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Height of Pendulum Homework: A&B Answered, C&D Yet to Solve

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Ice in water question - what is final temperature?

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Finding Tension in a Ring on a Smooth Hoop

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Show that the angular radius of the star is given by....

  • FaraDazed
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Find the speed of a Block going up an incline

  • Lucy90
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Draw vectors for a car being dragged along a ramp

  • RUphysics3
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Understanding the Effects of Shorted Lamp A on Power Supply

  • Janiceleong26
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Why Use e.m.f. Instead of Terminal Voltage for Power Calculation?

  • Janiceleong26
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Positive and negative signs on Work

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Pendulum - Maximum Angle in 2nd half of swing

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Solve SUVAT Inconsistency: Find Time & Velocity of Ball

  • mcairtime
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How Can I Determine ε and σ for Lennard Jones Potential in an FCC Structure?

  • Helpless guy
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What is the dating ratio of a rock sample that contains 87Rb and 86Sr?

  • Granger
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Uncertainty in Radioactive Decay Dating Calculation

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Egg Drop Project and Kinetic Energy

  • jackrc11
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Potential difference of each resistor

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Find maximum thrust of a rocket blasting off

  • RUphysics3
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Magnitude and direction of acceleration

  • AshleyAg
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Centripetal Forces and the Bucket in a Circle

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What Factors Cause a Car to Skid on a Circular Track with Kinetic Friction?

  • Nishikino Maki
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Ion Flow Through a Channel: Current and Charge

  • GBC
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B-particles inappropriate for scattering experiment

  • Janiceleong26
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Determining the mass of a free to move piston

  • 1729
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Finding Tension in a Massless String on an Inclined Plane

  • toboldlygo
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Kirchoff's law help with circuits

  • Toon
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Finding the height of a fall given force on impact

  • astrocytosis
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Electric Field MCQ Homework Help

  • Vibhor
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Average force exerted on a baseball

  • vaibzzz123
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Question concerning Doppler effect

  • diredragon
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Diffraction grating, distances between maxima

  • TheKShaugh
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Understanding Electromagnetic Induction: Flux and Induced e.m.f.

  • accountdracula
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Understanding Projectile Motion: Definitions and Concepts

  • RohanTalkad
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Comparing two energy systems - two boxes being pushed

  • hairetikos
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How do I find theta for calculating torque in a given situation?

  • Fischercr
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Question about quantum observables

  • Frank Einstein
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Coulomb's Law: Calculating the Force between Two Charged Balls

  • Drizzy
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Magnetic Field [Perpendicular wires]

  • Antonius
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Does a purely rotating body have zero linear momentum?

  • erisedk
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Block and spring on ramp; find compression

  • physics8763
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Girl on Slide: Solving for Normal Force, Energy Transfer, and Final Speed

  • King_Silver
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Width of principle maxima in n slit diffraction

  • Sharlom
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Conservation of energy, bungee jumping

  • asdfg
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What is the Correct Magnitude of P in a System of Forces?

  • werson tan
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Center of Mass - Man on Boat Homework help

  • Lydia5
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Magnetism Wire Loop: Solve Problem in 1.5 Hours

  • ellatha
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Time-Averaging the Potential Energy

  • Calpalned
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How does rotational motion influence static friction?

  • snacksforsale
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A rolling ball accelerating down an incline

  • Mr Sun
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Mass of escaped air from a cylinder

  • moenste
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Conservation of momentum or kinetic energy?

  • udtsith
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A rifle barrel question related with Kinetic Energy Theorem

  • youngC0610
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Trajectory - different start and end height, limited knowns

  • jambraun
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Direction of Tension: How to Determine & Why Downward?

  • werson tan
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Calculating work done on parcel given a specific process?

  • Foxhound013
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Conceptual Question on Projectile Motion

  • Raios168
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Algebra in potential barrier problem

  • Summer95
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Newton's third law a book and table

  • mugen715
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Modeling a Black Box Circuit for Maximum Power Transfer

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Calculating Energy Components in a Pogo Stick Jump

  • Haveagoodday
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M2 Point C Moment Calculation: Why is it Not the Same as Book?

  • werson tan
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Calculating Angular Acceleration and Torque in a Rotating Motor System

  • helpme101
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A problem on two dimensional kinematics

  • Winsy
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Maximum acceleration of 1500 kg car on concrete surface?

  • senpim
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What Angle Below the Horizontal Does a Hockey Puck Hit the Ground?

  • Im_eNVy
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Calculating Energy from Mass Using E=mc²

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A rock with a weight of 10 N is resting on a table.

  • Dillion
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Finding Velocity from only distance

  • Jonathan.rls
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Solving a Series Circuit with Unequal Resistor Powers

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The inclined plane: Movement & Coefficients of Friction

  • raindrop264
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Car accelerated by repulsion of two point charges

  • wackyvorlon
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How to sketch a "2nd grade s-t" from a "linear v-t"

  • Optikspik
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Driving force over time to produce acceleration (graph)

  • moenste
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Solving 0.7379: Understanding Fba & F.Uba

  • werson tan
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Velocity, acceleration, collision

  • PhysicsBoyMan
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How can I prove that T1 equals T2 in this system?

  • Optikspik
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How to draw a coordinate system

  • Optikspik
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Synchronized clocks in a moving frame

  • davon806
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Multiple choice buoyancy problem

  • 1729
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How much work, speed and distance

  • Haveagoodday
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Direction of Tension: FBD Down vs Up

  • werson tan
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Deriving Angular Momentum in a Particle Inside a Cone Problem

  • Tanya Sharma
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Minimum distance to avoid collision using relative motion

  • cr7einstein
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Linear kinematics problem with limited variables.

  • Btipold
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What is the Terminal Velocity of a Skydiver with Given Parameters?

  • newbe318
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Finding friction coefficient, car unbanked curve.

  • blee2x2
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Finding the point where the line of action intersect with r

  • werson tan
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Is My Homework Answer Right?: Solving Fx, Fy, & FR

  • werson tan
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Deriving the Equation for Projectile Motion: t = 2(vi)/g*sin(theta)

  • Paradise Jack
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Rotational Motion: Energy and Momentum Conservation

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Finding the coefficient of Kinetic force with an angle

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How to find the final velocity o

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Find the acceleration of the wedge (see picture)

  • Nathanael
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Velocity with negative acceleration

  • PhysicsBoyMan
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"A woman throws a ball at a vertical wall...." Proj. Motion

  • toboldlygo
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Horizontal velocity for projectile motion

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Instantaneous Velocity from Strobe Diagram

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