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Sliding Block Attached to a Spring

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Banked curve with friction, but no angle

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Solve Time to Pull Illinois Jones from Pit

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What is the Tension in a Rope with Unequal Bucket Weights?

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Total charge in a circuit/determining parallel or series

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Statics Problem, two disks in equilibrium

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What Is the Velocity of an Inclined Plane as a Block Slides Down?

  • varunKanpur
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Work done by motor lifting 500N load and lift 10m in 40s

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Dynamics- acceleration of beam on rollers

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When normal force isn't normal l

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John Taylor Classical Mechanics Chapter 5, Problem 29

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Finding the final velocity using momentum and KE

  • lonewolf219
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Circular Motion: Net Force and Direction

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Freefall prob that's been bugging me.

  • Gersty
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Linear and Rotational Kinetic Energy

  • woaini
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Understanding microscope resolution limit

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How Long Must the Rocket Fire to Accelerate the Space Platform?

  • sph
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MCAT Physics: Find Rod Length After 20% Decrease in Pendulum Period

  • caviar
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Work and kinetic energy for particle with time-dependent force

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What Is the Speed of a Block Launched by a Compressed Spring?

  • MAC5494
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What Speed Limits Apply on a Wet Banked Roadway?

  • Wolvenmoon
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Diffraction - how does it actually work?

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Transformers Turn ratio versus Impedence ratio

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Torque of Dipoles: Problem 4.5 (Griffiths)

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Finding Mass of Hanging Object with Multiple Ropes

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What Determines the Force at the Bottom of a Circular Loop?

  • darksyesider
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Will the scuba diver sink or float

  • rmiller70015
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Calculating Bullet Speed in Momentum Problem

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A cyclist exerts 80N of energy pedalling. How much Work is done?

  • Daaniyaal
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Why is wire length infinite in the definition of the ampere?

  • lionely
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What Angle Causes the Fishline to Break?

  • oneplusone
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Calculating Satellite Aperture Radius

  • k3r0
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Conservation of angular momentum (electromagnetism)

  • Screwdriver
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Speed of 5 kg mass falling 1.5 m connected to 3 kg block via pulley

  • oneplusone
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Finding Final Velocity of Skaters

  • goldgirl778
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Are support reactions the same where members connect?

  • princejan7
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What is the Force Constant k of a Spring?

  • ImmaGrump
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What is the largest wavelength for maximum sound intensity?

  • mert123
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Pulley system with block and bucket: finding acceleration with added mass

  • frownifdown
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What Is the Speed of a Spacecraft Near Mars?

  • bibrahim6
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Mass Oscillations on Rotating Hoop

  • gob0b
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How Do You Calculate the Radius of Planet Oceania?

  • mnmakrets
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Why does water striking a window lose momentum at 32 m/s and then 1440 kg m/s²?

  • PhysicsKid0123
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Rotational inertia formula giving wrong answer

  • xtrubambinoxpr
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Calculating Gravitational Force at Different Distances from Earth's Center

  • oMovements
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How Fast Was Car A When It Hit Car B?

  • Reefy
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Block launched by compressed spring on frictionless surface

  • nkentros7
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Kinetic energy and work done by gravity for projectile motion

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Momentum where an object explodes into two peices

  • h.bonnie94
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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction on a 30° ramp with known acceleration

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Why Does the Escape Velocity Decrease as Mass Increases in an Electric Field?

  • kickthatbike
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What is the value of k in this equation?

  • Alexandra7
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Velocity in Elastic Collision involving Center of Mass

  • icesalmon
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Three dimensional collision with bowling ball and pin.

  • unrulypanda
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Do you know of any questions regarding projectile and circular motion?

  • Nikola_Tesla
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How Many Electrons Are Missing from the Suspended Plastic Sphere?

  • STEMucator
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Do entropy and enthalpy changes depend on pressure?

  • atomalptunga
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Calculating LEED Spot Angles on Si(001) Surface with 100eV Electron Beam

  • jonesj314
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How to deduce Gauss' law from Gauss Divergence Law

  • nenyan
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Electric Field in a Hemisphere

  • Jshumate
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Calculating Absolute Gravity Using Relative Measurements for Scientists

  • pvpkillerx
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Question on Work done by horse pulling a wagon.

  • Daaniyaal
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Chain Link Problem? [Tension Forces; Newton's Third Law]

  • harujina
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction on Inclined Plane? [FORCES]

  • harujina
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Inelastic Collision Bullet/Block of Wood

  • rmiller70015
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Electron emits a photon that emits an electron

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How to use coefficient of friction for connected boxes with applied force

  • frownifdown
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Error analysis for projectile motion with 40° launch angle

  • slasakai
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Calculating Acceleration in a Block and Tackle System

  • frownifdown
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How Do You Calculate the Total Moment of Forces on a Plane?

  • go2255
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Net force of a crate with four applied forces

  • ughschool
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How Does Bernoulli's Principle Apply to Fluid Flow in Pipes?

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Moment of inertia of rod and disc system about fixed point

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P = VI = (281V)(3.75A) = 1054 W

  • Tautomer22
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Why Is Work Equal to Zero When Forces Are Perpendicular?

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Mass needed to pull 0.521 kg cart 1 meter in 2 seconds

  • GoonMcFly
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Speed of sound in air from density and bulk modulus

  • brv
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What is the Coefficient of Static Friction for Two Tied Objects?

  • oMovements
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What is the Magnitude of the Third Force in a Three-Force System?

  • purplecows
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Photoelectric effect and Planck's Constant

  • Gringema
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What Is the Total Impulse on a Sliding Block?

  • enchantress95
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What is the maximum force of static friction for the block?

  • oMovements
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At what angle is the work done minimised?

  • subzero0137
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Net Force Dispute with Teacher

  • Ninjamonkey474
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How Do You Calculate the Force Exerted by a Shopper on a Grocery Cart?

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Fluctuating Refractive Index and Light Perception

  • utkarshakash
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Figuring Out Forces in a Pulley System: What and Why?

  • princejan7
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How Do You Calculate Kinetic Friction and Motion Distance in a Physics Problem?

  • oMovements
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Solving Hooke's Law Problem: Find Position of Block

  • Amy Marie
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Thermodynamics 1st law question - closed system

  • chuffy
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Deriving formula for surface velocity of a satellite in orbit.

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Calculating the volume that a compressed mass of air will occupy.

  • SherlockOhms
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Vector problem (motion in a plane)

  • Ash413
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Finding distance between two charges given their potential difference.

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