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Calculating Specific Gravity and Density of a Body

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Work and power calculations from image problems 1c and 1e

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Circular motion , the loop the loop

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What Is the Frequency of Oscillation When a Mass Suspends from a Spring?

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How to find mass of a meterstick from torque

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How to solve for coefficient of static friction with mass

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Gravitational Self Potential Energy

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Weight of block and meter stick with supports at 20 and 68 cm

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Work done by friction (rolling resistance)

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Egg drop device design for 6-meter drop with 1 kg mass limit

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Simple Harmonic Motion equation rearrangement?

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The difference in mechanical energy of a satellite

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Determining the number of antinodal and nodal lines

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Find emf and the inner resistor of the battery

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Patient treatment with photon beam

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Simplifying SI Units: What Quantity Does JNW⁻¹kg⁻¹ Denote?

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Derivation of Rutherford Scattering - angular momentum

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Rotational Inertia, Torque and Angular Acceleration (1Q)

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Find the average angular acceleration of the sprinter

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How Is Impulse Calculated in a Baseball Pitch?

  • master_333
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Why does liquid rise vertically in an accelerating tank?

  • hotjohn
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How Many Vibrations Does a 880Hz Violin String Make Over 332m?

  • Sace Ver
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Calculate Speed of Red Ball Falling From 26m

  • Thewindyfan
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Projectile trajectory problem with constraint

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Forces on an Object Sliding at 8.0 m/s

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What is q and what is the charge (negative or positive)?

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Jones Vectors and Polarization

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Calculating Distance When Two Cars Pass on I-74: 1-D Kinematics Problem

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What is the speed of sound in air at atmospherical conditions?

  • Sace Ver
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Why is the pressure gradient equal to -2ρg instead of ρg in physics?

  • hotjohn
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Design a marble-catching device with max 9g deceleration

  • our7thheaven
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Speed of each vehicle after the collision?

  • M Malone
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Two Cars Colliding: When Do They Meet?

  • Walan
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Calculating Work Done by Car Engine

  • Nanu Nana
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Solving Two People Clapping Problem on Road

  • TristanRE
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What is the relative area of a rectangular field?

  • Julian102
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Calculating Electric Field Using Gauss' Law for a Charged Insulating Slab

  • Elvis 123456789
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Calculating Net Torque on Wheel Axle

  • Jam51
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Electric fields between parallel plates

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Calculating microstates and entropy

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Two voltage sources and two loads, how to approach this one

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How Does Charge Affect Motion in Outer Space?

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What are the equations for calculating velocity with varying acceleration?

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How to Normalize a Wavefunction with Modulus x?

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PV^lamba=constant in an isentropic Flow

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Virtual Work to find equilibrium condition

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Calculating Forces and Angles in a Model Plane System

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Max Speed for 55kW Motor Lifting 4800kg Mass

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Find the Minimum Length of a Vibrating String

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Find the change in temperature during adiabatic compression

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Finding acceleration and time from velocity and distance

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What Is the Effective Temperature and Luminosity of Star A?

  • JoAstro
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Newtonian Mechanics/Forces Question

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Ski jumper landing distance with 25 m/s and 35° slope

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Find the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the

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Calculate Orbital Radius of Planet X

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Frequency of vibrating cord with different hanging mass

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Find Velocity and Time from an Acceleration vs Time Graph

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Hydraulic lift surface area needed for 1000 kg car with 1 atm overpressure

  • Nanu Nana
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Angular Acc. Homework: Calculate Centripetal & Angular Acc.

  • Jam51
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Ice floating with person: why is my buoyancy calculation wrong?

  • Nanu Nana
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Simple Harmonic Motion - Determine quadrant for phase angle.

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Potential energy in concentric shells

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Flow of energy in a cylindrical conductor

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Finding relative density of oak using Archimedes principle

  • Nanu Nana
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Motion equation in the vertical plane along a cylinder

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Maximum Kinetic Energy from a Physical Pendulum

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Why does sea breeze feel colder and land breeze feel warmer?

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Number of photoelectrons liberated

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Electromagnetic induction graph

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Finding the tension on lifting chains

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Centripetal acceleration formula

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Torque and Net Force Calculations

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Air speed through a tube with mercury manometer

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Find Velocitiy from an Acceleration vs. Displacement Graph

  • CGI
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Jet catapult acceleration and takeoff time on aircraft carrier

  • Kenzo333
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Disintegration Energy of Beta Plus Decay

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Calculating to mass of a water column above a specific point

  • Emily Chetner
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Throwing a Ball and determining possible angles.

  • CGI
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How do I draw a free body diagram of a car on a slope?

  • Chozen Juan
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How Do Gear Ratios Affect Stepper Motor Performance in Lock Systems?

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Distance and properties of star HD1 in a spectroscopic binary cluster

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Understanding G and γ in Volume Flow Rate Calculations

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Why does a wet thermometer bulb show lower temperature than a dry one?

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Rotation in a cylindrical cylinder (fluid)

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Converting encoder counts to angle and RPM for 128 count motor

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Amplitude and Young double slit experiment

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Momentum transferred to sphere by reflected light

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How Far Does a Tuning Fork Tine Travel in One Minute?

  • Sace Ver
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Why do lower temperatures result in lower specific heat capacity?

  • Reety
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Water wave speed with wavelength 4.4m and period 1.5s

  • Sace Ver
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Conceptual Question on acceleration and circular motion

  • RoboNerd
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Switches changing brightness of bulbs

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What is the Current Passing Through a 5mH Inductor in Steady State?

  • Suraj M
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Finding the total translational KE of 1kg of Neon

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