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Uniform Circular Motion and Projectile All-in-One

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A constant part of a photo taken

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Rolling Without Slipping Down a Slope

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Neglecting the mass of a spring

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Why Is the Answer to the Fuse Question B?

  • Syndy
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RC Circuit Current Help: Equations and Attempt at Solution

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Finding New Resistance of a Length of Wire

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Speed of a transverse on a pulley

  • Andrew Jacobson
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Radioactive decay, need to find half life

  • PhysicsMan999
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Ib extended essay about magnetic repulsion (maglev trains)

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A throphy has a mass of 3.85kg and a volume of 480cm3 -- Help please

  • Luke White
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Is the rise in mercury level due to a change in pressure or temperature?

  • AdityaDev
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Force on 2 wires near each other with current

  • D.B0004
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Looking For Help with Catapult Project

  • Harrison Gillis
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Electron Drift Velocity in Semiconductors

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Does spring continue to stretch?

  • Calpalned
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Undamped Harmonic Oscillator Problem

  • Potatochip911
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How do I calculate the angle of rotation?

  • Rehzhor
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Calculating Energy Conservation in a Spring-Mass System on an Incline

  • kaylajrox
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Photons per second from lightbulb

  • Kavorka
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Component of weight perpendicular to bar

  • theone
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Damped Oscillatory motion : Period

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Is the curve a spiral? And what spiral?

  • dodonaomik
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Launch Ball Highest: Velocity Lost in Arc

  • Duhvelopment
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2D kinematics question (2nd year of undergrad level.)

  • caj1218
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How Fast Does the Mass Travel After Falling 50cm?

  • Okazaki
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Why did I get an incorrect answer for my physics homework?

  • MaximumPhysics
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Work due to varying acceleration

  • Calpalned
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Ladder with 2 forces of friction and a person climbing (statics)

  • natasha13100
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Loop the Loop with Frictional Work

  • 10Exahertz
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How Does Constant Electric Field Affect Piezoelectric Crystal Dimensions?

  • kiutukri
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Webpage title: Understanding Angular Displacement in Circular Motion

  • goonking
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Change in Momentum of probe Problem

  • Legerity
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Finding the wavelength on a sinusoidal wave on a string

  • Andrew Jacobson
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Finding Displacement of Elevator in Accelerating Frame

  • erisedk
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Solve Equivalent Resistance Circuit Physics Homework

  • PhysicsKnob
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What is the Maximum Distance for the Load on the Rod?

  • hs764
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What is the magnetic-field energy in a given volume with B = 3.50T?

  • Jack_M
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Solving Car Crash Scenario: Find v1 of Car A

  • Raysi25
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Capacitor, Charge, and Sinewave, please

  • Chas3down
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Biomechanics problem. Have no idea

  • 448060061
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AP Physics: Solving for Acceleration in a Cart Experiment

  • Bayuki
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Moment of Inertia of a Regular Hexagon

  • Prannoy Mehta
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Plotting energy as a function of wavelength

  • Dextrine
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Force, speed of truck on a 10.0 degree hill

  • Valerie Prowse
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Where is the Center of Mass in a Solid Hemisphere?

  • Westin
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How do I calculate percent elasticity?

  • xxyourstruly
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Understanding Moment of Inertia in a Ball-Rod System

  • Okazaki
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How Do You Calculate the Magnetic Field Due to an Iron Disc's Dipole Moment?

  • samjohnny
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Speeder and Cop Meeting Time Calculation

  • rainymornings
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Energy Methods + Pulley + Friction, finding final velocity

  • RJLiberator
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How Many Oscillations Has This Wave Completed?

  • hopelessphysics
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Solving Homework: Understanding Equations

  • goonking
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How to find the pressure in this question

  • Syndy
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Relativity question involving time dilation

  • MiniOreo1998
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Magnetic Moment and Principal Quantum No of electron

  • TheOtherPlace
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How Is Current Induced in a Circular Coil by a Changing Magnetic Field?

  • fruitbubbles
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Induced EMF in Coaxial Loops: Calculating Separation Distance

  • Worme
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Understanding Telecentricity in Newtonian Telescopes

  • Wminus
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Moment of force and static equilibrium

  • lalm22
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Finding propagation speed/wavelength from an equation

  • hopelessphysics
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Calculating distance given total work?

  • heythere1010
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Acceleration as a Motion or not a Motion

  • nthoney17
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What is the definition of "free fall"?

  • Viktor Haugland
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Water hydro statics and presure

  • Robin Murphy
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Conservation of momentum of a frog jump

  • Luca 123
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Solve Constrained Motion Question: Car Skids Off Path

  • neemer
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Given a harmonic oscillator with mass m, and spring constant

  • Futurestar33
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Need help solving Doppler Effect with sound question

  • GravityInTheX
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When can I substitute transformations into the Hamiltonian?

  • Coffee_
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Doppler effect with moving source and observer

  • hopelessphysics
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Help with periods and oscilation *and* wavelengths

  • Sonny18n
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Spring and mass problem, compression, avg force, displacemnt

  • Steven2012
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Carnot cycle work & efficiency

  • Incand
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Supporting a plank of wood with a mass at the centre

  • Apothem
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How Do You Calculate Wavelength and Wave Speed?

  • Sonny18n
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Why are there two different forms of the 1st law of thermodynamics?

  • najma
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Ground state energy for hydrogen-like “atom”

  • Andy123
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Car Crash Physics Project: Whiplash & Brain Injury Risk

  • haveyouseenlyss
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Rod colliding with the particle.

  • Satvik Pandey
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Period of a pendulum with two masses.

  • 1bigman
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Inelastic collision affecting periodic motion

  • laurenm02
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Solving Pendulum Questions: Calculate Initial PE & KE

  • aizeltine
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What is the value of A in Ψ=Acos^2(x) for a particle's wave function?

  • Hamza Abbasi
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Finding the Centre of Mass of a Solid Cone

  • AdityaDev
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A mass m slides in a moving reference frame

  • Calpalned
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How does length affect the bending of a horizontal beam?

  • Apothem
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Static weight transfer of car with two wheels elevated

  • Ahmad Ramadan
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Verify Answers to Mechanical Energy Homework

  • goonking
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Red and Violet Light through a Prism (Snell's Law)

  • Venerable R
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Bosons/fermions trapped in a 1 dimensional trap

  • zinDo
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Finding the maximum value of a gravitional force field

  • Calpalned
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The total charge between two cylinders

  • Vernes
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What Is the Angular Acceleration of a Released Uniform Plate?

  • Himanshu_123
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Block on a vertical spring, finding frequency

  • laurenm02
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Relating SHM and Rotational Motion

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