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Diffrraction of electron experiment to be observable

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Heat Pump Power and COP: How Does Temperature Affect Efficiency?

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What is the decibel level of a sound at 4% intensity of a 95dB sound?

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Find the electric field magnitude in each region.

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How Do You Calculate Maximum Height and Range of a Projectile?

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Finding rope sag and angle for a zip line safety factor problem

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Support reactions for a frame with two force member

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Ball thrown vertically on Mars with initial speed 39.2 m/s

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High Diver: Calculating Initial and Final Velocities

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Two positive point charges q1 and q2 are separated by a distance d.

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The electric potential is defined by the function v(x,y,z) =

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Electric Fields: Thin wire in conducting cylinder

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Calculating total mechanical energy of block on spring

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Frictional force problem(box sliding down between two walls)

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Potential energy turned into kinetic

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AC circuit - voltage drop and resonance

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Plane in a vertical loop and gravity

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Two Blocks and a pulley (Equation derivation)

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What is the weight of the sled being pulled up a ramp by a girl?

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Two Blocks attached by a string, on an incline

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What Is the Maximum Force on the Upper Block to Prevent Slipping?

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Determining Angle with Vector Components

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Question on circular motion involving astronauts and g force?

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Pressure, temp, volume change of water vapor, and steam table clarity

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Rocket accelerating up an incline

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Finding kinetic energy of electron with 40 GeV/c momentum

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Find the velocity of the electrons at the end of the plates

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Thermodynamics of heating water in a cylinder with piston

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Vector Question -- |A+B| is 78 times greater than |A-B|

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Projectile question -- ball rolling on a chair

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How is the expression for V(x) plotted using singularity functions?

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What is the Dilatation of a Cube Under Extreme Pressure?

  • Nexttime35
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How Do Frictional Forces Affect a Skier's Acceleration?

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Maximum Speed to Avoid Barrier with Delayed Braking

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Takeoff distance for airplane with twice the required speed

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Projectile Motion of a Baseball at Bat

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What Is the Correct Mass of Block 2 in a Frictionless System?

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Why Does 1/2mγv^2 Fail to Accurately Calculate Relativistic Kinetic Energy?

  • Ascendant78
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D/C Circuit with one current and voltage source

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Will a motorcycle jump 10.5m across a river at 30°?

  • thegreengineer
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Classical Mechanics - Tranformations

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Find the critical rotation rate

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Calculating blood pressure increase with Poiseuille's equation

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What happens to the force acting on the elbow with a straight bicep?

  • fishes
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Finding the angle when two rods hinged together hang in equilibrium

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What is the Equation for Finding Vector Magnitude in 2D and 3D?

  • needsphysics
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Launch Angle for Maximum Field Goal Clearance

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Direction of normal acceleration problems

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Relating Kinetic Energies and Masses of Two Objects

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Finding velocity with friction?

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Why Is Power Factor Not Included in Series LCR Circuit Calculations?

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Highest possible efficiency of an engine

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Proportional error for Atwood's machine lab

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How Do You Calculate the Initial Velocity of a Juggling Ball?

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Truck uniformly slowing down: finding initial speed and acceleration

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Does friction keep rotor ride passengers on the wall at 33 RPM?

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Finding the E due to a non-uniform surface charge distribution in 3D

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Special Relativity - Angle Transformations

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What Is the Wind Velocity Affecting the Light Plane's Course?

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Finding spring constant k when arrow travels 300 m after 20 cm drawback

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What is the relationship between electric potential and electric field?

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Speed of the air of a hovering helicopter

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How Is Average Acceleration Calculated for a Point on the Equator Over Time?

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How to graph velocity where there is a change in acceleration

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Extrapolating the Quality factor for decay in amplitudes

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Statics/Equilibrium Physics question-- Two weights and a single pulley

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Solving Lorentz Transform problem using only length contraction

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Smartphone and the type of wave?

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Distance shifted by the centre of pattern

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Coefficient of static friction experiment

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What is the angular velocity that the rod will rotate

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How Does Balloon Motion Impact Stone's Fall Time?

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Normal derivative of vector potential discontinuity

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Finding net displacement for sailboat tacking against wind

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Work as Change in Kinetic Energy vs Change in PE

  • Hereformore
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Find the charge density inside a solid insulating sphere?

  • hockey
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Centripetal Acceleration along a curve

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Tension between two sliding blocks

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Mechanics: Acceleration in Pulley System

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Finding Initial Speed Given Range

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Why is acceleration not constant on an a-t graph?

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Show that the Time-Avg Power is proportional to 1+cos(delta)

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How to find angle of launcher in order to hit target?

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Decreasing the mass of a particle going through a Velocity Selector

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Find the electric field at a point outside of an insulating sphere?

  • hockey
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Hydrostatic force on submerged rectangle

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How can I find the electric field above an infinite sheet?

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Differential equation that describes the voltage with respect to time

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[Long Post] Different batteries - lamp problem

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First order minimum - Wave interference

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The Bouncing Ball Lab- Loss of Energy

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Using Newton's laws to find an expression for the angle of inclination

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Would we see the planets move across the sky if Earth stops spinning

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Centripetal Acceleration/Gravity Problem

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Circular Motion -- Finding Centripital Acceleration, Speed, etc.

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Capacitor value -- series/parallel caps to increase voltage

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What is the effect of a fridge on the temperature of a well-isolated house?

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