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Projectile motion of a fired cannon ball

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Binding energy per nucleon and fission/fusion

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A +'ve charge Q is fixed to the origin. A -'ve charge 9Q

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Does Electric Potential Energy Depend on the Mass of an Ion?

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Force to accelerate 250 kg vehicle to 100 km/h in 60 seconds

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Writing the correct diff. equations for an RC circuit

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Banked Roadway Design for Ice Conditions: Solving for Optimal Angle

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Find the Width of the Slit Given the Energy of the Electron Beam

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Elastic collision in 2-dimensions

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Work to assemble four point charges in a regular tetrahedron

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Calculating Pressure Exerted on A Gasoline Column

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Find Normal and Tangential components of accelaration

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Rings on a rod: angular momentum conceptual question

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Calculate power to have the car at a certain speed

  • SelenaT
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Calculate the pressure on an Onion Tank

  • JN Morris
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Permissible error in pressure from errors in force and area

  • Malu666
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How Does Mica Affect Fringe Shift in Young's Double-Slit Experiment?

  • Potatochip911
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Law for magnetic field due to solenoid

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Finding acceleration of blue cylinder in two-cylinder pulley system

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Electromagnetism-Radius of Curvature-Question

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What type of wave is described by this equation

  • subopolois
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Frequency of oscillation for a hanging mass on a spring?

  • subopolois
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Using Waves to Find Depth of Well

  • rockerdude1210
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Ball and light velocities from Earth's frame in moving airliner

  • Jaimie
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Harmonic motion and Electrical Fields

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Coeff. of Linear Exp. of glass from vol expansion of content

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Magnitude of electric force on a proton

  • Sox281212
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Calculating Traction Force for Leg Fracture Treatment

  • TyroneTheDino
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Pressure of supercritical water inside a vessel

  • Manoffew
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Entropy change of system two substances

  • Qwurty2.0
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Direction of particle in electric field

  • Fluxxx
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Calculating Pressure Outside a Box: Bernoulli's Equation

  • subopolois
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Answer Scalar Quantity Q: Is Everything False?

  • Praveen27
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Collision and angular velocity

  • Saitama
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Mass Pulley System, Acceleration

  • ryankunzzz
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Velocity of the Center of Mass

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Observing from Earth the clock in a spaceship

  • giuliopascal
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How Does Elastic Collision Affect Momentum and Force in Racquetball?

  • Chickubi
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How Much Work Does a Man Perform by Jumping Off a Stationary Boat?

  • Karol
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Cylinder on a decelerating truck

  • Karol
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Friction between 3 blocks conceptual problem

  • PhysicsKid703
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What slows down a rolling sphere?

  • toesockshoe
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Acceleration of a Block Down a Ramp

  • Drakkith
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Unit when multiplied or squared

  • K.Callaghan
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Three Blocks Connected Concepts

  • Jack Arnett
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Sound waves and frequency problem

  • King Elizabeth
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Misconceptions about Newton's 3rd Law in GCSE Physics Revision Guide

  • Jimmy87
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How to Find Acceleration from a Velocity-Distance Graph?

  • takando12
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Friction and Couples: Understanding Coefficients

  • Hashiramasenju
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Why do people feel weightless in a steep plane dive?

  • Physiophysio
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Calculate intial angle of a refracted wave

  • BOYLANATOR
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Thermal conduction between 3 rods

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Venusian angular units and solar parallax from finger-based system

  • RingNebula57
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Dynamics: Absolute and Relative Acceleration in Plane Motion

  • Drew Davison
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Electric Fields problem: Can someone please check my work?

  • goooogle
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Question on velocity changes in free fall

  • Physiophysio
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Doppler shift from a swinging fan

  • TharitTk
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Double Paralell Plate Capacitor with Dielectric

  • bananabandana
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Average Force on a Rocket During Gas Exhaustion

  • subopolois
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction and Variables

  • TyroneTheDino
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Speed of particle Galilean relativity

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Two masses attached to a fixed vertical spring

  • JayB
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Finding nuclear spin and J from hyperfine structure of Cs-133

  • Yaste
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What Determines the Decreasing Height of a Bouncing Ball?

  • Liam Lau
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Find the total distance taken by the train.

  • Electgineer
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A marble that is rolling without slipping approaches a hill

  • Kellyn24
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What Is the Electric Force on an Electron in a Varying Electric Potential?

  • w3dnesday
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Work-Energy principle and spring force

  • Nayef
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Is my teacher's work for collisions problem correct?

  • toesockshoe
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Current through resistor and inductor in parallel RC circuit

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How to Find Multiple Phase Constants

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Gravitational and centripetal forces on mass at Earth's surface

  • Jamessamuel
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Solid Mechanics - Stress-Strain diagram - absorbed energy

  • Feodalherren
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Calculate force of friction on car as it rolls across

  • SelenaT
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Optics Problem: Find Smallest Refractive Index of Slab

  • arpon
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Why Does Virtual Work Seem Incorrect in This Statics Problem?

  • John1951
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Can someone check my answer to a rotational problem?

  • toesockshoe
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Unit Vectors for Polarization and Wave Vector Directions

  • roam
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What Is the vrms for This Gas Distribution?

  • Qwurty2.0
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What have I done wrong? (projectile motion)

  • Mayzu
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Volumes at C and D in a Carnot cycle

  • Qwurty2.0
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Maximum extension of a bungee cord

  • Mayzu
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Fork pushed into ice (thermodynamics, clausius clapeyron)

  • Robsta
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Pulley question- What have I done wrong here?

  • Mayzu
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Calculating the speed of hammer to drive a nail in the wall

  • ermcnoobphysics
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Conduction and convection- processes understanding

  • Sahil Dev
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Is the Tension in Physics Problem 651N or 1302N?

  • Teachme
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Speed for a meter stick to contract to 0.5 meters

  • Tonia
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Convert Oersted to Gauss: Multiply by 4π

  • sergiokapone
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How to solve this Cosine Law Equation?

  • Shahab Mirza
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Moving atomic clock time dilation at 1000 km/h

  • Tonia
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Calculating tension of moving object

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Gauss' law for point charge inside sphere off center

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What is the significance of thermal resistance in heat transfer?

  • Sahil Dev
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Car oscillation amplitude stays constant, graph shows frequency dependence

  • Jamessamuel
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How Does a Lightbulb's Resistance Impact Its Power Consumption?

  • skepticwulf
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