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Formula of object immersed in water

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Final velocity of proton after being repelled?

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"SNR in X-ray Imaging: Calculating & Effects

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Momentum and push starting vehicles

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Density of body and density of liquid

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Find dialectric constant in a capacitator

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Understanding Capacitance and Impedance in Series Circuits

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Kinematic viscosity depends on pressure

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Coloumbs law question (checking answer)

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Archived Did I make the velocity vs time graph correctly?

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What is the final pressure in the balloons after being disconnected?

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Archived How to include resistance of wire and voltmeter in Kirchhoff equations

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The approximate orientation of an electric field

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Archived Therefore the voltage needs to drop by 42V for the light bulb to be 40 watts.

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Archived Rolling Motion, Pebble stuck in a Tire by Static Friction

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Hamiltonian and first order perturbation

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Restoring Moment: Anti-Clockwise Direction?

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Reduction of a simple distributed loading (correct1)

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Angular frequency of plank attached to spring

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Music Mystery: 2(Vsound) for the 2nd Harmonic?

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Finding amplitude from simple harmonic equation function

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Ball bounce angle on inclined surface

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Understanding Forces on Submerged Surfaces

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Initial velocity and time of motion through water

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Reduction of a simple distributed loading

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Magnitude of velocity and acceleration

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Curvature effect can be neglected

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Ratio of Forces by from Tennis Serve?

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Focal length of diffraction grating for recip. dispersion

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Understanding the Reflection of Light: Ray Optics and Concave Mirrors

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How Many coulombs pass through each resistor in a circuit?

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What is the formula for the weight of a fluid block?

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Finding battery internal resistance from terminal voltage measurements

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Frequency of Vibration of a water tank

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Vector Kinematics Bonus Question

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Calculating Volume: Integrating Pressure & Area

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Relationship between temperature and wavelength?

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Current required to lift a wire in a magnetic field

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2 neutral objects produce a charge, how many electrons added?

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Find Dielectric Constant from Parallel Plate Capacitor Problem

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Heat Cycles, Work, and Efficiency

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Calculating the height of a geostationary satellite of Earth

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Viscosity Formula: Why Not (mass x length)/(time x area)?

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Supporting Fluid: Reducing Shear Stress with Wall

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What are the key forces and impulse affecting a basketball's bounce?

  • Michael1974
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Which diode will turn on in this circuit?

  • Marcin H
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Calculating Charge on a Capacitor in a Circuit with a Switch

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Finding the value of g using 2nd Harmonic Frequency

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Solve Physics Echo Problem: Air Echo Returns 1.33s Later

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Crab Nebula Age Estimation - Angular Position Problem

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How to Calculate Force for Van de Graaff Generator | 70-Year Old Challenge

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Archived How Does Shaft Diameter Affect Power Transmission and Torque?

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What Are the Key Dynamics of Celestial Bodies in Our Universe?

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Pulling yourself up with a pulley

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Travelling wave: finding the velocity from displacement

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Find the rms electric field strength of a given EM wave

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Electric current passing through closed loop

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Capacitors in Series and Parallel

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Small mass (m) resting on a larger slanted mass (M)

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A window washer pulls herself upward using the bucket-pulley

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Solve UROV Fluid Mechanics Homework: Max Vel, Time, Distance, Drag Force

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Solving for Acceleration in a Complex Pulley System

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Spring compression of a bowling ball

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Archived Time for a trampoline jumper to lift off?

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Finding Minimum Plate Separation for Mica-Filled Capacitor

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Two-Block Dynamics Problem: Determining Acceleration and Tension

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Calculating Work Done in Inflating a Square Balloon

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Archived Hanging a sign Torque and summation of forces

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How Much Energy Does a Squash Ball Lose After Bouncing?

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How to calculate slit separation?

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Working out force from distance object is displace (2D)

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Swinging, equilibrium, kinetic energy problem

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Equilibrium and Pressure Distribution in a Spherical Body Under Gravity

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Haloes or rings round the moon?

  • Anithadhruvbud
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Differences between dispersion and scattering?

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Calculating Radioactive Decay with Simultaneous Particle Emission

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What's the nature of a force acting on this gas? (Thermo)

  • Raynor49
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Speed of a Bullet: Hunter's Rifle & Duck Flight

  • reminiscent
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How do i find gravity given a radius and an altitude?

  • gcombina
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Work-Energy Theorem problem

  • jackthehat
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Negative and Positive E-Field Components

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How Far Will a Block Slide on an Incline with Friction?

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Find Frictional Torque for Poorly Maintained Bicycle

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Determining distance between geostationary satellite & moon

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Radioactive decays - given power value

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Calc Vol of 1 Mol Steam @ 100°C, 1 atm: Ideal Gas Eqn

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Calculate total mechanical energy of a frictionless spring

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Finding acceleration from distance and time

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Horizontal Range Homework: 45° & 30° Angles

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Energy and charged particle collisions

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Archived Calculating Back EMF of an Automobile Starter Motor

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Solving Beat Frequency with Tuning Forks: f2 = f1 ± fb

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Archived Help finding Effective Capacitance in a Circuit

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How Long Will It Take to Travel 65 Light-Years at Relativistic Speeds?

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Magnitude of electric field/Need answer checked

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Archived Please help with these two projectile motion problems, thanks

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How close can two protons get if....

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Difference between stationary/non-stationary quantum states

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Block off inclined plane (kinematics + projectile motion?)

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Calculating number of free electrons in metals

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