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How do I figure out the final position of the block?

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Solving Pressure Puzzle: Find P1 in Diagram

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Finding the frequency of a vibrating particle on a string?

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Calculate Pressure: Elephant Mass 4000 kg, Leg Diam 25 cm

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Relative Density of Glycerin: 66 kg / 1000kg/m3 = 0.066

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2 vectors with cylindrical polar coordinates

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Formula of weight of surface water

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Understanding the Calculation for Shear Stress of Water

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Physics Homework Question on Electrostatic forces

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Getting two Answers : calculating velocity of ball

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How to find the speed of a planet around the sun

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Density: Cube of Aluminum to Copper Sphere

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Finding final speed of object on incline

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Harmonic motion- Two springs, One mass

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Satellite angle, remote sensing

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Heat Capacities Given Equation of State

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Answer "Solving 2D Elastic Collision Homework

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Balancing Moments: A Ruler's Center of Mass

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Effect of rotating polarizer on intensity of transmitted light

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What is the State of Water in a Rigid Container at 120oC?

  • Monsterboy
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What Determines Equilibrium in a Liquid-Vapor System?

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Specific Heat of an Ideal Gas: Temperature vs. Molecular Weight and Structure

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Static measurement of Spring constant with error value

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Force on one mass from another mass

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Work and Kinetic Energy of a Sled

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(Simple Electromagnetics) A charge placed between 2 charges

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How Is Work Calculated in Thermodynamic Processes?

  • kent davidge
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Understanding Electrostatics: Calculating Potential of Metal Spheres

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Calculating Mass and Velocity of Exploding Object Pieces

  • cvc121
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Interference of light Intensity

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2 capacitors reaching equillibrium?

  • **Mariam**
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(Thermodynamics) A tank with water & air heated

  • Baybora
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Why Isn't Induced Charge Shown in Electrostatics Problems?

  • vijayramakrishnan
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Rearranging change in kinetic energy for mass

  • Marts12
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Finding the mass of a quantity of gas given P, V, T

  • Kitaek Lee
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Frequency problem (static equilibrium)

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Finding acceleration in multiple pulley system

  • Aireaz
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Egg Drop Competition - Using popsicle sticks vs straws

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Understanding why the initial height of one block is equal t

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Calculating the Stopping distance

  • xavierengineering
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Bernoulli River: Calculating Water Speed

  • Dilman Sidhu
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What is the solution for finding F1 and F2 when angles are not equal?

  • Kalenz
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Final velocity of a car rolling down a ramp using energy

  • rbesfe
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How Fast Does a Tornado Travel If Lightning Strikes Twice?

  • **Mariam**
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Kepler's laws, universal gravitation mcq doubt

  • **Mariam**
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A car stopping on a slippery surface on an uphill

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Calculating Electric Field and Distance for a Point Charge

  • WeiLoong
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Solving MCQ Total Energy: Question 8 - Guide & Key

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How does electric potential relate to point charges in homework problems?

  • WeiLoong
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Skiing Up a Slope: Solving Work & Power Requirements

  • komarxian
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Questions about 3 colliding object. Can i get some help?

  • Botond
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The internal energy in isobaric process

  • Jiya
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Instantaneous Velocity of a electron with a provided formula

  • Flinze
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Determining the rate at which speed changes

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Variation on 3-ball elastic collision

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Absorption Line's Different Wavelengths

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Electric intensity at orthocenter of a triangle.

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Can a Bridge Voltage Divider be Used to Calculate Voltage Gain?

  • Pablo3
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What Is the Potential at the Center of Concentric Metallic Spheres?

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How Do Clocks on Moving Trains Behave Near a Tree?

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Calculating m for a Sloping Block with Increased Mass

  • goldfish9776
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Constraint of moment about an axis

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Center of mass for two small particles

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Total forces acting downward on the plane

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Solving a 100N Weight Block Motion Problem

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Is average force dependent on the exertion time of force?

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What force needed to launch an object from moon to Earth

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Friction between roller coaster and track

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Minimum work to separate O2 &N2 from air

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How Does the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem Apply to a Diving Scenario?

  • master_333
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How Do You Calculate the Diameter of a Camera Lens Based on a Photograph?

  • BrokenSoul
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Help with Forces, Pulleys, and Whether People get pulled

  • komarxian
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Electric Field between two charged plates

  • ft92
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Astrophysics - Hour angle calculation

  • rozma3
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Equivalent Resultant Force for Distributed Load: Is My Method Correct?

  • goldfish9776
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Collision of rolling billiard balls

  • AlonsoMcLaren
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Calculating mass by pressure needed to move object

  • Physics123537
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Solving a Physics Problem: Work Done by OR on a Gas

  • kent davidge
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Solving for FBa: Why 59N and Not 50.6j + 8.43k?

  • goldfish9776
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Calculating Work Done in Pushing a Lawn Mower: A Physics Problem

  • master_333
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Physics of a microwave - why does the turntable spin?

  • tayles123
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Work done = 1 N x 1 m = 2 kg 1m2 1.414s-2 = 1 J ? wrong ?

  • Chalmers
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Relativity - Length Contraction Problem

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Magnetic moment and magnetic properties

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Finding Energy Stored in a Capacitor

  • le@rner
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Current Algebra: Find Current in Electric Circuit w/ 3 Resisters of R

  • calculator20
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Normal and tangential acceleration

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Rotational Motion: Momentum Conservation

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How to Calculate change in volume produced by a piston?

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How can I develop a project around hard disk access times?

  • cmkluza
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Find the internal series resistance of the battery

  • prishila
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How would I calculate the work done by the gas molecules?

  • spacealgae
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Angular momentum in projectile motion

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