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Energy of scattering photon and emitted electron

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Minimum force to make box slide down slope

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What Factors Affect the Impulse in a Bungee Jump?

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Field of variable charge distribution over all space

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Power Consumption and Entropy Generation

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Find the magnitude and direction of vectorA - vector B?

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Pulley + spring balance problem.

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Why the time is the quarter of a period?

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Bragg's Law (X-Ray Analytical Methods)

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Help with free fall and Newtons second law problem

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Frictional force on an inclined plane

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Electron Capture: Explaining Too Many Neutrons

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Do Different Volumes of Helium Affect Molecular Speed in Balloons?

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Snell's Law: Parallel Polarization Derivation

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A rocket ship leaves earth at a speed 0.6c. When a clock....

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How to specify the normal force for this example

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Thermodynamic properties - Isochronic process - First law

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Forced Vibations Homework: Understand Driver & Oscillator Phases

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Collision Investigation Problem (2-D Linear Momentum, etc.)

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What is the radius of the orbit of an electron

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Does the bullet reach its target?

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Heat & Friction: How to Tell When Temperature Changes

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Projectile Motion in an Electric field

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Conservation of momentum (relative speed)

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Can't figure out solution -- Space probe with engine thrust vectors

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Angle of electric field line heading to infinity

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Velocity of a muon if observed travel distance is 800 m?

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How Do You Prove the Law of Conservation of Momentum in Collisions?

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Acceleration When an Object is Slowing

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Physics Centripetal Force problem?

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Calculating Volume Using Buoyancy: A Homework Help Guide

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Work that must be done to charge a spherical shell

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Potential Energy function for this system

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Conservation of momentum in an *open* system

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Conservation of energy interpretation of percentage conserved

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Finding expectation values for given operators

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Kirchoff's Loop Rule Involving 2 Resistors and a Capacitor

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What is the maximum distance for a receiver to pick up a 12.5-MHz signal?

  • kent davidge
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Calculating Angle Between Ecliptic and Horizon for Observer at 18 Degrees North

  • Frank Einstein
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What is the electric field on a thin nonconducting shell

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Thermodynamics problem involving piston and spring

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How to Find Force of Friction and Acceleration?

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How to derive formula for nucleus decay using this equation?

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Calculate terminal velocity when given cross sectional area

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The Electric Potential Equation

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Ball in accelerating tank with fluid

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When will the two trains collide?

  • Rebecca Berger
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Archived Partial Derivatives and Constant Variables in Thermodynamics

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Is d(v2) the Best Form for Finding the Derivative for Energy?

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Capacitance in a Complicated Mixed Circuit

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Determining resistance for unknown circuit

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What is the total mass of an O atom?

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Archived Quantum Mechanics Question - Work function and h

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Help understanding why v is negative but moving positively

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Problem: using thermal expansion to calculate sea level rise

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Calculating Capacitance in a Mixed Circuit?

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What is the wavelength of an electron of 5eV energy?

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Descend Speed After Dropping Glasses: 9.8 m/s

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Change in density due to thermal expansion

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Stuck in wave interference question

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What is the magnitude of the net charge enclosed by surface?

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Quick Relative Velocity question

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What Force Does Air Exert on a Parachutist?

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Compute work in Carnot Refrigerator

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Electric charge is distributed inside a nonconducting sphere

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I don't understand why velocity is positive here?

  • Frankenstein19
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Finding number of rotations till arm breaks (circular motion)

  • Micah
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Solve 2D Elastic Collision Homework Statement

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Minimum Period of Oscillation Disk

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Potential barrier, reflection coefficient

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Gauss' Law - find magnitude of the electric field

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Finding velocity, time, and distance

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This formula is applicable for a point charge distribution.

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Amplitude at the point of interference

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Solving Aperture Question Homework: Diameter of Pupil

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Wave speed on a string of non-uniform linear mass density

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Archived Solve Reflection Problem: Convex & Plane Mirrors 28cm Apart

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Projectiles in space: Calculating initial velocity

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Deriving the Wave Equation from Laplacian and Partial Derivatives

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Solving Cart Force Question: Magnitude & Direction

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Equivalent Capacitance and Voltage Across

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Find the moment of inertia of this disk

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Thermodynamics pure substances problem

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What is the speed of sound and time period of oscillating particles?

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Why Doesn't Superposition Apply to Gauss's Law for Parallel Plates?

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Archived Finding the electric field between two lines of charges using Gauss Law

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Archived Period, amplitude, maximum speed, and total energy

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Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy Exercise

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Archived How Is the Constant k0 Calculated in the Stellar Opacity Power Law?

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Find the electric force on a point charge

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Archived Thermal Collisions: Billiard-Ball Example | Problem 6.40

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Archived Volume Expansivity of Ideal Gas

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Find the impluse momentum of the sphere

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