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Torque with constant circular velocity

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Laws of Motion- dropping book off building with a twist

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Finding the magnitude necessary to balance two forces

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Will the Coastguard's Intervention Prevent a Ship Collision?

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Comparing masses of three main sequence stars from spectral type and lifetime

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Inertia Q: Which Frame of Ref Is Inertial?

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Doppler effect when airplane travels faster than sound

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Heat flow problem (copper pipe)

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Electric field lines produced by two eccentric charged cylinders

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Finding θ when a pulley moves with two blocks

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Two converging lenses with same focal length at 60° angle

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Calculating Tension in an Elevator Cable - Is My Solution Correct?

  • physicos
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Can You Solve This Four Spring Oscillation Problem?

  • Tanya Sharma
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How Do Switch Operations Affect Capacitor Behavior in a Circuit?

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Physics 3: Images, Interference and Difraction

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Why isn't figure b equivalent to figure a when a is a Wheatstone bridge?

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Electric Field Outside a Solenoid

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Finding the current in each resistor - Kirchhoff

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What is the initial momentum of the car and rider in a collision?

  • savaphysics
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Time Question - how long did the train block the crossing?

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Simple Van de Graaff Generator Problem

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Calculating the components of an electromagnetic wave

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Free-Body Diagram for a Block Pushed Against a Wall

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Speed of chain with few variables

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Falling candy bag dropped from descending helicopter

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Why does the RC time constant change when the switch closes?

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Willard Libby (C14 dating) or other Ideas/Suggestions

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Irradiance of sun in an image?

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Elastic Collision: Find Velocity of 2 Bodies

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Newtons laws of universal gravitation

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Question concerning experiment on Heisenberg's uncertanity principle

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Photoelectric effect: negative kinetic energy for copper with 200nm photon

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Virial equation, minimum pressure point

  • MexChemE
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Magnetic Flux: Does Direction Matter?

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How to measure the speed of light with this setup

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Find Hinge Force of Rod Undergoing Circular Motion

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Block sliding on accelerating wedge

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Geometric optics - thickness of acrylic ?

  • carnivalcougar
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If you have a moment (at the end of a rod)

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General Equation about Energy lost due to Friction

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Solving the Paramagnet Entropy Equation

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Not sure if I calculated this correctly (Find the final temperature)

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Metal bar on rails, induced emf

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Work required to separate parallel plate capacitors

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Lagrange's Equations for a Tetherball

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How Far From the Fountain Do the Joggers Meet?

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Calculating Satellite Orbit Time

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What Is the Clown's Velocity Before Hitting the Net?

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Ball bouncing on inclined ramps

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How Do You Calculate Velocity and Height Using Conservation of Energy?

  • lostinphysics1
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How to Calculate Net Force for an Object

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What is the Force on a Rectangular Loop in a Magnetic Field?

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Uncertanty in a non-linear regression with least squares method

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Is Using Norton and Thevenin Equations to Find Voltage Correct?

  • darwinharianto
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Understanding Calculation of N (Number of Atoms)

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What is the maximum distance a radar can detect objects on the Earth's surface?

  • utkarshakash
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Question regarding displacement current

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What Is the Angle of the Jet Before Deflection in Aerodynamics?

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Projectile Trajectory Analysis for a Darts Game

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Calculating Frequency from Energy: A Joules to Frequency Problem

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Mass rotating in horizontal circle at two velocities

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Solving the Angular Momentum & Kinetic Energy Equations: Find ωa & ωb

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Net force on rectangular wire loop near current-carrying wire

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Electric field 4.65 cm from a solenoid axis with time-varying current

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Solving Electric Magnetism Problems: Forces, Fields, Potentials, Work

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Formulas converting Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy

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Determination of moment of inertia

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Who knew finding Velocity could take so much Work and Energy?

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How does static friction do work?

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Egg Drop Contraption: A Physical Science Project Report

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Masses on table - Acceleration of Connected Objects

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How to Calculate Energy Dissipated in an RC Circuit?

  • majormaaz
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Initial acceleration of block when string is cut

  • Tanya Sharma
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Speed of sound on a moving train

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How Do You Calculate Acceleration in a Two-Mass Pulley System?

  • jbunniii
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How to calculate the wetted perimeter

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Solving Hooke's Law Problem: Spring Constant & Speed of 370kg Car

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Tension in the strings after string is cut

  • Tanya Sharma
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Solving RC Circuit Problem Homework

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Uniform magnetic field and electric field

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Loop-the-loop track, connection height with time?

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How Does Charge Distribution Affect Electric Field and Potential at Point P?

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Special Relativity with 2 light beams moving towards each other

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Formulating an Eigenvector Equation

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What is Upiter's speed when closest to the sun?

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Equivalent Resistance of Circuit System

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Why does my energy go negative with friction, spring, and kinetic energy?

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Why Is Electrostatic Potential Independent of Path in a Field?

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Pulleys: One mass hanging between two other masses

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What is the Displacement of the Wedge When the Smaller Block Reaches the Bottom?

  • utkarshakash
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Understanding Diode Current Flow

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Electric flux through surface with uniform field at angle

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Toppling of cylinder containing fluid

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Particle collision producing C* with gamma decay

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