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Moving and not moving people using Lorentz transformation

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Change in velocity when given a graph that shows time and acceleration

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Deriving work-energy theorem without treating differentials as fractions

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Doppler equation not making sense to me

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Solving for masses in an elastic collision

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Finding the electric field at a given point

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Velocity Calculation - ball bouncing off a wall at an angle

  • Molly1235
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What Is the Altitude of a Plane Traveling at Mach 2.5?

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Finding the magnitude of the electrostatic force from a thin rod

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Calculating Average Speed of Tennis Ball

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Solve Average Velocity for Person Running Around Triangle

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Equation relating object size to pinhole camera image size

  • Violagirl
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Determine the total charge on the surface?

  • nuagerose
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Water being hosed into the air.

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How to find the average accleration on a velocity time graph

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Electric Field and Work on a Moving Charge

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Tension and Force in pulley system

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Determine the total charge needed to apply to the electroscope.

  • NasuSama
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Approximate the strong force between two protons.

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Electromagnetic Waves Questions

  • whitehorsey
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Understanding Virtual Images in Lenses and Mirrors

  • whitehorsey
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Reversible heat pump - Work input?

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Adding a capacitor in series question

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Can the acceleration of the proton be negative for this situation?

  • NasuSama
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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty in the Volume of a Cookie?

  • lep11
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Temperature and pressure in a laboratory

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Three Phase PV Grid-Tied System(MPPT)

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How to Determine the Units of a Homogeneous Equation in Physics

  • MemoNick
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How Do You Calculate the Electric Field of a Ring?

  • tuggler
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What Determines the Escape Speed from Earth's Gravitational Pull?

  • hadronthunder
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How do I apply Kirchhoff's laws to find I1, I2, I3?

  • IronHide
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How Do You Calculate Object-to-Image Distance in Lens Systems?

  • Aelo
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Finding amplitude, period, and phase shift from a cosine plot

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How to calc the force needed to change direction of a moving object?

  • Dastan
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What Is the Proper Length of Spaceship 2 in Its Rest Frame?

  • Gemini_Cricket
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Percent uncertainty in Volume of a beach ball?

  • eddiedowen
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Deriving the equation for distance fallen in free fall

  • Sylis
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Why is the Induced Current Clockwise in this GRE Problem?

  • PsychonautQQ
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HEY YOU Double Doppler/Radar Guns/Equation Derivation

  • Jamie1995
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Finding Applied Force from Coefficient of Friciton and mass

  • jmcpherson82
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Projectile motion, find speed/time of football kick

  • QuantumCurt
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Position from velocity vs. time graph with two linear segments

  • Psyguy22
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Special Relativity GRE question (Where is my method flawed?)

  • PsychonautQQ
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John Taylor Classical Mechanics Chapter 1 Problem 46

  • karmonkey98k
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John Taylor Classical Mechanics Chapter 1 Problem 22

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How Do You Calculate Projectile Motion for a Cannonball?

  • mattwild
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Thermodynamics- rms translational kinetic energy

  • yaykey428
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Boat heading and relative velocity

  • drjohn15
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Three hanging balls of uniformly distributed charge

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Where Is the Electric Field Zero Between Two Negative Charges?

  • tuggler
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Tricky problem - Find E-field of a sheet of charge

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What do the subscripts on r mean in Coulomb's law?

  • UselessLadder
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Intro physics proportion question

  • dylanhouse
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Predicting Final Velocities for a Head-On Elastic Collision Problem

  • ~Fluffy
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Density of holes on a sprinkler for uniform water distribution

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Kinematics question - Rocket launch

  • rhoadsy74
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Capacitance, Charge and Voltage (P.D.)

  • MemoNick
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Kinematics question - An automobile accelerating and braking

  • rhoadsy74
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Calculating Flux Linkage in a Rotating Rectangular Coil

  • MemoNick
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Physics free-body diagram problem?

  • kal854
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Which of the Following is false?

  • spockjones20
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Finding I3 in a parallel resistor circuit with 12mA

  • Gauss M.D.
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How Do You Solve the Motion of Two Colliding Pendulums?

  • mattwild
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Puck sliding down a sphere: when does it lose contact?

  • Habeebe
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Moment inertia - theoretical problem

  • silenzer
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Why does i0 not flow from high to low potential in equivalent circuits?

  • Miike012
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Voltage Divider: Solving for V in Series Circuits

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Equivalent resistance of a cube of resistors

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Two charged masses hanging from strings in equilibrium

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What is the 1/e Lifetime of a Graph?

  • Richard Ros
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Circumference of Earth With Eratosthenes

  • tchouhan
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Time to Mars (orbit around Sun given perihelion and aphelion)

  • oddjobmj
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How Do You Calculate the Time Period in a Spring-Block SHM System?

  • Saitama
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Magnitude of Force of two point charges on a third (electrostatics)

  • ctallarico20
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Having problems understanding units

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Mechanics - inclined plane with friction and finding max M

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Oppositely Charged Parallel Plates

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How Many Strides on a Moving Sidewalk?

  • shealya
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Thermodynamics First Law Problem

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Fluids question: U Shaped Tube.

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What Are the Average Forces and Friction in These Motion Problems?

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Maximum potential given a charge

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Separable PDE for electric field in a cavity

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Solve for position given force in a mass-spring system?

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How High Was the Tree from Which the Squirrel Fell?

  • Gazaueli
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Friction Acceleration: Solving for Coefficient and Force Angle

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Finding centripetal acceleration and velocity

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Leap Off an Asteroid: Escape Earthly Gravity?

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Momentum Investigation: Car collision

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Circular motion problem with circular loops

  • thunderhadron
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Solving Circular Motion Problems | Book Answer Included

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Can Work, Power, and Energy be Solved Together?

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Solving a Force Problem: Tips and Tricks for Finding the Correct Answer

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Solving a Rotation Mechanics Problem: Option D vs Attempted Solution

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