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Two-box system: minimum force and acceleration to prevent sliding

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Solve 15=35sinΘ Equation with No Calculator

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What Is the Impact Speed of a Meteoroid Approaching Earth?

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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

  • bob12321
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Phase angle between peak source voltage and peak voltage across RLC?

  • Loopas
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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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When does a point 5m from the source first reach phase 180°?

  • utkarshakash
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Instantaneous velocity and a catapult

  • chikis
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Resistance between two points in complex circuit

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

  • Zashmar
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Are Units for Phase Calculations in Wave Problems Accurately Applied?

  • MathewsMD
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Water flowing through an eavestrough

  • TheKShaugh
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Soap bubbles sticking to each other

  • utkarshakash
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Strain energy in a tapered rod under torsion

  • theBEAST
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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

  • MathewsMD
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Charged particle moving under electric field

  • utkarshakash
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Adding a 3rd Source to a 2 Source Interference Pattern

  • kosovo dave
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Displacement reference and phase constant in SHM equations

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Thermodynamics - Ideal gas expansion

  • Chase11
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Gravitaional attraction between two objects

  • EliteCodexer
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Photoelectric Detector and Energy Measurements

  • bravellama
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Conservation of Angular Momentum Conceptual Question

  • leeone
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Plotting Stopping Voltage vs. Frequency

  • bravellama
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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

  • tizio
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Condition for Simple Harmonic Motion

  • utkarshakash
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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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Finding velocities from force vs distance graph of collision

  • elements
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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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Does a rotating charged ring constitute an electric current?

  • Tanya Sharma
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A gravitation problem with two masses

  • toothpaste666
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Elastic collision between two bodies

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Pendulum/Circular Motion Problem

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Conducting loop placed in magnetic field

  • utkarshakash
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How to Calculate Spring Constant and Weight from Oscillation Frequency?

  • Kavorka
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Finding total electric flux through a sphere

  • bibo_dvd
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Oil layer thickness for constructive interference at 590nm

  • MyNameIsKhan
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Marble rolling down a frictionless track and up to height h2

  • Kavorka
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Hoop with backspin - Conservation of Angular Momentum

  • mintsnapple
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Tension in the string of a rotating, massive pulley

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Optimal angle for pulling a crate with friction

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

  • toothpaste666
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Height of ball bounce with air resistance

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Finding the tension in terms of mg

  • yugeci
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Charge on capacitor connected between spheres

  • Saitama
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Problem Solving - Calculate the mass of steam condensed

  • seongwei
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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?

  • h20proof
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How to Draw a Force Diagram for an Object Suspended by Strings?

  • santoki
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Two capacitors are connected in parallel

  • TwinCamGTS
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Simple pendulum with initial velocity

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Magnetic field and current cause a force

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

  • puhdanks
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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?

  • h20proof
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Moment of Inertia about axis through body diagonal of a Cuboid

  • Rococo
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How Do You Calculate Triangle Peak Equations in MATLAB?

  • Spoolx
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What Angle Increases Cloud Intensity Ratio to Three Times Normal?

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

  • bennyq
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Similarities and differences between electron and muon

  • LotusTK
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Mutual Inductance of RC Circuit on a Small Coil

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Force - gondola car suspended between 2 cables

  • santoki
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Force - finding tension in string

  • santoki
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Bullet Into Wood: Heat or Energy Loss?

  • yolo123
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Suspended plank equilibrium and particle 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

  • theBEAST
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Path length difference and Diffraction

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

  • lovelyrwwr
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Mass of planet expressed as multiple of earth's mass

  • toothpaste666
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Rigid Body Rotation: Proving/Disproving \vec{R'} Direction

  • Saladsamurai
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Special Relativity, light down a rocket

  • CAF123
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What is the Resistance of an Electric Iron with a Label of 240V, 2kW?

  • ps3stephen
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Calculating Mass of Soil Scooped in 0.009 m3

  • ExoP
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Velocity of a bar on parallel conducting rails

  • abear247
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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?

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

  • Akbar123
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How does ε = xe^(-x²) give dx in the first step?

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