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Lennard-Jones Potential: Equilibrium Distance and Dissociation Work

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Calculating Wind Speed for Suspended Cylinder

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Wheels Reaction Forces: Solving for Ra and Rb?

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What Is the Final Velocity of the Black Ball After Collision?

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How do I Find the Enclosed Charge of a Closed Surface?

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What Are the Answers to These Magnetism Questions?

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How can an uncharged capacitor work as a short circuit?

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Valence Electrons of ClO2+: A Comprehensive Guide

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Under what conditions is a current generated w/ a magnet and solenoid?

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What Is Acceleration and How Does It Relate to Velocity and Time?

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Quantum Mechanics Help. Compton Scattering Use.

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How Do You Calculate the Average Kinetic Energy of Multiple Helium Atoms?

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How to Graph Potential Energy from Force Fx Along the x-axis?

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Statics: Forces in a truss, method of joints

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Electric Field of a Polarized Sphere with Nonuniform Polarization

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How Can I Improve My Understanding of Mechanics in Physics?

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What is the Correct Value of Dx in Frame Analysis?

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Calculating Capacitance of a Parallel Plate Capacitor Using Integration

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Error analysis/mechanics help appreciated

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Principle of conservation of linear momentum equation

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Box on ground, incline (with friction), ground: find Kinetic Energy

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How does the moment of inertia scale?

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Can the fullness of a cylinder of water be determined by its frequency

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Momentum of an object exploding into two separate objects

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Solve Rotational Problem 3: Max Angle for Rod+Clay

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Elastic collision between two billiard balls

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Problem of Oscillation of mass attached to spring with external force

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Coefficient of drag of a ping pong ball

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Minimum distance around a track

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Problem on the magnetic force on a wire

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Another relative speed and size question

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Calculating total work using kinetic-work theorem

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Diffraction Grating Homework: Zeroth & 1st Order Bright Spots

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Torque on shaft of pulley question

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Battery and capacitor in series

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How many times must an 80 kg weight be lifted to burn off .5 kg of fat?

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Why Does the IPhO 2012 Problem Assume ΔU=0 in a Collapsing Star Model?

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Coulombs force law in a three dimensional coordinate system problem

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Accounting for Water Vapor Condensation in Charles' Law Experiment Measurements

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Calculating Moment of Inertia for Square Particle System

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Moment of inertia of a bar with two spheres

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Jumping on a sliding board with no friction between surfaces.

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What is the Centroid of a Wire and How to Calculate It Using Geometry?

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Calculate Tsunami Energy: Height, Width, Length & Depth

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Ladder problem (statics) with 2 sources of friction

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Solving Elevator Problem Homework Statement

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How is the slope of the temperature graph determined?

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Force on 500g Particle: Velocity at t = 2s

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What is the Solution for IPhO 2013 Theoretical Problem 1?

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Kinetic/Potential Energy Problem

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How Does Heron's Ancient Steam Engine Calculate Rotational Speed?

  • Arcarius
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Torque / Pulley / Weight question

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Square loop, find the charge in the resistor

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When will the induced current in the loop be maximal during acceleration?

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Young’s double slit experiment

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How Does Slipping Affect the Acceleration of a Rolling Ball?

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How Are Solutions -91.9 and 170 Derived Using the Quadratic Formula?

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Calculating Angular Displacement of CD with Radius 6.0 cm

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Motion problem Final velocity of a dropped stone

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Total Magnification of Two Converging Lenses

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Thin-Film Interference and Antireflective coating

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What Is the Particle's Speed When Its X Coordinate Reaches 15m?

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Calculating Terminal Velocity for a Falling Object with Air Resistance

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Two spheres travelling in opposite directions collide

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Tension on a string and charge -

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Calculating the Length of the Tortoise-Hare Race

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Modified Twin Paradox in Special Relativity

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How Far Does the Block Travel Below Equilibrium After a Sharp Blow?

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Calculate the velocity on which the pump will fill

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Balancing Forces on a Wooden Board: Determining the Point of Equilibrium

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Converging Lens Homework: Finding Image Distance with Thin Lens Equation"

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Will someone check my work to see if Im on the right track?

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Conservation Laws and Symmetries Particle Physics

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When Should Driver B Start to Catch Driver A?

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Resultant Force #2 - Calculating ##\vec{F}_R##

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What Is the Correct Radial Acceleration for a Spinning Wheel?

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Resultant of two forces at 125° angle

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What is the energy difference of a hydrogen atom in a magnetic field?

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Help with special relativity problem (off by a factor of 2)

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Airplane direction and wind direction

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How Do You Calculate the Value of C1 in a Mixed Capacitor Circuit?

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Finding the Critical Angle for T.I.R.

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Magnetic force on a curved conductor

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Mass Spring System: Find Natural Frequencies & Mode Shapes

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What Are the Speeds of the Fragments from a Space Rocket Explosion?

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Change in momentum of different masses

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Equation to find relative sound intensity with angle from source

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Circular Motion Homework: Plane at 200m/s, R Radius to Zero Weight

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Cannon Projectiles: Find v_0 & theta for Roof of Flooded Building

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Physics & Geometry: Solving Quaternary Star System Homework

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Calculating the final temperature of a mixture of Ice and Water

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Max Angle of Rod w/ Clay Ball: Rotational Problem 2

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Problem with spring + inclined plane + conversation of energy etc

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A mass attached to a pulley- torque

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Equivalent resistance in a parallel circuit

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Finding the Distance for a Projectile to Land on a Moving Cart

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DISTANCE travelled by the projectile

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Relationships between Current, Voltage and Resistance

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