque

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Pressure Difference: Is the Solution Wrong?

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Rate body temperature increases given rate of heat transfer?

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True vs. Apparent weight question

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How Does Light Intensity Change Through Multiple Polarizers?

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A Problem In Electromagnetic Phenomena

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Which Statement About Magnetic Fields and Moving Charges is Correct?

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Satellite in circular orbit with friction

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A Charged Conductive Plate with a Charged Plane

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Double Slit Question with Thin Lens concept

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Help using electromagnetic induction

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Kinetic energy of alpha particle in alpha decay

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I calculating the heat exhausted from an engine.

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Solving for current in circuit with several light bulbs

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Specific Heat & Velocity relationship?

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"Isolated system model" can someone explain this to me?

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Electromotive force (EMF) of a circular loop wire

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