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Urban heat effect: high solar reflectance and emittance

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Static equilibrium, machines; handheld press

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What Is the Speed of a Charged Ball Exiting a Box?

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Inelastic collision of plane onto a barge? (challenging)

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Calculating Tension: Homework Statement Q33

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Planets and satellites, law of periods circular orbit.

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Maximum mass of a metal you can melt; Heat of Transformation

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Physics question about black holes and determing their mass?

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Heisenberg Uncertainty in wavelength and position

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Reflection/Refraction water tank question

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Car-Truck Collision: Initial Common Velocity

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Gravity and superpostion of two spheres

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Friction/spring/inclined plane problem

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Relationship between wavelength and frequency in a medium

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Classic Static Electricity Balloon Example

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Cannon shooting emergency packets

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Describe the EMF induced by a magnetic field

  • Mr Davis 97
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Find the frequency of the oscillation of a horizontal beam.

  • Ishaan S
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Surface Charge Density (Electric Fields)

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Log hanging from 2 steel wires. stress/strain youngs modulus

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How Should the Child's Acceleration Be Calculated to Catch the Thrown Ball?

  • Maximusw47
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Electrostatics: 3 Charges In An Equilateral Triangle

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Ttorque angular acceleration units check

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Solving a Physics Problem Using Archimedes Principle

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What is the Work Done by Normal Forces in a Children's Slide?

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Static equilibrium, trusses/section method

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Static equilibrium problem -- with a pulley

  • J-dizzal
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Calculating Work and Kinetic Energy in a Two Mass Pulley System

  • Diego Cunha
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Tension and Equilibrium: Hanging sign

  • cassie123
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Energy from food to Mechanical Energy & distance traveled

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Instantaneous speed and velocity

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Description of electric potential difference?

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How do you derive the pV Work formula, W= "integral"pdV?

  • KingDaniel
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Snell's law problem about the angle of a wave and the coast

  • Nightsheron
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Solve Tablecloth Trick Homework Statement

  • jbunniii
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Basic Newton's Laws and Applied Force: 3 boxes

  • cassie123
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How Is Incident Power Transmitted When Light Hits Water?

  • KaseyKC
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Voltage drop for a charged capacitor

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"Common" relativistic variables.

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Finding initial bullet velocity in collision with 7kg block

  • Imbadatphysics
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Question about universal gravitation

  • Hannahj1
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Moment of inertia (formula problem)

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When is the Electric Potential 0

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QM: Calculate Transmission Coefficient

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q1=q2 & L1=L2 for Equal Level Charged Pendulum

  • THE BEAST
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Finding the Potential Difference In Parallel Capacitors

  • r0306
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How to Determine Forces in Members BC and CG Using the Section Method?

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What Is the Maximum Acceleration of a 75g Object on a Spring?

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Finding Forces in Truss Members Using Method of Sections

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Comparing Coefficients of Thermal Expansion in Solid Rods

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Temperature controlling system with peltier battery?

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Entropy Change in a System with a Man Drinking Water

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Solve RC Circuit Question: Initial and Long-Time Battery Current

  • Luke Cohen
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Add 3 Vectors: Mag & Dir Calculations

  • Kathy W
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Show change in de Broglie wavelength from change in speed

  • Feynman.12
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Work/Energy equation on inclined plane

  • shaunchattey
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Finding net force on an object in a free body diagram

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Momentum and Kinetic Energy, Elastic Collision

  • cassie123
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Why Does Mass M Move at u/cosθ in a Pulley System?

  • Prannoy Mehta
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Very Basic Mechanics: Equal Masses on a Pulley

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How Does the Angle of Tilt Affect Gyroscope Precession Rate?

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Can You Calculate the Splash Radius of a Rock Dropped from a Bridge?

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Gravitation - Changing Orbit Dynamics

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Solving Work Done Incline Homework Equations

  • Sarah00
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How does the loader's linear momentum change after turning south?

  • cassie123
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Angular momentum of ball problem

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What is the force on the safety strap when stopping a fall at 1 meter?

  • Postal Pete
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Solving Friction Homework: F=ma, Fk=u*Fn

  • Sarah00
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Newtonian gravity theory and energy

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How Do You Derive the Acceleration Function from a Given Velocity Equation?

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Pressure exerted by water on Sphere partially exposed at end

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Conservation of momentum in one direction (add or subtract?)

  • Chris Jarvis
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Automobile velocity on the bridge

  • Juraj S
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System of hollow cylindrical conductors

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Solving Two Loop RC Circuit Homework

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Telescope Lenses: Focal Lengths 20cm/1cm/100cm/5cm/10cm/2cm/25cm/75cm

  • Bostonpancake0
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Velocity Problem: John & Derek Meet - Solved in 2 hrs

  • mike rach
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Static equilibrium of a beam, 2 force and 3 force member?

  • J-dizzal
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Two block on each other with friction

  • Sarah00
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Rolling Motion of Ring, Disk, Sphere: tr<td<ts

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Free body diagram drawing for a two force members on machine

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Mechanics of materials torque on solid shaft

  • MrJoseBravo
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Correction to non relativistic KE

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What exactly is the total energy ?

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Calculate Work Done by Force (152N): 1657.2J

  • DaDoctor
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What is the deformation of a shaft under axial loading?

  • MrJoseBravo
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Angle below horizontal projectile question

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A dielectric-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plate area

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Calculating Time and Distance for Car Overtaking at Different Speeds

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Projectile Problem: Horizontal Velocity Analysis

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Motion Problem Constant Acceleration from 10 to 50 m/s in 2 secs

  • Shahab Mirza
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Calculating Average Force on a Ball Hitting a Hard Surface

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Angular Velocity and Acceleration of a Rotating Rod: Homework Problem

  • Karol
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What Variables Can Be Changed in a Cathode Ray Tube Experiment?

  • nick leigh
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Pulley problem, acceleration, angular velocity, inertia

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Rotational inertial and energy.

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Solving Three Ball Collision: Elastic Collision with M and m Masses

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