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Method of Members: finding reaction forces on pin-connected frame

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What is the change in entropy ΔS of the gas?

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How to Apply Snell's Law Without Knowing the Index of Refraction?

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Calculating the tension in rope of accelerating object

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Moment of Inertia of Half Ring (Half Circle)

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Finding time interval from isotope ratios without decay constants

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A coil moves into a magnetic field

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Zero Induced EMF: Find Rate of B Change for Problem 9

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Acceleration of Two Blocks Connected by a Pulley on a Frictionless Ramp

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Why Do We Use Ramp Length Instead of Height in Rolling Sphere Calculations?

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What is the Coefficient of Friction for a Lab Using Spring Scales?

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Speed of toy car at highest point after leaving curved track

  • Michele Nunes
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Determine the resultant displacement

  • Physics2015
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Value of friction with constant velocity

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Finding velocities in super elastic collision

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Heated air below mercury pushes it out of glass tube

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Thermal Expansion linear vs area expansion

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Forces on inclined plane question

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Rotational Motion: Calculating Time to Reach 750 RPM

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Angular acceleration in moment of inertia

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Final velocity of satellite that falls from orbit

  • jcruise322
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Finding direction of angular momentum of system~

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How to Calculate Average Velocity on a Circular Track?

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Why do atoms in a solid act like hard balls?

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How does the altitude of an airplane affect the velocity?

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Kinetic and potential energy (satellite low orbit)

  • lucphysics
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Thermal Question -- Carnot Engine

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Find Centre of Mass of a Metal Sheet

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Banking angle formula for circular motion on a highway

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You can use LaTeX to format your equations. It is supported on PF.

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"speed rate of change" vs. "velocity rate of change"

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How Does Friction Affect Cars on Circular Tracks Compared to Straight Roads?

  • ajaysabarish
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Direction of friction when a body moves in a circular track?

  • ajaysabarish
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Nyquist frequency and sampling frequency

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Sphere rotating about tangent axle: linear speed at lowest point

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Classical Mechanics - Statics - Mass and overhang

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Newton's laws multiple choice question

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How Do Lorentz Transformations Affect Clock Readings in a Moving Rocket?

  • Colin Martin
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How much gunpowder does a rocket need?

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Estimate the mean number of decays

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Height of Mercury in a pipe after removing it from a tub

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How is the direction (vector?) of momentum stored physically

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Finding total moment of inertia from acceleration in rotating system lab

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Magnetic dipole moment of a solenoid with 1080 turns

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Speed of a Wave vs. Density of a Medium

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Speed of a solid cylinder after unwinding

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How to find the specific heat capacity of a mixture?

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Gauss' law for concentric circles

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How Is Capacitance Calculated for Different Capacitor Areas?

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Double slit experiment with a slit covered.

  • Clara Chung
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Satellite orbital speed increase despite decreasing mechanical energy

  • lucphysics
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Calculate velocity of block down a ramp using energy conserv

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Calculating Forces in a Concrete Slab Supported by a Chain

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Nodal analysis with dependent voltage source

  • TheCanadian
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What is the equivalent resistance from A to B?

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Velocity and Acceleration of a particle around a circle

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Torque on rear wheel gears in an 18-speed bicycle

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Total acceleration from angular acceleration

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Finding Work done without mass and friction force

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How Does Friction Affect Work and Energy on an Inclined Plane?

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Calculating Magnetic Flux Needed for Ion Control

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Calculating Energy Transfer in a Radio with Current and Voltage

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Frog jumping to 1m height: finding initial velocity

  • brendonsushi
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What happens to entropy when doubling the volume?

  • fuselage
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Why is my momentum ratio calculation wrong?

  • David112234
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Amplitude vs Location when KE=PE?

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Ball bouncing off wall at angle momentum problem

  • David112234
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Electric field due to a Solid Non-Conducting Sphere

  • Siddharth Barua
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Gravitational force on particle from three spheres

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Why Does a Boat with a Fan and Sail Not Move According to Newton's Laws?

  • Vibhor
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Amplitude and Period of Oscillation from Collision

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Various Physics Practice Problems for Exam

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Right Hand Rule for Magnetic Forces.

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Restoring force and frequency for mass between two springs

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Period of Vibration of Torsion Pendulum

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Finding a current in a circuit with a dependent source

  • TheCanadian
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What is the Vertical Velocity of a Falling Rope Sliding Over a Peg?

  • Matt951
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Gauss' Law for a Nonuniform Field

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Average velocity? Average speed?

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Velocity for t->infinity with given equation of motion

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Elastic collision between alpha particle and gold Nuclei

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Distance traveled with time-dependent force F(t)=f₀+αt+βt²

  • ztalira
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How to visualize and understand position vectors

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Why does an object move faster translational vs. rotational

  • PhysicsInNJ
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Why Velocity is different in different equations?

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Least time for boat to cross (theory)

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Impedances of R, L, C, RL, RC, LC and RLC circuits

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Length Contraction of Bridge rotated 30 degrees

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Time Constant ≠ Time constant from experiment

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Calculating Uncertainty in Scientific Measurements

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Find speeds after 2D elastic collision between rubber pucks

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What is the Velocity of a Billiard Ball after a Horizontal Impulse of 2 N*s?

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Why is radial acceleration negative in the elliptical orbit equation?

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Block sliding up and down a frictionless wedge that can slide

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How do you calculate a human volume from a given weight?

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