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Given voltage, solve for unknown resistor in a circuit

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Electric Field and charge location

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Kinematics Projectile Motion Problem

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Calculate the stress in the duralumin rod

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Determining Wave Parameters for Interference Pattern

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Work done by Air resistance on ball?

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Calculating final temperature in insulated container

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How Does Pushing Force Affect Contact Force Between Two Boxes?

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Solving a Radioactive Decay Problem: C is the Answer

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Calculating Final Velocity of a Car Using Uniform Acceleration

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Velocity graph of an object speeding up

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Gear ratio requirement (RPM --> km/h)

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PN Junction Q&A: Reverse Bias Voltage at Cathode

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Triangle Ladder equilibrium problem

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Finding Distance d for Infinity Image: Diverging and Converging Lens Problem

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Matter/Electron Waves and the Davisson-Germer Experiment

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Finding Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

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How long does it take for the batter to lose its charge?

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What is the angle between the two emerging beams of light?

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Finding Initial Velocity with Given Distance and Angle?

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Iron Bar Thermal Radiation Calculation

  • Gaith
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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation equation(s) ?

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Minima of a diffraction grating

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The height at which the gravity acceleration is 5x smaller

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Finding the Potential of a Charged Rod on the x-axis

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Power dissipated by a resistor in a circuit

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Mass on a Spring: Determine Periodic Time, Frequency & Acceleration

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What is the Charge on a Uniformly Charged Sphere Based on Gauss' Law?

  • MikeB2210
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Where between two charges does voltage = 0?

  • Sylvia
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Rotation period of a space station

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Physics homework help? Grand Canyon problem

  • rasofia77
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Driven harmonic oscillator problem

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The acceleration of a ramp and and mass on the ramp

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Centripal Force - Friction needed to keep a car tracking a curve

  • Julian3
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Is the Velocity negative or positive?

  • rasofia77
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Electric Instrument & Conductor in Electric Field

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Finding the center of mass of a system

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Two beads connected by a taut thread on friction-less wire ring Proof

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Calculating Properties of a 2.2 eV Electron

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Finding revolution time at surface

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Time derivatives of sin and cos phi

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Relative Motion Homework Problem?

  • rasofia77
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Find the gravitational force between then sun and the earth

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Tank Volume: Find Volume at 3,000 psi, 80 F

  • Matt766
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Net Electric Force Homework: Find Negative Charge Position

  • Sylvia
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Find moment of inertia via torque and acceleration parameter

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How Do You Properly Round in Error Analysis?

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Distance traveled by the boat during acceleration

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Magnetic field of infinite wire

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Will the man catch the bus if he starts 10 meters away from the door?

  • stephenranger
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The acceleration of a ramp and mass

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Applying law of momentum conservation

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Man pulling a cube on a rough surface

  • Karol
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Electric Field inside concentric spherical shells

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Centripetal Acceleration for non uniform speed

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Relative Velocity of Ball Tossed on Moving Train

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How Does Relative Motion Affect Perceived Speeds in a Police Chase?

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Analyzing Forces in a Platform and Pulley System

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Finding Voltages in a Circuit with Nodal Analysis

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What is the distance covered by a robotic bug moving along the x-axis?

  • Poetria
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Thermodynamics Question Calculating change in temperature

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Projectile Motion: How tall is the building?

  • SamL
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Current required in a long wire

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Tension in a string between two blocks

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Point Charge and Charged Sphere

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Electric Potential & Electric Field of a Ring of Charge

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Flux through various Gauss' surfaces

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Calculating Work by Friction using Integrals

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Tension of a string attached to an instrument inside rocket

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Calculating Reactions in Balance: A Student's Question

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Compressed Springs: 100N Force, 30cm Length, k=1000N/m

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Subscripts and superscripts in four vectors

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How did we get the formula for torque?

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How to find Best Efficiency Point for pumps in series?

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Solving for the Height of a Slope with Unknown Mass

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What is the voltage across C2 in this circuit?

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DC current -- Find the 3 currents in this Battery + Resistor circuit

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Find the acceleration of the system and the maximum force

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Maximum separation between blocks on spring

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Maximum compression of spring when book drops from 0.5 m

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Two stacked blocks sliding down an inclined plane

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What do I need to learn in order to describe this?

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Velocity vs time graph simple harmonic motion phase constant

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In which region is it possible for electric potential = 0?

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How many oscillations until a damped block comes to rest?

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Earth-Asteroid collision problem

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How Do You Calculate the Constant in a Helicopter's Takeoff Equation?

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Charges inside conducting sphere

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Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

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Assumption on central forces between two particles

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Finding displacement of the string given a function

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Find Electric Flux Through Surface 2

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Center of mass using Mach's restatement of Newtonian Mechanics

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Minimal coefficient of friction

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