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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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Are These Forces Conservative?

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Conservative forces for radial and force fields on parabolic path

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Final velocities from head elastic head on collisions

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Circular motion and work done by non conservative forces

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Circular motion, tension and angular speed

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Force to raise a cylinder over an edge

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Why ice-water warming ignored in latent heat problem

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What is the work done by a tow truck pulling a car 1 km?

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Angular momentum and Quantum Number l

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SHM Question: What is the maximum extension of the spring?

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Calculate the equivalent resistance

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Finding initial velocity of basketball in kinematic equation

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Electric flux through cubical box

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Hydrostatic pressure torque on a hinged gate

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Archived Significant figures with vernier calipers and micrometers

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Conservation of relavistic energy

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Ocean waves parallel to the shore

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Finding angle required for equilibrium on a slope

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Calculating Wave Speeds of Steel Guitar Strings

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Solving for different masses in pulley system with KE

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Simple harmonic motion oscillate. What is the total energy

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Minimal force to turn over a tube

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Work done on a puck pulled through a table hole via string

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AC to DC Conversion: Determining Expected Q Factor

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Electric field between two metal plates

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Hi/ho problem -- Lens magnification

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Atwood machine at rest and released

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How far bullet travels in 2,5 seconds

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Frequency of sound waves from vibrating wire

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Cat and mouse kinetic energy with same speed

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Conservation of Energy in circular motion

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Waves Find the phase constant from the graph.

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Is my interpretation good? simple Kinetic E problem

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A non-conducting sphere, e-field and potential.

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Potential difference across two points in a circuit

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Calculating Force and Acceleration for a Yoyo and Clock

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Collision of 2 balls on frictionless surface

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Pressure drop across pipe with water and mercury manometer

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Two ropes hold a 200N weight. Find the tension in each rope.

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Why isn't current negative in this example?

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Superposition principle for potential?

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Coefficient of friction between cylinders

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Expectation value of momentum for bound states

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Finding the voltage of a circuit

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Faraday's and Lenz's law application

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Force reactions of balls in a tube

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Calculating the Force Constant of a Bungee Cord Using Newton's Laws

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Brightness of lamp connected to transformer

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Normal force of a bead moving around a horizontal ring

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Solving the Force on a 2kg Object on an Inclined Plane

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Venturi, how does fluid go from low P tube to high P tube

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Proving Newton's third law invariant with Galilean tranfrom

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Waves in a vertical hanging string

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Calculating velocity for water pressure

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Oscillating springs in relativistic time frame

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Negative acceleration in suspended mass tension problem

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Statics problem involving several forces

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Finding moment equilibrium with moving joint and frictionless support

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Finding the Index of Refraction in a Prism

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How does speed change when centripetal force and radius both double?

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How do I compute jerk in 2D space for a mouse tracking task?

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Specific Heat Capacity of water in a kettle

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How Do We Determine the Type of Motion in a Crane Lifting Scenario?

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Finding kinetic energy consevered after collision

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Find missing force for accelerating electron

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What's the distance a sphere travels from inclined plane?

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How Does Acceleration Relate Between Two Blocks in a Frictionless Pulley System?

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RC discharge circuit for camera flash with capacitor and light bulb

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Which Object is the Most Dense Based on Given Measurements?

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Potential difference between wire and ground

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Lowest pressure that the student's lungs can create?

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Total area of contact between tires and ground?

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Coloumb's Law and Electric Dipoles question

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What is the kinetic friction coefficient?

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Pulling a cylinder - find final angular velocity

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2D conservation of Energy and Momentum with *Three* unknowns

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Energy grade line for a pump system

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[QM] Addition of spin for normal and identical particles

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1D Collision / Charges / Coulomb's Law

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Probability density for related variables

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Two cylinders in contact come to final angular velocities

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What is the velocity of the air flowing though the pipe?

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Finding distance -- Find the height of an object given ratio of two distances

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What are the dimensions of A and B in the equation x = At2{1-exp(-t2/B)}?

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Rutherford's atom experiment problem

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QM, the convergence of the harmonic oscillator function.

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Free Fall - Calculating Origin/Release

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How to find angle Electric field makes to x-axis?

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