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Calculating Net Work: A Box Being Pushed Across a Floor

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What exactly is periodic motion?

  • SkyrimKhajiit
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Calculate Time for Stone to Hit Bottom of 180m Well at 20C

  • samisoccer9
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Kirchoff's Law - Wire in parallel with light bulb

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Calculating Initial Decay Rate of Ga-67 Isotope

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WTA : does atomic mass matter to atom's radius?

  • adi adi
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Solving the Frequency of Sound Waves at 20°C

  • samisoccer9
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Calculating Recoil Velocity of a Cannon

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Total resistance in the circuit

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Changes in electrostatic potential energy of a moving object

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Estimate the Dielectric Breakdown of Air

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Minimum velocity for particle to lose contact

  • Tanya Sharma
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Waves -- Find the lowest possible values for m_r and m_v

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Relationship Between Velocities of Two Runners

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What Is the Q-Value of Pu-239 Fission into Sr-92, He-4, and Neutrons?

  • says
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How do I find rotational energy for a pulley system?

  • Preptopro
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Energy transfer question (Use PE=KE or SUVAT ?)

  • CannonSLX
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How far did the parachutist fall before hitting the water?

  • samisoccer9
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Finding the Density of a given object

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Tubular space ship rotates and falls

  • Karol
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Calculating Muon Decay in Relativity: A Scientific Analysis

  • student07
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Need some help: Reading a Velocity versus time graph

  • Ayesha Shafique
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Friction as centripetal force....problem with the mass

  • Geo louv
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Minimum v0 for Tension in Inelastic Collision

  • Jeremymu1195
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Square wire loop moving in a static B field.

  • Robsta
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How Does Special Relativity Affect Pion Decay Measurements?

  • BOAS
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Displacement of a point on a progressive wave

  • jack edison
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Homework help: Distance and time calculation

  • Ayesha Shafique
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Why Can't We Rewrite Newton's Second Law as f = m*s/t^2?

  • Abhijith S. Raj
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Position at Which 2 Cars Pass Each Other

  • Drakkith
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Solid State Physics: Atomic chain oscillations

  • skrat
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How Can the Speed of Sound Help Determine Room Temperature?

  • SelenaT
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Stupid question about superposition of quantum states

  • Robsta
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Can Somebody check my center of mass answer?

  • toesockshoe
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Circular Aperture Diffraction, Angle of First Minimum

  • CoffeeCrow
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Raindrop Velocity and Mass Dynamics: Finding Space Traversed Over Time

  • GregoryGr
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What is the Sign Convention for Moments in Free Body Diagrams?

  • theone
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Find the position of the centroid of the shaded area

  • david98999
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At what velocity does the skateboard shoot off?

  • cody7688
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What is the velocity of mass 2m after the collision?

  • Xenon
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How Do You Calculate Average Charge Density in a Cylinder?

  • Roodles01
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Elastic Collision Problem: Finding Velocities of Two Bodies

  • toesockshoe
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Can somebody check my answer for momentum

  • toesockshoe
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Moment of force from an axis - 3D problem

  • masterchiefo
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Centre of mass of a solid hemisphere. What am I doing wrong?

  • Marvin94
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Finding Induced EMF of secondary coil

  • Toto
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Special Relativity problem regarding relat. energy/ momentum

  • erwinxa
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Is this center of mass question missing information?

  • toesockshoe
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FInding distance from top of diving bell to lake surface

  • Moose100
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Magnetic field inside a solenoid

  • geolohs
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Calculating Gravity from Inclined plane

  • Fat_Squirrel
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Calculate gravitational field strength above surface of Mars

  • TalliThePrune
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How far will a box slide with given initial velocity, friction, and mass?

  • subopolois
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How do I tell what harmonic an instrument is producing?

  • Danya314
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Designing a Vertical Lifting and Holding System for Farm Use

  • tmaker1965
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Calculate Refraction Angle of Light Falling to Aquarium Water

  • geolohs
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Calculating Speed of Asteroid at its Perihelion

  • FaraDazed
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Atoms emitted from a tube (Atomic Oven)

  • Sachin Vaidya
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Find Value of I in Ohm's Law Circuit

  • 22990atinesh
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Understanding Archimedes' Principle: Solving for Density in a Buoyancy Problem

  • brake4country
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Understanding Kinetic Energy and Momentum in Elastic Collisions

  • davon806
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Acceleration of particle along the curve

  • Tanya Sharma
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Calculating Work Done per Unit Charge in an Electric Field

  • brake4country
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City requires about 15 MW of power problem

  • skepticwulf
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Rotational equilibrium equation - Moment of Forces (2D prob)

  • masterchiefo
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How to make physics problem obey momentum conservation?

  • toesockshoe
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Comet on a parabolic orbit around the Sun

  • math 2015
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Capacitance, unbalanced wheatstone.

  • Suraj M
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Impulse and Momentum Conservation for a Frictionless Cart

  • Nelson2436
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10 m dive. Time and horizontal displacement is known.

  • andorini
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For free fall problems what exactly does time (t) represent?

  • physlexic
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Difference between sound echo and mirror reflection

  • BOYLANATOR
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What is the Voltage of Bulb D in the Circuit?

  • Max T
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Physics of Bungee Jumping problem?

  • jackson8383
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Magnetic Field of a rotating Cylinder

  • Aavatar
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American Yr 10 Physics in Australia....assistance needed

  • StrugglingMama
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Does anyone want to check this? (Stone from David's sling hits Goliath)

  • Lamont
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How Does the Monkey's Movement Affect the Box in a Pulley System?

  • kaspis245
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Solving Ideal Gas Problem: Find # of Balloons Filled

  • Jamessamuel
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3D Physics problem(Forces and Tension)

  • masterchiefo
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Understanding the Voltage Equation for a Separately Excited DC Motor

  • theone
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How to Calculate Induced EMF in a Wire Loop Near a Solenoid

  • whatisreality
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Collision involving blocks and pulley

  • Tanya Sharma
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What is the minimum range of angles?

  • mss90
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Electric Field of a Uniformly Charged Cylindrical Surface

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DC Motor: Solving for Load Speed w/ Torque Relation

  • theone
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Is the worksheet image too difficult to read?

  • Judoliam
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Will house burn down enclosing camera in foam ball?

  • Paul Uszak
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Calculate the net force on the object

  • subopolois
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Calculating Relativistic Momentum for Physics Students

  • Cell_52797
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Relationship Between Bicycle Tire Pressure and Speed

  • doctorwho55
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Very basic question on particle dynamics

  • TomW17
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Projectile motion with air resistance

  • ma18
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What is the direction of induced current

  • nawand
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Peak current flowing in a circular metal loop?

  • Mattman182
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Speed of a satellite above the earth?

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