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A coil of wire is placed along the axis of a solenoid?

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Ice/Water Composition in Basic Thermodynamics

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Bar Swinging Up After Collision - Strategy

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What is the Angular Momentum of a Spinning Disk Subject to Applied Forces?

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Elastic collision between rod and ball

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Iron ball hanging from a scale and suspended

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Angular Momentum of Point Masses

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The moment of inertia of a rectangular plate about its diagonal

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Experimental Physics Report - Unexpected Results

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Solve FBD Problem: M.asinθ=N, N.sinθ=Ma

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Choice of reference potential in electrostatics

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Dropping objects air resistance

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Circuit - how much voltage is going through R3?

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Why is radiation pressure from reflection 2Ef/c cos²a?

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Magnitude of magnetic fields of two perpendicular wires

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Diverging lens image location with 2.7 cm object distance

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Optics - Find the refractive index

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Electromagnetism and light bulbs

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The physical pendulum - mass calculations

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Why does friction act when v=rω in rolling without slipping?

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Moment of inertia by connecting two identical rods

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Moment of Inertia of mud thrown on door

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Several problems put together in one thread, dynos, density etc.

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How Does a Dielectric Medium Affect the Force Between Two Point Charges?

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Laser experiment, determine angular velocity

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How to solve a problem with a bar laying against a wall

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What does the Dynamometer show?

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What is the relationship between intensity and amplitude in waves?

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Real 3D Image produced by concave lens

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How much force is in this bar? Am I correct?

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Particle on an inclined plane formula proof.

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Calculating electrical potential energy

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What Maximum Height Can a Tennis Ball Reach with Reduced Gravity?

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Why can positron go unobstructed through lead?

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Calculating Distance and Time for a Moving Car with Constant Acceleration

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How to determine the maximum bending moment of a beam

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What force is needed to produce a constant speed?

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Confusing linear momentum GRE question

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A particle is vibrating with f : Ut = 8 sin (1/2 pi t/T)

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How Do You Calculate Focal Length in a Two-Lens System?

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Steel ball oscillating in a glass tube

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Initial velocity required for object to have x ke at y height

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Why Are the Mentioned Triangles Similar in the Explanation?

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How does this kind of DC motor work?

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Bernoulli's Equation with a ping pong ball

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Finding acceleration with tension between two points

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Problem with basic doppler effect question

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Intensity of the light in the light bulb what physicist described it?

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Solve SHM Leaky Bucket: dT/dt Calculus Solution

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Electric motor load vs efficiency historical background

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Greater degree of the slope=faster acceleration, historical backgroud

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Static Charge Induction: Rod and Sphere Experiment

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Central Force with application at circle

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Acceleration of Block B in a Constrained Motion Problem

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Calculating Displacement from a Velocity-Time Graph

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Finding wheel mass from suspended object's motion using torque

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Finding the Minimum Velocity for Sustaining Flight Using Dimensional Analysis

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What Wavelengths of Light are Used in Young's Double Slit Experiment?

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Inelastic Momentum / Centripetal force problem

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Why Does My Pendulum Pin Support Reaction Calculation Differ from 299N?

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Displacement on a Position vs. Time Graph

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Why deuterium cannot undergo beta decay but tritium can

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How Do You Calculate the Components of Vector C?

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Find amplitude and frequency given positions and speeds

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Satellite surrounded by four asteroids question

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Acceleration of spool being pulled by ribbon wound around another spool

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What is the acceleration of a sled in a tractor-pull competition?

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Potential energy per unit length in a string (sin wave)

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How Do You Calculate the Linear Speed of a Yo-Yo Using Energy Conservation?

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Angular momentum or work-energy balance?

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Mass falling while attached to wire

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Problem with Sines on both sides

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Pivoted bar swinging top to bottom

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Calculating Rotational Inertia and Speed of a Square Plate

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Algebraic Approach to Calculating Time for an Object to Fall from a Given Height

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Work or Heat transfer to system?

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Solving a Uniform Rod's Angular and Linear Speed

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Focal distance of lens submerged in water

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Solving Motion of Block A on Wedge B

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Solving for \(\theta\): A Geometry Refresher

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Young's Modulus; Extension of a wire

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Thin Film Interference in Glass Plates: How Many Bright Fringes Will Be Seen?

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Electrostatics net force question

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Electric circuits voltage flow question

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General Basic Projectile Motion Question

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How To Approach Units and Problem Solving Questions?

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Yes, your approach and calculations look correct. Good job!

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What Is the Reaction Force to Earth's Gravitational Pull on a Book?

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Galilean form of the law of transformation of velocities

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Contradiction in Wave Amplitude, intensity and Conservation of Energy?

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Finding Average Force Applied On A Slope

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Finding Moment of Inertia Using Integration

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Relative permittivity of a conductor

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Finding linear density when standing wave appears at specific masses

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What happens when tube is immersed in a liquid?

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