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Finding torque: With respect to origin, with respect to y-axis.

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Angular Magnification for a Microscope

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How Does the Doppler Effect Help Determine the Speed of Sound?

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Calculating Tension and Friction in Newton's Second Law Problems

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Solving for Space Vehicle Acceleration: Homework Statement

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Calculating Velocity and Distance for Ascending Double Cone on Rails

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Quantum physics- kinetic energy of electron after collision

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How Does Compton Scattering Affect Photon Wavelength in the Sun?

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Photoelectric exp - calculate intensity of incident light

  • desmond iking
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Relationship between λ and max kinetic energy

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Planet x orbiting the the earths orbital 180 degrees off phase

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Period of a Proton's Orbit arount magnetic field

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Solving a 10kg Sled Friction Problem on Ice

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How Many Degrees of Freedom Are in These Systems?

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Help with physics homework on forces?

  • petormojer
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Professor added a twist to the conservation of energy problem.

  • Randall
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Potential difference to acquire momentum

  • desmond iking
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Flux integral and Gauss's theorem

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What are the equations for interference patterns?

  • Arun Raja
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Diverging and Converging Lenses

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Line of action for which the resultant force of the wrench passes

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Water Bucket Free Fall: Parabolic or Linear Path?

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Tension Force Parallel to the Ground (Perpendicular to Gravity)

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Find force and coefficient of friction between 2 stacked blocks in motion

  • gabemarkus
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Re: conservation of energy problem(?)

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Hair in between two glass plates. Decreasing the distance between the maxima

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Time for temperature of water to raise

  • EnergyKitty
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Calculate Car Mass: 19,454 N Force at 201 mph Speed

  • math989
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Coefficient of static friction problem

  • Seung Lee
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Circuit resistance equivalence

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Determining point where net electric field is zero

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Help: Projectile Motion with Forces Problem -- Lunar Lander

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Integrating ma+kx=0 to get x(t)

  • teme92
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3D Cartestian Coordinate Vector Problem

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Force and acceleration in a vibrating wire

  • Karol
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Help with projectile motion, finding x

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Bungee Jumping Physics: Hooke's Law & Potential Energy

  • Abid Rizvi
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Intro physics question involving magnitudes and vectors

  • Kevin Bertham
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Finding the Electric Field as a Result of Two Point Charges

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Quantum Mechanics Question - Photon-Proton Collision

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Particle trapped in an infinite well (1d) - find probability

  • Brianrofl
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Uniform Circular Motion: Why is the velocity changing?

  • physicsbaig
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Did my teacher make a mistake? (Kirchoff's Rules)

  • carpelumen
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Physics help? Topic: kinetic energy?

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Centripetal acceleration of fairgrounds ride

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Calculating Oscillation Frequency and Max Acceleration of a String

  • Tangeton
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Simple Harmonic Motion Guitar String Question

  • Apothem
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A kinematics problem in which direction of velocity keeps changing.

  • Satvik Pandey
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Moment of inertia ice skater problem

  • jasonmoon
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Projectile Motion Neglecting air resistance

  • JenniferT
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Magnitude of a ball's Acceleration

  • PhysicsHelp152
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Relaxed spring between two carts

  • um20018
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Heat Flux Calculation: August to February

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Simple Pendulum: The gradient of the graph of T^2 against length

  • Tangeton
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Determine the Magnitude of the instantaneous Velocity

  • Chris Carney
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Two stacked boxes and a pulley with a weight attached

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How Do You Calculate Cannonball Trajectory from a Cliff?

  • Timmy96
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Solve Side Flash Problem: Current Through Person is 5000A

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What Force Caused You to Slide Forward on a Bus? Ans: D) None

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Finding the Effective resistance of a tree of resistors

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Kinetics Problem: Finding time distance and initial velocity

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How to Find Velocity-Time Graph from Position-Time Graph?

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Bouncing Ball Dissipative Interaction

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Calculating Time for Car B to Overtake Car A

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Calculating the Period of a Simple Pendulum

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Helicopter acceleration problem

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Pendulum Velocity Homework: Find Mass's Speed at Bottom of Path

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Pressing a Block against a Wall

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Work done by a battery to move charge

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Waves and optics pertaining to sinusoidal waves

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Find the magnitude of charge stored in the entire network

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Two particle system involving conservation laws

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A Triangle of Equal Gravitational Forces?

  • dhphysics
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Finding acceleration with circular motion

  • David Mordigal
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Finding the focal length of a negative lens without another lens.

  • kPepis
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Relativistic Conservation of Momentum Confusion

  • Pezz
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Circular Motion: Constant Centripetal Force and Velocity

  • Jimmy87
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Maximum height at which a siphon can drain an open water tower

  • Hereformore
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Help with Error in gravity due to uncertainty in r.

  • cam borrett
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A dropped stone falls past a window, determine it's initial height

  • chickenonrice
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Physics homework: acceleration, velocity and speed. help please

  • kirsten_2009
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Hydraulics and pressure problem

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Potential difference between two spherical conductors

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Finding Velocity from Position: How to Use Limits

  • Chris Carney
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Minimum Shear Stress in Hollow Circular Tube

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What did I miss in my energy and hook's law homework calculation?

  • homo-sapiens
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Displacement vs time graph for a given equation of acceleration

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FORCE, MASS and ACCELERATION CONCEPTUAL QUESTION

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How Do You Calculate the Magnetic Field of a Cylinder Magnet in a Coil?

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Calculating Initial Energy Level for Emitted Photons

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