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Entropy and Carnot refrigerators

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Collisions in rotational dynamics

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Angular momentum of a rod rotating about an axis

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Sphere rolling down an incline plane pulling a rope off a cylinder

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Understanding Lenz' Law as it applies to a magnet falling in a tube

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Phase angle between peak source voltage and peak voltage across RLC?

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Power dissipated in an RL circuit

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Calculating Tension in an Inclined Plane Problem

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Phase Angle of Point 5m from Wave Source: 180° at 2π Seconds

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Instantaneous velocity and a catapult

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Resistance between two points in complex circuit

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How can I solve a complex equation without a good calculator?

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Are Units for Phase Calculations in Wave Problems Accurately Applied?

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Water flowing through an eavestrough

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Soap bubbles sticking to each other

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Strain energy in a tapered rod under torsion

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Laplace in electromagnetics(voltages are different in conductor?)

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Spring and gravitational energies (Simple harmonic motion)

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Torque Equilibrium to find center of mass.

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Conservation laws - Ball hitting a rod about its end

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Coupled Oscillation attached at one end ?

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USAPhO 2014 F=ma exam #14, (rotational dynamics)

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Why Does a Car's Front Lift When Accelerating?

  • Kavorka
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Circuit problems with capacitors and parallel emf sources

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Charged particle moving under electric field

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Adding a 3rd Source to a 2 Source Interference Pattern

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Simple Harmonic Motion Clarification

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Thermodynamics - Ideal gas expansion

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Gravitaional attraction between two objects

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Photoelectric Detector and Energy Measurements

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Conservation of Angular Momentum Conceptual Question

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Plotting Stopping Voltage vs. Frequency

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Objects in equilibrium hinged platform with cable problem

  • BrainMan
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Vertically polarized light from a hene laser passes through a linear

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Condition for Simple Harmonic Motion

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Does Gravitational Potential Energy Decrease on Collision?

  • utkarshakash
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I don't distinguish gravity and centripetal acceleration

  • mcastillo356
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Analyzing Inelastic Collision Data from a graph

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What is the weight of the sled?

  • bennyq
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Impact and collision - having problems

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Conceptual doubt - Rotating nonconducting ring

  • Tanya Sharma
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A gravitation problem with two masses

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Elastic collision between two bodies

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Pendulum/Circular Motion Problem

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Car with counterweight: Dynamics

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Conducting loop placed in magnetic field

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How to Calculate Spring Constant and Weight from Oscillation Frequency?

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[help] finding the total electric flux

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Reflection of Light by Oil on Water

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No-Slip Rolling & Conservation of Energy

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Hoop with backspin - Conservation of Angular Momentum

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Tension in the string of a rotating, massive pulley

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Webpage title: Optimal Angle for Pulling a Crate with a Friction Rope

  • yolo123
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Calculating Earth's Orbital Velocity from Varying Distance to the Sun

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Height of ball bounce with air resistance

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Finding the tension in terms of mg

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Charge on capacitor connected between spheres

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Problem Solving - Calculate the mass of steam condensed

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Force between two current-carrying loops

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What is the Distance d in Snell's Law and the Pythagorean Theorem?

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How to Draw a Force Diagram for an Object Suspended by Strings?

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Two capacitors are connected in parallel

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Simple pendulum with initial velocity

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Magnetic field and current cause a force

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How do I calculate the time it takes to discharge a capacitor?

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Charge distribution between two spherical hollow conductors.

  • sankarshana016
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Finding Refraction Angle and Wavelength in Water for Sodium Light?

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Moment of Inertia about axis through body diagonal of a Cuboid

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How Do You Calculate Triangle Peak Equations in MATLAB?

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What Angle Increases Cloud Intensity Ratio to Three Times Normal?

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How Do Tension and Length Affect Fundamental Vibrations on a String?

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Similarities and differences between electron and muon

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Mutual Inductance of RC Circuit on a Small Coil

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Force - gondola car suspended between 2 cables

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Force - finding tension in string

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Bullet Into Wood: Heat or Energy Loss?

  • yolo123
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Rotation problems - Torque & Angular Momentum

  • Kavorka
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How Long to Heat 125L Water to 60C with 2kW Heater and 150W Loss?

  • GoodOldLimbo
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Find output voltage as a function of time

  • zealeth
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Energy changes of a ball thrown up

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Minimum capacity rate ratio of a heat exchanger

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Path length difference and Diffraction

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What is the Mechanical Advantage of the Engineer's Machine?

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Mass of planet expressed as multiple of earth's mass

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Rigid Body Rotation: Proving/Disproving \vec{R'} Direction

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Special Relativity, light down a rocket

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What is the Resistance of an Electric Iron with a Label of 240V, 2kW?

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Calculating Mass of Soil Scooped in 0.009 m3

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Velocity of a bar on parallel conducting rails

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[Statistical Physics] No. of dice rolls so prob of getting a 6 is >90%

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What Is the Index of Refraction for Each Wavelength in a Prism?

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What happens to uncertainty when I divide values by a constant and squ

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Understanding the Solution to ε = xe-x2

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Motion of a Point on a Tyre: Finding the Curve and Formulas

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OCR A2 Physics cosmic microwave background radiation question

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Surface Area of Parallel Capacitors

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