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Archived The drift and diffusion currents under equilibrium

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Heat and Internal Energy - Thermodynamics

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Archived Calculating charge on a capacitor in a DC circuit

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Find the equivalent resistance between AB

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Archived Electrical energy dissipated in resistance of a wire

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Pulley question assigning conventions

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Archived Current of Coil, and Emf of Coil.

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Help with Electric Forces Problem and Equilateral Triangles

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Calculating Mass and Weight on the Moon

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Can Gauss' Law Be Applied Here?

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Electric field of a non-uniformly charged ring

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Bouyant force when there is no liquid beneath an object

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Archived How Does Closing a Switch Affect Capacitors and Resistors in a Circuit?

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Force Body Diagram Physics problem: Finding mass of boxes

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Archived Solving Potential Divider Questions: Output Voltage

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Archived Are the terminals of a battery neutral?

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How do I calculate distance from acceleration and velocity?

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Archived How Does Current Flow Differ in Series vs Parallel Light Bulb Circuits?

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Archived Simple question on current electricity

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Resultant Impulse Homework: ΣFΔt = mΔv

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Projectile and Uniform Circular Motion

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Archived Q about derivation of formula for current in AC with inductor

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Archived Charge and Energy for Capacitors in Different Configurations

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Archived Single phase question regarding Inductance

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How Does Temperature Affect Pendulum Clock Accuracy?

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Archived How Is Energy Distributed in a Series RC Circuit?

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Archived Centripetal Acceleration and string tension Question

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Determining shortest possible "time" to reach destination

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Understanding Potential Dividers in Circuit Analysis

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Physics Experiment Ideas Using Snowboarding

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Archived Atomic Spectrum of an Unknown Element

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Archived Find the angular acceleration and velocity at the end of a rod.

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Archived Finding a lot of answers to water boiling point.

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Archived Isothermal expansion of gas question

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Archived How Does Adding Heat Affect Pressure in a Sealed Steam Container?

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Archived A Resistor and a Capacitor in a Series AC Circuit

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Archived RC Circuit: Phase & Magnitude of Current

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Change in Momentum of shopping cart

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Archived How to use series expansion to simplify

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Archived Series RLC Circuits: Calculate VL, VC, VR & Phase Angle Phi

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What Is the Maximum Initial Velocity of a WW2 German U2 Rocket?

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Net Electric Field for 4 Equidistant Charges

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Solving for velocity in relativistic momentum

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Calculate Bohr Radius of Hydrogen Atom (n=600)

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Archived Thermo I Question: Two vessels coming to equilibrium. Finding final values.

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Girl's Velocity Relative to Ground: Solving a Swimming Problem

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Archived Maximum Current in LC Circuit: Solving for the Peak Amplitude

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Archived Sensitivity in potential divider circuits.

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Archived AC Circuit Analysis for Complex Voltages and Impedances

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What is the explanation for the differential form of Planck's law?

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Is the Force Applied to the Ball Zero in this Scenario?

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Trouble with ball being thrown up in the air problem

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How can I solve for impulse without time or velocity?

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Forces on an inclined plane with a pulley

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Archived How Do You Calculate Resonant Frequencies and Voltages in an RCL Circuit?

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Is There Buoyancy on a Sealed Metal Cube in Water?

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Archived Estimate nuclear energy generation rate (formula given) per unit MASS MASS?

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Archived Time estimation - mass spectrometer

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Archived Intensity of coherent/incoherent light

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Archived Special relativity: train between two cities

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Archived Understanding Interference Patterns and the Wave/Particle Duality of Light

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Calculating Displacement in Relative Motion

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The difference between north of east and east of north

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Archived Solve RLC Circuit Power Factor Problem: 3 x 10^3 Hz, 139V rms, 37.1A rms

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Negative vector why isn't it choice 4.

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Archived How to Calculate Voltage Across R3 in a Voltage Divider Circuit?

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Projectile Motion Soccer Ball Problem

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Archived Centripetal force and Coriolis force?

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Help approximating an electric field between points.

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Archived Quick circuit help/confirmation

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Acceleration Due to Gravity on Elevator

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Archived How Much Weight Can a Walkway Hold Before Balance Is Lost?

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Archived Charging and discharging RC circuits

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Archived Rotation with String Slipping & Not Slipping

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Archived Calculate Deformation of Pinching a Pipe

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Archived Force from a Hemispherical shell

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Archived Second Law of Thermodynamics - Refrigerators

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Archived How Do CLC Circuits Oscillate in Series and Parallel Configurations?

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Kleppner/Kolenkow Pulley Example

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Archived Iterative method to solving the Colebrook-White equation

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Archived Finding the thermal energy and Q for an isobaric process.

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Archived Capacitor Charge Redistribution in Series and Parallel Circuits

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What impulse must act on the bowling ball to stop it?

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Archived Is There a More Efficient Way to Solve LC Circuit Problems?

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How to find distance that the rope must sag

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Archived What Is the Maximum Voltage on a 1200 μF Capacitor in an LC Circuit?

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Archived Explaining drag is proportional to speed squared with Bernouilli's Equation

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Solving Vector 1: Is arctan the Only Way?

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Archived Forces in achilles and foot bone

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Archived Maximizing Flow Rate in a Water Pipe: Accounting for Pipe Losses

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Archived And that is the expression for the current vs. time curve for this circuit.

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Archived Standing Waves Proof for Open-Open Tubes

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Archived Relative error of a geiger counter?

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Archived CMP. Probability of finding electron with E > fermi energy.

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Transverse waves and the movement of particles

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Maximizing Force in Simple Harmonic Motion

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Energy Calculations: P=VxIxt - Why Watts & not Joules?

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