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Mass of air breathed during diving

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Change in kinetic energy of 12 kg box with friction coefficient 0.23

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Car stopping distance with reaction time and deceleration

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Finding force exerted if you know tension, mass, and distance

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Finding friction direction when a bar rests on counter-rotating rollers

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Calculating the Work done from an Incline with Friction Problem

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Torque, rotational inertia and angular acceleartion

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Adding sines and cosines tip to tail

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How to Calculate Normal Forces in a Uniform Board System

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Getting currents in ammeter, with some resistances.

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Finding the kinetic energy of a proton in megaelectron volts?

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The Field of an Electric Dipole

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Solving Magnetic Field Problems: Cylinder of Permanent Magnetization

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Measuring an angle in non-inertial frame reference

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How Does Hail Impact Force Compare to Rain Despite Similar Mass and Size?

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The Work Done on a Sliding Box: How to Calculate Friction and Applied Force

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Force of a charge Q at the origin?

  • Violagirl
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Solving for temperature using Wiens Law

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Frequency of Oscillations in an Electrostatically Charged Bead in a Tube

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Proof related to angular momentum

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Induced Current Due to a Solenoid

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Force exerted from car on trailer question

  • Joshuava
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Quantum - Find the formal expression of the coefficient cn(t=o)

  • Dassinia
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Superposition of Electric Potential problem

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Solve 3D Statics Problem: Find Direction Angles of Vector Force

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Solving Wood Block Force Problem vs Wall: Net Force Calculation

  • Sylis
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Ferris Wheel work done by net force

  • PsychonautQQ
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Net force and potential energy on the Earth-Moon line

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Find wave speed by using relation x-y at given time.

  • NihalSh
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Having trouble solving Nonconservative Force problem

  • Iconic
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What is the direction and magnitude of the frictional force?

  • jimmyboykun
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Kinematics - Calculating Distance

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Water Slide Mechanical Energy Problem

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Solving Vector Math: vi, vf, t, a

  • ahmed1237
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Centripetal acceleration of the satellite?

  • magnolia1
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Why Does the Rope Snap When Bob Accelerates His Truck?

  • Ambushes
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Particle in uniform circular motion

  • shreddinglicks
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What is the final position of the stone after being stopped by the spring?

  • lgn_barnard
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Charged Metallic Sphere Touching Spherical Shell From Inside

  • chayanne
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Can Static Friction Do Work on an Object?

  • PsychonautQQ
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What is the radius of curvature for a proton moving in a magnetic field?

  • Baumer8993
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Rain traces on a moving car's window at 60° angle

  • Calabi_Yau
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Greater electric potential but less electric potential energy?

  • Lo.Lee.Ta.
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Bullet embedded in block compressing spring

  • Jabababa
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How can I calculate velocity and time in a physics lab on energy?

  • astru025
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Center of Mass (Boxcar water example)

  • BMcC
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Fractional change in resonant frequency of damped oscillator

  • mbigras
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Why Does a Simple Pendulum Have a Constant ω If Its Velocity Changes?

  • bananabandana
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What Is the Car's Acceleration Given These Forces?

  • harujina
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Swinging an object in a vertical plane

  • STEMucator
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Quantitatively Compare the values of objects A and B

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Using superposition to find voltage with mixed series-parallel resistors

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Friction between two stacked objects

  • Panphobia
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How Do Friction and Human Force Affect Work Done on a Box?

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Finding the third piece's momentum after explosion

  • NoobeAtPhysics
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How can we solve problems involving friction with two bodies accurately?

  • fogvajarash
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Calculating Work and Friction in a Box on a Flat Floor

  • gcharles_42
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Acceleration of two masses on string

  • cowmoo32
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How Do Newtonian Forces Affect the Interaction Between Two Blocks?

  • Nicolaus
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Force in muscles supporting Achilles tendon at 29° to vertical

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Moment calculation, bearing reactions, and truss force directions

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Determining Planck's Constant [Resolved]

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Physics Center of Mass, driving me nuts

  • NoobeAtPhysics
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Flea jumping force from acceleration vs time graph

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Solve Acceleration of Inclined Plane Given z,P,A

  • Plutonium88
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How Do You Calculate Mass M1 in a Frictionless Incline Problem?

  • NoobeAtPhysics
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What is the Polar Moment of Inertia and How is it Calculated?

  • member 392791
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Spider on truck wall going around banked circular track

  • Nicolaus
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Minimizing Distance Between Two Moving Objects

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Calculate the packing fraction of an FCC pyramid

  • ODBS
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Dimensions related to Planck's constant H

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Multi-Mass Force/Acceleration problem

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1st Law of Thermodynamics (Open System)

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Acceleration of car on a gradient

  • Molly1235
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How can Fourier analysis help find the spring constant (k)?

  • southport
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Comparing kinetic and internal energy of diatomic and monatomic ideal gases

  • Tanya Sharma
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(Momentum) Two people on a platform

  • Mr. Box
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Understanding Polar Coordinate Unit Vectors

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Loop-the-loop - constant velocity assumed?

  • herschko
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Newton's Third Law Problem [Checking Solution]

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C(v,m) vs C(p,m) and adiabatic, reversible work

  • speny83
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Forces and Motion - Ramp Question

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Electric Flux, Gauss's Law Problem

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Momentum of an astronaut floating in space

  • nathancurtis11
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How Do You Solve a Newton's Second Law Problem with a Free Body Diagram?

  • oMovements
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Calculate the electric flux piercing a cube?

  • vmr101
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Solving Tension at an Angle: Friction, Force, Coefficient

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Projectile motion maximum range problem

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A Rolling Bat Struck by a Ball

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Constant velocity needed to catch an accelerating hummer 20 m away

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Average acceleration given three velocity vectors?

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How Do You Calculate a Boat's Path Across a River with a Current?

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Will the Ice Cream Hit Your Professor's Head?

  • NATURE.M
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Solve Third Law Problem: 833N Diver from 375kg Boat w/ 2.25m/s Velocity

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