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Solving Refraction: Critical Angle & Min. Angle of Incidence

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What is r hat (^) like exactly and how do you calculate it?

  • Mary O'Donovzn
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How to Calculate the Magnitude and Angle of the Total Force of Three Charges?

  • Mary O'Donovzn
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A system has non-degenerate energy levels with energy

  • Eats Dirt
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Is a coefficient of friction of 7.7 on mousetrap car reasonable?

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Find the acceleration of a pulley system

  • AndrejN96
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Get Help Solving a Cylinder in Equilibrium Problem

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Help calculating work in an xy plane

  • Shadow236
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Magnitude, 2D co-ordinates and Coulomb's Law

  • Mary O'Donovzn
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Light waves and intereference patterns

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Speed of waves and time delay question

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Designing a Self-Supporting Egg Catcher: A Scientific Approach

  • Ering
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Wavelength, speed and frequency question

  • kirsten_2009
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Wave constructive and/or destructive interference question

  • kirsten_2009
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What did I do wrong? (Newton's Second Law)

  • glenohumeral13
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What is the coefficient of kinetic friction in this problem?

  • JohnSmith12
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Universal Gravitation w/ Earth & Moon

  • logan3
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Thermodynamics atmospheric pressure Question

  • benjibutton
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Charged particle passing through velocity selector

  • Les talons
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Average velocity, displacement vector.

  • Shpat Celiku
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The Impact of Current on Circular Paths: Examining Equation 1

  • Eddie10
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Why Use Kinetic Energy Instead of Momentum to Stop a Car?

  • smcclenaghan
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What is the acceleration of Steve Prefontaine during his 10-km race?

  • fightboy
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What is the value of the B field in Teslas, inside the Helmholz coils?

  • Eddie10
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Pin and cable supported by a beam

  • Sunshine:)
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Determining the velocity of sound in the air by the resonance method

  • mjdom
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Converting pressure to atomspheres

  • dlp248
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Moments, calculating force exerted on ladder by wall

  • John6134
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Kinematic Problem: MJ & SP Meet - Find Distance

  • physicsguide
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Potential of Spherical Shell with Nonunifor Surface Charge

  • azupol
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Calculating Time for Mass to Travel Distance on a Pulley

  • David Mordigal
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Newton's Laws Conceptual Problem

  • JSmithDawg
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Solving Physics Problem 9-72: Angular Speed of Pulley

  • Dominique19
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Can a Strong Man Push Two Freight Cars at Different Speeds?

  • lynaa
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Equivalent spring constant of a system

  • theBEAST
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Toy Gun Spring Compression and Projectile Height: How are they Related?

  • dhphysics
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Finding Tension in a Beam Supported by a Pulley: Solving for Equilibrium

  • taxidriverhk
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Is Finding Thévenin's Equivalent Just Calculating Rth and Vth?

  • Crutchlow13
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Solving for Electric Field Strength

  • bikeeich
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Is a Rooftop Solar Hot Water System Feasible in My City?

  • Meera.sheeda
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Finding Spring Constant/Compression

  • BobBarker444
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Lorentz Contraction and Energy

  • fdsa1234
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Calculating Final Rotation of Spinning Wheel

  • Dumbledore
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Can you find the applied force with just the initial and final velocties?

  • glenohumeral13
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Quantum State diagram for system of particles

  • SalfordPhysics
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Center E field of an equilateral triangle.

  • RyanBruceX
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Reactant nuclei and product nuclei

  • gxc9800
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Help me please. Radian (question 15)

  • gcombina
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Confused on escape velocity derivation

  • bobbricks
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Longitudinal waves in a quartz plate

  • Karol
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Solve Torque w/ 2 Supports & Equilibrium Problems Easily

  • VelvonVeden
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Power used to move a car up an incline with friction

  • DanDanDan
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2 boxes ontop of each other on a ramp with friction and Force of pull

  • tanh^-1(x)
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Two Cars Coming to Rest on an Incline

  • Jennings
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Find the acceleration of the hanging block

  • Emily_20
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Rocket Propulsion: Calculating Specific Impulse for Return Mission

  • praveenpandiyan
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Torque equilibrium. Where would the masses need to be placed?

  • johnball123
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Work Done With/Without A Spring

  • EzequielSeattle
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Frictional force with appiled force at an angle

  • Soniteflash
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What Is the Average Force Exerted by a Recoiling Shotgun?

  • Emily_20
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Net Electric Field Strength at a Point due to a Uniform Electric Field

  • slaw155
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Physics distance and acceleration Problems

  • Dhooy7
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Minimum potential difference, Balmer series

  • robbie8292
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Find Time, Vyf & Vx Given Change in X & Y

  • Guphanti
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Question on a ball dropping( conservation of energy)

  • Peter-John King
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Calculating Chlorine Ion Acceleration & Speed of Light:Why?

  • casualdehyde
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How to Solve a Potential Energy Problem with Given Force Components?

  • dsurve007
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Where to place Q so it experiences zero net Force.

  • RyanBruceX
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Velocity of two identical masses over a frictionless pulley

  • Nicki
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Explaining Why Accelerating a Spacecraft to Light Speed is Impossible

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Calculate the number of sodium ions entering an non-myelinated axon

  • devon
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Spring force and frictionless mass vs speed

  • wind
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Finding Maxwell's Equation parameters problem

  • baby_1
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Unit vector in Magnetic boundary condition

  • baby_1
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Child, Chair, and Spring Scale on Pulley: Forces

  • minimario
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Finding the Optimal Archer Angle for Hitting a Moving Target on Planet Zorg

  • Jennings
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Sphere Under Gravity Problem (Isaac Physics)

  • bobbricks
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Resistance of the ground problem

  • MNWO
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Ball caught by player, solve quadratic equation

  • kitkat87
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Astronomy iron ratios in galaxy

  • Puchinita5
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How much water will freeze when a piece of ice is thrown into it?

  • Karol
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Dynamics question (need to find acceleration and tension)

  • Wellenbrecher
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What is the velocity of the ball after H height? Considering wind resistance?

  • TheWhiteKnyt
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Potential energies and finding the distance

  • Seung Lee
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Conversations in Compton Effect

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How Long Does It Take for 10 Meters of a Rolled Flag to Unwrap?

  • Misheel
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Calculating Impact Speed of a Ball Thrown Toward a Cliff

  • HaLAA
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How Does Angle Affect Force Required to Move a Crate on Concrete?

  • dioxy186
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Comparing Maximum Speeds in Critically Damped and Undamped Harmonic Motion

  • NATURE.M
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Is There an Error in My Kirchoff's Loop Problem Solution?

  • mattwkeller
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Rock thrown from cliff, find initial and final velocities

  • kitkat87
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Final Temperature of Hot Metal in a Calorimeter

  • Karol
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Isobaric/isochoric (?) heating of an ideal gas

  • MexChemE
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