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Find the Angle Between (A+B) and (A-B) is (A+B)=73(A-B)

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Analyzing Wave Interference Patterns

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Time above ground question involving ratio

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Rock off cliff - calculate height by using speed of sound

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Find Applied Force: Mass, Accel Given

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What Is the Current Flow and Resistance in Series-Connected Bulbs?

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How Far Does a Car Slide on Wet Concrete Before Stopping?

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What was the time in the air for Alan Shepherd's golf ball on the Moon?

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Physics centripetal acceleration/ mass

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How Fast Does a Coin Travel Down a 30-Degree Ramp After 1 Meter?

  • eddybob123
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Electric field a distance z above flat circular disk.

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Weight at North Pole and on the Equator

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Kirchhoff's Rules Homework Solution

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Finding velocity and position from an acceleration vs time graph

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Acceleration of 3 Blocks w/ Pulley

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How to Calculate Forces and Acceleration of Boxes on a Frictionless Shelf?

  • makerfeldt
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Work on charge from outside to inside of sphere

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Frequency of a simple harmonic oscillator

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Circular motion: net work after one period

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Forces and vectors direction problem

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Help With finding displacement in uniform acceleration

  • mithilsheth
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Max Spring Force in SHM: Where & Why?

  • Buddhapus17
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What is the tension in rope 2 when a dog pulls two sleds on snow?

  • oneamp
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Friction problem - Relation between coefficient of friction

  • Saitama
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Help With finding initial vertical speed

  • mithilsheth
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Two blocks on top of each other

  • fishiiie
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Range Equation Limitation question

  • astropi
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Spheres hanging by strings - Finding impulse of tension

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Non-parallel Relativistic Velocity Addition

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How Do You Write Position Vectors in Unit Vector Notation?

  • Kieran Hughes
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Work done by a force slowing an object

  • Mikry
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Physics Lab: Calculating Tension with T=m(g-a)

  • hailbo
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Calculating Electric Field and Voltage Between Parallel Conducting Plates

  • tuggler
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What Quantum Conditions Govern a Particle in a Step Potential?

  • derravaragh
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Pulley system on an inclined plane with friction.

  • cmcraes
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Understanding Beam Support Reactions: Questioning the Sign Convention

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Finding Kip/Ft: Homework Solutions & Explanations

  • 1question
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Solving Static Equilibrium: Ʃτ = 0, ƩF = 0

  • capn awesome
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What is the maximum speed you could have and still avoid hitting the deer?

  • xfaceless
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Sprinter resultant force question

  • Molly1235
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Finding Acceleration from a v^2 vs. t Graph

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Calculating Acceleration with Known Velocity and Distance - Homework Problem

  • Speedking96
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Torque: Yoyo with Two Strings - Direction and Maximum Tension

  • capn awesome
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How Is the Smallest Force to Move a Box Up a Ramp Calculated?

  • makerfeldt
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Why does a moment have more than one part?

  • 1question
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Centripetal or centrifugal? The Physics of Water Escape in a Washing Machine

  • laurenbaboran
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Y-delta/delta-Y transformation problem

  • yugeci
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Circular prograde orbit homework

  • ExoP
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Simple Harmonic Oscillator Equation Solutions

  • logan3
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Magnitude and direction of an electric field outside of a plate?

  • Violagirl
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Calculating Electric Fields on the Surface of a Charged Cube

  • Violagirl
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Wave Pulse - Finding Average Transverse Acceleration of Segment

  • ArtVandelay
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Work, Force, and Brakes: Solving the Physics Problem

  • laurenbaboran
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Snell's law and optical filters.

  • Greger
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Direction of Acceleration Vector

  • laurenbaboran
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What is the acceleration of the object?

  • laurenbaboran
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Rolling a ball down an inclined slope. Something's wrong.

  • Enlightnd
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Period of an Oscillating Particle

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Proving Parity in Normalized Solutions of the Schrodinger Equation

  • ProfessorChaos
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What is the period of a pendulum bouncing off an inclined wall?

  • Demakras
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Frequencies of Small Oscillations for a Hoop Rolling in a Pipe

  • CAF123
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Calculating i_1, i_2, v_A, and v_H in a Ladder Network | Kirchhoff's Laws

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If problem states acceleration is constant what is the acceleration?

  • survivorboiii
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Pretty easy, just want someone to verify I have the right answer

  • laurenbaboran
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How Does a Block of Ice Move When Sliding Off a Sloped Roof?

  • brundlfly
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Ratio of velocities between proton and electron?

  • Violagirl
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Mass slides on loop-the-loop track, find original height.

  • oddjobmj
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Can Secret Agent Jane Pond Retrieve the Plans at the Bottom of the Well?

  • Sastronaut
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Find the velocity of the shadow variation

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Can Zero Potential be Defined at Any Point in Electric Potential?

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Coefficient of friction on an inclined plane

  • Coco12
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Circuit with 2 components. Series or Parallel?

  • Dalkiel
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Electric charge, simple problem for most of you.

  • Fishingaxe
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Different Forms of Newton's 2nd Law

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Light travelling through several polarizers

  • Jufro
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Physics linear momentum/ average force

  • astru025
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One-dimensional energy (potential/kinetic) problem

  • Ascendant78
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Seawater power plant efficiency

  • raymanmusic
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Calculating Momentum and Speed in a Father-Son Push Scenario

  • astru025
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Conductive Heat Loss: Lower by 4.55% at 70F to 68F

  • TPU
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Why Did the Projectile Hit Miley Cyrus Despite Her Fall?

  • VoyagerOne
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Kleppner & Kolenkow 4.7: Ring & Beads Rise if m>3M/2

  • TGupta
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Inclined plane, Calculate friction force

  • TheRedDevil18
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Suspended Block: Find Tensions T1 & T2

  • Dan350
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Find Resistance: Solve V vs. I w/ Tangent Line

  • Richard Ros
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Multiple Pulleys and Multiple Weights Problem

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Surface of a liquid behaving like a stretched membrane

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Free falling objects at different times.

  • HeartlessCrono
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Identifiying Parallel And Series Connections

  • anthonych414
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Find the initial velocity of a projectile

  • Workout
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What is the maximum potential energy of an oscillating mass?

  • lussi
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A powerboat, starting from rest, maintains a constant acceleration

  • hey123a
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Conservation of linear momentum problem

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Understanding Motion Diagrams: Negative vs. Positive Acceleration

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