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Loop-the-loop with potentional and kinetic energy

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Why is Arc Length Calculated as r*theta in Circular Motion?

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Ways to solve mesh system equations

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What does torque with respect to the y-axis mean?

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Angular Magnification for a Microscope

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Finding speed of sound from Doppler shift with moving car

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Calculating Tension and Friction in Newton's Second Law Problems

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Rocket thrust and acceleration at liftoff

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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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Finding tensions in three tethers at 30° and 60° angles

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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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Will water flow from a bucket with a hole in free fall?

  • Rakshit Joshi
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Potential difference between conducting shell and insulating cylinder

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Tension Force Parallel to the Ground (Perpendicular to Gravity)

  • Redfire66
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Find force and coefficient of friction between 2 stacked blocks in motion

  • gabemarkus
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Applying conservation of energy to a chain sliding off a platform

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

  • Hereformore
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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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Wedge pushed horizontally up an inclined plane

  • 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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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

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Projectile motion: mortar fired at balloon 3m high

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Bungee jump cord length using Hooke's law and energy conservation

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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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Block pulled up rough incline: work and kinetic energy

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Centripetal acceleration of fairgrounds ride

  • plowboy15
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Calculating Oscillation Frequency and Max Acceleration of a String

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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

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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

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Net heat flux from seawater cooling from 20°C to 3°C

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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

  • Crush1986
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Why do you slide forward when a bus brakes if no force acts on you?

  • logan3
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Finding the Effective resistance of a tree of resistors

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Falling from hot air balloon at 167 meters

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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

  • PokemonMaster
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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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Why is centripetal force different at top and bottom of a loop de loop?

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

  • Hereformore
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Error in gravitational acceleration 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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Acceleration, velocity and speed questions with worked solutions

  • kirsten_2009
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Hydraulics and pressure problem

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Potential difference between two spherical conductors

  • alanf
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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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