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Calculating Take-Off Velocity for High Jumper Kwaku Boateng

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How much work is done by the Adiabatic Compression of Diatomic Gasses

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How is longitudinal wave spread

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Which ball travels further, up a ramp or thrown in the air

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Cube-Rod Pendulum: Solving Homework Statement & Equations

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Solving Hall Voltage Problem Homework Statement

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Archived Oscillator circuit. completely lost.

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Question involving 2 pulleys and 2 masses.

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Steady State Flow out of a Tank Through a Vertical Pipe

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Doppler effect train frequency question

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Solving 2D Momentum Collision: What is the Final Velocity After Collision?

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Archived Four lowest vibrational states of these ions

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What is the volume of the gas after adiabatic compression

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Calculating Heat Transfer in a Two-Reservoir System: A Simple Problem

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Calculate the average resultant force required to accelerate the ball.

  • Meezus
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Cylindrical symmetry, Gauss's Law

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Basic force with static friction problem

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Yes, the derivative of log(x) is 1/x.

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How Much Power Does a Light Bulb Use in a Series Circuit?

  • Yoruichi
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Torque: Why does tension = Friction

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How do the magnetic fields of a magnet and a wire interact?

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Magnitude of charge on parallel plates

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Center of mass and momentum in boat question

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How Many Photons Are in Each Bit of a 10 Gb/s Optical Signal?

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How to Determine Acceleration from Distance in Constant Acceleration Problems

  • kylenic1997
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E-field, force, & changing sign of charge (grade 12)

  • krbs
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Basic particle accelerator - escape speed (grade 12)

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How Does Circular Polarization Arise in String Wave Motion?

  • cpburris
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Proving Uniform Magnetic Field with Saddle Coils

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Solve Kinematics Problem: y = y0 + Vot + 1/2gt²

  • James_22
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Equation for upward motion of the particle with air drag

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Path difference in an interference device

  • kent davidge
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A 55.0 kg pole vaulter running at 9.0 m/s vaults over the bar

  • GalacticSnipes
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Thermal expansion of a rod with variable alpha

  • Titan97
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Calculation of force due to electric dipole

  • Umrao
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Archived Maximum Charge on a Capacitor, Help

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Mean Input Power & Q value , Damped Harmonic Motion

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Pressure Cooker Internal Energy Problem

  • sharpnova
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Solving for Vo: Graph Analysis of Vs vs t

  • Marcin H
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What Is the Maximum Forward Force Before Car Wheels Spin?

  • kokodile
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Find an expression for the capacitor voltage

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Uniform electric field - tension & electric field strength

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Find angle with given distance and height

  • brycenrg
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What is the potential energy of this group of charges?

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Maximum height water can be projected onto a wall

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Electric potential and magnitude

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Does doubling the mass increase frequency by √2?

  • Ethan Godden
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Understanding Minimum Path Difference for Waves Below the Centerline

  • kent davidge
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Calculating Density of Wood: 5cm x 3cm x 10cm @ 90g

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Bypass Capacitor: Filtering AC Ripples

  • Harrison G
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What is the displacement of a particle in a constant electric field?

  • Melssssss
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Why Does My Displacement Calculation Exceed the Sprint Distance?

  • Balsam
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What is the thermal energy transfer during stage CA?

  • Aldnoahz
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Potential energy in solids,liquids and gases

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Finding future x position with changing velocity

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Electron density as a function of time

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What is the power of an elevator?

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RL circuits: Find the voltage through the resistors

  • Marcin H
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Finding Velocity with Varying Force and Friction

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Current Division: Find Load Resistor Current for 4 Resistors

  • Marcin H
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Rolling without slipping & linear acceleration vector

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Pressure Variance, Displacement, and a Soft Drink Bottle

  • Ethan Godden
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How Do You Calculate the Second Mass in an Atwood Machine Problem?

  • Kamisama
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Geocentric vs heliocentric model evidence

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Graph of Elevator's Velocity: Understanding Displacement and Distance Traveled

  • reminiscent
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What is the resultant of the vector from this impact?

  • j doe
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How to find mass in an Atwood machine

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Kleppner/Kolenkow: Conical Pendulum & Angle with Vertical

  • Cosmophile
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Velocity of a point charge from work done

  • Jake 7174
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What Causes a Ball to Roll Off a Hemisphere?

  • Andy123
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Electric Field between Three Plastic Sheets

  • CARNiVORE
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Work done by moving a point charge

  • Jake 7174
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Impact of container on final temperature of system

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Find magentic field intensity.

  • Julian102
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Uniform circular motion - finding velocity

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Minimum wavelength of electrons ejected from metal

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Circular Motion and Energy Calculations

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Finding Velocity at which mass being spun on string will bre

  • Nikki1357
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Relativistic Kinetic Energy Derivation

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Torque/Moment of a bent wrench question

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Potential Difference between Two Points affected by a Dipole

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Force/magnitude/acceleration scenario

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Net Charge within a Gaussian Cube

  • CARNiVORE
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Does Throwing an Anchor Overboard Change the Pond's Water Level?

  • Ethan Godden
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De Broglie Wavelength/Electron momentum

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Taking the derivative of position to get velocity

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Voltage Difference Along a Path

  • Jake 7174
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Electric charge and force question

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What Happens to the Buoyant Force on a Beach Ball When Submerged?

  • Ethan Godden
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Does Water Depth Affect the Force Needed to Hold an Apple Submerged?

  • Ethan Godden
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Determining the magnitude of the resultant couple

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Plane ride relative motion problem

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Work done by a uniform Ring of Charge (due tomorrow

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Object Acceleration with Vertical Forces: Rising or Descending?

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A fixed charge at origin and a moving charge repelled

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Elastic and inelastic collisions

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Identifying Newtonian force pairs

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