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I deriving this Maxwell relation

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Rolling cylinder on an inclined plane with friction

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Difference between two formulas of resistance

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How Do I Solve This Rotational Motion Problem?

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Rotational motion problem with torque and angular acceleration

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What Determines True Statements About Wheel Motion?

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Finding a sourceable dream invention for presentation

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What is the Inverse Formula for Potential?

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Finding moles of air needed to raise tire pressure from 1 to 5 atm

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Why does reducing angle to horizontal decrease work done on cart?

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Angular acceleration and speed of a falling rod on a pivot

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Does Earth's Rotation Significantly Affect Weight at the Equator?

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How to Solve This Rotational Motion Problem?

  • coldblood
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What is the Moment of Inertia for a Rod?

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Question: How is the power exerted by the monkey on the rope calculated?

  • peripatein
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Kinematics Motion Average Speeds

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What is the acceleration of the elevator in these scenarios?

  • Ally385
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Rotational motion problem with a wheel and torque

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Components of torque in a solid sphere

  • KiNGGeexD
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What is the Net Force on the Top of an Equilateral Triangle?

  • Coco12
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Finding energy from graph area and calculating cosθ in two problems

  • haha1234
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Stress Calculation for a Reinforced Timber Tie with Aluminium Bar

  • anthonyk2013
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What is the Solution to a Rotational Motion Problem?

  • coldblood
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What is the solution to this rotational motion problem?

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Theory about electric field intensity

  • Coco12
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What is the solution to this Rotational Motion problem?

  • coldblood
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Latent heat of Fusion and transfer problem

  • PhysicsStuff
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Stress and strain compound bar question

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Why Is the Initial Speed of a Ball Thrown Vertically 19 m/s?

  • athena04
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Gauss' Law for Infinite Sheets of Charge

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Electromagnetism, dynamics and energy

  • jchard
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What is the correct stress in the concrete column?

  • anthonyk2013
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Solving the Yoyo Problem: Velocity After Fall of h

  • KiNGGeexD
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Statistical Mechanics - Change in Entropy

  • NewtonApple
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How should I protect an egg dropped from a building for a physics project?

  • azhang40
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Calculating Energy Required to Rotate a Spiral Spring by 180 Degrees

  • KiNGGeexD
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Conservation of Energy and Angular Speed.

  • astro2525
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How much water is needed to cool a block of aluminum to a specific temperature?

  • PhysicsStuff
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Solving for an angle in 2-D kinematics

  • Ascendant78
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How Much Does the Spring Compress When Hit by a Rolling Ball?

  • mrknowknow
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Solve 1-D dynamics problem using integration and ?

  • Ascendant78
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How Fast Must a Book Be Tossed to Clear a Windowsill?

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Strength of magnetic field required to balance gravitational force

  • astru025
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Calculating Angular Acceleration for a Rotating Compact Disc

  • gcombina
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Mass places o that it is in equilibrium

  • mrknowknow
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How Fast Were the Trains Moving at the Point of Collision?

  • negation
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Can Constants with Variables Cancel Out to Create a Constant?

  • nedd
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Electric field magnitude midway between 2 charges

  • astru025
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How Can You Prove the Voltage-Time Relationship Using Logarithms and Graphs?

  • lewisbedwell
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Centripetal force lab: relating velocity, radius, mass, and period

  • master x964
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Calculate Momentum Change for a 1.0 kg Firecracker at 25 m/s Launch Speed

  • Lacnez
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Finding the point where the net electric field is zero

  • rakeru
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Centripetal Force Lab Questions?

  • master x964
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Differing weight on scales depending on approach

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Calculate the kinetic energy of the mass

  • brown20b
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1 gram of water @ 10Celsius + 1 calorie of heat =1 gram of water @

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Angle between vectors a and b when magnitudes are equal

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Electric field midway between an electron and proton 0.8 nm apart

  • astru025
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Rotational dynamics with constant CM velocity

  • trulyfalse
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Calculating Tension and Acceleration in a Pulley System with Applied Force

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How Do You Calculate the Maximum Height of a Rocket Launched at 70 Degrees?

  • KiNGGeexD
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Finding Maximum Speed of an Object - 24.4X9.8

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Calculating Capacitance: A Derivation

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How to Apply Partial Differentiation to V=f(x²+y²)?

  • patrickmoloney
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Can Rotation Affect the Linear Motion of an Object's Center of Mass?

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Factors Impacting Pressure in a Static Fluid

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Finding equilibrium height and force after charge redistribution

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Finding magnitude P and direction of resultant from two forces

  • MrMechanic
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Archimedes principle - special case

  • Lucky7
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Electric field (at any point) due to a finite cylinder

  • crazygirl89
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Falling Through Earth's Center

  • Reefy
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How Do You Calculate Impact Duration and Average Force in Momentum Problems?

  • UmarRules2000
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What would be the speed of the charge

  • Thehumbleguy
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Derivatives of coordinate equations

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Potential energy: where is the error in my logic?

  • Nikitin
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Electric field from nitrogen nucleus at 0.4 nm and 0.2 nm

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Conservation of Momentum/Collision

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Finding Distance D Using Conservation of Energy

  • patrickmoloney
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Magnetic Vector Potential and conductor

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Two gear system in static equilibrium

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Adding three SHM oscillations of equal frequency?

  • applestrudle
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Rolling without slipping and a string

  • trulyfalse
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Do negative charges gain or lose PE moving to lower potential?

  • Coco12
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Images produced by a simple two lens microscope?

  • Violagirl
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Centripetal/Tangential Acceleration

  • PhysicsVA
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Amount of work done in an isothermal expansion

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Rocket Launch Kinematics motion

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Particle sliding down a helix wire with energy conservation

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Wave sources vibrating out of phase (destructive/constructive)

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Calculating Work Done by a Force on a Particle Moving Along the X-Axis

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Max Velocity and Height of Roller Coaster Track

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Frequency versus motor RPM and number of poles

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Determining directions of electric fields

  • Coco12
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When does passenger catch ball thrown upward from rising balloon?

  • negation
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Physics 2: Electromagnetic Theory (Amperè's Law, Biot-Savart, etc)

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