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Total energy of a wave on a string

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Spring force required to overcome friction between two blocks

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Yo-yo with two radii rolling without slipping under two forces

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Stopping a rod moving with constant omega

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Handling two SHMs in different directions

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Sound in an Open Vertical Tube partially filled with Water

  • fjccommish
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Best Egg Drop Contest Shock Absorber?

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Problem involving SHM and a collision

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Calculate the velocity of the canoe relative to the water

  • waltssillyhat
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Amplitude of a stretched spring that is stretched further

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Waves on a String Fixed at the Ends

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Electric Potential Energy of Point Charge Systems

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Landing reusable booster rockets

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Problem with the power of car

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Tangential velocity of external satellite

  • jhonconnor
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Will my weather balloon work in the Stratosphere?

  • Max CR
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Angular momentum- rotating rod

  • palaphys
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Transverse mechanical waves in a steel wire

  • Brian_D
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Thermodynamics - Dryness fraction Equations

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Dryness fraction of saturated steam

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Force equation for accelerating object

  • Camilo08642
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Loop equations for this battery-resistor circuit

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Circle approximation of a wave pulse on a string or spring

  • Brian_D
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Calculating magnetic field outside a solenoid

  • Jesper12
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Derivation of the aerodynamic drag equation

  • dd5139
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Rotating ring on a rough surface- but with a twist

  • palaphys
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Electric potential of nested spherical shells

  • songoku
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Ring rolling on surface: find center acceleration and friction force

  • palaphys
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Why is it necessary to start this experiment with the water level at 400mL?

  • Aurelius120
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Force pulling on a string at an angle with a block at the other end

  • kekpillangok
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Confusion about friction in rotating ring

  • palaphys
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Problem n. 7 chapter 4 Eisberg Resnick "Quantum Physics"

  • baffetto59
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A block dropping onto a spring system

  • palaphys
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Paper 'helicopter' experiment - Adding Weight Decreases Flight Time?

  • Mahid
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When are reactive forces enough to support this body?

  • per persson
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Can A Vector Have Components Of Say Y or Z in the X-Hat Direction?

  • Ascendant0
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A problem about momentum and the elastic collision of two particles

  • Minming
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Identical Batteries in Parallel do not Draw Same Current, Non-Ideal?

  • BuddyBoy
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Strength to weight ratio in balsa wood arch truss bridge

  • Meep
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Displacement amplitude of the faintest sound detectable by a human ear

  • FranzDiCoccio
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Designing a speed bump given the maximum vertical wheel acceleration

  • Bling Fizikst
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How do you Calculate Ampacity of a Conductor Geometry?

  • BuddyBoy
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Calculate the Acceleration of this Car

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Optical path difference in a soap film interference

  • lorenz0
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Why is the Celsius symbol not placed on the Kelvin unit?

  • OMAR_ALQAM
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Comparing weights of balloons

  • Thamska
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projectile motion problem with no initial velocity given

  • jrm1508
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Calculate the Capacitance given the Charge and Potential Difference

  • member 757689
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Satellite orbiting Earth angular velocity and frequency calculation

  • Safinaz
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Kinematics in multiple frames

  • Bling Fizikst
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Clarify definition of measurement

  • Faraz0007
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Direction of oscillations of a polarised light wave

  • songoku
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Find the height of a lamp based on the velocities of projectiles

  • stabby_faris
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Velocity of a water jet exiting a water tank drain tube

  • WhiteyM
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Electric Field Flux Question

  • member 757689
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Why does friction on a sphere create torque in static equilibrium?

  • I_Try_Math
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Energy Changes in Capacitor After Disconnecting from Battery

  • MatinSAR
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Entropy of a sealed room with an open-door refrigerator

  • techsingularity2042
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Diffraction pattern from a grating

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Induced current ranking in three coils with changing magnetic flux

  • Lunar Manatee
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Two 45-degree string tensions supporting a 10 N weight

  • Physical_Fire
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Need my mind refreshed on geometry

  • ishigg
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Kinematics problem involving multiple frames

  • Bling Fizikst
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Why do water streams get thinner as they fall?

  • goleynik
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Differential Equation of a Pendulum

  • Tygra
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Time taken to slide down a circular path (with friction)

  • eddiezhang
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Block sliding on vertical track with friction (Solved problem)

  • kuruman
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Which of these rods are in equilibrium?

  • ymnoklan
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Uncertainties For Wave Packets

  • flyusx
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Interpretation of Negative Time in Minkowski Diagram

  • techsingularity2042
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Order of events in a train traveling at v = 0.76c

  • techsingularity2042
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What are auxiliary quantities and function linearization in physics?

  • Voidness
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Velocity vectors; arrow length

  • paulb203
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Electrical Circuits - Parallel vs. Series

  • BuddyBoy
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Frequency of pendulum in the presence of electric field

  • songoku
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Electrostatic force on a test charge by uniformly charged annular disc

  • YK0001
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Energy stores and transfer on a rollercoaster

  • Jigneshbharati
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Truck accelerating down a ramp

  • Dern
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Finding rope tension in hourglass-shaped stick system with masses

  • kozmosnak
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Spring scale tension

  • ymnoklan
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Torque acting on dipole

  • songoku
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Leakage of Air in a Spacecraft

  • flyusx
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Simulation of Elastic Collisions

  • MatinSAR
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Charge separation of O-H bond in water molecule?

  • songoku
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Resonant frequency of L - R||C circuit

  • phantomvommand
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Which one is a correct statement about oscillation?

  • songoku
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Why doesn’t my electric motor work?

  • grade11studentgoaat
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Scientific inference skill

  • prof Neuro mg T
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Find speed of CoM after collision between ball and "square structure"

  • songoku
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Building a simple motor with battery and wire coil

  • grade11studentgoaat
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