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Electric field and force between charges at varying distances

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Finding magnitude of current of 3 rods, so 1 can levitate.

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Thermal Properties of Solids and Gases Problem

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A closed organ pipe has a length of 2.40 m?

  • TheCuriosity
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Falling Weight Attached to a Wheel and a Sphere

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Diffraction Patterns: Does Distance Affect Diffraction?

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Equations of movement of partical that slides inside a container

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Reaction enthelpy at non-standard conditions

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Motion in Two or Three Dimension : Projectile motion

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Projectile Motion - Range of projectile

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Calculating Vertical Motion: Am I on the Right Track?

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Hot air balloon - Archimedes Principle

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Supposedly Simple Tension Problem

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Projectile Motion man tosses object

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What is the Correct Minimum Force to Move a Ladder Against a Wall?

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How Much of the Granite Rock Ball Must Be Submerged to Float?

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Calculate the z position of the particle as a function of time.

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Coulomb's Law (3 charges in equilateral triangle)

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Find the current in the 2Ω resistor marked A

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Contribution to the magnetic field at the point by a thin wire

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Entropy of a system water-reservoir

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Transistor/Amplifier pre-lab; Inverting vs Non-inverting

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How Does Throwing a Medicine Ball Affect Beam Displacement?

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How Do You Calculate the Initial Velocity and Range of a Soccer Ball?

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Free-Body Diagram for a Brick and Pillow System: Mass and Forces

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Wires with constant power and increasing voltage

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Potential of Concentric Spherical Insulator and Conductor

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How Should a Quarterback Throw to Hit a Stationary Receiver?

  • Natko
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Does the acceleration cancel out?

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What Happens When Force is Not Constant in W = f x D?

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Does a flashlight battery have internal resistance?

  • carnivalcougar
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Projectile Motion- What angle does range equal max height?

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Maxwell's theory of wave propagation

  • Srv C
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Calculating Flux Through a Circular Ring

  • Tanya Sharma
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Find total E of muon using time dilation

  • oddjobmj
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Conservation of Energy through friction and cliffs

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Minimum speed of the bullet to penetrate a sphere

  • Tanya Sharma
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Nuclear physics problem - energy of reaction

  • Saitama
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How can I find work, horizontal force, and time contact?

  • athena810
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Energy Collected in one pixel on a CCD.

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1.5V/3W lightbulbs with a 9V battery. Will they burn out?

  • carnivalcougar
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Terminal Voltages of a flashlight cell?

  • carnivalcougar
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USAPhO 2014 F=ma exam #19, (tension, static equilibrium)

  • Agrasin
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Eigenvalues and eigenkets of a two level system

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Fermat's principle to derive lens formula

  • Srv C
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Pipe Climbing Device: Calculating Force, Motor & Time Needed

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Use Work (net) to find coefficient of static friction and speed

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A lamb grows with its mass proportional

  • Nerdlight
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Three boxes on different inclines

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How Does a Star's Mass Affect its Properties and Position on the HR Diagram?

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How Do You Determine When a Chain of Charges Breaks?

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How Does Mass Redistribution Affect Angular Velocity?

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Charge of three small spheres when connected to a big one

  • Rugile
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Solving a Charge at the Center of a Sphere Problem

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Physics question - Forces on a mass on horizontal surface

  • suzy123
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Electric Field Strength Between Two Parallel Plates Problem

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Finding the Moment of Point B: Is it Largest?

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Solving Battery Problem: Transport 2.6 kg Chocolate up 1000m

  • Physicsrapper
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How to Calculate the Brackett Series in Excel?

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Circuits - Calculating Effectice Resistance

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Right hand rule - Magnetic field

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Potential for a system of a solid sphere and spherical shell

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Thermodynamics - Hot-air balloon

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Simplifying Digital Logic Equations: Using Karnaugh Maps and 2x2 Method

  • theBEAST
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Calculating Forces Homework: Net Force & Friction

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Solving Circuit: Find Total Capacitance & Understand Repercussions

  • MathewsMD
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Calculating (t1-t2): Three Bright Fringes on Inclined Glass Plates

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Finding current between nodes using superposition principle

  • grekin
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How Does Material Choice Impact Physics Experiments on Absolute Zero?

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Heat and final temperature problem

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Physics-please check answer (multiple choice question)

  • suzy123
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Motion of a Charged Particle in a Constant Magnetic Field

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Combining Equations for Solving Complex Problems

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What is the magnitude of the charge on a second object?

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Coefficient of Friction of a piano

  • Medgirl314
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Three parallel planes - calculating charge

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Calculate Coulomb: Help Solving Homework Problem

  • Physicsrapper
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Solving Stick Thrown in Air with Initial Condition

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Work done by doubling the magnetization of a rod

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What Is the Acceleration of a Charged Sphere Fired Toward a Fixed Charge?

  • miniake
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Calculate Voltage: 1000V from 10 A, 100m Waterfall

  • Physicsrapper
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Simple Op-Amp Inverting Amplifier

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What are the dimensions of force?

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Physics- Jet Engine Force and Rocket Kinetic Energy Calculation

  • suzy123
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How Does the Inelasticity of String AP Affect Tension in a Particle System?

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Finding Work from Force Equation

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Projectile motion hitting angle

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Velocity on a hill Kinematics Problem with Dynamics

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Person in cart traveling down a valley

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How Do You Calculate Total Displacement Using the Component Method?

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Acceleration of 1.44m/s^2: Solving Tension Problems

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Find the displacement in a word problem

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Attached: Solving Homework Equations

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Electric PE as a dipole changes its orientation in an electric field

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