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Archimedes Principle and Buoyancy

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Find Time: Initial Velocity, Final Velocity, Acceleration, Distance

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Faulty electricity homework question?

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Proper Time Interval: A Puzzler

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Another Hydrodynamics word problem

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What are the correct labels for frequency and displacement in a wave graph?

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Boltzmann equation for carrier transport

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Finding Velocity given the initial velocity and weight

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Tension in rope when the system is accelerating

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Why Is the Resultant Amplitude of Interfering Waves Not Simply A1 + A2?

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Calculate Distance Traveled: Car Acceleration from 30 km/hr to 88 km/hr in 7s

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RELATIVITY: Co-ordinates of events

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Solving word problem in hydrodynamics

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General solution of the Schrodinger equation for a free particle?

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Why Doesn't the Applied Force Account for All Masses in This System?

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How High Can You Jump on Phobos and How Long Does It Take?

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Centripetal force problem with tension

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Does the mod square of the wave function always have to be real?

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How do you determine the angle turned by a winding drum with given data?

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Solve Pressure at X & Y in Manometer Problem

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Calculate Friction Coeffs & Acceleration for Bigger Block

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Q) Deriving Gauss' Law from Coulomb's Law for a Single Point Charge

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What is the Tension in Block m2's String in a Pulley System?

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A stick with two springs attached between two vertical walls

  • skrat
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Negative sign when finding forces from derivative of potential?

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Rotational Dynamics: Hoop Rolling without Bouncing

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How Is Work Calculated on an Elevator Cab in Physics Problems?

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How Do Magnetic and Electric Fields Produce Light?

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Pushing an incline so mass on ramp accelerates upward

  • matineesuxxx
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Motion of a particle in a rotating tube

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Two metal rods, one silver and the other copper, are both immersed at

  • chemistrymole
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Shortest distance between two cars

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Little trees makes angle around turn

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Einstein velocity transformations problem

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Angular Magnification of a telescope,

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Kinematics Crash Simulation Question

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A generation is about one-third of a lifetime.

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What Is the Net Force Using Parallelogram Method?

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Two non ideal springs hanging on a tree

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Is there a difference between negative acceleration and retardation

  • PhysicsStudnt
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How Does Normal Force Change on an Inclined Plane?

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Kinematics problem -- Cat chasing a mouse on a rotating disk

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Pressure vessel ideal gas calculation

  • paulos
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Amplitude of string when the string breaks

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Double Pendulum With Acceleration

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Spring - Pulley - Mass <Oscilations problem>

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Two perpendicular charged infinite lines

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How Can You Calculate Jupiter's Mass Using Callisto's Orbital Data?

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Why did the pennies fly up when a skydiver dropped them?

  • BrainMan
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What Is the Gravitational Force Between Two Rocks in Space?

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Electrostatics - Electric field of a quadrupole

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Compressed vertical spring bounce

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Inductor Energy Loss Calculation

  • Tom_Greening
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Why Does It Take 200 N to Slow Down a 10 kg Mass in Free Fall?

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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Frictionless Pulley System?

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How fast would a methane cloud rise in air?

  • Mock
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What is the direction of the magnetic force on a charged particle?

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Calculating Missile Launch Time for 2D Kinematics Problem

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Dynamics: Normal and Tangential projectile motion problem

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Alpha particle approaching gold nucleus

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Theoretical description about free fall and acceleration

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Number of oscillations executed by an object to be in phase

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Air Speed Calculation for a .002 Inch Gap at 80 PSI

  • Chris 23
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Question about the movement of electrons in a conductor

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Calculating Time to Reach End of Tunnel in Earth's Centerless Tunnel

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Two vehicles moving in opposite directions bonus problem

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What Happens to Inductance with Changes in Current and Loop Configuration?

  • Tom_Greening
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Comparing Specific Heat Capacity of Metals A & B in Wax Block

  • HemaZ
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Question about Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient?

  • LaReina
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Mass attached on two springs between the walls

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Understanding Air Resistance: Explaining the Math Behind Reduced Force

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Liquid, superheated vapour and a mixture

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What is the potential energy at 1/2A in simple harmonic motion?

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Kinematics-Boulder Falling Problem

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Calculating Centripetal Force in a Bent Tube

  • Tanya Sharma
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Deceleration force Vs. distance question

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Extra Credit Question for my class, I don't think I did it correctly.

  • antonisz
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Gravitational Energy for Satellite: r1 to r2

  • Karol
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What Is the Acceleration of Block A and the Tension in the Cord?

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Oscillations - mass suspended from string

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Frequency of oscillations of object

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Changing Charge Distribution and Coulomb's Law

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Friction - minimum value of force for movement

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What is the meaning of net charged shared equally

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What is the ratio of masses of the bob in a spring experiment?

  • desmond iking
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Magnitude of EMF when the armature coil is in different positions?

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Change in direction under constant acceleration?

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Help with finding angle of force below x axis? (statics problem)

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A barking dog delivers about 1.0 mW of power, which is assumed to be

  • chemistrymole
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Which way does the electric field go in this question?

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Newton's Laws: Analyzing Forces on a Pendulum in Introductory Physics

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Calculating Piston Oscillation Frequencies in a Gas-Filled Tube

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An astronaut has landed on Planet N-40 and conducts an experiment to

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Some questions about electromegntic & EM force

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