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Solving Momentum and Newton's Law: Ike and Jim's Truck Physics Problem

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Sea level change as ocean surface warms

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Bullet embeds in rotating ball: find angular velocity

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Newton's Law: Relation b/w tA & tB

  • Titan97
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Why do electrons drift faster in silicon than metals at the same current?

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How to keep circuit wiring cool so not to distort results

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Resistive Forces on Objects on an Incline

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Physics Practical: Check proportionality

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Ball rolling and bouncing from a wall

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How Should Mass Be Distributed Between Two Scale-Pans to Achieve Desired Motion?

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Match on water sustained by surface tension

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Does force of falling object include its own weight?

  • Yong Chun Hon
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Impulse applied to an elastic pendulum

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Graphical or calculation solution. Which is better? Ohms law

  • Barclay
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Finding when dy/dt=0 for position vector r=7ti+(4t-3t²)j

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Finding the component of vector A along vector B

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Potential energy and charge in concentric metallic spheres

  • Xsnac
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Finding maximum velocity in bungee jumping with air resistance

  • Junior Newton
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Average acceleration of impact of ball.

  • danny20051
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Finding constraint equation for blocks connected by inextensible string

  • Titan97
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Cylindrical Gaussian Surface around charged rod

  • Mnemonic
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How High Must a Rocket Travel for Gravity to Halve?

  • Hannahj1
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Basic constant velocity graph question

  • hahame
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How many square centimeters are in 2.5 ft^2 ?

  • Beanie
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Identifying Increasing Speed from Position vs. Time Graphs

  • Beanie
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Who Wins the Drag Race Based on Constant Acceleration?

  • Remixex
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How to differentiate this potential energy function?

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Magnetic field representation in Octave

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Magnetic field at the centre of a circular current loop

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Work done by pressure on a cycloid from π/2 to π/2+a

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Finding the Center of Mass of a Uniform Disc: A Non-Calculus Approach

  • Ujjawal Kumar
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Projectile Motion on Inclined Surface Question

  • ltkach2015
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How to verify the Energy delivered by Lithium ion battery?

  • SIvakumaran
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Electric field at point between two finite charged wires

  • gruba
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Capacitance per unit length - two cylindrical conductors

  • gruba
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Capacitance per length unit of coaxial cable

  • gruba
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Transformer and potential difference

  • Alex.malh
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Solving potentiometer problem with addition of resistor

  • toforfiltum
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How to find combined velocity after impact in a mallet and stake collision?

  • Depasquale97
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Cylinder pulled by rope on a rough surface

  • Karol
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Table for signs of position, displacement, and velocity

  • mrshashy
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How Does the Center of Mass Move in the Two Body Spring Problem?

  • teme92
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Half pipe with friction in the middle

  • Dustinsfl
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Calculate the current between point A and B

  • meguco0314
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How to Determine the Upward Acceleration of M in the Pulley System?

  • MARK 42
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Classical Mechanics: Two Body Problem

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Thermally Isolated System Equilibrium Properties

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Car attached to wall by rope starts moving at 5° angle

  • John_tawil
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Help with vector problem

  • Dawid
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Height of Water in two conical tanks

  • scavengeriel
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Instantaneous Speed of Wheel Chair 5m from Exam Room

  • chapp
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Making a light bulb emit mostly visible light instead of infrared

  • robotpie3000
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Calculating Distance Traveled: Airplane Acceleration Equation Explained

  • Infinty
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Energy changes of a stretched string

  • Janiceleong26
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Ball hitting a hanging rod: Velocity and Energy Loss Analysis

  • Karol
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What Was the Speed of the SUV Before the Collision in Phystown?

  • Hannahj1
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Solving Curvilinear Motion Problem - Physics Forums

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Electric field in the center of uniformly polarized cylinder

  • gruba
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Motion on an inclined plane against a resisting force

  • FallenLeibniz
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Calculate Magnetic field using Ampère's law

  • Miss_Fire
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Which Program is Best for Creating Tables and Graphs with Large Numbers?

  • Crush1986
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Banked Curve - Minimum Turn Radius

  • Devtycoon
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How Does Projectile Velocity Change Before and After Maximum Height?

  • hiineko
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Calculate speed of object given g-force

  • Hugoriffic
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Calculating Electric Field due to two point charges.

  • Mnemonic
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Finding Capacitor Voltage Time Dependencies

  • @lex@nder
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Gravitation and Gravitational Fields

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What Happens to Energy When a Balloon Deflates?

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Finding Normal Reaction between Wedge and Block

  • Titan97
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How to Calculate Forces in a Train System?

  • faiziqb12
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Finding lens diameter - German physics task

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Calculating Displacement: Magnitude & Direction of a Car's Motion

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Electric field strength between two disks?

  • Corey Bacon
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Relatively simple mechanics problem

  • Paradox101
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Maximum mechanical energy in the spring-block system

  • Vibhor
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Accelerations of masses on smooth rail with momentum conservation

  • Karol
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How to solve parts E and F of this math problem

  • Jec
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How Far Do Colliding Blocks Slide on a Spring?

  • naianator
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How is Kepler's Third Law Applied to Uranus' Moons?

  • Mary1910
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Ideal gas process internal energy change

  • arili
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Block collision attached to spring

  • naianator
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I with this MCQ question pleae

  • Shiv Narayanan
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Hi i want to derive the 2nd equation of motion using the 1st

  • faiziqb12
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RC circuit: find charge rate, energy storage and power at 1 second

  • Fat_Squirrel
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Diagram for Wooden Block Friction Problem

  • takando12
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How Does Kinetic Energy Affect Needle Penetration in Medical Procedures?

  • Zynoakib
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Dropping ball into spring (inelastic collision)

  • Samei
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Physics Forces Question with mass

  • Hannahj1
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Force of a bar to stop a rotating cylinder

  • whatdoido
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How Does an Impulse Affect the Angular Momentum of a Spinning Wheel in Space?

  • 24forChromium
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How Fast Does the Lighter Block Travel When the Spring Relaxes?

  • naianator
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Parachutist free fall and deceleration problem

  • hiineko
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