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Solved: Width of Slit with Monochromatic Light 550nm is 0.055mm

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Formula for calculating collision speed from distance and time

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Physical Pendulum Formula Derivation

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Calculating density of a perovskite structure, a question, phase diagr

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Why is acceleration multiplied by half of t squared in kinematics?

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How to Solve Parallel Circuit Problems in Electronics

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Can you solve a series circuit problem with 3 resistors and a 24V battery?

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What is the Maximum Angular Velocity of a Reverse Three-Speed Transmission?

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Analog to digital temperature sensor

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Particle Angular Velocity Problem

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Hard Rotational Kinetic energy question (Flywheel)

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Finding ∫B·dl for a loop not enclosing a current

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Analog to digital sensor graph reading discrepancy

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Finding the linear density of charge on a cylinder

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How do you prove the kinematic equation vf² = vi² + 2aΔd?

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Electric Field Between Two Disks

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Intensity of light after passing thru polaroid

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Finding an expression for a projectile's horizontal range

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Constructive or destructive interference after a set number of waves?

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Inelastic Collision Scenario Question

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Train Collision Problem - Calculating Head Start

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Car motion from position-time graph: reading speed and acceleration

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How Does Gauss' Law Apply to Charged Spheres?

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Analytical Approach to Impedance Matching

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Nested pendulum with hanging mass oscillating in horizontal SHM

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What Are the Dynamics of a Particle in Vertical Circle Motion?

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Pendulum Period on Earth and Mars

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Where do two balls meet when dropped and thrown upward at same speed?

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Simple harmonic motion platform

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Finding a buoyant force on an object

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Physics HW kinematics and sig figs

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Is the answer in book wrong? Ones complement conversion

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Circular Motion involving a gravitron

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Calculating Particle Position with Constant Acceleration

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Solving Calories Problem: Lose 6kg in 42 Days

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Calculate Horse Power of a Boy Eating Ice

  • sylwesh98
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Relative velocity and conservation of linear momentum

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Deriving acceleration r'' from velocity r' using chain rule

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A vector F=Fz, where z is unit vector, expressed in sphereical coord.

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Work and power for a square thermodynamic cycle

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3 bulbs at different brightness

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Classical Mech - Newtons 2nd. Quad Air Resistance

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How Much Torque is Needed to Lift a 1000 lb Load with a Power Screw?

  • orangeincup
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Possibly incorrect professor statement

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Calculate N for Thermo Lab Vacuum at 293K

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What is its average speed during this 37 s interval? Answer in units o

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Create a car to pick up a ballon, travel a distance, and pop it

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Dynamic vs kinetic vs static in physics

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Finding resultant magnitude and resultant vector

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Absolute Uncertainty of a Negative Power

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Electric Potential and Second Charge

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What is the Height of Mercury in an Inclined Torricellian Tube?

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Solving for the Velocity and Height in a Difficult Kinematics Problem

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Will a trebuchet or catapult throw farther?

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Density of Earth's atmosphere w.r.t height

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Density and r.m.s of an ideal gas

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Calculating Time Difference of Longitudinal Waves in Steel Pipe

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What is the Change in Potential Energy of a Displaced Meter Scale?

  • sylwesh98
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Path diffrence to produce destructive intefrence

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Finding minimum period for a physical pendulum disk by optimizing angular frequency

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Length, time and velocity in relativity (special?)

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Current through resistor parallel to two different batteries

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How can angular frequency be eliminated in solving a challenging SHM problem?

  • PhysicsKid0123
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Magnitude of electric field 32m from a rod

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Relative Velocity Airplane Problem

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Physics Question pertaining to Velocity and Gravity

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Dropping Keys to find the floor you're on

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What Value Should Charge C Have to Nullify the Net Force on Charge B?

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Average Speed between two cities

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Precession angle for orbit r(φ)=r₀/(1−ε cos(βφ)) and cyclic condition

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Maximum Sliding Distance in a Rotating Cone - Solving for r

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What Are the Correct Steps to Determine the Thevenin Equivalent Circuit?

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Finding two point charges from force and sum

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Why does a pressure drop in a pipe cause a force on the pipe?

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Fluid mechanics -- fluid in a container moving down an incline

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Mechanics in cartesian coordinates

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Vector product and vector product angles

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Charge distribution in concentric shells

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Can I use BTU for work in conservation of energy with imperial units?

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Calculating Magnification with lens, an object, and a screen.

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Why use the parallelogram rule instead of a right triangle for force components

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Velocity and Acceleration Equational Problem ( making sense)

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Circuits - Node analysis of connected and dependent sources

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Does the Permeability of Water Prevent Surface Disturbance in Aquariums?

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Electric field at origin from quarter-circle arc of charge

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Classical Mechanics - Moving Object in 3D space

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Car coming to a stop kinematics problem

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Solve for mass using a graph of a collision

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Electric field strength from two charges

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At how many rpms will a blade tip break the sound barrier

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One Dimensional motion of particle in a potential field

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How to find wavelenght of a 3m spring with 2,5 Hz?

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Electrostatic forces and distance when considering changes in potentia

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Equilibrium Statistical Physics, Plischke ex. 1.2

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Why is there an upward force on a partially immersed liquid cylinder?

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