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Solving Free Fall Motion Homework: Find Time in Seconds

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What are the possible values for the coordinate angles in 3-D space?

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Thin Film Interference and wavelength

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How Does Doting a Unit Vector With a Vector A Affect the Result?

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Nodal analysis voltage confusion

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Speed of a wave on a string and Frequency of 3rd Harmonic

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What is the Direction of x Using the Right Hand Rule?

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Is Scalar Addition Equivalent to Adding Parallel Vectors?

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Finding centripetal acceleration for a 4 N pendulum bob

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Coordinate angles of three dimensional vectors

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How Do You Calculate Shear Stress in a Flowing Fluid?

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How to find the the acceleration of the block M?

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What is the Angle of a Conical Pendulum Rotating at 4 m/s with a 1.5m String?

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Electron energy levels in Bohr model

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Small cylinder inside a larger one, rolling without slipping

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Collision of particle with plate

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How to prove v(t) = (y(t+Δt) - y(t-Δt))/2Δt

  • sabastronomia
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Calculation of the speed of light

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Motion on 2D surface - particle hanging from string

  • Zatman
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Are 3D coordinate angles restricted to certain values?

  • Tiven white
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Electrical Resistance (Easy Question)

  • Coop
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Calculating Percentage Uncertainty for Measured Lengths

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Electric field from finite line charge at distance s

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Bohr's Correspondence Principle and quantum theory

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Representing Vectors in 3D Space

  • Tiven white
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Conservation of linear momentum.

  • whynot314
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Cosine of Vector: Adjacent/Hypothenuse

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Physics Honors-Inclines-Car Rolling Down a Hill With Friction

  • Medgirl314
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Potential for a Central Force Field

  • Rococo
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Grade 12 Motion Problem Question

  • socialfox1
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Physics Honors-Inclines-Car Rolling Down a Hill.

  • Medgirl314
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Newton's Law and Friction (Ramp problem)

  • Mad Season
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Elastic collision/ momentum question w/ conservation of energy

  • mjmontgo
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1-D (I think) Speed to distance problem

  • magnanimousto
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Damped Oscillator Conceptual Problem and Differential Equation Solution

  • ggilvar99
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Saving $$ on Power Usage: Rewire Household Appliance

  • fogvajarash
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Transistor Circuits Homework: Explaining Circuit Action as VA Changes

  • Jimmy87
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Power radiated through a hole in small wavelength distribution

  • PsychonautQQ
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Wiens law to calculate max frequency?

  • PsychonautQQ
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Solved it Nope. - Piano slipping down a ramp

  • Medgirl314
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How Does Time Dilation Affect Pion Decay in Particle Physics?

  • MostlyHarmless
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Horizontal bar is used to support a 75-kg object between two walls

  • PHYSStudent098
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A block slides down an inclined plane of slope angle (theta)

  • PHYSStudent098
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A lot of questions about wave optics

  • haha1234
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How do you do analysis of units?

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Average Speed vs. Instantaneous Speed

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Why Are the 5 and 20 Ohm Resistors in Parallel?

  • princejan7
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Relationship between frequency and length of pendulum

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Angle of Inclination for Car on Incline: 0.8 mu Friction

  • Medgirl314
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Electric Field Problem (why don't I multiply by sin and cos?)

  • blackbrawler
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Heat Efficiency of a Carnot Engine

  • castrodisastro
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How do I solve the dot and cross product of 3i and jxk?

  • jdawg
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Magnetic Forces: Deriving Equation to Balance Rider Weight

  • BOAS
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What Is the Wind Velocity Given Airplane and Ground Speeds?

  • Saeedawaw
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Three-mass System with Friction

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Intensity, frequency and amplitude

  • PFuser1232
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DC motor. Calculate the current

  • gucci
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What is the lapse rate in a simplified model of cloud formation?

  • Saitama
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Why Do Simple Harmonic Motion Equations Differ?

  • KiNGGeexD
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Understanding AFM Imaging: Protrusions and Troughs

  • garyd
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Calculating Ball Speed for Vertical Ascent

  • B18
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Communicating Vessels- how? (searched forum, didn't find it before)

  • Bonaparte
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Stick being pulled by a string from the top

  • thonwer
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Thermodynamics - PV Diagram of an Ideal Gas

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Lorentz Transformation of y-velocity

  • muffinbottoms
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How Does Angular Velocity Affect the Derivative of a Unit Vector?

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Can You Catch a Falling Dollar Bill with Your Reaction Time?

  • kenji1992
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Finding Distance with Constant Acceleration

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Couple moment problems - Calculate the distance?

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Electric field in insulating slab

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Calculating vector components (displacement, oooh)

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2D Kinematics - 2 rocks off a bridge

  • kenji1992
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Projectile motion of a ball thrown

  • icesalmon
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Integrating Velocity When in Unit Vector Notation

  • ThomasMagnus
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Help with circuits - resistors in parallel and in series

  • chococat
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Potential different between two points in electric field

  • songoku
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Using thermal conductivity to melt ice

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How do you calculate the location of the third virtual image?

  • aleksbooker
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Deriving Formula for m2 in Terms of m1, a, and g in a Two Mass System

  • Medgirl314
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Potential Energy of Point Charges

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Confusion over angle between vectors

  • ThomasMagnus
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Photoelectric effect and a metal plate

  • Bindle
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Vertical Motion: Understanding Velocity at a Given Time

  • jdawg
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Finding Angular Speed Using Energy Methods

  • student34
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Calculate Solar Energy Incident on Earth at 1.5x10^11 m from Sun

  • student123
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Two Circular Motion Questions. Pendulums

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Charge accumulation using radiation

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Conservation of Momentum of a snow ball

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Depth of a Water Well by dropping a rock

  • MienTommy
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Angular Acceleration Problem - Compact Disc

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Vectors - velocity is changing but speed is not

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Shortening the length of pendulum

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Kinematics - centrifuging a solution with bacteria

  • kenji1992
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Which Equation Requires Radians to Be Valid?

  • gcombina
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Solve Combination Circuit Homework: Req, IT, Current & Voltage

  • dropgigawatt
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Gaussian Surface Electric Field Problem

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Electronics: Find Thevenin equivalent voltage & resistance, etc.

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