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Trying to understand electromagnetism

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A new take on a relative velocity problem

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New EMF and Frequency: Understanding Faraday's Law of Induction

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The potential electric and vector potential of a moving charge

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How to Determine the Sign of the Doppler Shift?

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Calculating Doppler Frequency Shift for Ultrasonic Waves

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Answer the question about time of cooling of a ball

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Calculate the coherent length of this LED

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Applying Dalton's Law: From Popcorn Launchers to Innovative Products

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Integrating motion equation to derive displacement

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Thermodynamic Process that Produces the Most Work

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Oblique slab dieletric material in a capacitor

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Intuition on the direction of friction in a rotational dynamics problem

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Setting two expressions equal to each other

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Change of entropy in the Universe in a thermodynamic cycle

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Environmental Physics - Radiative forcing effect on greenhouse effect

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Finding the Frequency Domain and Time Domain magnetic field

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Relationship between diameter and elastic potential energy of a wire

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Cylinder Falling from Unwinding String

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Requesting guidance on Commutators & Intro QM

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Time dependent canonical transformation

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How Does Out of Phase Interference Affect Sound Perception?

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Probability to hit a spherical area

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Question on Intro QM pertaining to Harmonic Oscillator

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Bragg angle with an inclined plane through a square lattice

  • LCSphysicist
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Is Removing c from the Square Root in This Equation Correct?

  • rgtr
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Single Slit Interference Pattern: Increased Distance

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Find Projectile Flight Time Given Only Maximum Height

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Calculate tilt angle of a bar lifted via two ropes on fixed points

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Pressure drop through volumes of compressible fluid

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Finding the Magnitude of the Force Acting on an Object

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Angular momentum of a disk about an axis parallel to center of mass axis

  • vcsharp2003
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Moment of inertia of a disk about an axis not passing through its CoM

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Seeking Guidance to Find Surface & Volume Bound Charges of a Half Cone

  • warhammer
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Calculating Average Velocity and Acceleration of the Singapore Flyer

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Centre of Mass/Tipping Point Question

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Relativistic particle in uniform magnetic field (solution check)

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Graphical Impulse calculation from the graph of force verus time

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Determining $L_{o}$: Finding Angular Momentum of System

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Work done in adiabatic compression

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Potential and Kinetic energy equations including drag coefficient

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Find the Capacitance based on 3 different switch positions

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What is the Power Loss in a Transformer?

  • annamal
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Do electrons flow through a battery or is it something else?

  • vcsharp2003
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Anti-reflective lenses and interference

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Is the Result of the Path Integral Positive Due to Negative dx?

  • Ark236
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New volume of balloon after adiabatic expansion

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Electrical conductivity has an effect while charging by conduction?

  • kololo
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Find capacitive reactance from Inductive reactance

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Work and energy of electromagnetic wave with intensity I

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What are Lambda and Z Parameters in Ultrasound B-mode Imaging?

  • nao113
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The behaviour of an uncharged dielectric particle in a capacitor

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Change in internal energy of particle colliding with piston

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Charge density on the surface of a conductor

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How did they get that the vorticity = 2##\omega##?

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How Does Quantum Uncertainty Define the Position of a Positron?

  • LCSphysicist
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Can the number 1 be squared infinitely many times?

  • rgtr
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Block of mass M attached to rope of mass m

  • AspiringPhysicist12
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How Do You Derive Electron Energy in Physics Equations?

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Three Points at Vertices of Equilateral Triangle

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Trigonometric problem: Sin7x= Sin24 * 6.4

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Adjusting the Power Factor of an RLC circuit

  • annamal
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Golf Ball Projectile Motion Problem -- Solved

  • Undeterred247
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Calculating x Position of a Moving Object

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Block on an accelerating wedge (part c only)

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Oscillating Spring Block System inside elevator

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Solving a Meteorite Problem: What Equations Should I Use?

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The necessary inclined force to rotate an object around an axis

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RL Circuit Initial Current Simplification

  • annamal
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Academic First Law Of Thermodynamics Problem

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Check My Solution for Second Problem (w,q)

  • Kolin101
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Solving Cylinder+Bead System Problem | Hello.

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Energy momentum tensor - off diagonal terms

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Momentum Collision Homework Problem -- help please

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Two slit interference: new intensity after doubling width

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Find the inductance of an inductor in a circuit

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Understanding Back EMF in Electric Motors

  • annamal
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Calculating acceleration of gravity and inertia of irregular lamina

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Magnetic field generated by an infinitely long current-carrying wire

  • annamal
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How to express ωₙ in terms of only mass (m) and stiffness (k)?

  • Rae
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Energy recovered from a regenerative braking system

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Solving for x in Circular Current Equation

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Understanding Torque in a Magnetic Field with Loop

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Wine Glass Resonance Frequency

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Resistive force exerted on a sphere (air resistance)

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I am a little confused by the quoted text is worth mentioning.

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Relationship between accelerations of blocks 1 and 2

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The acceleration of protons using a changing magnetic field

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How Can You Solve a Differential Equation Involving Exponential Drag Force?

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Covariant derivative in coordinate basis

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A curved wire rotating in and out of a magnetic field

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EMF generated in a blood cell by an oscillating magnetic field

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Ratio of partial pressures of gas

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Calculating a large toroid's magnetic field

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Force to apply to a loop moving away from a current-carrying wire

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Potential vector of a oscilating dipole:

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Mass Tipping a Plank: Independent & Dependent Variables + Data

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