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Kirchhoff's Rule Cap-monster maze

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Can the Slower Cyclist Win if the Race is Short Enough?

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How does the floor contribute to the ball's energy during a bounce?

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Electric Field problem ( with integral)

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Frictional Torque of a Flywheel

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Calculate number of nodes in stationary waves

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Calculate the work done by tension

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How High Does a Block Reach on an Inclined Plane?

  • Chemistrystrng
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Is the Magnitude of an Electric Field Consistent Across All Spatial Locations?

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Getting sin θ = ±√3 instead of θ = 60°

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Car decelerating at 6.5 m/s² hits wall 25 m away

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Linear algebra.Kernel of a linear mapping

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Moment of Inertia through center of mass

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How long will it take an electromagnetic wave to reach a satellite

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How Long Will It Take for the Car to Collide with the Truck?

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What Bandgap Energy Range is Required for Blue LEDs?

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Obtain transfer resistances and use them to find these two currents

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Measurement uncertainty and error

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[Astrophysics] Star luminosity-radius-temperature problem

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Cutoff frequency in this circuit

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Physics G.11 Question on Forces/Newton's Laws and Friction

  • Michael Li
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Gravitation - Period of revolution of planet

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Discussion for Centre of Gravity of an irregular shaped object(Lamina)

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How High Does a Cannonball Go When Fired Straight Up at 28m/s?

  • mayhemlikeme
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Dipole antenna and electromagnetic waves

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Linear algebra-Basis of a linear map

  • manuel325
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Derive the Electric Field Outside an Ideal Conductor

  • ladyrx2020
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How long for 2 particles to collide due to gravity?

  • thecommexokid
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How to find the Angular Velocity?

  • Rococo
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Determining the Coefficient of Kinetic Friction on an Incline

  • Polus
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Using the Ideal Gas temperature scale

  • CAF123
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Difficult projectile motion question

  • sorax123
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Friction force on a box and roller coaster speed at bottom of hill

  • shin777
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Cylinders filled with liquid; placed on a trolley

  • Saitama
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Finding the frequency and wavelength of an electromagnetic wave

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How Can You Triple the Energy Stored in a Capacitor Circuit?

  • sunflowerzz
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Why Does Battery Terminal Voltage Calculation Depend on Current Direction?

  • sunflowerzz
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Calculating acceleration with slug and lbs

  • tratata
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Finding range given impact velocity?

  • jerm174
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Why is the relative velocity angle 315° in the car example?

  • jwroblewski44
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Physics Question Over 2 Dimensional Friction Problems

  • Xazerd
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Pressure on manometer with different fluids

  • lilMissMindset
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Solving for Spring Compression with a Vertical Spring and Hanging Block

  • Anthonyphy2013
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Direct Collisions with objects moving in towards each other

  • Woolyabyss
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Displacement derived from Acceleration

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Is Work Done by an Ideal Gas Always Equal to P(Vf - Vi)?

  • nil1996
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Finding cable force components given magnitude and direction angle

  • rico22
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Find the coefficent of friction of one block

  • Robertoalva
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Solving a Stationary Block on a Frictionless Wedge

  • postfan
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Linear algebra- Inverse of a linear mapping

  • manuel325
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How to better understand physics material after one reading

  • babysnatcher
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Electric Charges Causing Centripetal Motion

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What is the magnitude of the ball's average horizontal velocity?

  • LiesselZ
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Find the Expression of an Electric Field Produced by a Dipole

  • ladyrx2020
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Tension in a lift system with mass 2m and 3m

  • Bandarigoda
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Finding friction on a onedimensional tube

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What is the relationship between capacitors and inductors?

  • Questions999
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Tangential acceleration = g sin(θ) for a ball in vertical circular motion

  • babysnatcher
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When is gravitational acceleration negative in circular motion?

  • babysnatcher
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Light ray reflected from sphere at (2,2,0) with center at (0,0,-1)

  • Saitama
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Why does the right hand rule for AxB give k instead of -k?

  • duplaimp
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Why Is My Thevenin Resistance Calculation Different from the Textbook's?

  • Questions999
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Rotation: mass transfer and angular momentum conservation

  • Avi Nandi
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Propagation of uncertainty for no-load voltage

  • beny748
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Finding distance of a block with an unattached spring

  • Robertoalva
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What is the direction of the E field at point P due to the sphere?

  • Questions999
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What is the detailed physics of the EMS maglev levitation system

  • rosieq1!
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Quantum Electron Energy Level for Hydrogenic atom

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How to calculate the time over which flux changes

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Use Mathematica and Kirchhoff's rules to find V out.

  • stripes
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Conceptual problems-Work done,KE and internal energy

  • Tanya Sharma
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Odd Form Of Eigenvalue - Coupled Masses

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Why choose /100 over x100?Why Divide by 100 when solving decibels?

  • silversurf
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Semi-major axis equation question

  • eXmag
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Thermodynamics-Conceptual problem

  • Tanya Sharma
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Work done and change in the internal energy

  • Tanya Sharma
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How to Solve for F1 in a Net Torque Problem?

  • Arcarius
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Calculating longitude and latitude given the duration of sunset

  • andreea_a
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Cannon angle to hit a target 2000 m away and 800 m above

  • babysnatcher
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Vector spaces problem -linear algebra

  • manuel325
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Double slit interference missing maximum problem

  • PsychonautQQ
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How Does Compton Scattering Affect Photon Wavelength at 90 Degrees?

  • Questions999
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Do Electric and Magnetic Field Energies Depend on Their Sources?

  • Questions999
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Coriolis acceleration at the surface of a region in the ocean

  • hamilbr
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Closed integral problem: field in the plane of a magnetic dipole

  • Order
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Thermal Conductivity and Heat Transfer in a Hot Water Bottle

  • CAF123
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Power output of a solar panel if a complete row of cell is shadowed

  • fozia.jehan
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How do I find the time of a bullet embedded into a block on a spring?

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Rotational Dynamics / Moment of Inertia Question

  • Arcarius
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Rocket with 30s burn reaches max altitude in 300s total

  • caveman127
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When to use the quadratic formula in kinematics problems?

  • catzmeow
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Numerical integration for sinsoidal wave

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Spring-Block system executing SHM in a freely falling elevator

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Including a heat for a phase change or not?

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