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Conservation of Angular Momentum of a bird

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Distance between center of gravity and center of mass for uniform 2m rod

  • Ellen Liu
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Find induced charge on conducting cube in uniform field

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Finding the force to break static friction

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Determining New Angular Velocity

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Moment of inertia for a hoop vs. solid cylinder spinning

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What is the temperature increase of the gas?

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Finding work with displacement and weight.

  • Bluepie97
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Finding Potential Difference between two points

  • Knah
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Using ampere's law for a circular loop

  • Essence
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Bosuns Chair acceleration problem

  • CallumC
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Finding constraint equations for three-mass pulley system

  • Jazzman
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Using the derivative of the formula of the number of nuclei

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Calculating inductance of an LR and RLC Circuit?

  • WK95
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Finding Time with Acceleration Inital Velocity, Displacement

  • NeedHelp18
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Why a cotton wool will not ignite using thermodynamics?

  • Tangeton
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At what distance x do the waves have a phase difference of ___?

  • FearlessRose
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What is the frequency of the wave?

  • FearlessRose
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What is the magnetic force on the particle

  • sugz
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Understanding Electromagnetic Waves in a Vacuum

  • TheRedDevil18
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Electric Field Angle at Origin: 209 deg

  • sugz
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How Do You Calculate Primary Current in a Step-Up Transformer?

  • RRTF
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Speed of a beryllium nuceleus after acceleration

  • MadsPH
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Calculate Torque for 8N Forces on 0.6m Beam

  • Charles W
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Conservation of Momentum of two trolleys

  • Charles W
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Creating a Cloud Chamber for Deflecting Charged Particles

  • Garlic
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Estimate flattening of the Earth

  • Yoonique
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Determain thickness of layers in cylindrical capacitor

  • Vernes
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Conservation of Momentum and Collisions

  • Charles W
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Formula for the Speed of Ocean Waves

  • Charles W
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How Much Liquid Nitrogen is Needed to Freeze Water at 0ºC?

  • Ethan_Tab
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Temperature-Independent Resistor Combo

  • Angie K.
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Moment of Inertia of an L-shaped bar

  • Kotten
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Finding max acceleration with force at angle incl friction

  • YearnToLearn
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Inclined plane with block and cylinder, pulley with mas

  • JesseJC
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Work required to take object from planet to infinity

  • JesseJC
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Finding ball speed from centripetal acceleration and radius

  • masterchiefo
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How Do You Solve a Suvat Problem for a Ball Thrown Off a Roof?

  • madmike159
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Time to drain water through a pipe

  • Bruneleski
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Find both the internal resistance of a battery and EMF

  • Shinwasha
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Astronaut travels to distant planet, finding age?

  • theafonis
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Measuring a Coil of Wire With Ohmmeter and Balance

  • Angie K.
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How Long Does It Take for a Bowling Ball to Stop Sliding and Start Rolling?

  • kingsmaug
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Ice added to water at 273K, calculate new ice mass

  • mertzi
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Front flip of a bike. Conserving Angular Momentum.

  • Satvik Pandey
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Refraction of light ray in swimming pool with Snell's law

  • mirracle4
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Destructive interference Sound question

  • zee abadin
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Magnetic flux. Dont know where to start

  • Anakrystine
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Why is average velocity called velocity?

  • NooDota
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Non-constant Current Density of Magnetic Field

  • Aristotle
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How Is Current Calculated in a Wheatstone Bridge Setup?

  • B3NR4Y
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Simple Conceptual Question Regarding Pascal's Principle

  • zak.hja
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Two charges located along x. Find all values?

  • nawand
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Solve Tension and Moments Problem: Q4 iii) B)

  • ryanuser
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Final velocity in SUVAT equations -- ball thrown from a wall

  • gracy
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Resistance and DC circuit question

  • SmokeyMTNJim
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Problem 13.33 - Floating gasoline

  • Calpalned
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How Much Energy is Dissipated in a Resistor in 0.75 Seconds?

  • B3NR4Y
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How do I plot the load line for a nonlinear network with an ideal diode?

  • Dextrine
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A glass marble is dropped down an elevator shaft

  • Salk13
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Torque Calculation for Suspended Mass and Cylinder System

  • Richard Dumfry
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Work required to bring charge from infinity

  • henry3369
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Why Does Increasing a Satellite's Altitude Affect Its Total Energy?

  • nishanth R
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Moon's orbital distance ratio when gravitational force varies by 11%

  • SpacemanRich
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Why Use Angular Acceleration Instead of Radial?

  • DaveTan
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Satellite orbiting around Earth over equator

  • Yoonique
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Weight of man on small wedge sliding on larger wedge

  • Vector123
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Torque equilibrium with 0.2 kg weight at 0.501 m

  • Scoli
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Projectile fired vertically from Earth at 3.1 km/s, how high does it go?

  • SnakeDoc
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How to find acceleration from distance and time?

  • SagarPatil
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Rotational Inertia of a Pulley System

  • Derpity Derp
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Relative velocity of accelerating and non accelerating particles

  • Hijaz Aslam
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What is the initial acceleration of mass 5M in an ideal pulley system?

  • Himanshu_123
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Calculating View Factors for Three Surfaces Using Reciprocity Relation

  • princejan7
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Conical pendulum with two charges

  • Gabriel Maia
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Finding Torque for Angular Momentum Parking Gate

  • Goofball Randy
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Parachute Problem, Figuring out largest load it can hold

  • mathguy2
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Is the force to lift a box greater than the force to pull it?

  • lola2000
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First order RC: Find Unknown DC Circuit, given current graph

  • iharuyuki
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Superposition: Find V(t) in complex (AC) circuit

  • iharuyuki
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Change in momentum and force for 40kg gymnast on trampoline

  • smagro
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Maximum power of circuit with dependent voltage source

  • iharuyuki
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Which Liquid Exerts the Greatest Pressure at the Base of a Cylinder?

  • Herwin
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Q = cm t (raising water temperature -- answer given looks wrong)

  • Stacie Worrel
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Irreversible adiabatic expansion in which P_ext=0

  • Raghav Gupta
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Double shear pin for the snow blower

  • bal
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Maximum extension in spring connecting two masses.

  • Satvik Pandey
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Find current using KVL (with dependent source)

  • iharuyuki
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How can I determine the properties of a thin lens using basic formulas?

  • AaronBurr
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Two particles colliding: v1=3t-5, v2=-t+30, 100m apart

  • simile
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Modeling mass-spring-dashpot system

  • Kavorka
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Sign on change in electric potential energy

  • henry3369
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Force from 300 lb mass dropped 10 feet vs resting mass

  • BTT
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Amplitude of two carts attached by a spring

  • frogs
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Conservation of Momentum in Explosions

  • anton717
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Electric field within a conductor with a cavity

  • henry3369
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Pendulum motion inside a freely falling lift

  • philk
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Magnetic Field due to long wire?

  • Destroxia
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How Was the Equation v=fλ Derived in Wave Physics?

  • Musa Ali
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