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Can a Bullet Break a Bike Chain at 6m Underwater?

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Angular velocity for a physical pendulum

  • NooDota
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Maximum energy stored in a capacitor? RLC circuit

  • Luke Cohen
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How Does Mixing Water at Different Temperatures Affect Entropy?

  • toothpaste666
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Finding dot and cross products of vectors in yz and xz planes

  • hiineko
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How to Build a Ping Pong Projectile Launcher for Maximum Distance?

  • Ah Yiife
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How Do You Solve Relativity Problems with Perpendicular Velocities?

  • Electrophy6
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Electricity and Magnetism RC Circuit Conceptual Questions

  • Ramanujan143
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Calculating Impedance of a RLC Circuit Connected to a 60 Hz AC Source

  • ayajek
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What Are the Wave Properties of Light in Prism and Diffraction Experiments?

  • Mr.somebody
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Finding the Work to Move Chocolate

  • DameLight
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Centroid of a uniform shape, using area

  • J-dizzal
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Kirchhoff's Rules Circuit Problem

  • scharry03
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G-Force between 2 objects, find time?

  • Oxford365
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Wave pulse on steel wire with hanging masses: finding mass m

  • Second_addition
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Solve Torque Equation Homework w/ Help & Solution

  • Orex
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Find the magnetic force on the square loop

  • Abs
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Faulty approach to solving a double Atwood's machine

  • Rations
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Finding the angle of projection and its speed in 2D Kinetics

  • dahano
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Finding velocity using given angle

  • dahano
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MCQ Question related to trajectory of two projectiles

  • dahano
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What Is the Correct Equation of Motion for a Pendulum at Any Amplitude?

  • olgerm
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What is the motion of a test charge in a non-uniform electric field?

  • Mr.somebody
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If the angular frequency of the generator exceeds 1/sqrt(LC)

  • Luke Cohen
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How does reducing pressure affect the rate of evaporation?

  • Anshuman Bajpai
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Moving body on an inclined plane

  • kaspis245
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What Shows the Wave-Particle Duality of Light in the Compton Effect Experiment?

  • Mr.somebody
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Calculate the resolution of pressure sensor ( altimeter ) ?

  • ThienPhuNg
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Why does a scale read zero for a man at the equator?

  • Kernul
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Speed of sound in oxygen using Kundt's tube at 400 Hz

  • Second_addition
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Speed of mass relative to wagon with pendulum on moving wagon

  • Alex.malh
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Pressure inside a sealed container

  • James1995
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What determines the curvature of a particle's path in an electric field?

  • nikoniko1234
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How do I normalize a force distribution F(x) to a total force F0?

  • skrat
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Impulse exerted on car during collision

  • naianator
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Work needed to expand a very heavy gas under high pressure

  • Gaspar_Paya
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Finding what angle is the Normal force is.

  • lion_
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Classifying standing waves and their frequencies

  • Dalip Saini
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Change in gauge pressure using viscous flow through a pipe.

  • KAC
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What is the stretch of the spring?

  • KAC
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What is the electric field at point P?

  • Mr.somebody
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Gravitational force calculation with unit analysis

  • Ellen W.
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Equilibrium Position in Terms of Masses, Length, and Distance

  • FallenLeibniz
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Elastic Head-On Collision, Spring Compression.

  • Noxate
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Calculating Distance Between Two Charged Objects

  • Mr.somebody
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Why take integral of V^2 when deriving Vrms?

  • KingDaniel
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Angular momentum along a sloping line

  • rpthomps
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Two-source interference: why is 3.5λ not in the given wavelengths?

  • Second_addition
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How High Will the Puck Shoot Up from the Plate?

  • Samei
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Finding potential difference from kinetic energy gained by charged particle

  • TAMUwbEE
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Center of Mass of open top cylinder

  • naianator
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The relationship between electric potential and field.

  • Yumrey
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Finding current in a circuit using Kirchhoff voltage law

  • wanderer0102
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Simple Harmonic Motion and phase constant

  • Dalip Saini
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Electric fields, particles and deflection

  • Mr.somebody
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Finding mechanical energy of simple harmonic oscilator

  • Dalip Saini
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Calculating Force Applied to Golf Ball by Club with Limited Data

  • Nevolute
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Determine magnitude of change in velocity and direction

  • Lee Kah Mun
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Question on motion in a straight line

  • Vishesh1999
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Calculating Impulse Ratio for Colliding Molecules A and B

  • Fuzzykatecake
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Ball Bearing Speed Calculation in Elevator

  • Fuzzykatecake
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Why does a square of alternating charges have infinite neutral points?

  • sivadas
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Electric Field and Potential difference

  • hellojojo
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How does temperature affect gas pressure at constant volume?

  • Blanchette
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Shadow from aperture in front of screen in ray optics

  • Woah_Moses
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Calculating Potential Difference in a Teltron Tube

  • LXX
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Calculating the mass of the Earth

  • ccapanni
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How Do You Calculate the Mass of the Plane After Intercepting Luggage?

  • Oxford365
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Finding initial velocity of body thrown upward for 10 seconds

  • Shahab Mirza
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What is the wavelength of light used in Young's double-slit experiment?

  • Hannahj1
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Problem Concerning Inelastic collisions.

  • HermitOfThebes
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Finding diffraction grating spacing and maximum order

  • Hannahj1
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2-D Motion Problem with 2 masses attached by a string.

  • slavik12
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Solve RC Circuit Problem: 45V -> 10V in 4.21ms

  • alteradoplebada
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A block sliding down a ramp lab (with friction)

  • stacope32
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Varying Direct Current and Alternating current

  • KingDaniel
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Figuring this circuit's amp before resistor one

  • StevenTorman
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Regarding efficiency of heat engines

  • Nitin Gupta
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Gauss's Law vs Coulomb's law problem

  • yeshuamo
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Particle flow in wires of same current but diff diameter?

  • toforfiltum
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Object attached in between two or more springs

  • faithrose123
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Why does direction affect velocity in energy conservation?

  • Samei
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Motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields

  • LXX
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What Does Function of State Mean in Thermodynamics?

  • KingDaniel
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Larmor precession and magnetic ordering

  • DeathbyGreen
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Statics, friction of a rope around a post

  • J-dizzal
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Why didn't this work? (Pun intended)

  • Kyle.Nemeth
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Static equilibrium. Friction example

  • J-dizzal
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Friction of a sliding door with one of its wheels "frozen"

  • J-dizzal
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Object slides in rolling cylinder

  • Nathanael
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Circuit Questions -- Electrons flowing in wires and a resistor

  • r0306
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Box Pushed Up an Incline Ramp: Basic Newton's Law Questions

  • Kathy W
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Variation of Force-time graph for person opening parachute

  • toforfiltum
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Conservation of momentum in a mechanics problem

  • eli meril
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Kinetics of a rigid body (conservation of energy)

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