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Angular Acceleration vector help

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Question about relativity theory

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Uncertainty with sine of angles?

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Finding voltage phasor resistance * current phasor

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Electrostatic force and Gravitational force

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Confusion about Acceleration of an Object

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Find average acceleration from two given velocities each at a given ti

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Non-constant acceleration of a race car from rest

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Calculating Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges in a Magnetic Field

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Light Interference Wave Equation - Assumption

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Understanding Battery Discharge & Peukert's Law

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Parallel circuit multiple choice question

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Impulse and momentum for an athlete jumper

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How Do You Calculate Angular Velocity in a Rotating Rod with a Spring?

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Describing electromagnetic radiation, why is there a second sin term?

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Beam of particles in a cylindrical pipe

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Using Farady's law with a closed loop.

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Inelastic Collision and average force between 2 trains

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The Conservation of Momentum in a Completely Inelastic Collision.

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Solving Physics on Own: Horizontal Force for Blocks

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Magnetic Flux and Induced EMF at South Pole

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Find work done in stretching rubber band

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Tricky circuit with variable resistor

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Finding L and R in a three-loop circuit with mesh analysis

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Finding Current in a Complex Circuit

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Coefficient of kinetic friction and constant acceleration

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Could I treat this as a closed loop?

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Magnetism; the path of electrons

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Minimum polymer coating thickness for least reflection at 500 nm

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Finding Minimum Thickness Problem

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How Does Dropping a Heavy Object into Water Affect Its Temperature?

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Monochromatic Light and a 30-60-90 Prism Beam

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Calculating Time for Bolt to Fall in Elevator with Constant Acceleration

  • physics kiddy
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Find the speed of the boat relative to the current

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Find the Angular Acceleration with and Without the disk inertia

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Calculate the speed of a particle?

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Electric Field Strength of Cylinder Capacitor at Inner Radius

  • universitypq98
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Physics problems driving me crazy- each book has different formulas

  • x86
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Magnitude of acceleration of a pendulum

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Angular momentum of a 200g particle at a given position

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What Forces Act on a Train Carriage Moving Along a Bend?

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Amount of Kinetic Energy Lost in Inelastic Collision

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Shape of an Electric Potential?

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Calculate the Initial Calue of the Force at the Bearing

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Find N for Isotope with 10.84 Day Half-Life

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Calculating Equatorial Speed of Electron Spin in Solid Sphere Model

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Radiation Pressure Force on Earth

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Kirchhoff's laws question circuit?

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Physics Summer Assignment Question

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How Do You Calculate Vrms for a Neutron in a Reactor Core?

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Potential of a dipole at 90 degrees to the dipole axis

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Real Image Optics: Selecting Correct Answer

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How Do You Calculate Moment of Inertia for Different Axes?

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How do I calculate the power output of the lightbulb?

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How deep is a wooden raft submerged in fresh water?

  • Jbreezy
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Work Done by Gas in Isothermal Expansion of Balloon

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Angular momentum of spinning mass on wheel

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Is the Angular Equation Divided by Radius in This Example?

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Find Tmin for J=1 to J=0 and J=2 to J=1

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Can a charged sheet attract uncharged objects?

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Calculating Total Extra Exposure from Multiple Radiation Sources

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Rotating diatomic - Pretty basic first year question. Workings given

  • elemis
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Help with Balancing a metal rod experiment.

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Finding electric potential with non-uniform charge density?

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Estimating Radiation Exposure from Multiple Sources

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Why differentiate the constraint equation Xa² + Xb² = L²

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Determine max notmal stress, average shearing stress and bearing stres

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Heating Your Kitchen with Your Refrigerator

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Molecular flux-thermodynamic kinetics

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Gravity and Rotation: Will the Top Segment Reach the Ground First?

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Charge at a distance from a non-conducting hemisphere

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What is the intensity of light after removing the second polarizer?

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Pipe cutter is fixed on a pipe, with 3 forces acting on the pipe.

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Reaction force for force exiting a tank through a clean hole

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Find Amplitude and Equilibrium in Simple Harmonic Motion

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How Far Can You Hear the Siren at 2400 Hz?

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I'm not sure what the question is asking. What is v12 and v22?

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Special relativity transformations

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How Does Resistance Vary in a Ferromagnetic Circuit?

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Kinetic Energy of a Rotating Bar

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What is the Average Speed of a Car on a 100 Minute Trip?

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Simple harmonic motion/static equilibrium -spring problem, mass given

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Standing question - real straightforward- Workings given

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Difference between torque and work

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Acceleration of a car turning from south to west at constant speed

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Calculating minimum torque and energy in a crane system?

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Torsional oscillator with angular displacement

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Wave produced in a ripple tank appear to stand still at 66.7Hz?

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Torque and angular acceleration of two discs

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Torque on a wheel and angular acceleration.

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Can an Electric Motor Also Be a Generator?

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A Hollow Conducting Sphere Gauss' Law

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What do I do if my uncertainty is larger than the actual value?

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Find the value of a capacitor given percent of the initial value

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How Do You Calculate the Torsional Constant of a Wire?

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