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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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Newton's laws during a tug of war

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Mass-to-Charge Ratio of an Ion in Mass Spectrometer

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Height of cliff using energy and speed of sound

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What is the Solution to the Retarding Force Problem?

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Linear polarization in a glass prism

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Locomotive accelerates 34-car train

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Does Turning on a Fan Affect Room Temperature?

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When does the plate of glass loosen from a glass cylinder in water?

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Why is friction negative when a force rolls a wheel?

  • Lord Anoobis
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Calculate Thickness of Oak Layer to Limit Heat Loss to 740kJ/hr in Door

  • Tonyuguccioni
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Conservation of momentum/energy in a two particle system

  • ghostfolk
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Mass in a satellite changes orbit

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Solving the Elevator Problem: Weight Measurement

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Elementary Mechanics Special Lab Project

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Finding electric field from linear charge distribution at large distance

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Normal Force and Coefficient of Kinetic Friction

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How Does Electron Shape Affect Electric Field Energy?

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Thermodynamics radiation problem

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What Prevents a Bike from Sliding on a Friction-less Banked Track?

  • Jimmy87
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Does enthalpy equal heat at constant volume?

  • Hereformore
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Solving a Flight Time with Wind: What to Calculate?

  • HTT
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Atwood machine with masses attached to a movable pulley axle

  • NATURE.M
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Electric field direction when solving system?

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What is the maximum energy that the electron can obtain?

  • MrPunk44
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Deriving the electron speed from a specified orbital

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How High and Far Does the Skateboarder Travel?

  • Physicsnoob90
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X and y components of initial velocity

  • Jaco Leo
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Problem with a Differential in a Non Inertial System.

  • paalfis
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2d motion range , find angle (Really simple, not sure what I'm missing)

  • Chas3down
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Conservation of energy: mass-spring system

  • Avery Woodbury
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Electrostatic Potential in a Box

  • azupol
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Show the potential obeys Poisson's Equation

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RC Circuit with alternating voltage source

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Adding Vectors with Given Lengths and Angle: A Basic Vector Problem

  • OrigamiCaptain
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Kinematics Acceleration question

  • Amad27
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Conceptual question - block and incline

  • deedsy
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How Do I Calculate the Volume of a Hole in a Metal Piece?

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Torque from pendulum bob weight with vertical distance 40 cm

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How long will it take cars to overtake?

  • Amad27
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Tensions, forces, and moments for an A-Frame crane

  • x86
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Moments of inertia using parallel axis theorem

  • TheRedDevil18
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What are the Miller Indices for a Plane with an Outside Cube Interception?

  • TheRedDevil18
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What Is the Speed of Waves on a Guitar String?

  • toothpaste666
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Satellite in orbit losing speed

  • Karol
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Programming a Projectile Motion Question

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How to Maximize the Height in a Newton's Cradle with Unequal Masses?

  • Dinheiro
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Two masses connected by strings on an incline

  • David Mordigal
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Spring launched box sliding over friction surface

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How Do You Calculate Power Absorbed by a Resistor in a Circuit?

  • homo-sapiens
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Biomechanics Biceps Problem - Classical Mechanics (Moment Arms/Forces)

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Vapor Pressure vs Atmospheric Pressure

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Forces between charged particles

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Why can you integrate voltage directly for E-field in a ring?

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Deriving the ground state energy of a hydrogen atom?

  • 21joanna12
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Calculate the Electric Field at the given point

  • PyMaster
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Two Balls Drop, what happens to the distance?

  • Amad27
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Calculating Work by Tension on Masses

  • Yae Miteo
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Classic mechanics problem:two masses with a wedge

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Block on wedge which is not fixed.Find minimum μ to keep the wedge at rest.

  • Satvik Pandey
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Spring with 100g and 200g weights stretches 1cm and 2cm

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Center of Mass and Motion of a Wedge-Mass System

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Heat transfer calculation problem

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Ideal gas temperature/pressure/volume problem

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Given a force equation and mass, find velocity

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Stumped on a box on cart action/reaction pair question

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What Is the Electron's Momentum After Compton Scattering?

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Acceleration and friction force problem

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Help with projectile motion equations and initial conditions

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Frustrated with Adiabatic compression problem

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Thermodynamics Interesting Entropy Problem

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An alpha particle is at rest at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system

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Net force on falling person over braking distance

  • jg871
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Question with Three Thin Lenses Calculating for Final Image Distance

  • Temp0
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Calculating Work on a Moving Crate with an Inclined Rope

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Waves in opposite directions in a wire

  • Karol
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Interference and Diffraction

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Calculating Net Force and Direction of Barge Movement with Vector and Forces"

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How to improve at vector problems before a physics test

  • jg871
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What is the Instantaneous Velocity Question and How to Solve It?

  • Jane W
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What is the distance the child flies after the rope is cut?

  • Daniel95
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How Do You Calculate the Focal Length of a Telescope's Objective?

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Finding forces for connected boxes moving at constant speed

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Why Does the Observed Frequency Increase When a Galaxy Approaches?

  • djerry
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Why Are the Two Angles Labeled Theta Equal?

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Questions about the formula for acceleration

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How Fast Was the Car Moving When It Hit the Van?

  • Jacob Huskisson
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Energy Conservation and Coefficient of Restitution

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How much longer can track 2 be if runner 1 is still faster?

  • Beer w/Straw
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Inclined throw in a vertical loop

  • Karol
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Find Acceleration of Block M in Figure with Mass m at 0.8R

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What does it mean to normalize a wave function?

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Spherically symmetric charge density

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