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Fluid dynamics in horizontal pipe

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Problem - Lagrange function for mass on springs attached on a frame

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Temperature Rise of Steel Ball in Water/Ice

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Missing technique used to find acceleration of a 4-bar mechanism?

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Simple Tension Problem: Free Body Diagram and Calculating Normal Force

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Which has a greater Gravitational Energy?

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Mass and pulley system question

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Elastic string with mass at its end

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Impedance as a function of angular frequency

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Total distance in simple harmonic motion

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Electron enters uniform magnetic field and takes circular path

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Bernoulli's equation, static fluid, gauge pressure problem.

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Charged ball above saltwater: why is the water elevation 1.85cm?

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Rotational Inertia and Motion problems

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Physics Pressure ranking pressures?

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Air Resistance of a Diver using Ek and Eg

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Nuclear decay of a mixture of P and S. (2009 USAPhO Question A2)

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Finding B·dl around an ellipse with a semicircular current arc

  • Saitama
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Coefficient of static friction of a sliding block

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Uniform rod resting against rough vertical wall supported by a string.

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Finding the spring constant of a mass in SHM

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Frequency of Circular Motion in Ring Rolling Inside a Cone

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Calculating Energy Stored in a Parallel-Plate Capacitor

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Projectile angles for equal range at 45 degrees

  • Physicshelp14
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SHM Oscillation problem involving potential energy

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Derivation of Noether's theorem in Lagrangian dynamics

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Entropy of a Fermi dirac ideal gas

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The effect of a stationary proton on a stationary electron

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Force on person in rotating box at 10 m/s

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Arithmetic Question Involving Quantum Physics

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Atom Absorbing and Emitting Photons

  • blue_lilly
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Finding latent heat of vaporization from evaporation rate

  • Bgerst103
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Power needed to evaporate water at 0.25 g/s

  • Bgerst103
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Finding wavelength from graphs at fixed time and position

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Solving Tension of a Wire Problem

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Question on finding moment of inertia about the center of mass

  • melizabeth
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Get the minimum taken to move from A to B given a cap on Velocity

  • thejackal
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What Is the Net Inward Force on a Sinking Barrel?

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Two point charges connected by a massless rope

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Taipei 101 height change from thermal expansion of steel

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Two dimensional projectile motion

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Electric field in all regions of infinite cylinder

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LR Circuit Analysis: Find Current i When Switch is Opened

  • utkarshakash
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How Do You Calculate Net Inward Force on a Submerged Barrel?

  • xxxzyon
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Finding capacitance from charging time in RC circuit

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Understanding Prism Deviation Angle in Optics

  • Shamim
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Momentum Problem involving minimizing collision impact

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Centripetal acceleration speeding car problem

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Why Ignore the Magnetic Field in a Mass Spectrometer?

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Electric Field of x-axis line of charge at the origin.

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Plane Mirror Optics: Determining Minimum Mirror Size for Viewing Entire Image

  • Speedking96
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Unicycle straight line motion/time dependent acceleration Problem

  • chiamocha
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How Do You Solve the Freefall Catching Problem in Physics?

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Work done by water vapor expanding as it heats from 25°C to 200°C

  • Bgerst103
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Static equilibrium on diving board without rotational inertia

  • student34
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Lagrangian of a rotating disc with mass attached

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Inserting iron core in an inductor coil

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Measuring parallel velocity in rotating frame.

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Finding Velocity in Car Collision Impulse Problem

  • Bgerst103
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Find Time Constant for RC Circuit: Solve the Equation!

  • utkarshakash
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Pressure from sand grains falling on paper

  • Bgerst103
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Why is work zero when an insulated box reaches equilibrium?

  • princejan7
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Mass hanging by spring tracing a eight shaped curve

  • Saitama
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Negative work, positive work problems

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How Does Compressing an Ideal Gas Affect Its Temperature?

  • Bgerst103
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Can You Master Drawing Ray Diagrams for Prisms Using Snell's Law?

  • Sayed Fahad
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Deriving wave equation with single string and small amplitude wave.

  • BigDave11
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Bullet penetrating block A connected to block B by string

  • Tanya Sharma
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Gauss's law on a charged sheet.

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Magnetic field and Induced Electric field inside a solenoid

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Quantum Mechanics , bra-ket , angular momentum eigenkets, eigenvalues

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How Does Spring Mass Affect Its Behavior?

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Is electric field decomposable when detected by CCD?

  • genxium
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Solving for Visible Light Reflection/Transmission: A Homework Help Guide

  • Feodalherren
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Phase transitions in cooling gas at constant and variable pressure

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Thermal, steady-flow, table, continuity

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Boundary conditions don't apply in the equation's region of validity

  • asaspades
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Gravitational fields - move from A to infinity

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When is kinetic energy lost in elastic collisions?

  • yolo123
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Resonance-The frequency of an applied force

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Mechanical energy and momentum conservation

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What is the range of angles for total internal reflection in glass?

  • nst.john
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Can Circuit Components Carry Uniform Current in These Diagrams?

  • princejan7
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What is the temperature of the freezer based on the Ideal Gas Law?

  • Bgerst103
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River crossing and relative velocities

  • Egoyan
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Determine its speed immediately before landing

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Calculating Rotational Work on a Solid Cylinder

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What Are the Alternatives to Silicon in Chip Manufacturing?

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How Do I Solve for L in an Inductance Equation?

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Relativistic addition of velocities problem

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How to Solve an Elastic Collision of 3 Balls with Frictionless Motion?

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What is the concept behind Diffraction, n , Finding Dark/Bright Spots

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Thin lens equation and image formation

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Tension? knowing friction. I have the answer but need explaination

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Period of falling through asteroid vs orbit

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Thermodynamics: Air and Steam Mixtures

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Two stacked blocks attached to a spring

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Displacement of a wave: Understanding Negative Results

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