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(Answer check) for a work problem
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Question related two different ways to do solution
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CO2-powered metric racer car competition | help please?
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Force acting on one side of a fluid
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Coefficient of Restitution for a Hypothetical Collision where masses are not equal after the collision compared to before the collision
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Confusion regarding surface tension direction and force balance
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Convert to Center of Mass Reference Frame
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How far from the point of release will the ball hit the ground?
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Irodov 1.23 confusion: Calculate distance traveled and time elapsed for this decelerating particle
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What is force? How can we interpret the full definition of force?
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Calculate velocities in COM reference frame for 2D collision
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Inclined plane problem
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AP physics 2: Phase change in thin film interference
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Calculate the speed and angle of the center of mass before a collision
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Mastering physics homework: Mass oscillating on a vertical spring
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Friction direction change in a inclined circular bend (car on a road)
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Induced current and force on circular loop in varying magnetic field
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Problem on Radiation Pressure
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Quick Physics Questions I found online and need explanations solving
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Calculate the energy transferred given the voltage, current and time
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This 3 mass atwood problem is confusing me
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Left-to-Right Wave — How Does Particle X Move?
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Computing the moment of inertia for a rotary inverted pendulum
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Ball on a string thrown around a spool
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Network Analysis, Kirchhoff's Laws, changing current source to voltage
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Graphs of RC Circuit Responses
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The problem of one tube and two balls on a plane
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Calculating the Forces on a Charge
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Ambiguous Problem Statement on Determining Speed of Aircraft
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How does a transistor act as an amplifier?
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How do I find the intersection of the wrench's LOA?
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Momentum: why don't the two carts become one?
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How to calculate the errors in the measured period of a pendulum?
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Series and Parallel Circuits using symmetry
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How is the slider connected to the switch?
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Thermal expansion of a glass rod and a metal ruler
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A problem from a physics national competition
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Change in entropy of the surroundings in an irreversible process
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Surface current of superconducting sphere in magnetic field
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Force of car pushing on a truck
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Force needed to raise a backpack
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Uniform circular motion angle relationship
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Simulating a Rotary Inverted Pendulum in Python
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Pressure of water coming out of a hose nozzle
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Focal length of the eyepiece lens in a compound microscope
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Find the magnitude of the child's acceleration
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Why are these forces not included in the solution? (Torque Problem)
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Why do compasses always point in the wrong direction?
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Charge on disk with non uniform surface charge density
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Optics problem with a glass lens immersed in water
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Homework: Can a rest frame be chosen for the center of momentum for a system of two photons?
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1-dimensional kinematics - final velocity of 2 trains in opposing direction
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Total energy of a wave on a string
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What happens to the position of two attracting charges when a conductor is inserted between them?
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Spring force required to overcome friction between two blocks
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Rolling without slipping problem
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Stopping a rod moving with constant omega
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Handling two SHMs in different directions
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Sound in an Open Vertical Tube partially filled with Water
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Best Egg Drop Contest Shock Absorber?
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Problem involving SHM and a collision
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Calculate the velocity of the canoe relative to the water
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Amplitude of a stretched spring that is stretched further
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Waves on a String Fixed at the Ends
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Electric Potential Energy of Point Charge Systems
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Landing reusable booster rockets
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Problem with the power of car
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Tangential velocity of external satellite
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Will my weather balloon work in the Stratosphere?
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Angular momentum- rotating rod
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Transverse mechanical waves in a steel wire
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Thermodynamics - Dryness fraction Equations
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Dryness fraction of saturated steam
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help whit problem of college admission exam
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Loop equations for this battery-resistor circuit
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Work done to insert a point charge 𝑞 at the center of a conducting sphere
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Understanding a math step in solving Schrödinger's equation for single particle in a box
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Center of mass and momentum- A question about systems
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Circle approximation of a wave pulse on a string or spring
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Calculating magnetic field outside a solenoid
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Aerodynamics: Optimization of an aircraft engine
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I do not understand why the extra 2 factor is there (energy of 1D electron gas at zero temperature)
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Rotating ring on a rough surface- but with a twist
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Electric potential of nested spherical shells
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Another rotation problem -- Acceleration of a ring rolling on a surface
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Why is it necessary to start this experiment with the water level at 400mL?
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Correct statement about light transmitted and reflected by windscreen
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Force pulling on a string at an angle with a block at the other end
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Confusion about friction in rotating ring
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Problem n. 7 chapter 4 Eisberg Resnick "Quantum Physics"
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A block dropping onto a spring system
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Paper 'helicopter' experiment - Adding Weight Decreases Flight Time?
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When are reactive forces enough to support this body?
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Can A Vector Have Components Of Say Y or Z in the X-Hat Direction?
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A problem about momentum and the elastic collision of two particles
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Identical Batteries in Parallel do not Draw Same Current, Non-Ideal?
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Homework assignment that I was able to solve using EDO, but need to use Laplace now
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Optimizing strength to weight in balsa wood deck arch truss bridge
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Displacement amplitude of the faintest sound detectable by a human ear
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Designing a speed bump given the maximum vertical wheel acceleration
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