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Spring - Pulley - Mass system. Proving omega is a certain value

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Ball swinging from a rope - Net force and curved path

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How Much Force is Needed to Raise a Block on a Frictional Wedge?

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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?

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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

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

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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

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Ferris Wheel work done by net force

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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.

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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

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Centripetal acceleration of the satellite?

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Why Does the Rope Snap When Bob Accelerates His Truck?

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Particle in uniform circular motion

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

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Charged Metallic Sphere Touching Spherical Shell From Inside

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Can Static Friction Do Work on an Object?

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

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

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Greater electric potential but less electric potential energy?

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Bullet embedded in block compressing spring

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

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Center of Mass (Boxcar water example)

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Fractional change in resonant frequency of damped oscillator

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

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What Is the Car's Acceleration Given These Forces?

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Swinging an object in a vertical plane

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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

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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

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

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Calculating Work and Friction in a Box on a Flat Floor

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Acceleration of two masses on string

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How Do Newtonian Forces Affect the Interaction Between Two Blocks?

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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

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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

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

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

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Spider on truck wall going around banked circular track

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Minimizing Distance Between Two Moving Objects

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Calculate the packing fraction of an FCC pyramid

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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

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

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Comparing kinetic and internal energy of diatomic and monatomic ideal gases

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(Momentum) Two people on a platform

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Understanding Polar Coordinate Unit Vectors

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Loop-the-loop - constant velocity assumed?

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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

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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

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

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Calculate the electric flux piercing a cube?

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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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