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Find the displacement in a word problem

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Solving two equations for velocity components with trial and error

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

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Finding Kinetic Energy from graph of Power

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Level of ice dropped in water after it melts

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Why did the bear collapse the bench but I couldn't?

  • piisexactly3
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Question involving capacitance.

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What Are the Partials of a 16 ft Open Organ Pipe?

  • Mozzalicious
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Word Problem with Kinematics Equation

  • Natko
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Uncertainty in projectile range at 45°

  • flyflyfly37
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What is the voltage across the capacitor?

  • hvthvt
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Why does a barge being towed have vertical but not horizontal acceleration?

  • checkmatechamp
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Difficulty understanding formula and area under v-t graph

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What is the Electric Current Produced by Solar Wind Protons Near Earth?

  • Physicsrapper
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Why do balanced forces act on objects moving at constant velocity?

  • Matt2411
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Finding Flux through a Disk due to Two Charges

  • Saitama
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Hall Effect Lab (Germanium SC) Without Hall Effect Sensor

  • Jenn.
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Increase in doping concentrations resulting in a decrease in mobility?

  • theBEAST
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Find the angular speed of the cylinder

  • PKay
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Solve Mass Suspension by Component Method

  • yoyo16
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Calculating Car Mass with Constant Speed on a Bridge

  • Lee80
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What are the units for angular velocity in this hydraulic piston mechanism?

  • fluidmech
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Solving for current between 2 nodes

  • grekin
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Basic DC Circuits - Kirchoff's Rules Lab questions

  • jamesrb
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Principle of Superposition in Circuits

  • zealeth
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Projectile Motion Question To Find Unknown Variable (Initial Velocity)

  • salmayoussef
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Calculate Gauge Pressure for Fire Hose Height of 25m w/ Bernoulli's Law

  • bigplanet401
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Electric Field - 1/8 of Sphere

  • luiseduardo
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Finding maximal total current for a system

  • Phys student
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A proton and an positron (identical to an electron, except positivel

  • TwinCamGTS
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Why conservation of energy here vs momentum?

  • oddjobmj
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What Is the Work Done by a Perfect Gas During Compression?

  • Emspak
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Angular momentum using unit-vector notation

  • maxalador
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Does Recoiling Electrons Have 0 Energy When Photon is Scattered 180°?

  • MostlyHarmless
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Calculating Sound Pressure Level As Distance Changes

  • lordterrin
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Boolean Algebra Question (Digital Logic Circuits)

  • theBEAST
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Finding the Zero Point of Electric Potential Between Two Point Charges

  • Peetah
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Incident Angle Limitation Derivation in Optical Fibre

  • Eats Dirt
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Calculating Electron Trajectory in a Parallel Plate Conductor

  • laurajean997
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How do I solve for the position vector using 2-D vector analysis?

  • princeton_wu
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What is the thread's length pulled and the variation factor of velocity?

  • Icaro Amorim
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Friction and Energy Conservation in Ball Colliding with Wall

  • Saitama
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Calculating the distance to the moon based on given parameters.

  • tgitatif
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Digital logic - Boolean algebra simplification problem

  • theBEAST
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Electrostatics - finding the work done

  • Saitama
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Angular Acceleration (and other torque/angular problems)

  • Bluestribute
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Tension in a massive clothesline at the ends and lowest point

  • Radarithm
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Magnetic Field from Current Segments

  • theshonen8899
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Hibbeler 12-210: Solving Constraint Equations

  • c0der
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Torque on a dipole in an electric field

  • castrodisastro
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Why Does Turpentine Not Overflow When Heated in an Aluminum Cylinder?

  • Feodalherren
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Electric flux through a hemisphere

  • Loopas
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Calculating Temperature Increase From Hand Rubbing Work

  • narutoish
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Calculating Thrust Needed for 200g Model Rocket Acceleration

  • NG12
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Two distinguishable particles in a box.

  • peripatein
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Explosion mass and magnitude physics

  • sam_amy
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Mechanics question derivations terminal velocity (quadratic case)

  • Genericcoder
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Collisions, Impulse, and Reference Frames

  • sam_amy
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Phys Static Friction Ramp Problem

  • PhysicsDerp
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T/F Loop of a Wire Entering and exiting a field

  • blue_lilly
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Capacitively coupled RLC circuits

  • SadStudent
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What is the force experienced by a wire in a magnetic field?

  • jimmyboykun
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Coefficient of Friction and Energy

  • Blakeasd
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Finding the maximum velocity of an object rolling down an incline

  • DNwein
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Charges on an equilateral triangle

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A rock is thrown with height, direction, and inital velocity provided

  • mcKempt
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Electric field strength and particle deflection

  • castrodisastro
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Tom and Jerry push on the 3 m diameter merry-go-round

  • BrownBoi7
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What Is the Electric Field of a Coaxial Cable?

  • Kot
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Bouncing Ball and the Principle of Equal and Opposite Forces

  • MadScientist
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Thermodynamics / Q = mC⌂T equation in air application

  • Phystudent91
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Calculating Horizontal Distance: Solving for Time and Velocity

  • get_physical
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Finding voltage from the E field

  • iScience
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Why do stars on the top left of the main sequence spend less time there?

  • vanilla5085
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Fraction of ionized atoms in an intrinsic semiconductor

  • theBEAST
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Finding the magnitude of the force and direction.

  • jimmyboykun
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Measuring Speed of Sound with Resonance Tube Experiment

  • utkarshakash
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Simple Circuits: Calculating Power in a Complex Circuit

  • zaddyzad
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Circuits - Calculating resistance/conductance etc

  • FaraDazed
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Draw the field for two concentric conducting spheres

  • Indigo
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Electric Field Calculation given three point charges?

  • P1nkButt3rflys
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Elevation of Sun above water surface

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Time for astronaut to reach the satellite

  • Gebri Mishtaku
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How can uncertainties in measurement affect the estimation of g?

  • ajcoelho
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Finding the distance traveled by a charged object

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Satellite motion - determining planets' masses

  • zachydj
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How does gravity and friction affect work on a slanted surface?

  • Feyre
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Why does water take longer to heat up than milk?

  • jagriti baul
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The direction of moments (no specific problem, just a confusion)

  • slayerjacket
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Why Is Deceleration Expressed as a Positive Value in Physics Problems?

  • TheShiny
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How Can Radioactive Decay and Distance Formulas Be Combined in Physics?

  • piisexactly3
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Finding the time when two stones cross paths

  • Ace.
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Facing problem in a questions on Vectors

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How Does Temperature Change When Gas Expands in an Insulated System?

  • Dassinia
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Trajectories with Conserved Quantities

  • tvolanth
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How Do You Describe the Path of an Object Given Its Coordinates Over Time?

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