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Ball thrown at wall bounces back and falls to ground

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Horizontal velocity for projectile motion

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Instantaneous Velocity from Strobe Diagram

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How much work, speed and resistive force

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How do you find the coefficient of restitution with only d?

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What is the centripetal acceleration of the bob-sleigh?

  • Haveagoodday
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Tricky velocity/time problem without distance

  • PhysicsBoyMan
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Ideal Gas Equation and Polytropic Constant

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Finding velocity of mass A after collision with swinging mass B

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Absolute Zero Gas: Is Motion Possible?

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Help with a vertical velocity problem

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Finding theta when moment is max

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Direction of resultant force from a point

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Calculating Velocity and Time for an Accelerating Air Boat

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How Do I Start Solving Part C of the Physics Problem?

  • werson tan
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Flow of gases through a capillary

  • Ella123
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Applying Conservation of Momentum along the Y axis

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Electric Field Between Three Point Charges

  • CoffeeCrow
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Time to raise tem from 25 to 145 celcius

  • dannie7
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Can anybody correct me if I'm wrong?

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How Does Discriminator Control Influence Reheat Requirements in HVAC Systems?

  • pinkcashmere
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Forces that can be considered centripetal force

  • kolua
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Geometric optics and Fermat's principle

  • whatisreality
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What are examples of axial and polar vectors?

  • kolua
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Finding combined kinetic energy

  • PAstudent
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Projectile thrown horizontally off a cliff

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Semiconductor doping - doping concentration is 0?

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Vector Decomposition and Trig in Tension Force Analysis

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Window Washer w/ Bucket-Pulley Apparatus

  • hawkeye1029
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How Do I Find Direction of Forces in Statics?

  • Ivan Antunovic
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Work required to pump water into a tank at 0.9 MPa pressure

  • danny12345
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Minimum work pushing vs pulling a crate at 30°

  • LiterallyLogan
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Forces exerted on the ladder by the wall and ground

  • moenste
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Moment about shaft from hydrostatic forces

  • zerogoal
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Magnetic Force and Gravity in a Horizontal Wire Circuit

  • phyvamp
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Finding angle of resultant force from two applied forces

  • PhysicsPadawan
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Simple harmonic motion - answer slightly off

  • Lord Anoobis
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Energy in relation to a forced oscillator

  • shanepitts
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Figuring out force required to get an object from A to B

  • newcomma
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Problem with conducting loop and magnetic field

  • teetar
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Determining atomic mass from applied force without equations

  • motleycat
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Easy university force/motion problem

  • Optikspik
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Calculating Heat Flow in Composite Sheet with Different Thermal Conductivities

  • KingOfQuestions
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Find the Thevenin's Equivalence of a Circuit

  • haha1234
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Find tension and angle from second rope

  • JustinP88
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Magnification at a Different Distance from Mirror?

  • DaveMann
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Tension between two masses and three ropes

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What is the B-field at the center of a semicircle using the Biot-Savart Law?

  • pinkfishegg
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Calculating the Earth's Recoil Speed After Asteroid Impact

  • Dick Channy
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What happens to acceleration when speed doubles?

  • motleycat
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Magnetic Field and Charged Particle Motion

  • phyvamp
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First Year Special Relativity Question

  • NotAnAstrologer
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What's the Trick to Solving Incline Plane Problems?

  • Optikspik
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Finding current in a resistor circuit

  • mjjaques
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Robot materials for a planet at -1000°C

  • HugeDragon
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Find masses of particles on pulleys attached by strings

  • moenste
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How can balanced forces result in constant velocity?

  • jumbogala
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Finding the acceleration of a refrigerator

  • physics411
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Straight Line Kinematics Problem

  • cvc121
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Going from position vs. time to velocity vs. time

  • Kelly k
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Equilibrium distance for solar sail

  • cyberdiver
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Forces on a window held by 3 suction cups

  • Drizzy
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Finding maximum speed (known: Force output, drag, time)

  • JohnLCC517
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What is the relationship between x-t and v-t graph?

  • Optikspik
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Beam and Support Force Question

  • G.T
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Tension in cable connecting two equal masses

  • Robb
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What is the Kinetic and Linear Dynamics of a Falling Wheel with a Rope?

  • Karol
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Constant and variable specific heat assumptions

  • Luchekv
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Moment about a point using graph paper

  • werson tan
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Projectile Motion spring launch

  • BoydC1996
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I'm I on the right track? Tension question

  • Kingyou123
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Why Does a Log Only Fall to the Left or Right in Angry Birds?

  • motleycat
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Find the Tension in a Flexible Chain Resting on a Cone

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Luke's speed doubles. Does the size of Luke's acceleration a

  • motleycat
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AC Circuits: Solving for Impedance and Voltage in Complex Notation

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Work function and kinetic energy

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How to Calculate Power Output for Lifting and Flinging Objects?

  • PAstudent
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Acceleration on a Pulley: Equal or Different for Connected Masses?

  • Tim Wellens
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Lowering an object without breaking the the rope

  • Kingyou123
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How Do Macrostates and Microstates Determine Particle Energy Distribution?

  • pinkfishegg
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How to Estimate Work Done from a Graph?

  • Jimmy87
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2 capacitors in series w/ a dielectric.

  • Iron Charioteer
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Particle in a uniform magnetic field

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Help with simple motion equations problem

  • RyanH42
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Derive an expression for the acceleration of the ramp.

  • Snaek96
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Two dimensional movements and circular motion

  • karljohan
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How many peaks in the interference pattern?

  • Abdul.119
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Inertia and moving plane problem

  • gillouche
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Does any current flow in reverse PN junction?

  • Dembie
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Finding the net torque about the axle?

  • Kyp
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Electric Fields in Coaxial Cables: Understanding Bound Charge Densities

  • PhysicsPrincess
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Pendulum periodic motion; period parameter

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