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Calculating Torque around moving Centre of mass

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Calculating Volume Charge Density: Simplified Earth Model

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Equilibrium Question with water and ice

  • Lisa Marie
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Rutherford scattering - electromagnetic form factor

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Spring mass pulley system frequency equation

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Energy of a Forced, Damped Oscilator

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Rotational motion - finding tangential acceleration

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Tank of pressurized air to loosen bolts

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Eq. for displacement of current-carrying wire due to magnet

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Electric charge inside a uniformly distributed sphere

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Block and spring on a weird track (roller coaster)

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How to Determine Electric Potential for Coaxial Charged Cylinders?

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Magnetic Force Between Current-Carrying Wires

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Current on a spring to withstand a weight.

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Calculating Horizontal Distance for a Falling Object Without an Angle

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Electromagnetic induction of a closed circular wire

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Mix steam with colder water, what is final temp?

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How to Solve the Twin Paradox Problem Using Lorentz Transformations

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Heat transfer from body through layers, using h, T, d, A

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Finding the coefficient of static friction on an inclined pl

  • Blue Sand
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I understanding this nuclear fission process

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Calculate Linear Velocity: Aircraft Direction Vector

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Potential of a Charged Spherical Shell

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Is Momentum Conserved in Both Collision Scenarios?

  • Westin
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Why Won't the Lightbulb Light Up?

  • minimario
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How Do You Calculate Forces in a Multi-Block System with Friction?

  • MP2491
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Help with circular velocity question (unit conversions?)

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Closest stable orbit of a body around earth

  • AndrewC
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Nodal lines and single slit experiment

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Induced EMF Problem 6.6 Solution Help

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Buoyant Force of a block in water

  • personage
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Calculating magnetic flux density using Biot-Savart law.

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Potential Step and Wave Functions

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Spring on inclined plane with a Block

  • masterchiefo
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Internal Force Diagram for Rigid Body and Distributed Load

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What happens to the charge on the capacitor as time goes to infinity?

  • toothpaste666
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How Do Kinetic Energies Vary for Decay Products in Different Frames?

  • Astudious
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Problem with heat capacity of thermal system

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Find the minimum amount of energy required to eject electron

  • CKaiL
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What is the Error Source in SHM Experiment with Floating Cylinder?

  • smokedvanilla
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Inclined Plane with Pulley: Finding Velocity with Tension and Acceleration

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Dynamics Problem: Incline Block and Moment of Interia

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Kinetics Problems -- Blocks on inclined plane

  • masterchiefo
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What Forms of Energy Change in a Two-Mass Spring System?

  • Westin
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Photoelectric Equation - SI unit question

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Potential of a Charged Conducting Sphere

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Calculating electric field due to charge distribution

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Whirling stone in vertical circle.

  • Yoonique
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How to relate mass defect to kinetic energies?

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Electric field due to a distributed charge over a ring

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Effect of a spring on equations of motion

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Problem with Pressure Equation units

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Calculating Voltage Difference in a Circuit: Am I on the Right Track?

  • toothpaste666
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Does a capacitor ever get fully charged?

  • thephysicist
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Kinematics, Distance acceleration and deceleration.

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How much the gas has increased the speed of the plug?

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Simple Circuit with Two Sources

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Distance from the object to objective lens and focal length

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Heat and increasing a rod's length

  • Lisa Marie
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Finding the Total Momentum of a Three Particle System

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Charge on a point P from a uniform rod

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Charge per unit length for a charged ring

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Diverging and Converging lenses in a system

  • DrewHizzy
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Projectile Motion on a Slope: Calculating Distance Traveled

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SHM Spring System is Independent of Gravity?

  • GameJammer
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Projectile Motion- magnitude of final velocity

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Celsius to Kelvin Conversion: Solving for T2

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Hydrostatics with density and area

  • Patricia Reid
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Double Lens System: Converging/Diverging

  • Venerable R
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Calculating Work and Determining Conservativity for a Force F=(xy)i+(2*y^2)j

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Heat and temperature question with calorimetry

  • Lisa Marie
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Values of a and b in pendulum equation?

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Equilibrium Question: Arbitrary Axis of Rotation?

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Why Does Work Have Positive and Negative Values?

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Unsure About the Right Hand Rule? Get Help Here!

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Question on Rotational Dynamics of Yoyo

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Obtaining kinetic energy equation.

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Hydrostatics: pressure and forces and density

  • Patricia Reid
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Resonant RLC circuit and in inductance

  • Worme
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Oil & Water Film: Min Thickness of 313nm

  • xamy
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Calculating Friction Force on a Resting Block

  • physaru86
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Electric field inside an infinitely long cylinder.

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What is the Inductance of Parallel Wires in a Circuit?

  • Worme
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Friction and centripetal force.

  • Satvik Pandey
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How Does Temperature Affect the Density of an Object?

  • Patricia Reid
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Please find the force Fz which the hemisphere endures

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Line integral of F = φ̂ around a circle in the xy-plane

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Maximizing Friction Incline Stability with Spring Release

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