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Solving SHM Rigid Body Homework: Case A vs Case B

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Meter Bridge: Finding Error in Resistance

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Solving Equilibrium Problem: Determine tan θ

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What constant p.d. should be used in a potentiometer?

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Solve Bernoulli Problem: Mass of Water in Tube

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Rubber on a rotating disk (angular velocity, forces)

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Radiation of a Spherical Body Inside a Black Body

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Why is there no work done on gas from Q to R?

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Rolling ball goes through a loop-the-loop....

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Calculate acceleration & tension

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What is the momentum and velocity of each ball after the....?

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Calculating Centripetal Acceleration at Earth's Equator

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Is My Method for Deflecting a Beam of Electrons Invalid?

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Schrodinger Equation/verify solution

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Solving Right Hand Rule Homework with Electric & Magnetic Fields

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Proportionality statements in physics

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How Do You Convert Pendulum Swings to Frequency and Period?

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Calculating Power of a person running up stairs

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Velocity and Direction of a System after Inelastic Collision

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Use the work-energy theorem to derive an expression for v^2

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Show the drift velocity is ExB/B^2

  • shedrick94
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Why Do Identically Treated Pucks Have Different Kinetic Energies?

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Find the force that the larger box exerts on the smaller box

  • rrosa522
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Deriving electric field with given potential

  • AndrewAmmerlaa
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How Do You Calculate the Volume of a Floating Object?

  • x2017
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Understanding Torque and Angular Momentum Conservation

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Tangential acceleration in elliptical orbit?

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Find Tangential Velocity of Star: "k" Conversion Factor Explained

  • JoAstro
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(Statistics) Blackbody spectrum in terms of wavelength?

  • Ryaners
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Calculating Electric Field at Multiple Points in a Charged System

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Lorentz’s law of voltage for ac-generator

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Mirror Falling: How Long Can Person See Their Feet?

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Energy and momentum imparted by an EM wave

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Archived How Does Air Flow Affect Pressure and Velocity in a Venturi Tube?

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Archived Calculating molality given density and molarity

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Magnetic Field Strength Calculation for Electron in Uniform Field

  • Koh Eng Kiat
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What is the tension in a bar submerged in water?

  • foo9008
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Find Answer to Wet Umbrella Problem: .97m

  • xTheLuckySe7en
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Finding current and equivalent resistance

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I think my AP review book has an error. Can someone check?

  • Dennis Heerlein
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KE1 vs KE2, mechanical energy change

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Velocity emparted to a mass by the decompression of a spring

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Work-energy solution for a hanging weight

  • jackthehat
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Kinematics - identifying and describing types of motion

  • alexandria
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Angular Acceleration and Moment Arm

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Movement of electron in an electric field

  • Icy98
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Force Systems Multiple Choice Thread

  • RoboNerd
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Collision between 3 masses, with spring

  • Karol
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Orthogonality of Stationary States

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Understanding the Bernoulli Equation: Solving a Fluid Dynamics Problem

  • JulienB
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Archived Oxygen Concentration: Insects & Tracheae

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Archived Thermodynamics problem, calculate energy transfer?

  • kawf
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A particle inside eletric field

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Archived Heat equation and energy transport.

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What is wrong with my math here? [Kinematics]

  • Kuzon
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Elastic gravitational collision

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Questions related to Kinematics

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Archived Calculating Flow Rates in a Continuous Vacuum Evaporator

  • tweety1234
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What is the Optimum Height for Drinking a Milkshake with a Vertical Straw?

  • Adriano Roma
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Tension at at the bottom of the pendulum

  • Eugen
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What should be the force constant of the spring?

  • David112234
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Collision conservation of energy

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Calculating Tension and Net Force in Suspended Cable System

  • Ellen W.
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Spring in a groove inside the Earth

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How fast must the spacecraft travel? Special Relativity

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Momentum and Collision help needed (2 questions)

  • John Comtoi
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How Do Different Wavelengths Overlap in Double-Slit Interference?

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Archived How Does Fourier's Law Apply to Heat Flux in a Uniformly Heated Slab?

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Rotating Cone and instantaneous axis of rotation

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Archived Heat transfer calculation across a flat plate

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Find the magnetic permeability of the iron bar.

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Momentum question -- A boy drops a box while sliding on ice....

  • kellyxx
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3 loop circuit, 5 resistors, 2 batteries

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How to Calculate Time Dependent Magnetic Field with Faraday's Law

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Finding Apparent Weight with Uniform Circular Motion

  • CalebtheCoward
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How do I calculate the normal force on a box on an inclined plane?

  • John Comtoi
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Kirchoff's Law -- Having issues with the some signs

  • OhBoy
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Heat conduction and phase changes

  • ClassicalMechanist
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Find the force between two wires

  • zade70
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Find the displacement from the equilibrium position

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Phase Difference at Air-Glass Interface: 30°, λo=1μm

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Frames of Reference: Inertial vs Non-Inertial

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Static Equilibrium: holding a sign

  • schwiffty
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Kinematics physics homework help -- 2 canoes crossing a river

  • 30294
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Find the acceleration due to gravity

  • zade70
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Head loss formula in series pipe

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Is D2/D1 = 0 the Ideal Condition for Pressure Loss in a Pipe?

  • foo9008
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How many volts is required for a tiny spark to be created?

  • ThePhysicsXV
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Work Done in Carnot Cycle: Adiabatic Compression

  • s@ikiran
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Force Acting on Pipe: Why is Velocity Difference (25-25cos115)?

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Hydraulic grade line (HGL) vs energy line (EL)

  • foo9008
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How Does a Spool of Thread Accelerate When Subjected to Force?

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Conservation of angular momentum of a stick

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Magnetic Field in parallel plate capacitor

  • LoveBoy
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Pendulum on a Relativistic Train

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Planet orbiting around a star whose mass changes

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Center of Pressure: 2b/3 from Free Surface

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LR circuit in parallel, need someone to check answer

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