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Moment of inertia of rectangle without dd int

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Application of low resistance wire

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What does N25°W mean in vector notation?

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Do identical spaceships feel the same force with fixed power engines?

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Projectile trajectory with quadratic drag force

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Factors affecting sound intensity

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Does an Electromagnet Create Charge?

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How Does a Woman Walking on a Turntable Affect Its Rotation?

  • BrainMan
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Block on slope: comparing tilted and standard axes

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Angular acceleration of pulley with two masses

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Find EMF - Loop inside a loop generating a magnetic field

  • ichivictus
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Solving for Angular Velocity in Trapeze Performance

  • BrainMan
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Disk conservation of momentum problem

  • BrainMan
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Tension particle between two strings

  • WannabeNewton
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Replacing two couples with one equivalent couple when P=0

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2014 F = MA #15 Torque Output Engine

  • Jzhang27143
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How Do You Calculate Applied Force with Mass and Friction Coefficients?

  • summerchambers
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Understanding Perpendicular Vector Components

  • fightboy
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Static Slope Problem: Find Downward Force at Fulcrum

  • dhc107
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Relationship between linear and rotational kinetic energy

  • BrainMan
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Non uniform surface charge density

  • amjad-sh
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Angular Acceleration and torque problem

  • BrainMan
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Moment of Inertia for Half Disk

  • bphys348
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Question Interpretation: "Describe the energy conversions in spring"

  • Jaimie
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Solving Heat Added to Gas + Mass Density of a Gas

  • physicsgirl199
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A student holding weights angular momentum problem

  • BrainMan
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A Spider on a rotating disk conservation of momentum

  • BrainMan
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Torque and angular acceleration pulley problem

  • BrainMan
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What is the tension in a rope with mass?

  • Govind_Balaji
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Electric Fields -- Charges at corners of equilateral triangle

  • Myr73
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Why are there four images in two parallel mirrors instead of three?

  • alingy1
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What is the emf of the ideal battery in this circuit?

  • STEMucator
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Field in the region of the image charge

  • fede.na
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Res-Monster Maze: Find Current Through R

  • STEMucator
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Basketball player dunk - impulse, net force, GRF

  • antonystad
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RC circuit with multiple resistors and capacitors

  • STEMucator
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Circuit with two batteries and three 120Ω resistors for 21mA current

  • STEMucator
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Velocity of bullet relative to its mirror image after firing

  • DriggyBoy
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Grpah of l versus 1/f (sound wave)

  • somecelxis
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Conservation of Angular and Linear Momentum

  • Jzhang27143
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Distance of closest approach of like charge

  • Satvik Pandey
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What does it mean for grain to not impart momentum to a train car?

  • thonwer
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Acceleration vs Force graphWhat am I doing wrong?

  • Crovati
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Finding max height and acceleration vector for projectile

  • Vibhor
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Doppler compensation formula for moving sound source

  • bwinter
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Why can battery terminals be switched in Kirchhoff's rules analysis?

  • nazopo
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Question: "A child on a sled (m=47.0 kg) slides down a long hill "

  • Jaimie
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Obtaining potential from Lorentz Force

  • iScience
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What Is the Minimum Deceleration to Prevent Two Trains from Colliding?

  • showzen
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Electric Field at Center of Equilateral Triangle

  • Myr73
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Inductance and Instantaneous Current

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What are some challenging physics questions on motion and acceleration?

  • gakusei_98
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Finding the Mass from an Acceleration vs Force graph

  • Crovati
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What is the peak strength of the Electric Field

  • zoomba91210
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Single slit diffraction pattern in 2D

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Fleming's left and Right hand rule

  • adjacent
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Minimizing tension in the cables

  • utkarshakash
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Solving for angular acceleration when both angle and angular velocity vary

  • Brucezhou
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Calculating Maximum Air Cooling Capacity for Room w/ 2 Computers

  • Fleet
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Finding current magnitudes and directions using Kirchhoff's rules

  • emuhlay08
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How Does Coulomb's Law Explain Forces and Fields Between Charges?

  • emuhlay08
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Partial pressure ratio of gases at different altitudes

  • Chetlin
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How Should Electric Potential Energy Be Ranked at Point P?

  • STEMucator
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Capacitors in series with dielectrics

  • STEMucator
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What is the Efficiency of the system?

  • kathy
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Isolated and non isolated conductors

  • amjad-sh
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Identifying capacitors in series and parallel

  • STEMucator
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Moment of Inertia - Find Area Around Y-Axis

  • Cheerios
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Is a thermoscope a reliable instrument for measuring temperature?

  • Portuga
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Physics-electric charge(coulomb's law)

  • josejayant13
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Rocket with constant acceleration for 16s, reaching 5100m at 20s

  • ryanbersa
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Which Average Velocity Formula Should I Use?

  • fightboy
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Finding the Potential at a specific point in this Circuit

  • tmint
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How Does a Pendulum Behave When Its Support Accelerates Horizontally?

  • Dazed&Confused
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Modified Harmonic Oscillator probabilities

  • ma18
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Finding applied force and static friction coefficient

  • summerchambers
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Circuit with multiple batteries finding the current through each one

  • tmint
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Which of the following changes would result in the greatest deltatime?

  • needingtoknow
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Help with two resistor circuit problems

  • pandaboi
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Wall Cavity Insulation Question?

  • jake96
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Derivation of Planck's constant

  • lsimpson1943
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How Do You Resolve Negative Indices in Convolution Calculations?

  • AlecYates
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Find magnitude of current of 2 wires separated by an angle

  • ichivictus
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Conceptual issue with average acceleration problem in Giancoli

  • knyaz
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Hoop rolling on accelerating bus floor without slipping

  • tzonehunter
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How Does Glass Thickness Affect Fringe Shift in a Double-Slit Experiment?

  • alingy1
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How Can You Calculate the Distance AB in This Projectile and Wedge Problem?

  • Satvik Pandey
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Radius of Mercury (celestial body)

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Perfectly elastic collision, both velocities unknown

  • chris787
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What Speed Do Electrons Reach in a TV Tube?

  • Myr73
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Conservation in Dynamite Explosion

  • stl
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Final velocity after distance given acceleration with respect to time

  • Integrated
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