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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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Designing a bar magnet generator for 7.86 volts AC

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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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Does splitting a block vertically change total pressure on ground?

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Temperature rise when moving lead is stopped

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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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How Does Introducing Different Dielectrics Affect Capacitance?

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Gravitational Potential Energy of a Sphere

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Thin rod w/linear charge density, dipole moment

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Does a Drop in Energy Level Indicate Water Flow Direction?

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Weight difference at Mt. Everest summit vs. sea level

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Electromagnetic induction in a U shaped conductor

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Calculating Magnetic Field at a Point Near a Long Wire

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Finding velocity with kinetic and potential energy conservation

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Five optics problems: lenses, prisms, double-slit and diffraction

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Can kinetic energy be equated to change in internal energy?

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Image of an Object Inside Hollow Glass Sphere

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What is the Newtion Ring Experiment?

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A conducting shell kept in a uniform electric field

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Combined Spring Forces in Preloaded System with Moving Mass

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Biot-Savart law limits and relating dx to dθ

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Finding pressure, mean speed and mean free path

  • slim2636
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Potential difference between two points on a circuit

  • terryds
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Meeting the criteria for a graph

  • Stendhal
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Solving a Uniform Beam Inclined at an Angle

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Do objects always stop after a perfectly inelastic collision?

  • PoohBah716
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Static equilibrium, tension and compression

  • Dietrichw
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Find my Mistake? (Moment of inertia)

  • Z90E532
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Angular resolution of microscope

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Current induced in a solenoid by a constantly changing B

  • cbrennan545
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Linear and Angular Momentum on a wooden gate

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Rearranging an SUVAT Equation: Solving for Time

  • Physics55555
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Calculating the work done in an electric field

  • Biker
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About charge inside a spherical metallic shell

  • kenok1216
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Electromagnetism and the motor principle

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Modern applications of electromagnetism -- Regenerative Braking

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The motor principle and direction of force on conductor

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Identifying the 'Tight Side' of a V-Belt on Pulley C

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What Causes Charged Particles to Spiral in a Magnetic Field?

  • Harrison G
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Archived Does the weak nuclear force cause radioactive decay?

  • Simfish
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End correction of a closed pipe

  • Zoro
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Will the car make it to the top of the hill?

  • Dillion
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Understanding Electromagnetic Induction and Toppling of a Conducting Ring

  • erisedk
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Calculating Work on a Charged Particle in an Electric Field

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Compton effect: Scattering angle of electron

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What Is the Spring Constant in This Simple Harmonic Motion Problem?

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Effects of Reversing Magnet Motion on Induced Current and Magnetic Field

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Electric Field along bisector of charged line (w/error)

  • Slightly Odd Guy
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Thevenin equivalent resistance problem

  • glover261
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Train Whistle Echo: Calculating Distance & Temperature Effects

  • Xoloti
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Temperature change of Water after dropping a ball into it

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Periodic Time Calculation for Simple Harmonic Motion with a Spring

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Block slides down and sticks to pivoting rod, find rotation angle

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Finding Tower 2 Height to Achieve 3x Velocity

  • Frankenstein19
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Finding centripedal acceleration with tangential acceleration

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Electric generator and how it functions

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What Is the Minimum Potential Needed to Emit X-Ray Photons of 10^-10 Meters?

  • DarkMatter5
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Velocity after force applied for 0.01 s

  • Anjum S Khan
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Why Does T^2 Not Directly Correspond to L in Compound Pendulums?

  • Mike Shandon
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Apparent brightness and B-V color in eclipsing binary system

  • shadowpipi
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Thermodynamics Conceptual Question

  • fridakahlo
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Constant Acceleration Ratio to Constant Velocity

  • Bill48
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Calculating a Homopolar Generator's EMF

  • ElPimiento
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A question about Rectilinear motion

  • Priyadarshi Raj
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Mass attached to a rope. the rope encounters a nail.

  • Karol
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On Polarised Light and its State

  • JohnGaltis
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Finding acceleration from displacement equation Δx=4.0t+3.0t²

  • rashida564
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Angular Velocity and Acceleration graph

  • df102015
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Lagrangian mechanics, simple pendulum

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What is the Magnetic Force on the Loop in this Rigid Contour System?

  • Ivan Antunovic
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Elevator and acceleration problem

  • pauladancer
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Collision involving angular and linear motion

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Magnitute and Direction of Electric Field Based on Particle

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Why does dropped ballast continue ascending before falling?

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Acceleration of a Particle Due to Magnetic Field

  • Hamzaa5623
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What Rate of Magnetic Field Change Induces a 10 A Current in a Circular Loop?

  • PhysicsInNJ
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Electric DC motor, commutator, carbon brushes, and magnets

  • alexandria
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Is my solution correct? (Electromagnetism problem)

  • loki4000
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The magnetic field induced by a current loop

  • Engineering Student
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Thermodynamics and waves problems

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How to find equivalent resistance of this circuit?

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Curve fitting for Gravity/Conservation of Energy Lab

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How to calculate head loss in a pipe with sudden diameter expansion?

  • foo9008
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Water and Ice mixture, Find original temperature of water

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