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Shouldn't these equations produce the same result?

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What Should the Initial Velocity of the Grenade Be in a High-Speed Car Chase?

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Absolute Visual Magnitude of Stars

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How Is the Nomenclature in 13C(alpha,n)16O Read and What Do Alpha and n Mean?

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Distance traveled during a head on collision

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Hooks Law F = kx Book answer wrong I think

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Projectile Motion Water hose Question

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What is the minimum safe following distance at highway speeds?

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Capacitance (Potential Difference and Energy)

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Determining charges and current distributions

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Measuring a paper clip with precision

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2 sphere system, Conservation of Energy and Momentum

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AP Physics differential equation

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Three forces equilibrium and Newton's third law true/false

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Flux Through Concentric Spheres with Varying Charge Density

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How can the motion of point A be determined in this system?

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Heat Transfer by Nichrome wire and Steel

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Relativistic velocity problem with x and y components

  • Luke Cohen
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Help labeling a locking mechanism diagram in SketchUp

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Finding normal and tangential acceleration

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Using dimensional analysis to check which kinematic equations are valid

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Finding angular acceleration when tire radius is not given

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When will velocities of the trains equal?

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Calculating Time in Air for a Vertically Thrown Ball

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How does the counterweight affect elevator power?

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Struggling to Understand Pulley System Dynamics

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What is the Formula for Calculating Entropy Change in a Phase Transition?

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Work done by charge in electric field on the xyz plane

  • PhysicsQuest1
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Some multiple choice questions.

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Why Is My Calculation of Vertical Hydrostatic Force Incorrect?

  • The Real Nick
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Why Is Gravity Sometimes Negative and Sometimes Positive in Equations?

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Deriving the Compton Effect Equation: A System of Equations Approach

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Calculating Electrostatic Force on a Suspended Gossamer Spider

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Finding the time and maximum height at highest point

  • NotFrankieMuniz
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Conservation of momentum in relativistic disintegration

  • Frank Einstein
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Value of gamma in adiabatic process

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Using friction in circular motion

  • PAstudent
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Inelastic collision Two angles and final velocities

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Kepler's third law of planetary motion

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Calculating velocity with force

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How long can the battery power the lightbulb?

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Calculating acceleration of gravity on a planet

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Mass of one component in two component w/feed flowrate

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Velocity transformations - light at an angle

  • Phynos
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Calculating electrostatic pressure

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What is the initial velocity of the ball just as it enters the screen?

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Is it possible to implement this circuit operation?

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How to find the time-base setting for a cathode ray oscilloscope

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What is the spring constant for the spring?

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Minimum output e.m.f. of the power source

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Minimum F2: perpendicular to FR or to F1?

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Charged balls connected by spring

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Difference between Centroid and Centre of Pressue

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Electron potential/momentum problem

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What is the acceleration of each block?

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Is My Calculation of 81.48 Meters in Projectile Motion Correct?

  • Kingyou123
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Why Does Car A Appear to Travel Southeast from Car B's Perspective?

  • Michele Nunes
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Tension on cable CD when moment on A is Zero.

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Ratio of the Magnitude of gravitational force?

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3D Statics Equilibrium - Dot Everything with Vector P?

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[Theory] What's the initial velocity of this falling object?

  • Kanyka
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Finding partition functions of statistical system

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What angle does the hanging mass make?

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What are the equal-and-opposite forces of friction forces?

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Creating a positron and a electron with a photon

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Why do filaments of bulbs heat up?

  • Jimmy87
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Finding the sign of refractive power for three thick lenses in sequence

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Finding Turns Ratio for Different Transformer Configurations

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How to Find Electric Field for Concentric Spheres Using Gauss's Law?

  • SarahAlbert
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Center of mass of medicine ball

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Understanding centripetal force

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Calculation of work done -- force confusion

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Minimum force required to form sphere

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Fisherman's boat Relative motion

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Physics velocity acceleration and force -- Project

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Charged Particles (Potential Energy)

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What Is the Ground Speed of a Plane with a North Wind?

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Finding the direction angle when subtracting force vectors P and Q

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What angle to shoot the arrow at?

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Airplane Motion in Plane: West 900 km/h vs NE 300 km/h

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Inelastic car collision, answers aren't matching up

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Struggling with Uranium-235 Nuclear Fission

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Position with respect to velocity

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Rope During Rock Climbing?

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How do i figure out area under the the red-brown line graph?

  • Kaleem
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Heat radiated from a copper block at 250°C per square cm

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Lattice constant, space between planes?

  • orangeincup
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Why is the E cross B drift velocity constant in charged particle motion?

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How much solar radiation is absorbed by a snow-covered surface?

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Gravitational force confusing question

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Two Prisms connected by a material of refractive index n

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Unsolvable tension force problem

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Two rocks launched up/collison (Kinematics)

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How Do You Calculate Shear Stress in a Coronary Artery?

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[Physics waves] Spring and Block on inclined plane

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