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Cartesian Convention of Displacement Vectors.

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Confused conceptually about work done with pulleys

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Gas Laws -- An astronaut breathing presurized air

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Kinematics Question. Incline, Spring, Friction

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How Can You Measure Torque in a Servo-Controlled System?

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Finding currents I2 and I3 in a circuit with parallel resistors

  • Mark Rice
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Energy in a long inextensible string

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What is the speed of the 8-ball after the collision?

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Calculating Work for 2 Linked Springs

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How Is Average Acceleration Calculated for a Clock's Hour Hand Movement?

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Angle of Deflection of water in an electric field

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About velocity equation in simple harmonic motion

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Find Banking Angle and Normal/Friction Force on Curved Road

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Rotational motion: Find angular displacement when rotation speed is changing

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Force exerted on a pivot point

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Gravitational acceleration problem

  • Kenny Wong
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Basic Heisenberg uncertainty principle stuff

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Gravitation and Binomial Expansion

  • novicephysicist
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Thermometer touching the floor and a carpet

  • Karol
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Resistance In Series/Parallel circuits

  • Mark Rice
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What is the value of the inductor in this capacitor and inductor problem?

  • Chase11
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Two kids sledding down frictionless hill- conservation of momentum/energy

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There is question regarding relativity

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Plotting lnη vs 1/T for Water and Alcohol Viscosity Measurements

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Center of Mass of Three Beads Equation

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Physics Graph question -- Pushing a block on a frictionless surface

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Calculating Number of O2 and N2 molecules per m^3 of air

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Relativistic mechanics Taylor expansion

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How Much Energy Is Released from 1kg of Deuterium in Fusion?

  • desmond iking
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Calculating Kinetic Friction for Skidding Motorcycle

  • rrosa522
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Energy Req'd to Remove Nucleon from 12_6 C Atom

  • desmond iking
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Activity of substance after a certain time

  • desmond iking
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Determining Projection Angle With Little Information

  • Ali0086
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Having trouble on this energy and momentum question

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What is transactional acceleration? Conceptual Question

  • gcombina
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Calculate Acceleration & Tension of a Pulley System

  • Ciaran
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Binding energy & energy required to remove a nucleon

  • desmond iking
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Force between Electric currents

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Solving the Tension in a String Attached to a 10 kg Block

  • JohnD623
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What quantity is conserved in a puck's circular motion around a thin pole?

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Measurement uncertainty: Standard uncertainty of the mean

  • garyd
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Help graphing wave functions and probability densities.

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[Electricity & Magnetism] Finding the voltage of a battery.

  • 24karatbear
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Heat Pump Problem: Max Heat Transfer/COP Calculation

  • toothpaste666
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Determining Electric Potential

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Conservation of energy I think

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Ion or Neutral Atom? AI Decays Into Stable Si

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Conservation of Energy w/ Frictional Forces

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Calculating Cost Per Unit of Solar Energy from Data Sheet

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Finding currents in branches of a circuit

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Understanding 2x2 Matrices: Representation and Dot Product

  • Josh Conneely
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Finding the applied force at an angle?

  • Bethany
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Rotational dynamics Find acceleration

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A Guide to Planning and Hosting a Successful Thanksgiving Dinner

  • Eddie10
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Tension Problem (Two strings and an object)

  • AY3
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Heat Transfer fourier's law Problem

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Determining maximum coefficients of friction

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How Does Firing a Cannonball in Space Affect an Astronaut's Rotation?

  • Satvik Pandey
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Electric Potential- Two Charges

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Ratio of Lengths b/a for Torques Equilibrium

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Calculating Required Heading for North-East Sailing with Current at 5km/h

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Need Help with Linear and Angular Motion Homework?

  • JohnP60
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[Grade 12 Physics] Vector addition/Mechanics

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Deriving Velocity and Acceleration from Position Vector r(t)

  • GoodTimes
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Solving Physics Homework: Spring Length & Work Done

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Can an Earthed Conductor Become Charged by a Nearby Charged Object?

  • 21joanna12
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Interesting question regarding simple decomposing of vectors

  • panzerlol
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How to Calculate Steam Engine Efficiency and Water Usage in a Power Plant

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Conservation of Momentum in an Atom Interaction

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Given the Mass & Orbital Period, Find the Gravitational Force

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How to find one value in terms of other variables?

  • Eddie10
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How Do You Calculate Acceleration and Tension in a Double Atwood Machine?

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Calculating Max Speed of a Car on a Horizontal Road

  • Kararr
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Solve Bouyancy Question: Max People in Crate Before Sinking

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Banking a Curve without Friction

  • logan3
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Brewster angle & polarised light

  • desmond iking
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No, this is not correct. See my previous post.

  • James Prado
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Simple Harmonic Motion equation question: which length and why

  • agenttiny200
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Is Angular Acceleration Zero in Constant Rolling Motion?

  • gcombina
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How Fast Must a Camper Slide to Reach the Shore by Throwing Rocks?

  • soto2018
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Bullet is fired into block at at offset, conversation of kinetic energy?

  • tomorrow_808
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Easy conceptual energy problem?

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One dimension conservative force and potential energy

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Finding the Satellite Orbital Radius

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Why do we interpret this vertical angle to be a horizontal angle?

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(Centripetal Force) Why is this not correct?

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How do I set up this pendulum problem with a pivot point not on edge

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Acceleration of an inclined plane?

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Neutron collision in quantum mechanics

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What is the tension required for the crosspiece in an A-frame structure?

  • iPromise
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Simple Acceleration-Distance runner problem doesn't self-check

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Concept question - forces at different side of ladder

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Inelastic Collisions - Two Boxes One Spring

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What is the Radius of Curvature for a Banked Curve with Ice on the Road?

  • Sabrina2372
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Explain using Newton's third law of motion

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Entropy change when mixing two gases

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A 27-kg chandelier hangs from a ceiling on a vertical

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