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Weird wording, can't understand what they want

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Tension and Friction with Acceleration

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Coloumbs law with inverse cubic

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Determine electric field at x=1m

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Physics II: Electricity/Magnetism Conceptual Help

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Calculating Voltage in an Electromagnet with Known Inductance and Current

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Position,velocity, speed, direction of travel of an electron

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Vector position, velocity, coordinates and speed

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Free-hanging string with 4 attached masses

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How Does a Uniform Electric Field Affect Charge Density Distribution?

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Question between friends - How long to travel 1 light year?

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Exponential Decay function in NMR

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How Does Relativity Affect Bullet Travel Time in a Moving Rocket?

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Calculating useful force or force at an angle

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Newton's law of universal gravitation

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Find Angle to Throw Snowball for 20m Distance | Kinematics

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Electric field on a charge some height above the center of a disc

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Charge Volume Density To Charge Per Unit Length

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Find Electric Field Around a Non-Conducting Sphere

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Stopping Potential and kinetic potential

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Double slit experiment intensity distribution

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What Are the Spring and Damping Constants for a Damped Oscillator?

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Why do two opposing currents cancel each other out perfectly in Ampere's Law?

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Why is my resultant displacement magnitude not matching my calculations?

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How Do You Calculate Particle 2's Velocity in Particle 1's Rest Frame?

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Dielectric Charges: Polarization or Dielectricity?

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Trouble understanding aspect of SHM

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How Does Illuminance Change With Distance in Physics Experiments?

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Running Kinematics: Analyzing Speed and Acceleration in a Marathon

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Pole Vaulting Kinematics Problem

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Motion Diagram of Galileo's Ball Drop from Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Calculating Electric Field at Point P above Infinite Sheet

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Finding coordinates after finding the acceleration of an object

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Finding the Time: Kinetic Friction Lab Question

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Acceleration, constant velocity, deceleration

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How High and Far Does a Soccer Ball Travel When Kicked?

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Cube of Resistor Problem - Nice one

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Describing A Mathematical Result

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Maximum range of an object projected from a height h

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Draw Displacement Vectors: A+B | Motion Diagrams

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What Is the Weight Attached in a Pulley Traction System in Equilibrium?

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What is the uncertainty in area and volume for a right circular cone?

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Velocity when acceleration is half-Olympiad Problem

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Problems with calculating the acceleration

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Projectile Motion (find theta)

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Calculating Maximum Range of a Catapulted Rock

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Am I missing anything in this box problem?

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Photoelectric Effect and stopping potential

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Maximum Deviation Angle in Elastic Collision

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How can I prove i = j = k = 1 in Peter's energy equation?

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Need help with the order of electric potential

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Finding the Minimum θ for Rock Thrown at Speed v_0

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What is the Direction of Force in a Falling Object's Free-Body Diagram?

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Calculating Mass of a Structural I-beam

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Position Vector: Homework Solution Needed

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How Long Will It Take Sam to Catch Up to John?

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When can you assume dynamic equilibrium?

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Finding an increase in depth, pressure and thrust

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Difference in Potential Energy between two Reservoirs

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Why is my book using different equations to solve for velocity?

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Static Equilibrium Two Pulleys and Weights With Ring

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Finding x and y components of a vector in the fourth quadrant

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Correct formula to use for potential difference?

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Classical block on inclined plane

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Solve King Arthur's Rock Launching Problem

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Block on incline with air resistance, no friction

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How Do You Find Acceleration and Total Distance in a Car's Journey?

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Question regarding basic dynamics and forces involved?

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Finding the Velocity and Acceleration of a Car in Circular Motion

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Charged, Insulating Sheet question

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How to think about physics? / How to approach a difficult problem?

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Diving Board Jump: Analyzing Velocity and Height

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Approximate impact force upon landing with parachute

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How to find the distance of a satellite with respect to the moon

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Function of force with respect to v & t; find final v and distance

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Spring block system with friction

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Constant radial and angular velocity; find magnitude of acceleration.

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Lorentz Contraction of Moving Line of Charge

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How does torque help us understand the motion of objects?

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Calculating Spectral Range of Blackbody Radiation Intensity

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Finding Electric Field from an insulating sphere

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Solve Energy Homework: Understand (2) & (3) of 1 J = 1 N m

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What is the charge density in a one-dimensional electric field?

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Simple circuit - parallel resistors

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Find electric field on a point due to a charged arc.

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What is the speed of the stone just before it hits the ocean?

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Rate of Deceleration & Time Required

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Calculate attractive force between Cu2+ and O2- ions.

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Show that this equation is homogeneous. PLEASE HELP, relatively simple

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