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Compression force on a cylinder from rope tension

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Picking a Tent: Prism-Shaped Choice of 2.4m or 250cm

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Question is about the acceleration

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A thin circular ring of radius R has charge Q/2

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Calculating net torque on a plate

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Three point charges with a central fourth charge

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Curiosity Question 2: Stopping a mass on a spring

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How Does Adiabatic Expansion Lead to Condensation?

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What is the resultant force exerted by the sides of the glass on the water?

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Uncertainty For Multiple Measurements

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Lenses Question -- image is to be the same size as the object

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Coefficient of restitution of a particle

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Can Lorentz Transformations in Opposite Directions Cancel Each Other Out?

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Is Work Positive or Negative on a Stretched Spring with a Mass?

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How to Use Conservation of Energy to Solve a Loop-the-Loop Problem?

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Finding refractive index using total internal reflection

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Distance and time of an Angry bird

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Range of a cannon using trigonometry?

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What is the method for finding peak time from a given diagram?

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Electric flux through a cube and forces on triangle charges

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Finding the Center of Mass of a Meter Stick with Multiple Masses

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Why is there a change in momentum during elastic collisions?

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Induced emf of Sliding Wire Down Rails

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Proportionality of frictional force

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Center of mass vs center of support of equilibrium

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The smallest angle flashlight beam can make with horizontal

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Review centre of gravity calculation

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Calculating Reaction Forces on an Angled Column

  • Karol
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Does mass affect acceleration on a slope?

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Convex mirror find object distance

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How Do Pulley Tensions Affect Performance?

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Period of Motion for Masses on Rod w/ Spring Constant 5.4 Nm.rad-1

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Finding the distance between parallel lines using Snell's law

  • Shaun97
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Apparent Depth of Light Bulb above Water and Mirror

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Force on an electron due to a dipole?

  • physicslove22
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How Do You Calculate Acceleration in a Two Mass, Two Pulley System?

  • PFuser1232
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Finding slope at each point from voltage vs position data in Excel

  • MaryCate22
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Angular speed of raven striking a pivoted square gate

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How to calculate audio power level?

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Work done by varying force pushing a hanging 230 kg crate sideways

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Change in internal Energy During Expansion of an Ideal Gas

  • Purple Baron
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What is the period of a compound pendulum?

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Calculating Velocity of a Cannonball at a Given Height

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Forces with Tension and pulleys

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Expressing the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium

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Thermodynamics - engines question

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Finding Spring Constant for Rotational Motion Problem

  • Adel A
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Egg drop project from 3 meters with toothpicks and glue

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Solving Detached Train Cart Problem: Find Distance

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Electrostatics Basics -- 2 plastic balls hanging on threads attract each other

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Why does the Coriolis effect cause air parcels to curve back?

  • GayathriShankar
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Phase Difference with Initial Conditions for SHM

  • Sam Fielder
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Why isn't mechanical energy equal at comet 67P's aphelion and perihelion?

  • paintingstars
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Finding wavelength from counting crest

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Finding displacement with acc and vel

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Unbanked Curve increasing speed

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How Does Bulk Modulus Affect Water Compression in a Tank?

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Beat frequency and velocity of observer

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What is the force at the joint C on the right beam?

  • Karol
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Can a Circle Travel at the Speed of Light?

  • Geranimo
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Acceleration of two masses on pulley.

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Finding Kα and Kβ X-ray energies for Z = 74

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Which describes the 1D gravitational force in this figure?

  • Westin
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Time Constant, Maximum Charge, and Current in an RC Circuit

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Determing the Potential Difference Ratio

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Normal-Tangential Coordinate for Ball Moving in Circle

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Why angular momentum and energy give different comet speeds

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Solve Rotational Collision Homework: 100 RPM to 50 RPM

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Least squares method for cloud of atom

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Minimal angle of deviation through the prism

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Mechanical energy of frictionless pulley

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Electric field in a spherical capacitor.

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Divergine Lens Embedded within Converging Lens

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Tensions in Hanging Beam with Given Weights

  • Karol
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What is the required weight for a wind load of 0.42kN/m² on a mounted post?

  • Darryl Meek
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Length of a Steel Wire (Standing Waves)

  • smashd
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What is the mass of this vertical rope? (Mechanical Waves)

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Projectile motion, finding initial speed

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Force between Parallel Wires: Calculating Resultant Force

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Projectile motion finding distance

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Relationship between electric potential and electric field

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Using the equation intensity = power/cross-sectional area

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Calculating Force and Momentum: A Catcher's Challenge

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Charged particles in electric and magnetic fields

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Critical angle for a box to start moving on an incline

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Stored energy among a capacitor arrangement

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Calculating the displacement using the work-energy principle

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Light through three polarizers with axes at 45° and 25°

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Torque, Angular Momentum, and Conservation of Mass Problems

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Proving the Runge-Lenz vector is zero for circular orbits

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Problems of E-field of a Continuous Charge Distribution

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Cyclotron electron speed exceeds light speed

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Why must a star have less than 3 solar masses for life to develop?

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What is the Strength of the Electric Field?

  • littlejon
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Car wheel angular acceleration and rotation while braking

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What is the magnetic field due to a ribbon of current-carrying wires?

  • samjohnny
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What is the direction of friction on a plate on two rotating wheels?

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Conservation of energy of a skier

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