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Speed of satellite in geosynchronous orbit

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Can a 23 keV electron produce both Kα and L X-rays in silver?

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Understanding Work: Kinetic vs. Potential Energy

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Magnetic field calculation. Method of Images/superimposition.

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Charge produced at end of an insulator rod using electric induction

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How Does the Quantum Operator \(\hat{p}^2\) Derive from \(\hat{p}\)?

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Space elevator problem: how long is the cable?

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How Does Thrust Affect the Calculation of Coefficient of Drag?

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How can the energy of an orbit determine the size of its semimajor axis?

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Essay assignment on the concept of time

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Calculating Decay Constant and Amount of Thorium Plated

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Intensity of a sound wave problem

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What Parachute Size Ensures a Safe Ambulance Airdrop?

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Induced EMF in a rectangular loop with changing magnetic flux

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A pulley system with two objects stacked on each other

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Finding the tension of the string (vertical circular motion)

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Why does ignoring one side of a capacitor plate give the right field?

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Momentum and kinetic energy in collisions with a bullet

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Quick EMF question - Spherical Shell- North/South Pole, Equator

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Different types of energy: kinetic vs potential vs

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Electric field strength at the center of semicircle

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How Does Depth Affect the Buoyant Force on a Submerged Beach Ball?

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Gravitation Problem- Sun and Earth

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Bullet fired toward Earth from orbiting satellite

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Electric Field strength between 3 charges and directions

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Making a solenoid from 1.0m of wire. missing information?

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Initial Energy/Final energy on 2 capacitors

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Electric field strength of 4 charges positioned in a square shape

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Distance traveled by projectile

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Energy problem involving a projectile (tricky)

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Angular Momentum problem, Swinging door

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How much does a bullet penetrate a wall?

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Solving circuits with superposition (2 problems)

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Statics - finding a moment of a force in xyz plane

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Verifying That Diamond Is More Stable At Certain Conditions

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Center of Mass for a cubical box with a missing top

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Transfer function of this simple circuit

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Mass sliding off a rotating disk with angular acceleration

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Finding resistane and current non-ohmic

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Electrical force between charges

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Buoyancy - block of concrete is being raised from a lake

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Interatomic potential and binding energy system of equations

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Find Mass of Object 2 in Two-Mass Pulley System

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2 people throwing balls at each other on cart - cons. of momentum

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How to Write Mathematical Equations on Physics Forums

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A satellite will crash into the Earth if its velocity:

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The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth is:

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Are these circuit diagrams equivalent?

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Convertion of energy through photosynthesis

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TNT explosive is what type of energy?

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Electric field a spherical surface

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What is the object with the most momentum?

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Faraday Lenz lab - My calculations are Way off and I'm not sure why

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What is the effect of decreasing the widths of slits in double slit experiment?

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Problem with diffraction equations (diffraction and astrophysics)

  • IQScience
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How Do You Calculate the Net Torque on a Square Plate?

  • sreya
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Baseball bat collision impulse and force calculation

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Finding radius of sphere with six times the mass

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How High Can Electrical Potential Get Near Large Charges?

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Solving for θ in a Parabolic Orbit

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How do I draw a displacement-distance graph for waves?

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Checking my reasoning on deriving fine sructure constant alpha

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How Is Acceleration Calculated in a Pulley System with Unequal Masses?

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Projectile motion and friction problem

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Understanding Hydrogen Fine Structure Validity and Field Discrepancies

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How Do I Solve the Equation 117.72 = 100sin2x + 28cosx for x?

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Finding Highest Energy for Fermions and Bosons in a Box

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Finding harmonics of a banjo string

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What is the Tension in a Two Pulley System?

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Do two braking cars collide if 45m apart?

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How to Find the Electric Field Inside a Partially Hollow Charged Sphere?

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Phase constant for reflected waves on a string

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Radio Antennas and Young's Double slit

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How do I find the current through each resistor using Kirchoff's laws?

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Projectile Motion Ball Hurl Question

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Projectile Motion Jump Question

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Kleppner - Block on wedge with friction

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Expression for current through loop as a function of time

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What is the Mass of the Stone and Tension in the Wire?

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Time Dependent Current in a Wire

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Tensor of inertia - hollow cube.

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Finding current and charge in a RC circuit.

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Calculating Torque and Frequency of a Polar Molecule

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How Can I Solve This Compound Harmonic Motion Problem with Different Methods?

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Bullet striking a block on a frictionless surface

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Voltage to accelerate proton to collide with another proton

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Particle sliding down a hemispherical bowl

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Rotational Inertia in two cylinders

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What is the acceleration of the ring on a vertical rod with a spring?

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Geneva wheel kinematic analysis—better approach

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Calculating Velocity of Mass in Ballistic Gel

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Satellite moving around a planet

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