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Newton's law of cooling for a cylinder

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Space Part 1 -- Why does NASA launch spacecraft toward the East?

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Work done by product gas in reversible adiabatic expansion

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Current through Point or Cross Sectional Area

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Net Electric Field Between Two Point Charges

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Does Increasing the Area of a Loop in a Magnetic Field Induce Current?

  • arpon
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Energy dissipated in 3-cars collision

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Finding uncertainty in acceleration from velocity and time measurements

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How to Determine the Height of an Object Dropped at a Given Speed?

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Finding uncertainty for index of refraction

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A few conceptual momentum questions

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Electric potential on concentric spheres

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Cylinder Equilibrium (2012 F = ma #12)

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Netforce of spring, hookes law. help

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Calculate acceleration of a ship fired from a cannon

  • hgducharme
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Solving Heat Energy Dissipation for a Falling Magnet

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Physics Gravity Problem and Kinetic Friction

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How Do You Calculate the Angle of an Emerging Light Beam in Refractive Layers?

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[Uni Physics w/ calc] Boat crossing a river

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Kinematics problem -- A lift ascends from rest with uniform acceleration

  • D.Man Hazarika
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Two charges, Electrical Potential

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The time average potential of neutral hydrogen atom

  • NewtonApple
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[Intro QM] A bit confused on spin of system notation

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Physics in vertical jump and basball hit

  • Michael12438
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Finding average horizontal force?

  • IDespisePhysics
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Jumping on a Spring-Like Trampoline problem

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Gas undergoing isothermic compression

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LASER Operating At A Certain Frequency

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Density of Liquid: 1667.7kg/m^3 | Solving Buoyancy Q.

  • erisedk
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How Much Velocity is Needed at Point A to Leave the Track at Point B?

  • terryds
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Person walking on the circumference of a disc

  • Nathanael
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Working With 1D Constant Acceleration Kinematics

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Acceleration of a Falling Bowling Ball: Effects of Rope Cutting

  • Poetria
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Use molar mass of D2O to calculate the density of heavywater

  • Cory522
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Torque Plus Power In Relation to Velocity

  • postfan
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DISPLACEMENT-TIME graphs question

  • Rasofia
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Pointlike charge - electric potential

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Fluid Mechanics: Cone-Plate viscometer

  • Feodalherren
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Resultant Vector Homework: Min Value of |A+B+C|

  • erisedk
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Newton's Third Law of Motion - Help

  • yomo710
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Why does Asin(kx)sin(wt) represent a standing wave?

  • erisedk
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Gravity force between Earth and Moon from this angle

  • Barooo50
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Find velocity of a cart using a spring at an angle

  • PhilEWCC
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Why is my answer wrong? Projectile Motion

  • reyrey389
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How High Does a Small Ball Rise After Colliding with a Superball?

  • geoffrey159
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Electric Field at Center of Square: Mag & Dir

  • rlc
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Speed of satellite orbiting around the Earth

  • bijou1
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Finding velocity (having trouble interpreting the question

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The relative resistance of a filament vs. a conductor

  • erandall
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How long does an electron need to absorb energy

  • crocodillo555
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What is the acceleration of a thrown ball relative to the ground?

  • terryds
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Calculate Intensity of Sound Waves at 3.0 m from Source

  • capudang
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Relation between energy annd pressure

  • Haseeb Ali
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Finding terminal voltage without voltmeter

  • learnings_sweet
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Electric field and potential of a charged disc

  • carllacan
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Find an expression for the electric field(Mastering Physics)

  • Eric Fossum
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Physics question from my test, having a hard time solving it (Lorentz Force)

  • SevenSeeds5
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Period and Tension of a Pendulum

  • postfan
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Application of the properties of light

  • Paige
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Why averaging speeds directly gives wrong average speed

  • Rasofia
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Kirchoff's Laws for Currents in a Circuit

  • mriney
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Kirchoff's Laws Current [Problem 1]

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Friction & Forces - Calculate Force on Wheaties Box

  • thegoosegirl42
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Three charges located on a straight line

  • yzphysics
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Frictional force for bank curves

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Finding where a light ray hits a vertical mirror using the law of reflection

  • PhysicsMan999
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How to Keep a Sign from Collapsing

  • postfan
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Calculate kinetic energy transferred

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Calculating the Angle of a Stable Ball on a Charged Plane

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Experiment to find Plank's Constant

  • Jimmy87
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Finding the ratio of masses for a pole and box system in equilibrium

  • CH Lee
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What really is a Pascal and a Joule?

  • Paul J
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Escape velocity and kinetic theory

  • Suraj M
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Coulomb's Law, Charges and Acceleration

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Converting parametric to cartesian

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Circular Motion: Find Speed at Point A

  • Bryan Tran
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Effective Resistance in Circuit

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Velocity function, unit vector notation, acceleration, speed

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How Does Friction Affect a Puck Sliding Up an Inclined Plane?

  • pizza_dude
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Calculating Acceleration of a Car After Braking

  • IDespisePhysics
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Projectile question with no time or velocity or range

  • Ariesspear
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Natural Oscillation Frequencies

  • Charles Stark
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Why do I get 0.5 cm for wavelength when the book says 1 cm?

  • EgpYo
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Why Can't Conservation of Energy Be Used to Solve the Loop Problem in Physics?

  • squirrelschaser
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Flow Rate in Horizontal Rectangular Channel: Solve Now

  • Ragnar1995
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Power developed by a jumping man

  • geoffrey159
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Rods with Masses orbiting Earth

  • postfan
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Three Point Charges, Find x-component

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What is the recoil velocity of a carbon atom in pair production?

  • Paradox101
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What is the maximum load the concrete can support?

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Calculating Total Power Output of a Speaker at a Given Distance

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How to Calculate the Force Holding Two Halves of a Charged Sphere?

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Calculating Net Gravitational Force in Equilateral Triangle Configuration

  • QuantumKnight
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Why must a water skier at constant velocity lean back?

  • Lola Luck
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Relative position and velocity question (Two dimensions)

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Calculating pressure in high altitude?

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Center of Mass Velocity in Elastic Collision

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