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Ball dropped out a truck window, find bounce height and dist

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Conical pendulum on a pole: oscillation and angular frequency

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Estimating the Age of the Earth Using Uranium Decay

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Spring force due to Axial and Torque load?

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Force applied by cue to pool ball and friction during contact

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Classical mechanics (find trajectory and kinetic energy)

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Trouble finding correct acceleration of a ball

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Magnitude of the Magnetic Field at point P

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Is my mass calculation method correct?

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Friction Force exerted on an object

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Current through Earth's center to produce magnetic field

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Rotational motion of a door on a moving car

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I have a couple question I with atomic physics

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Charge and energy of a conducting sphere

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Buoyant Force acting on a sphere

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Finding mass of cargo dropped from hot air balloon

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Car velocity with initial motion north and constant acceleration south

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Relative motion or Newton first law?

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Express train braking to avoid freight train collision

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Calculating Forces and Moments for Static Equilibrium of a Structure

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How Does Sliding Affect the Force Exerted by the Road on a Truck?

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Momentum in centre of mass reference frame

  • REVIANNA
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Finding time from average speed

  • a lone fishy
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Question based on laws of motion (inclined motion )

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What is the Magnitude of Acceleration in the n Direction?

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Volume flow rate from pressure difference between tubes

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Special Relativity -- Elastic Particle Collision Algebra

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Are the units of volume compatible with the density units?

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What is the Solution to the Equipotential Surface Problem?

  • gracy
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Does secondary current in a transformer depend on load resistance?

  • Aryan Andaleeb
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What is the wave speed in the bridge?

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Motion of connected objects involving a pulley problem

  • Theodore Hodson
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What frequency does the blood receive? What frequency return

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How to find the x coordinates of the centre of mass?

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Direction of polarization for monochromatic wave?

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Adiabatic Expansion of a Gas: Final Pressure-Volume Product Calculation

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Magnetic field at the centre of current carrying spiral

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Distance from one period to the next, ##e## in helical path.

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Moment of inertia for composite objects

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How high will a helium balloon rise?

  • vetgirl1990
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Rutherford Scattering Trajectory

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How long after the decay do ##e^{-}## and ##e^{+}## Collide

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Kinetic energy lost during a collision?

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Should MA be included in calculating moment about A?

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Finding final velocity of 5 kg object after 30 N·s impulse

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Sphere Rolling Down Hill into Projectile Motion

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Kinetic energy ignoring friction

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Finding friction force on a 10 kg object sliding down a 15° incline

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Box Pulled on Rough Horizontal Surface - Frictional Force

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Springs and potential/kinetic energy

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Is There a Reaction at C in this Moment Equation?

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Why Does Increasing Velocity Decrease Pressure in Fluid Dynamics?

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Solve Work/Energy Problem: 5.9E4 s Answer

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Electromagnetic Waves in Spherical Coordinates

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Statics Questions - Equilibrium in a pulley system

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Find work done by force given distances and times

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Is the Power Expended by a Fan Cart Constant?

  • IMAGINETHINGS
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Finding planet radius from transit depth

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How Is Energy Dissipated in a Capacitor and Resistor Circuit?

  • Hashiramasenju
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Two Blocks & Spring: Max Extension 30 cm

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Why are statements 1, 3 and 4 incorrect for a ball in a rotating groove?

  • vaibhav garg
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Entropy change mixing oil and water question

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How Long to Fill Tank with 3 Pumps?

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Why are the accelerations of the bowling ball and football not equal?

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What is the spring constant for the bungee cord used in the given scenario?

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Average back emf induced in coil

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Electric potential from two concentric conducting spheres

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Image distance after passing through lens and mirror

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Group and phase velocity of a wave

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Infinite Acceleration on a mass-less string

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Minimum work to transport electron?

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Introductory Physics question in Forces and Works chap.

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Work and energy in squatting problem

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Calculating acceleration offset by C.G.

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Gate supported by two rings on a rod with friction

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Is photon gravity lensing affected by frequency (energy)?

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Work done by constant force on 7.6 kg body in 0.5 s

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Internal Energy of 1 mole of Ideal Gas

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How to Calculate the Current Flowing Through a Gold Wire?

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Physics Lab Permability of free space

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Calculation of Tensions on Strings that suspends an object

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Moment of inertia for two point masses at given coordinates

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Entropy change of calorimetric process

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Conical Pendulum with lift and tension

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Work done by force when position is given by t = √x + 2

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Minimum Angle for Increasing Distance of Projectile?

  • Hashiramasenju
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Cheese wheel rolling off hemispherical dome

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Motion of a point mass (circular motion)

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Finding angular velocity -- circular motion

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Problem in orienting two plates as instructed in question

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Finding pressure on a dielectric between a capacitor

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How Do Launch Angles Affect Projectile Energies and Impact Forces?

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How Do You Calculate Max and Min Transverse Speeds in a Wave on a String?

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Finding Escape Speed for an Electron that's Initially at Res

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Angular Momentum of Multiple Objects with Collision

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How Does Normal Force Relate to Friction and Acceleration?

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Hooke's Law and a Can -- What are the speed and acceleration?

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