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Amount of work in displacing a brick

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Why use P=V²/R instead of P=I²R for resistors in series

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Newton's Cradle same diameter, different mass

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Two balls one thrown up and other down

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Same frequency sounding different

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How can I find "dx" in a straight line of electric charge?(Picture)

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Time dilation and length contraction for a rocket

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The velocity of the particle as a function of time

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Direction of of the velocity vector for particles in a sound wave

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How Is the Electric Field Calculated for a Point Outside a Charged Ring?

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Point charge in cavity of a spherical neutral conductor

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Circular aperture diffraction resolution criterion

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Experimental investigation of Faraday's Law of Induction

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The time for a proton to reach a certain velocity

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Exam Prep: Electric Field - Is It Zero?

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Work per particle of a NaCl chain

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Why do I have a bending moment and an axial displacement here?

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Kinematics - can't find the initial velocity according to the image

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Should I Consider the Electric Field Outside a Uniformly Charged Sphere?

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Which object is in static equilibrium?

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Inconsistent problem about centrifugal/contact force

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Heat transfer and entropy change for water vaporizing at 10 MPa

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Work done on a pendulum by gravity

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Displacement Electric Field Outside Dielectric Material

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Potential Energy of the Atmosphere

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Changing capacitance effect on ripple in full rectification circuit

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The distance traveled by a molecule at a specific temperature

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Why is work done zero when force areas cancel on both sides of x-axis?

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Hot air balloon mass including increase in mass with balloon volume

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Orientation of Major Axis for polarized light

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Shock absorber design for egg-safe rocket landing at 20m/s

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Electric potential and field near parallel dipoles

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[Optics] Questions on the Stokes shift

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Work required to extract heat from a refrigerator

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Ideal gas law- Find the pressure

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Where does the equation C=2*sqrt(km) for Critical Damping come from?

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Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Transfer Between Two Reservoirs at Different Heights

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Momentum conservation for a trolley ejecting oxygen gas

  • songoku
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Finding an expression for the efficiency of a heat engine

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Do i need to find the x and y components?

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Two blocks against a wall: why does friction point upward on each block?

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A satellite in orbit in a system with one planet and two moons

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How does tightening a guitar string affect its frequency?

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How to take a moment into account for deflection of a beam

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Find Time to Reach Top of Beaker (10 cm)

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Cartesian and polar coordinate in Simple pendulum, Euler-Lagrange

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Voltage Null Points of a Mechanical Meter Bridge

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Electric field due to three point charges

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Finding distributed load q in deformable solid traction problem

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Magnetic field's effect on a charged particle's motion

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Units of the dot product D·E in SI units

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How does sound reflect at the open end of an organ pipe?

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What is the Proof for Newton's Law of Cooling Formula Using Quadratic Equation?

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Microstates for a gas of hard spheres in a box

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Facts about waves - UK BMAT exam question

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Finding kinetic energy and initial velocity of a cart over time

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Show that the solutions to the Fresnel Equation are real and positive

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Direction of motion of points on a rope as a wave travels

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A truck and a car coming to a stop

  • rudransh verma
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F = ma for a lift (elevator) carrying passengers

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Electric field lines of H2O molecule

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Ideal index of refraction for single layer AR coating

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Electric Field acting on a point charge

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Electric Field as a function of r, evaluating bounds

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Boundary conditions ##\vec{B}## and ##\vec{H}##

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To find the angle between the ground and rods in limiting friction

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Calculate the total force on the Earth

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Does Acceleration Affect Tension in a Sphere and Car System?

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Pulley and weights hanging from spring balance

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2D kinematics -- Calculate the acceleration of the jumping athlete

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What's wrong with my solution? -- Area moment of inertia

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Correct Angle for FSW in Fabry-Perot Interferometer

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How to find the angle where the required pull is minimum?

  • simphys
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What is the tension in a rope when a monkey accelerates up?

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Displacement and average velocity for object with three motion stages

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Helix Angle or Pitch Angle for this Solenoid carring Current?

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Three weights and two pulley problem

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Verification of a problem -> force needed for car stopping in 1.8cm

  • simphys
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I understanding a concept about motor efficiency

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Time dependant Potential Energy in ion trap

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What is magnitude of dynamic force?

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Potential Difference over Capacitors in Series

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Why does a test charge near a conductor reach equilibrium?

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Disk with rod attached rotating about the center of the disk

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Magnetization formula for neodymium magnet vs temperature

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Resulting force of an object with variable movement

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Gravitational Field and Potential at certain point

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What factors affect stopping and directional control in basketball shoes?

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Frequency of Oscillations of a Bead Resting on a Gas

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Question on a Gauss's Law problem

  • dliu1004
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Max initial angle so that the projectile range keeps increasing

  • simphys
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Derive ##\dfrac{\rho_1}{\rho_2}=\dfrac{T_2}{T_1}##

  • Istiak
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Why Did My Second Approach to Finding the Block's Acceleration Fail?

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Boundary conditions (E and D) for a dielectric sphere

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