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Electric field and force between charged plates with different grounding

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Tension in the Wire- Thermodynamics Question

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Power problem -- Mule pulling a wagon, convert work and power to time

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Lead's melting point as a function of pressure (Thermo')

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Simple harmonic motion period with velocity defined

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Can Elastic Collisions Lead to Right Angles Between Particles?

  • itsjorge
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Impulse and Acceleration for a Recoiling Car

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Change in Entropy for Isothermal Compression of Ideal Gas

  • LivvyS
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Adiabatic condition and equation of state

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How High Is the Bridge Based on Projectile Motion?

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Chain Falling on a Scale: What is the Reading?

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Damped Driven Harmonic Oscillator.

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Absorbtion coefficent and radiation curve

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Calculating velocity with variable acceleration

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Calculating the Force on impact?

  • Tadhg
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Air machine and compressed air

  • Karol
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Cyclotron Motion Due to Earth's Magnetic Field

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How Far Does an Object Fall in the Third Second of Vertical Motion?

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Why Must a Calorimeter Be Saturated with Water Vapor?

  • Armitage12
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Calculating temperature from molecular speed distribution

  • LivvyS
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Charges near a conducting plane

  • JSGandora
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Variables This should be easy -- Matched units on LHS & RHS?

  • kng1994
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Wave Speed at the top, bottom, and middle of a Hanging Cord

  • FunkyFrap
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Calculating angular acceleration of a wire

  • astrophysics12
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Plotting a Beam Deflection Graph

  • stackemup
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What is the force needed to stop an 8,000lb tractor moving at 5mph in one foot?

  • Eric Ahlvin
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Two charged nonconducting sphere shells

  • JSGandora
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What Is the Minimal Tension Angle for a Mass Pulled Horizontally?

  • Bruneleski
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What is the Hooke's Law Constant for a Stretched Muscle?

  • 8008jsmith
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Does D equal the field from free charges only in a dielectric?

  • Coffee_
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Why Are There More Energy Levels in Silicon's 3p4p Configuration Than in 3p²?

  • Matt atkinson
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Oscilloscope Sensitivity and Voltage Analysis

  • reconrusty
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Kepler's Law of planetary motion

  • Tulatalu
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How Is Entropy Change Calculated in a Heat Transfer Problem?

  • astrophysics12
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Prove Conservation Laws Prevent H+H->H2 Reaction

  • geoffrey159
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How to Determine Pi Groups for Fluid Flow Through an Orifice

  • Capablecactus
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An application of Dynamics, very difficult, really

  • PhysicStud01
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How Do You Convert Gallons to Metric Units and Calculate Paint Thickness?

  • kng1994
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How Does an Accelerating Charge Produce Electromagnetic Pulses?

  • RMZ
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Rearranging Q = 2π(E/ΔE) to find fractional energy loss

  • Ryan McDonald
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Why does average voltage use limits π/2 to 3π/2 instead of 0 to π/2?

  • ranju
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Wavelength of water waves from two coherent sources in ripple tank

  • Quantum Fizzics
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Inflatable seatbelt pressure calculation for airbag deployment

  • sdawkins
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How Can You Alter the Speed of an Object in Circular Motion?

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Magnetic field caused by an accelerating electron?

  • 21joanna12
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Gravitational field strength of a mass

  • Tulatalu
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Meaning of 'applied field' in Clausius-Mosotti derivation

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How Does Permittivity Affect Energy Transmission in EM Waves?

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Energy transfer in Newton's cradle

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Calculating energy left in oscillator after 3 cycles

  • Ryan McDonald
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Figuring out changes in Intensity (Inverse Square Law)

  • RichardGib
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Spaceship falling toward a dust disk: finding acceleration

  • dmk90
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Capacitor Addition in Rectifier Circuit: Impact on Waveform and Explanation

  • PhysicStud01
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Two questions about introductory EM confusions.

  • Coffee_
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Why does my elevator scale reading come out negative?

  • joyce1029
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Gravitational Potential Energy of a fall

  • julianwitkowski
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Induced Current in an AC generator

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Drawing a Circuit from Voltage-Time Graph

  • friendbobbiny
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Calculating Force Exerted by Water at Nozzle

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Is acceleration vector or scalar?

  • jumbogala
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Electromagnetic Radioation Optics

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Minimum stopping distance for tree on trailer with friction

  • Alpha123
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Is Thinking Distance Proportional to Speed in Car Braking?

  • Lols
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Biot-Savart for current density in a volume

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Net electrostatic force on three charged objects

  • Mori
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Calculate energy of vertical oscillating spring

  • Samuelriesterer
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Time Difference between two inertial frames of reference

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Calculating Charge Q from Electric Field at a Point

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Dew point and absolute humidity

  • Karol
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Unable to solve an approximation

  • Kidiz
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Find the Height of the Elevator

  • Cake
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How to calculate external force acting on a pendulum

  • Kenny Bala
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Photoelectric Effect - Laboration

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The relationship between angle of incline and friction force

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What pivot point maximizes a uniform bar's oscillation frequency?

  • pitbull
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Static friction for a ball rolling without slipping

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Max Reaction Time to Avoid Obstacle 95m Away

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How Does Temperature Distinguish Thermal States in Equilibrium?

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How Do You Balance Forces in a Bicycle Free Body Diagram?

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Current in a zero-resistance loop when magnetic field is turned on

  • Coffee_
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Find the average force of friction

  • keithcuda
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Proving cos^2(\theta_x)+cos^2(\theta_y)+cos^2(\theta_z)=1

  • Cake
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Principle of linear momentum for a rocket

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Electric potential at surface sphere problem?

  • PhysicStud01
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Finding decibel level from intensity 1.0 × 10⁻⁵ W/m²

  • RichardGib
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What Is the Total Charge in a Non-Uniform Spherical Charge Distribution?

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Where Should the Slider Be Positioned on a Loaded Potentiometer?

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Dipole in an external electric field

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Can't get my head around reduced mass (particle physics)

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How Does an Object's Weight Change from Earth to Moon?

  • XylophoneDealer
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Does F = k·u × v produce circular or spiral motion?

  • Anastasis Pk
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Finding the reaction force on a 5m mass

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How Long Does It Take to Fall from a Cliff?

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Lorentz Transformation - Clock

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About the angle between force and displacment, W=F.d cosƟ

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