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Angle of Inclination of a Water Surface

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How to calculate counterweight at a different height?

  • physicsodyssey
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Wave speed dependent on medium not source?

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Magnitude of velocity and impulse

  • Westin
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What constant force does the floor exert

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I with rotational kinetic energy problems

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Finding potential difference in a very long hollow cylinder

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Electrostatic field at the square center

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Change in Entropy, double integral?

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Simple Harmonic Motion Question?

  • kate Co
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Kinematics position function question

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Calculate the required relative permeability of magnetic mat

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A flat ring is uniformly charged

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Why Is the Area Between Non-Hookean Material Graphs the Energy Lost?

  • Abobaker Ugool
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Need help analyzing an RC circuit

  • fruitbubbles
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How to number nodal and anti nodal lines

  • julianwitkowski
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Coefficient of kinetic friction for 10 kg box on 10° slope

  • physlexic
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How Does Reversing Current Affect Magnetic Field Directions?

  • psyclone
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Calculating horizontal acceleration?

  • physlexic
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Moment of Inertia about an axis at the center of mass

  • JesseJC
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Please hel with Mastering Physics, very lost in magnetism

  • rk2930
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Solving Turntable Coin Problem: Angular & Linear Accelerations

  • Nick11111
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Particle Mechanics exercises. Please help.

  • hyorin.choi
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Don't know how if the rule meter will be titled or not

  • Syndy
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Calculating the Speed of Waves in a Vibrating String and Resonant Pipe

  • JSmithDawg
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Maximum Speed on a Banked Curve with Friction

  • Jacky Lee
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What is mass of particle X before the decay?

  • Westin
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Gauss's law: Why does q=0 if E is uniform?

  • Lola Luck
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Questions about the error in the slope of a graph

  • toothpaste666
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Find frequency of electromagnetic waves

  • xamy
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Solid hemisphere resting on an inclined plane

  • Jamessamuel
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Find the capacitance from 2 energies stored, not knowing voltage

  • Steven Thomas
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How to Solve Moment of Inertia for a Cylinder with Varying Radii?

  • BernieCooke
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Closest celestial object that has bound synchronous rotation

  • Guarana
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How to Prove (∂U/∂V)P = TCV/V for a Perfect Gas?

  • fgr
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Calculat the negative acceleration on a vehicle during skid.

  • NeedHelpBro
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Problem with wave optics - diffraction grating?

  • winsticknova
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Conservation of Momentum or Energy in a collision?

  • Striders
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Photon energy of a certain material?

  • physicslove22
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Is this Free-Body Diagram Correct?

  • DevonR
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Finding force from position equation

  • omega5
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Alpha particle in gold foil scatering experiment

  • asadpasat
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Finding Angular Velocity of Bicyclist in Inward Circle

  • Jzhang27143
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Why Must the Normal Force Equal Zero at the Top of a Loop?

  • Brett R.
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Gauss' Law & SHM Homework: Proving Simple Harmonic Motion

  • Omar Wali
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Center of Mass for a Bowling Ball

  • Yoni V
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Tension of string joining two crossed sticks

  • Seaborgium
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Minimum Speed for Motorcyclist to Successfully Cross a Ravine

  • ladymiresa
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Calculating Work and Kinetic Energy in a Cart Experiment

  • sallychan
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Tension problem calculate theta

  • Ciaran
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Will 2 particles with paths crossed collide?

  • jefer
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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Energy in Relativistic Collisions?

  • 1bigman
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Relativistic doppler effect for light

  • Samuelriesterer
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Astronaut floats outside spacecraft

  • HJ^2
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Finding initial velocity of a projectile

  • cresta123
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Need help with centripetal force problem.

  • Ishaan S
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Low Jerk Elevator Ride: max speed & acceleration

  • PFuser1232
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How Is Work Calculated for a Satellite Entering Orbit?

  • henry3369
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How Much Cold Water Is Needed to Adjust Bath Temperature?

  • Madeline1844
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Air Pressure Reduction as a Function of Height Above Sea Level

  • Incand
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Why is Root-2 in the Denominator of the Homework Solution?

  • sugz
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How to Calculate Wavelength in a Two-Dimensional Wave Interference Pattern

  • julianwitkowski
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Does Earth's Inward Electric Field Result in Outward Electric Flux?

  • hitemup
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How Is the Refractive Index Calculated from Apparent and Real Depths?

  • SammyD97
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Equations of motion for a rotational system

  • theone
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Gravitational Field Intensity HW

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Change in total energy of capacitance

  • roxanne.w
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Comparing the current through multiple batteries

  • acdurbin953
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Max Work From Heat Engine Reservoirs

  • SevenTacos
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Determine building height by viewing angles

  • lamamw
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Ammeter from parallel to series, current change

  • Faris A
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British Physics Olympiad 2004 (GCSE)

  • LostAce
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Electric potential of hollow conducting sphere

  • Gagandeep Singh
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Prove that a sphere is a conductor.

  • roxanne.w
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Centripetal Force, and Car Drifting Question

  • SherlockIsReal
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Help Solve Physics Homework: Computer Base Unit of Mass

  • SherlockIsReal
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Two masses hanging from a pulley (conservation of energy)

  • khannon5
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Does a Satellite Have Weight in Orbit?

  • Physics wouter
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How much energy is used in heating water?

  • paulfitz1592
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Calculate velocity at a certain time in an acceleration.

  • Viktor Haugland
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Parameters for a four bar mechanism

  • theone
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Calculating the Ratio of d/r for an Object Above a Planet Surface

  • goonking
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Determining Planck's Constant With Photoelectric Effect

  • MASmith
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Torque of a rotating disc with string

  • pengy14
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What are the Wavelengths and Amplitude of these particles?

  • Spock
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What times it takes for the ball to drop?

  • Serious Max
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Static Friction of sliding box on plane

  • goonking
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Static friction and acceleration

  • goonking
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Circular Motion. Roller-coaster mass of car and max speed

  • AStupidHippo
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How Far is the Second Spring Compressed When the Mass Comes to Rest?

  • governergrimm
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How to calculate this angular velocity problem

  • karzy
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Wire going through a magnetic field

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Prove This, please -- particle moving with a uniform acceleration

  • VeeFlamesPhys
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Flux Through a Non-Concentric Sphere

  • mmdts
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Particle Motion in Homogenous Gravitational and Electrical Fields

  • Kostas Tzim
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Calculating Terminal Speed of a 82kg Skydiver using Basic Physics Formulas

  • Steelers72
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Unclear geometry in optics problem

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