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Write a realistic word problem for which this is the correct equation

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Finding the Compression of a Spring Using the Work-Energy Theorem

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Finding pool depth using Snell's law with 30° incident angle

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AC circuit power formula question

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Dispersion diagram of light source seen through prism

  • D_J
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A classical mechanics problem involve rotating

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How Does Colatitude Affect the Direction of Coriolis Force?

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Water fountain height from parabolic trajectory using kinematics

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Painter on a crate - Acceleration

  • Shreya
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Magnets near a current carrying wire

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Galilean transform and Lorentz transform questions

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E-field of solid sphere with non-uniform charge density

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How much ice to cool down this water?

  • Polarbear10
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A rocket on a spring, related to potential/kinetic energy

  • ChetBarkley
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Yes! Calculating Friction Coefficient

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Is the Bohr Model Defined by Equating Coulomb and Centripetal Forces?

  • drop_out_kid
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Measurement of speed using redshift or blueshift

  • mugen715
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Power required to climb a 20-m-tall building in 55s

  • ChetBarkley
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To move a block up to the top of the wedge

  • rudransh verma
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Need feedback on my solution

  • dorothy
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Finding the force of reaction as a function of time

  • jumboopizza
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Estimating the Bohr radius from the uncertainty principle

  • drop_out_kid
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A practice problem with Schrodinger equation

  • drop_out_kid
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Incorrect Calculation of Time for Reactor Energy Phase Change

  • runningphysics
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A proton emitting and re-absorbing a pi meson

  • lylos
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Constraints on a hoop rolling on a cylinder

  • LCSphysicist
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Dimensional analysis of the equation u=prg

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When does a bar with an off-center mass lose horizontal stability?

  • jonny997
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How many electrons flow into an iron cube connected to a 1.5V battery?

  • vasya
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Rocket ejecting mass in a direction perpendicular to its velocity

  • LCSphysicist
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Lagrangean and non inertial frame

  • LCSphysicist
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What is the significance of torque in the context of moment of force?

  • dorothy
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States in the Hydrogen Atom that are not allowed

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Fluid Heights in an Open U-Tube

  • annamal
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What Determines the Number of Particles per Unit Volume in Ionized Hydrogen?

  • LCSphysicist
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Where does a couple act when dismembering frames for FBDs?

  • Yossi33
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What does the star mean in this table?

  • FannoFlow88
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Probability of electron in hydrogen nucleus for 1s and 2s wave-functions

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Velocity Formulas for Projectile Motion

  • chromechris1
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Circular motion to projectile motion

  • ChetBarkley
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Box moving up an inclined plane with deceleration

  • dorothy
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Consider three models of the Mass distribution in the Milky Way

  • Barbequeman
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Olympiad dynamics problem with 3 masses and a pulley

  • Glenn G
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Momentum of ball on a pool table

  • ih8pa1n
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Going From EMF to Faraday's Law to find E-field in my HW problem

  • ChanceLiterature
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How to find the forces in a particular framework of light rods

  • gnits
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What is the "r" in the moment of inertia?

  • vparam
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Finding the reaction at hinge A: where did I go wrong?

  • gnits
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Force of the wall against the ladder is from static friction?

  • annamal
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Time taken to start pure rolling

  • Titan97
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Why does a door hinge satisfy -Ax = Bx instead of Ax = Bx?

  • annamal
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Thermodynamics - Latent Heat Problem (finding mass)

  • Galois_
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Newton's third law -- I have trouble with some real-life examples

  • Juni M
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Forces when car wheels "lay rubber"

  • vparam
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Why does RHR give opposite force direction between two wires?

  • bluesteels
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A problem involving thin film interference

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Shear lines from a FBD with distributed forces

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Time for ball to roll half distance s down smooth incline

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Calculating final rotational speed from angular velocity

  • Anmol Dubey
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Force and pressure -- Pulling apart two hemispheres with low pressure inside

  • Elias Waranoi
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How do inlet and outlet times relate to speed of sound and flow velocity?

  • FannoFlow88
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Preventing a block from sliding down a frictionless inclined plane

  • yesmale4
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How to calculate distance traveled if you know a(v) graph equation?

  • malakuka3
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Finding time taken to stop a skater given mass, velocity and force

  • Anmol Dubey
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Find largest potential energy difference between 2 loop orientations

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Optimal Solution for Avoiding Cable Slip from Groove

  • Krismein
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Simple Ramp motion problem, but going full vector mode

  • babaliaris
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Work done by cord on the pulley

  • annamal
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Visualizing Series Bandpass Filters: A Graphical Approach

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Finding the angle at the apex of a rhomb with incoming linear wave

  • happyparticle
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Conservation of energy -- Using a spring to launch a ball up an incline

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Euler-Lagrange equation for two-mass pulley system

  • bookworm031
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Some confusion about work done to separate charges

  • Jaccobtw
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Find the acceleration of the masses

  • Monsterboy
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Special Relativity Muon problem

  • Diracobama2181
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Earth's magnetic force on a proton

  • Jaccobtw
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How does radioactive decay work?

  • cpspolly
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Find the center of mass of a uniform semicircular plate of radius R

  • annamal
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Find the Potential energy of a system of charges

  • Jaccobtw
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Basketball bounce height vs surface density equations

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Can a matrix with all zero diagonal entries be diagonalized?

  • pizzamakeren
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Find the current through a complicated circuit

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Adiabatic expansion with temperature-dependent gamma

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Fourier series, periodic function for a string free at each end

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of the Moon Using Surface Gravity?

  • Mikasun1108
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Finding Potential inside a hollow sphere

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Find the resistance of electrons in nanoshells

  • Jaccobtw
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Finding maximum horizontal range by varying initial height

  • annamal
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Conservation of Energy for satellite in an elliptic orbit

  • NathanLeduc1
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Determine how much energy the alpha particle carries

  • Woopa
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Momentum Conservation: Bullet enters a block

  • Shreya
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How to solve an inequality from the start

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How do I calculate the work done by a force field using the dot product?

  • annamal
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Stable equilibrium and non stable equilibrium question in electrostatics

  • Jenny0000
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HW Question regarding double-slit interference

  • SoundsofPhysics
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What is the resistivity of a wire when voltage increases?

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