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A dial can spin on a fixed rotational axis

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A box with the mass m = 25 kg is sliding up a hill

  • Danielheidarr
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What is the change in internal energy after two processes?

  • Callmelucky
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A greater force? (A train engine pulling two identical cars)

  • BurpHa
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Distance travelled by a falling body

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Is the Work Done by a Variable Force Non-Conservative?

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For which case would the applied force be greater?

  • paulimerci
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Input & Output Explained: What Does It Mean & Why Is It Relevant?

  • Jaccobtw
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Hop height of a rod and speed/ time if hit upward with force f

  • MIKES279
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Power generated by this current source

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Force exerted on a pivot point of a rigid bar

  • Gaeun Kim
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Thévenin and Norton circuits Exercise

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Inelastic collision followed by circular motion

  • Sal Coombs
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Calculate the angular momentum of this particle in rotational motion

  • YanZhen
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Capacitor Circuit Analysis: How to Find Voltage Across Resistors

  • Guillem_dlc
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Calculate new RPM after change in g-force in a centrifuge

  • EFB
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Determine equivalent Young's Modulus

  • vcsharp2003
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Find the Electric field at point p

  • NotInMrPutmansClass
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Why is the Entropy of the Universe (total entropy) a path function?

  • Jimyoung
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Find the charge of the sphere (q2)

  • NotInMrPutmansClass
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Approximating Glucose as an Ideal Gas: Can We Calculate Entropy?

  • Lambda96
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Feynman exercise - container with steel balls

  • hubot
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Initial Position Discrepancy Involving Fluid Resistance

  • TRB8985
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Newton's Laws of motion -- Bicyclist pedaling up a slope

  • paulimerci
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How to calculate magnetic induction just beyond the end of the magnet?

  • Lotto
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Conservation of Energy with Mass on Hemisphere

  • ccndy
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What is the smallest value of angular displacement of the raft?

  • Lotto
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How does this system work? (Four pulleys and a rope lifting a mass)

  • zuzelle
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Degrees of freedom with a particle and a rod

  • Kaguro
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Can two objects moving parallel relative to a ground meet?

  • Lotto
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What is the speed of the ball when it hits the ground?

  • JaZZyCooL
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What is the difference between friction and rolling resistance?

  • paulimerci
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Determining a centripetal force proportionality equation

  • ova5676
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Hydrostatic pressure at a point inside a water tank that is accelerating

  • songoku
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Why are the effects of a magnetized material neglected in this case?

  • vcsharp2003
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Finding COM of L-Shaped Rod and Ball System

  • March
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Solving Question through Inertial Frame: Challenges & Workings

  • Spector989
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How are the poles of a tapered magnet distributed?

  • vdance
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Calculate the minimum force required

  • ALIAHMAD
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How do I find the coefficients of static friction and kinetic friction?

  • katerowe
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Conservation of momentum and mechanical energy on an inclined plane

  • Spector989
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Problem on Parallel Plate Waveguide

  • warhammer
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Four very long, current carrying wires in the same plane

  • penguinnnnnx5
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Sinking a cylinder with varying hole sizes

  • lloydthebartender
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Why does an electron have minimum kinetic energy when its momentum is 2h/λ?

  • blueberryRhyme
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Analysis of systems in equilibrium: articulated structures

  • Guillem_dlc
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Why Does the Electric Field Component Ex Require a Negative Sign?

  • yesmale4
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Archived Magnetic Flux through a Cylinder

  • xxkylexx
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Calculation of Electrostatic Potential Given a Volume Charge Density

  • cwill53
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Calculating ##F_{DB}##: Equilibrium in a Machine

  • Guillem_dlc
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Torques exerted on a vertical disk by multiple forces

  • paulimerci
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How can the force of a normal reaction be electromagnetic?

  • vcsharp2003
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How Are Beam Support Reactions Calculated?

  • Guillem_dlc
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Kinematics of movement subject to a variable acceleration

  • MatinSAR
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How do I solve a tension and torque problem without prior knowledge?

  • marinarasauce
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Analysis of a Figure to Calculate Force and Moment

  • Guillem_dlc
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Pushing on a spring connected to a block

  • jolly_math
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Solving an Inertial Mystery: Angular Acceleration and Mud

  • PhysicsRock
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Equilibrium of a rigid solid on a rod

  • Guillem_dlc
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Determining Current and Voltage Drop in RLC Circuit

  • theunbeatable
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Question about the conservation of mechanical energy

  • TkoT
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Determine the net torque acting about the center of mass

  • paulimerci
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Kinetic energy of the Monster Hunter cannon

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Moment of inertia of T bar about 3 axes

  • so_gr_lo
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Why does a diamagnetic rod align perpendicular to a magnetic field?

  • vcsharp2003
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Coulomb's law — A negative charge balanced between 3 positive charges

  • yesmale4
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Calculate 6-Spoke Wheel Torque: F1d1+F2d2=F3d3+F4d4

  • paulimerci
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Study of harmonic motion of a liquid in a V shaped tube

  • sumatoken
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X-ray production and ionization energy

  • SakuRERE
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Torques on a vertical wheel due to 3 masses spaced along the wheel rim

  • paulimerci
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2 blocks and a spring, SUVAT and F=ma

  • Ollz
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Trouble with the concept of tension....

  • Achintya
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Relative velocity passing a ball between two soccer players

  • ekpm
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Relative Velocity and Angles of Movement (Sears & Zemansky's Exercise)

  • Argonaut
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Tainter Damper Figure: Analyzing Forces

  • Guillem_dlc
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Find angles such that the motion travels a specific distance

  • BurpHa
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Angular Velocity from KE, radius, and mass

  • aivilo775
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Kleppner Kolenkow 2.34 (mass whirling around on a string)

  • geoffrey159
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Inertia from four masses connected by massless rigid rods

  • aivilo775
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Reduce the pressure in an air reservoir

  • Guillem_dlc
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Two traveling waves g(x,t) = Asin(kx-wt) and h(x,t) = Asin(kx+wt+phi)

  • blueberryRhyme
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Projectile Motion on an Incline

  • Argonaut
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Evaluating minimum and maximum values with calculations

  • crememars
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Total force that a fluid exerts on a cylinder

  • Guillem_dlc
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How do I incorporate electric fields into capacitors?

  • MinaciousOviraptor
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Hollowed out sphere exerting gravitational force

  • jolly_math
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Air wedge - why is reflection from top of first slide ignored?

  • Andrew Tom
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Why is the height of the table not necessary to solve this problem?

  • jolly_math
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Elevator falling and bouncing back from a spring

  • jolly_math
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Skater pulling another skater with a rope, F=ma

  • VidsEpic
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Resultant force and centre of pressure in a tank

  • Guillem_dlc
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Tetrahedron with 3 points fixed, and force applied to 4th

  • SilasHokanson
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I'm getting two possible uncertainties for frequency

  • Andrew Tom
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Compressor driven by an electromagnet

  • Guillem_dlc
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Can't remember equation for coefficient

  • Arwing
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Second bright fringe in Young's Experiment

  • Andrew Tom
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Functional representation of the oscillating graph

  • yilmaz
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Air wedge interference pattern after being filled with water

  • Andrew Tom
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