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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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Infinite Line of Charge and Electric Potential Difference

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An object which experiences two gravitational force

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Wind turbine rotor acceleration, torque, and kinetic energy at 0.25 rev/s

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What Factors Increase the Acceleration on a Spinning Wheel?

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Why are objects different colors—reflection, absorption, or transmission?

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Finding the tension in a circular pendulum without radius or angle.

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Finding the mass of a block after colliding with a spring

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Induced Emf in an Inductor in an LRC circuit

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Coefficient of kinetic friction for 100 N force at 37° below horizontal

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Angular Momentum Contradiction Due To Choice Of Origin

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Maximum allowable length for a column under a load (buckling question)

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Steady State Circuit Analysis with Phasors

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Momentum - Bumping 2 carts with magnets

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Solving Circuits: Fig. 27-65 Analysis

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What Value Must n Be for a Glancing Elastic Collision to Occur?

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Unit Conversion W➝J: Break-Even in 50 Years?

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Form of the displacement, y(x,t), for the normal modes of a string

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Calculate the distance traveled by 2 vehicles(reaching the same point)

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Op-amp summing amplifier with V3 term coefficient

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Amplitude and energy when a ring drops onto a torsional pendulum

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What is the best way to estimate uncertainties in a lab experiment?

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Elastic collision, one object in circular motion

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Simple Harmonic Motion Displacement

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Capacitor Voltage Homework: Vo(0), v(infinity), & R

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Reaction forces due to imbalance of a shaft

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Hydrostatics - Benzene poured into uniform U shaped tube with water

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What Is the Wavelength of the Second Overtone in a 2m Rope?

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How Do You Calculate Total Resistance, Current, and Power in a Complex Circuit?

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Simple Harmonic Motion: Calculate Max Velocity

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Kleppner and Kolenkow 5.10 - Falling Chain

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Composition of 2 simple harmonic motions with different angular veloci

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Galilean transformation problem (Speed)

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Spectral lines and energy levels

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Basic kinematics - fox jumping over a wall problem

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Simple harmonic motion derivative of position function

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Thermal Expansion of a circular steel plate

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Why does a box topple when pushed at the top but slide when pushed lower?

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Wavelength with just enough energy

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Space probe between the earth and moon

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Calculating work not given acceleration, work done by gravity

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Solution to Classical Mechanics Problem: Removing Constant Terms

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What is the solution for object distance in a diverging lens?

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How can I eliminate Tw in the equation for heat loss from a house?

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Calculating work done on nonlinear spring

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Objects in equilibrium beam problem

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Capacitor problem - Calculate the heat in connecting wires

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Acceleration & velocity using instantaneous centre of zero velocity

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Ideal gas lifting a 10 kg mass while absorbing heat

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Solving Kirchhoff's Rules: Find Currents in a Circuit w/2 Batteries

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Concept question, linear momentum and mechanical energy

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Introductory Quantum HW (Angular Momentum)

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Change in Entropy of an expanding gas

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Two questions on retrieving thermodynamic properties

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Angular frequency of electron in an electric field

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Find charge q of particle passing through charged plates

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Maximum average power for a purely resistive load

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Superposition of two waves with different frequencies

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Length of Pendulum with Variables Only

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What is the Lagrangian of a Sliding Ladder?

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One horse starts moving or slips

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Is Gauss' Law Summation Necessary for Uniform Electric Fields?

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Why do distant objects appear to move more slowly?

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Mechanics - Work-Energy Principle Question

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Vibrating molecule of IBr - energies

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Does Less Friction Always Mean a Shorter Braking Distance?

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Mutual Inductance Between a Coil and a Solenoid

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Is Angular Momentum Conserved About Point O?

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How Does Light Absorption Affect the Oscillation Period of a Pendulum?

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Oscillation of disk and particle.

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I need someone good at astronomy

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Why does my impulse-momentum calculation give -0.822 m/s?

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Question on Electromagnatic Induction

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What are the Units for the momentum of a Photon?

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Radiocarbon Dating: Determining Sample Age of 41000-Yrs

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Solving for Max Height and Angular Velocity of a Thin Rod

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Conservation of Momentum of a box of mass

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Umbra and penumbra radii at the moon's distance from Earth

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How Does NaCl Molecule Transition Influence Photon Frequency?

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Normalizing a wave function and finding probability density

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How Does Speed Affect Normal Force at the Crest of a Hill?

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Force on a 5 nC charge from two other charges

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Photoelectric Effect - Maximum Wavelength

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How Do You Solve for Time in Projectile Motion Equations?

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Find Distance of Car, given Rest-Energy

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Potential difference question - Immediate

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[Statistical Physics] Microstates in a large system/Boltzmann entropy

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Completely inelastic collision with object attached to spring

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Deriving the moment of inertia of a thin rod.

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Why Do Distant Objects Appear Dimmer Due to the Inverse Square Law?

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Mechanical energy of a spring system

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Find the force on a conveyor belt

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Determining the object distance from a magnifying glass

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Resonance in a Mechanical System

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Electric field at a point due to an infinite line charge

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