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Capacitance - combining multiple capacitors for equivalent C

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Thermal equilibrium for ice being added to liquid water

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2D Kinematics Problem involving subtended angle

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Electronics Lab Prep: Filters & Transfer Functions

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How Do You Model and Solve a System of Three Masses Connected by Springs?

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Forces on skier: slope friction and wind

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Magnetic field including long wires and a quarter-circle wire.

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Finding F1 - Summing forces on a box

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Conceptual problem invoving mirrors

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Vertical Motion Homework Problem

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Calculating Object Speed with Changing Force Applied

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Determining distance using luminosity

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Equilbrium temp of ice and steam mixture

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Voltage of an infinite cylinder with nontrivial reference point

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Understanding Velocity in a Massless, Frictionless Pulley System

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Change in energy of a capacitor

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DC Circuit Equivalent Resistance Problem

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Calculating net gravitational force on the moon

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Electron's movement due to electric forces

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Moment and force calculation for cantilever beam

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Kinematics - projectile motion - time to maximum height?

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How Is Tension Calculated When a Woman Dangles a Mass Over a Cliff?

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Kinematics - How fast does the car stop?

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Calculating Earth's Mass Using Algebra

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Electric Potential inbetween Conducting Metal Ball and Thick Shell

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Probing Nuclei with Electron Scattering

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X-Ray Diffraction: Solving for θ Using nλ=2dsinθ

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Strength of electric field in fringe region vs. central region?

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Work Problem - Pushing a lawnmower

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Get acceleration from a distance-time graph

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Constrained mass point subject to elastic force and weight

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What Is the Acceleration Needed to Stop an Arrow?

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Harmonic oscillation; new amplitude?

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Work done by electric force on a point charge in a cylinder?

  • cesaravila
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Electric Point Charge and Directional Force

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How to calculate the angle using work, displacement and 2 forces?

  • fixedglare
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Mechanics assignment (please check if my answers are correct)

  • AnkleBreakeer
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Good modulation - Why do we need Fp fs?

  • seledeur
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Lucy's Stone: A Physics Challenge

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Thevenin Equivalent: Solving Circuit Problems

  • princejan7
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Getting the voltage to drop in a battery?

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Standing Waves Tension and wavelength

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How Does a Wax Blob Affect the Angular Velocity of a Rotating Rod?

  • nil1996
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Understanding Fluid Pressure: Get Help Here!

  • blahraptors
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Can a rectifier circuit be used in a DC motor to convert AC to DC?

  • theBEAST
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Find the upward acceleration of the man

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Gaussian sphere problem, non uniform charge

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Distance covered by car while decelerating

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Ambiguous Electric-Field magnitude

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Gauss's Law applied to an infinite sheet of charge

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Heat flux as a fraction of energy flux due to thermal re-radiation

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Direction positive and negative charges will movebetween electrodes?

  • carnivalcougar
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Discrepancies with Coulombs law?

  • carnivalcougar
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Can someone please show me how to do this equation

  • jim1174
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Momentum Conservation in Collisions - How to Solve for Resulting Velocity

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How much work can be done given force, mass, angle & displacement?

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Stuck on a conductivity question - Conductor in a metal crucuible

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How much work can be realized? Simple physics I can't understand.

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Find the acceleration of 3 blocks and tensions

  • avistein
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Observing Spectral Lines: The Highest Order & Color Sequence

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Calculating Sun Mass Loss Over Time Using E=mc^2

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Why is the pressure inside a bubble greater than the pressure outside?

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Precision of the values of gravitational constant G

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Acceleration of mass moving along a radial track.

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How to Measure Potential Difference Across Series-Connected Batteries?

  • Lee33
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[HELP] Equilibrium of Non - Concurrent Force System

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Angle of Refraction Given Wavelength & Speed of Light in Air & Glass

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Charge needed to ionize the air

  • Lee33
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Why is the electric field inside of a conducting sphere zero?

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How to Solve Equilibrium Problems in Homework?

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Kirchhoff's Rule-Current in a Two Loop Circut

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How to Find the Number of Nuclei of Element A at Time t0?

  • utkarshakash
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Surface waves vs longitudinal waves

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Understanding Electric Charge Distribution in Conducting Spheres

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What Causes the Velocity of a Cable Car to Change in the Rain?

  • peripatein
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Ideal gas law and thermodyanimic processes

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Calculating Pendulum Length with Given Velocity and Tension

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How Do I Solve Laser Reflection Using Vectors?

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What kind of energy transfers are these

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Finding equation for rate of change of distance of spiraling electron

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Special Relativity: Velocity Addition

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Interference Problem: Finding Maximum Radiation Intensity

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Energy and radius of a shock wave

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Travelling waves - help with formula

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What is the Maximum Speed at Point Q Without Breaking the String?

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The Doppler Effect of police car

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Change in entropy of a heat engine

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Block pushed up an incline, velocity using work

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Shell's Linear Charge density (electric field mistake?)

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Can you help me understand how a deer transfers energy to different objects?

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Force can be represented by a scalar?

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How to Launch a Satellite with Apogee 2.5 Times the Planet's Radius?

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Average Velocity and resultant velocity

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Efficient Energy Flow Chart: Transfers to Human, Computer, Lights & Ball

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