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Two electric fields perpendicular to each other -- how?

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Finding potential inside the cavity of a Conductor

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Gauss' Law: Charge enclosed zero = E field zero?

  • AKJ1
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Really easy but difficult problem with temps

  • korec123
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How Long Does It Take for One Car to Overtake Another?

  • Demio Crush
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Force on table/chair rolling back

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Calculate Force of Gravity of Earth and Moon | FgE = FgM | 3.8 x 10^7 Answer

  • Alameen Damer
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What is the angle between a rolling ball and the surface it leaves?

  • Ihatemiu
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Mass, Temperature, and Relativity?

  • dykuma
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Projectile Motion: Firing range

  • Scorry
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Finding theta of a charged pendulum

  • whitejac
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I'm making an Arithmetic Error, Electrostatic force diagrams

  • whitejac
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Size of the friction force felt?

  • EricMatthew
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Particle's Movement in a Uniform Electric Field

  • Krysrhap
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How to Calculate Electric Field at a Point for Physics 12 Electromagnetism?

  • Alameen Damer
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Calc EMF: Find ε & R in Circuit w/ 3.4 A & 6 V

  • Draconifors
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How do I know that I should do a vector addition for this?

  • Blockade
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Frequency spectrum in Doppler effect

  • yulija
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Physics 12 Electric Energy Question

  • Alameen Damer
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Calculating Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration of a Harmonic Wave Train

  • Nishikino Maki
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Momentum, Impulse, Area under curve

  • Ocata
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What Is Archimedes' Principle?

  • Drizzy
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Electric Charge Applied on Two Wires of Electroscope?

  • TrivialPants
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Kirchhoff's 2nd Law: Terminal PD Calculation Homework

  • Janiceleong26
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The position of a point in 2 rotations with 2 axes

  • Gh778
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Boulder rolling off of cliff: will it hit the village?

  • Entr0py
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A train travels between two stations

  • DeathEater
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MC (multiple choice) question about total internal reflection

  • cainko
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Racing Car's Avg Speed: Find the Answer!

  • iamchattha
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Kinematics in one direction - relative velocity word problem

  • r26h
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Football Trajectory: Radius & Speed Rate of Change

  • bkw2694
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Confusion regarding cos or sin

  • joker2014
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Final temperature of ice mixed with water

  • Pouyan
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What does "vertical plane" mean in physics?

  • Danya314
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Nitrogen in a cylinder - temperature, work and volume

  • Rectifier
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How is Density Related to Depth in the Ocean?

  • bigplanet401
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Significant figures vs precision (I think)

  • gijoel
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Physics magnitude and direction?

  • amber_hsk
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Need help with physics experiment (Speed of sound)

  • yulija
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Using vectors as a function of time

  • PAstudent
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Atwood Machine, deriving equation for acceleration

  • mmoe
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How long does it take to reach the ground?

  • Lana Elcic
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Finding dot product, cross, and angle between 2 vectors

  • PAstudent
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What is the Missing Piece in Solving for ρ in this Simple Problem?

  • MadMatSci
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Find the Speed of an Electron in the lab frame

  • B3NR4Y
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Calculating Torque on a Dam Due to Water

  • bigplanet401
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Collision Experiment: Momentum, Impulse and Conclusions

  • Drizzy
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Finding voltage across a resistor in a circuit

  • nothing909
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Calculating Momentum Change in Car-Plastic Collision

  • Drizzy
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Need some explanation for this physics answer (E-field due to charges)

  • ToonBlue
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Doubts on angular momentum [master's degree exam]

  • Raphael M
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Change in medium and its effect on sound

  • faiziqb12
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Electric force-finding coordinate

  • psysicsfeet
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Physics Experiment Help (Torque, Angular Momentum, etc)

  • OrangePotatoCat
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Calculating Efficiency and Work in Otto Cycle Engine

  • JasonHathaway
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Kinematics 1-D Problem. Stuck on specific parts.

  • Jabran Shakil
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[mechanics] radius of a sphere with critical mass

  • Rijad Hadzic
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Mass changed if q is produced by adding to electrons mass

  • Physics2341313
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Convert m/s to N? Chart Vectors Graphically

  • tvshonk
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Apparent vs. actual speed for moving star

  • QuantumCurt
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Using Gauss' law for spherical charge distribution

  • Physics2341313
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Calculate flux from a radiating disk

  • forestmine
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Conclude Collision Experiment: Car Mass & K.E.

  • Drizzy
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Solving Homework: Find Final State, Mass, Work & P-v Diagram

  • JasonHathaway
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Help with max rocket height. Heights differ with methods.

  • Breadsticks
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Yes, your solutions for both parts (a) and (b) are correct. Good job!

  • Rectifier
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What are the thermodynamic properties and efficiency of a steam plant?

  • JasonHathaway
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Question on Statics -- San Francisco Bay Bridge Bolts

  • in the rye
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How to extract information from question given that u=0

  • gracy
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Find the equilbrium temperature

  • WeiLoong
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How Can You Find Forces P, F, and T in a Static Equilibrium Problem?

  • Handsome jack
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Conversion from molar mass to mols

  • Rectifier
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Force given velocity as function of space.

  • deblimp
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Derive linear relations from special relativity formulae

  • VoteSaxon
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First law of thermodynamics applied to a closed system

  • Luchekv
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How to Find the Capacitance of an Isolated Ball-Shaped Conductor?

  • Shreyas Shree
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Current and resistance in series and parallel circuits

  • RelativeJosef
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Calculating the Age of a Sample Using Carbon-14 Dating

  • Rectifier
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Calculate Normal Force: Crate & Person on Floor

  • Pizza Dave
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Forces acting on two stacked blocks

  • manaXmizery
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Find the buildings height for two balls to land @ same time

  • proto3210
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What is the x component of .... ?

  • Manh
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Why is gravitational potential energy negative?

  • bigplanet401
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How many seconds will it take before the cars meet?

  • Lana Elcic
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Electrostatic and gravitational force

  • psysicsfeet
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Projectile motion from the ground

  • Scorry
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Projectile Motion, Find Gravity

  • fgc_grapplerGOD
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FBD for Newton's Law of Motion Problem

  • VaioZ
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Different cases of work done done by 3 conservative forces

  • Titan97
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Calculating magnitudes of vectors

  • PAstudent
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I feel like such an idiot (Help please with unit conversions)

  • APAlex
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Tension in the string and tangential accleration

  • Hamza Abbasi
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Mechanics Question -- Ball bearing on top of an accelerating car

  • JM samuel Liu
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Calculating Distance Traveled by a Honking Car and Echo

  • B3NR4Y
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What's the energy of a rotating bearing?

  • Karol
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