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Pulley Problem: Keeping boxes stationary on another box

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Volume of a bubble rising in a lake

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Force on a circular loop due to hypothetical magnetic field.

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Finding resistance of cylinders with variable conductivity

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Decays possible? Parity conservation, bosons, fermions

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Calculating Stress & Strain in Compressive Force on Component

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Moving object on a moving slope

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Can the Lorentz force explain the following phenomenon?

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Calculating Momentum of a 50g Bullet: Need Help?

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Direction of car friction in a free-body

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Rotation of two motors and two disk with friction

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Conceptual Newton's Law's Questions - HS Freshman Physics

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How Is the Potential Energy of a Dipole Derived in Different Contexts?

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How Does Closing a Switch Affect RC Circuit Components?

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Thermodynamics - Stirling Engine

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Sending a Manned Expedition to Mars: Calculating Rocket Work Needed

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Special Relativity: Trip to Andromeda by rocket

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How Do Induced Electric Fields Relate to Gauss' and Lenz's Laws?

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Problem on a liquid drop free fall

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Free fall down (Chord) Tunnel through Earth

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Max Acceleration for Truck w/Crate & CoFriction

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Calculating Magnetic Field in a Square with Varying Resistances

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Elastic Collision between ball and pivoted rod

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Conservation of Energy, Car Driving with Drag Force

  • David Mordigal
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Two long wires carrying current

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Angular Momentum: Inelastic Collision of Disk-Ball System

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Can an Object Have Acceleration at Zero Velocity?

  • Diego Fernandez
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Moving cylinder with gas and piston

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What Is the Longer Wavelength in a Diffraction Grating Experiment?

  • nomorenomore
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Iron and Ice in Aluminum bucket of water

  • LiorSh
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Weight of 2 Blocks on an Incline

  • Sean Smith
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Radiation pressure from light source

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Partial pressure of water vapor

  • Karol
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Charged particles moved into a B-field

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What Are the Velocities After a Partially Inelastic Collision?

  • garr6120
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Physics homework -- guy runs 28.5m in 11.5s,

  • daniel20152015
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Force exerted by M1 on M2 problem

  • JSmithDawg
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Calculating Power of a Solar Panel

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Interference in Thin Films: Determining SiO2 Layer Thickness Using a Wedge Setup

  • nomorenomore
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Resistance doesn't depend on current

  • Karol
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Capacitance, t=0 and t=infinity

  • nomorenomore
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The rotationnal velocity on a support

  • Cri85
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How is the error in the gradient calculated?

  • SalfordPhysics
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How Does Ladder Stability Change with Different Forces and Distances?

  • Jazz
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Strange constant, rolling cylinders.

  • BruceSpringste
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Thank You to My Academic Helpers - Grades A in Physics & A- in Chemistry

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How Long Until a Dropped Ball Hits 25 m/s?

  • Divna
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Solving an Equation: x = vo t + ½ a t2

  • Arun Raja
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2 questions regarding circular motion and Newton's 1st Law

  • tomo
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Vector Addition/Components Problem

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Charge induced on capacitor plates

  • Hijaz Aslam
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How to Use Buckingham's PI-Theorem for Rolling Cylinders?

  • BruceSpringste
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How does a current balance work?

  • Tangeton
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Potential Divider: R(R+r)*E=V - Wrong Ans Explained

  • Arun Raja
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What are the formulas in this physics document and how can they be decoded?

  • kevinyuen
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Capacitors with dielectric in series

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Compass needle, magnetic field and current

  • BadatPhysicsguy
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Finding work given mass and mew?

  • m4ya
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Problem understanding simple constant acceeleration problem

  • mkaa11
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Coeffecient of train and the tracks?

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Find Mass and Speed given Tension and Angle

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Basic forces problem: which has a higher acceleration?

  • JSmithDawg
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Satllite Crashing into the Moon

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Are Kinetic and Potential Energy Densities Equal in Stationary Waves?

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What Force Does Block B Exert on Block A?

  • Thegiver431
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Time for Revolution (Rotating about the Center of Mass)

  • Redfire66
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Object on horizontal surface practice question please?

  • GiantSheeps
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Relativity with energy and momentum question

  • StonedPhysicist
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Magnetic Reductor: Questions & Answers

  • Cri85
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Proving an ellipse fits Kepler's 1st law

  • stephen cripps
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Energy Required to Launch a Geosynchronous Satellite

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Optics Homework: Converging Lens and Varying Refractive Index

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What is the average force required to pull the rope?

  • geoffrey159
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Magnification of a fish in a spherical bowl due to water

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How Does Friction Affect Acceleration and Motion?

  • William Donald
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How Do You Calculate the Movement of a Push Lawn Mower?

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Is the Frictional Force on a Sloped Block Greater Than Its Weight?

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Potential difference between a tube and a coaxial bar

  • Karol
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How Are Cathode Rays Deflected by Current-Carrying Wires?

  • randomstu1997
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Simple Rocket Equation in Gravity

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Artificial Magnetic Fields — Electromagnetism (Physics Gr12)

  • randomstu1997
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How Do You Calculate the Range of a Projectile on a Sloped Surface?

  • HMPARTICLE
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Help! Physics Problem: Find Theta for 1000m Target

  • Feeb
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Conservation of linear Momentum Theory

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Calculate speed (work and energy)

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Reaction Force: A Comparison of Masses

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3 gears and the torque on the support

  • Cri85
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Can Epicyclic Gearing Operate with No Fixed Axis?

  • Cri85
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What Is the Car's Speed After Exiting the Mud Patch?

  • alison16
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Calculating Induced Voltage in a Flying Airplane through Earth's Magnetic Field

  • BadatPhysicsguy
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Three conductors, how is the middle one affected

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Why Does Cyclotron Frequency Depend Only on Magnetic Field Strength?

  • Davidmb19
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How does rotational motion contribute to an object's total kinetic energy?

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Rotational motion -- Energy stored in a flywheel

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Particle through magnetic field

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Finding Angle of Sphere Falling From Table Edge

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Finding horizontal force using mass and static friction?

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Electron and proton between two plates

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Discharging a charged capacitor to another neutral capacitor

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Work and Energy Problem. Why not include PE?

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