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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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Traveling Car Physics Question - Comparing Speed & 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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Analyzing SHM with Two Pendulums and Varying Masses

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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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Quick question on a one-dimesnional motion problem

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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

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Relative velocity and conservation of linear momentum

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Help deriving an equation using chain rule

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

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Power of an Engine: Work & Effects

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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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Help me find the vector and resultant magnitude of this equation pleas

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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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Simple Question: What is going to throw farther Catapult or Trebuche

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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?

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Path diffrence to produce destructive intefrence

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Applied optimization to SHM problem? Hard?

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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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Orbit Precession Angle: Find & Condition for Cycles

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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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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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What units are BTU compatible with?

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

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Find the amount of a vector acting in the direction of another vector.

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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 from Arc of Charge - Need Help

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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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Fluid Forces & Buoyancy: Why is There a Force Pushing Up?

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Object floating on water with oil poured in

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Direction of oscillation of wave

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Why doesn't the inside of a conducting cup transfer charge?

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Sig Fig: Calculate (.82+.042)(4.4*10^3) - 3800

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How Do You Apply the Mesh-Current Method Correctly in Circuit Analysis?

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A shell is fired vertically upwards

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Beers Law and Colorimetry Problems

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Solve 2D Statics Problem: F1, F2, θ w/ 910N Force

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Some funny theoretical tasks, classical physics

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Equivalent resistance with a short circuit

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Why does water offers less friction?

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Projectile motion submarine missle problem

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How to Convert Units to Solve Collision Force Problems?

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Rotational Dynamics Homework: Velocity & Acceleration of Wheel

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Node Voltage Method: Solve for v0 in Circuit

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Find Min Force on Particle 3 with q1,q2,q3 Charges

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