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Electric Field from Point Charges

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AZING! How does the Carnot cycle affect refrigerator efficiency?

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Calculating Heat Dissipation in a Circuit with Capacitors

  • Tanya Sharma
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Understanding the Path Difference in Michelson Morley Experiment

  • physiks
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Maximizing Pulling Force with Static Friction

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Is this a short circuit or not?

  • Phyba
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What is the net torque on a uniform rod rotating around a fixed pivot?

  • Draggu
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How High Does the Apple Reach When Thrown at 55 Degrees?

  • rlee1089
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Schutz First Course in GR Problem 15b, chapter 1. Mistake?

  • guitarphysics
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How Do You Solve Capacitor Equilibrium Problems?

  • Regtic
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Change of variables to evaluate the integral

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Breaking up the semi-circle into infinitesimally small rings

  • spencerw105
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What is the Effect of Electrical Charges on the Attraction Between Two Humans?

  • EliteCodexer
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Physics Lab - greatest common factor between all these numbers

  • smakhtar
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A Question regarding stress/cross sectional area

  • FaroukYasser
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Height at which pilot must pull out of dive before hitting 5g

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Elastic Collision Homework: 3kg Mass, 4m/s Velocity, 2kg Resting Mass

  • Karol
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What are the variables used in laser equations?

  • Paul Black
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Change in Energy Stored in a Capacitor Due to Removal of Dielectric

  • teme92
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Cable car system : Tension in the pull cable

  • Curieuse
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Electrons inside a carbon nanotube - Quatum Mechanics

  • Feodalherren
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Force on a Magnet - Current Carrying Wire

  • teme92
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What Are the Key Thermodynamics Concepts in These Questions?

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How Is Average Velocity Calculated in Multi-Stage Vector Displacements?

  • Sullivan
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Fresnel's Equations/ Normal Incidence/ R and T coefficients.

  • binbagsss
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Ampere's Law - Magnetic Field Strength

  • teme92
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Force and Pressure on Hydraulic System

  • BlackSideburns
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Calculating equivelent resistance and equivelent capaictance

  • FaraDazed
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Resultant Moment Couple Problem

  • Rico
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Non-consecutive forces with block and string

  • BrainMan
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Block moving on an inclined plane

  • utkarshakash
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Rotating particle (complex numbers)

  • bawbag
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B field inside conductor with assymetric cavity

  • Gauss M.D.
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Electric field of a line of charge with symmetry

  • Regtic
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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty δd in Bragg Scattering?

  • UncertaintyMan
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Viscosity as a function of temperature

  • MexChemE
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Why Does My Current Density Calculation Fail Without Integration?

  • cuongbui1702
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Physics homework problem - design a capacitor

  • mondroid
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Calculating Magnitude of Forces on a Door

  • Daltohn
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How Much Friction Is Needed to Prevent Leakage in a Cubical Water Tank?

  • burningnachos
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An elecetron is placed inside an infite box. Quantum Mechanics

  • Feodalherren
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How Do You Calculate the Flow Rate from a Rectangular Opening in a Tank?

  • burningnachos
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Waves in Semiclosed Tubes: Calculating Frequencies and Lengths

  • CioCio
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First order phase transition/constancy of Gibbs

  • CAF123
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Optic and waves design challenge about lasers

  • elif93
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What is the spring constant for this spring?

  • jannx3
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Calculating Entropy of Adsorbed Atoms on a Surface

  • CAF123
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Calculating Work Done by a Constant Force on a Moving Body

  • swarm17
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Calculate the moment of inertia

  • asdff529
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How Does the Graph of 1/R Against E/V Relate to the Equation y = mx + c?

  • Tangent100
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Detecting Phase sequence with light bulbs/ Short circuit voltage

  • ESSVE
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Electrical circuits confirmation

  • yesgirl10
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Do I Need to Include Minus Signs in Energy Conservation Equations?

  • tmobilerocks
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What is the Coefficient of Friction in Conservation of Energy Problem?

  • Karol
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Which angle is theta and when do I use sin or cos?

  • c_programmer
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Need help with angle of incidence of light through a prism

  • batcave1985
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How far can your voice carry at 40 dB?

  • Kavorka
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Elastic collision between ball and block

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How does period compar- Don't understand solution

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Pressure flow as a function of area

  • DocZaius
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Understanding Pressure Drop Calculations in Fluid Mechanics

  • kachi
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Power of constant force for a given displacement

  • sunquick
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Kinetic friction and distance problem.

  • johnf34
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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty in Mean Difference?

  • selsunblue
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Lens and mirror question, can't understand solution

  • angelelizabeth
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How large is the force that tightens the wire

  • Daltohn
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Finding Angular Velocity of a Torsion Spring Assembly

  • qweazy
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Find the velocity of the 14kg mass just before it hits the ground

  • PeterPeter
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Understanding Power Dissipation in Resistors and Ohm's Law

  • delsoo
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What exactly do the terms near-field and far-field mean?

  • s3a
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Loop-the-loop normal force problem. Possible textbook error?

  • zakh508
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Why is the current not zero in part e of this Kirchoff's Law problem?

  • Regtic
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Having trouble finding equation of one question.

  • Sullivan
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What is the relationship between electric potential and work?

  • maskerach
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Convex mirror question how long the image is?

  • batcave1985
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What is the correct wavelength of the light provided by the laser?

  • vanceEE
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Dynamics of a Cord: Solving Tension for Arlene

  • ciubba
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Center of mass for grav. potential (please reply quickly)

  • darksyesider
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Free falling object violating conservation of energy?

  • Nanosuit
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Odds of Collision between Incident Object and Target Objects

  • thepopasmurf
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Mastering a Tricky Equivalent Resistance Problem for the Physics C Exam

  • jaredvert
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Charge q located a large distance from a neutral atom

  • gfxroad
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Did the book make a mistake? Air friction and Drag-Force problem

  • Nathanael
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Direction and velocity vector problem

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Normal force on block placed on incline.2 approaches different result

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Semiconductors, number density of charge carriers.

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Violet light refraction from air to glass

  • batcave1985
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How to prove inertial force is potential force.

  • michaelexe
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What happens to the negative charge

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Collision question involving velocity, Kinetic energy and conservation

  • selsunblue
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Inelastic collision of two particles

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