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Projectile Motion Clarification/Help

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Linear Speed of Earth at latitude 40° N

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In arrangement shown in the figure, find the acceleration of M. The pu

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Get Help Determining Internal Forces for Part A

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What Are the Equations for Calculating Centripetal Acceleration?

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Fluid Flow and Projectile Motion

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Projectile Motion with multiple variables

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Conservation of Linear Momentum vs Conservation of Energy

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How Is Work Done by Gravitational Force Calculated in Satellite Orbits?

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Building a RC circuit to pick up radio waves

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Calculating h & u for values not on tables (Thermodynamics)

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Elementary travelling wave problem

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Destructive interference Problem

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What is the Angular Frequency of Small Oscillations for This System?

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What Distance from Speaker A Will a Microphone Detect Minimum Sound Intensity?

  • patrickmoloney
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Adding vectors given just the magnitude

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How high does the basketball player leap?

  • Medgirl314
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Help understanding Torque Solution

  • NoobeAtPhysics
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Catapult Trigger: Creative Ideas for Pulling String

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Two rockets rotating attached by rod

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Progressive Wave: Motion of Particles on Pulse

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Static Equilibrium: Why Ethelred Gets the Short End of the Pole

  • PhysicsKid0123
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Finding equilibrium distance of an orbiting particle.

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How much further does a ring roll up a hill

  • Esoremada
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Centroid of composite area (one question)

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How Do You Calculate Charge and Current Change Rate in LC Circuits?

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Moment of inertia/Parallel axis theorem (lots of work shown)

  • BMcC
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Mutual inductance in a circuit.

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H and y parameters for CB and CE transistors

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A ball rolling down a slope, find its velocity.

  • Milsomonk
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Is Angular Velocity Calculated Differently in Circular Motion?

  • nil1996
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Rolling without slipping force diagram

  • BrianSauce
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Energy of block hitting a spring

  • Kot
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Gravitational potential energy between Earth and Moon

  • fogvajarash
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AC Circuit with possibly nodal analysis

  • irivce
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Solving for Final Velocities and Min Length of m2

  • colmes
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When are stairs NOT an inclined plane?

  • Student800
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Angular Speed of Pulley (Spring, Pulley, Ramp)

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A small lump of ice sliding down a large, smooth sphere.

  • MrDaahl
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Calculating the Final Velocity of a Thrown Ball

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Thermal expansion of water and a bubble

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Max Speed of Car: 80m Track & .40 Coeff of Friction

  • RoyG
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Equal Moments at A: Reasoning and Calculation

  • NoobeAtPhysics
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Finding Friction in Equilibrium Rod on Ball

  • crom1
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What is the Apparent Weight of an Iron Block Submerged in Water?

  • Aoiumi
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How Do Different Aperture Shapes in a Styrofoam Box Affect Wave Harmonics?

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Physics Problem Involving Gravitational Force on an object based on R

  • taylorkrauss
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Help with rotational motion work

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How far does a block travel before hitting a spring?

  • oneamp
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Lab Project - build a physical pendulum with the smallest period

  • cvali
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What Is the Maximum Size of a Cube That Can Balance on a Cylinder?

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Rotational Motion Conceptual Question

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Vibrational modes of a discrete particle string

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Solve for Crate Mass: Torque and Static Friction Problem | 40 kg Answer

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Determining Q for Isobaric Processes: Cp or Cv?

  • songsteel
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Calculating power as a function of time

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Gauss' law electrostatics problem involving charge densities

  • chipotleaway
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Gauss's Law and nonconducting spherical shell

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How Does Force Affect Pressure Change in a Cylinder with a Piston?

  • rajumahtora
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Can You Solve This Newton's Law of Motion Problem?

  • rajumahtora
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How Does Static Friction Maintain Equilibrium in a System of Balls?

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Solving a Railway Power Problem: 87.1 kW

  • hk4491
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Force between two charged particles

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Deriving the rms speed from the Maxwell speed distribution

  • Tabiri
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Find the superposition of 2 waves, the ans is -6.02 cm, yet confused

  • polarbearkids
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Calculating Work for a Constant Velocity Elevator

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Derivation for Moment of Inertia of Rectangle rotated through center

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The factor by which the acoustic power is changed is 7943.28

  • woaini
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Find delta-v; Hohmann transfer orbit

  • oddjobmj
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Basic non-rotating accelerating reference frame problem

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Magnetic Field Along a Straight Wire with Current

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Calculating Impulse from a Bat to a Baseball: Finding Direction and Magnitude

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Solving Elastic Collisions - Momentum & Final Velocity

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Energy & Momentum: Ski Jumping Homework

  • gasar8
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Calculating Inertia and Kinetic Energy of Connected Shafts

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Finding the velocity of fluid through orifice

  • Saitama
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The Toppling Stack: Finding Equilibrium and Minimum Values

  • mrknowknow
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Degeneracy of each of energies - Quantum

  • Dassinia
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Solving Elastic Collisions: 25g & 10g Objects

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Why do some electricity pylons collapse in extreme temperatures ?

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Minimum coefficient of static friction problem

  • mrknowknow
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Why Can Volume Be Used Instead of Specific Volume in PV Diagrams?

  • dan28029
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Total mass from mass distribution function

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Proving the various forms are equivalent

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How Does Distance from Earth Affect Spacecraft Weight?

  • Coco12
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Verifying Coulomb's Law: Q1, Q2 & R

  • Tony Tesla
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How is torque calculated for rotational motion involving a winch system?

  • ps3stephen
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Fluid Mechanics problem - cylinder over a orifice

  • Saitama
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Two masses on inclined plane with frictionless pulley

  • APPhysic
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What is the maximum emf induced in a rotating coil with given parameters?

  • midwest
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Mechanical energy of a wooden block sliding down an incline.

  • Kot
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Capacitance of Coaxial Cable Configuration with Multiple Conductors

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Electric flux leaving a sphere

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Two opposite polarity charged capacitors in series

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Magnetic Field and spring constant

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What Is the E/U Ratio for a Half Reflection Coefficient in Quantum Tunneling?

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