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Conservative Forces: The Relationship Between Work and Energy Conservation

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Electric Field of Finite, Diagonal Line-Charge

  • AmagicalFishy
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Draw a free body diagram of each object in centripetal acceleration

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How to find final velocity with given slope and mass?

  • Sneakatone
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Distributing 3 identical eggs into 5 boxes

  • GoGoGadget
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Find the equivalent capacitance

  • mathnoobie
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Why does magnetic force equal to weight guarantee vertical lift?

  • Bashyboy
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Energy - Cannon Ball and Conservation of Energy

  • mcnealymt
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Where to place equivalent resistors when redrawing circuits

  • mathnoobie
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Rocket ejecting mass at 15,000 kg

  • Litcyb
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Does a ball bearing oscillating on a curved track have a constant time

  • mrcotton
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Struggeling with quantum mechanics

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Force between +5μC and -6μC charges 0.02m apart

  • Captain cook
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Entropy change when converting water to steam

  • doombanana
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Finding the coefficient of lift of a propeller blade?

  • theBEAST
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What Is the Diameter of the Wire in the Interference Experiment?

  • pious&peevish
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Spherical ball rolling on a concave surface

  • Tanya Sharma
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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Hanging Mirror?

  • Arabell
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What Is the Linear Speed of a Disk on an Inclined Plane?

  • Jbreezy
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Parallel Plate Conductor Question

  • Benny851
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Calculating Mirror Mass Using Laser Force

  • Newbie12
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Calculating the distance the spring was compressed

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Thermodynamics: Piston and Cylinder

  • mdawg467
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Conversion units mystery. Am I wrong?

  • giraffeinaboat
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Finding angular speed & KE using moment of inertia?

  • rockchalk1312
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EMF in a loop; non-constant magnetic field

  • AJKing
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Finding Angles of Interacting Forces

  • gajohnson
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How to determine harmonic number

  • Nickod777
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Graphical analysis work problem

  • freshcoast
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How Hot Must the Air in a Balloon Be to Lift a Given Mass?

  • erok81
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What is the Magnetic Field Near a Straight Current-Carrying Conductor?

  • VortexisVoid
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Diffraction Grating - Resolving Power

  • Darth Frodo
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Why use rotational kinetic energy to find angular velocity

  • Litcyb
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2 dimensional collision with momentum

  • Painguy
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Elastic collision between masses on incline and flat plane

  • Jbreezy
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How to calculate average power in this case?

  • NafeesAhmed
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Solving the Equation for a Simple LC Circuit

  • serverxeon
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Electric field lines for two point charges

  • physicsqanda
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Double cheking momentum problem

  • Jbreezy
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Entropy change in isochoric process

  • wowowo2006
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Velocity as a function of position problem (simple i think)

  • member 428835
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Efficiency and Power Calculation for a Moving Car

  • mouthwash
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Egg drop experiment with a twist

  • trgoostrey
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How can the collision of connected particles be analyzed in mechanics?

  • Taylor_1989
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Expected value for momentum and x, intro to quantum mechanics.

  • scottyavh
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I calculating gravitational acceleration.

  • GabbyOcean
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Vector Potential of Spinning Sphere

  • Shinobii
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Which equation is correct about the forces

  • captinkareem1
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How Fast is the Ball After a Perfectly Elastic Collision?

  • Bostonpancake0
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Why does a periscope reflect an inverted image?

  • heatherro92
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How Do Electrons Focus When Emitted from a Cylinder?

  • Saitama
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Probability of a particle in a box in the first excited state.

  • kickingpaper
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RMS displacement of a diatomic atom

  • Erubus
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Calculating stress given torque

  • InterestedGuy
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Inner product space - minimization.

  • binbagsss
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Applying force to an object of equal mass, finding required force?

  • gerard.caleb
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Electrostatics-determining velocities

  • plutolover
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Magnetic Deflection of an Electron on Earth's Equator at 1000m Altitude

  • TitaniumX
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Train Velocity Model for Distance of 5280 ft

  • member 428835
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Can Vectors in a Box be Solved Without Given Coordinates?

  • EternityMech
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Find time taken by a pendulum to swing by 90degrees

  • vikvaryas
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Deriving Error Equations for Half-Life Calculations

  • dab353
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Relative Velocities: Engineering Mechanics Dynamics - Hibbeler

  • serverxeon
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HAT - Displacement of joint of the rods

  • exuberant.me
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Calculating Fluid Pressure in an L-Shaped Tank

  • wcase
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Is there a relationship between \( k_b \) and \( C_v \)?

  • oxman
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Force on a point from electric charges

  • rocapp
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Position, Velocity, Acceleration, and Distance?

  • Stanc
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How do I find energy lost? Something very simple is confusing me

  • x86
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Simple Harmonic motion and Doppler effect question

  • Xelb
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Electric field along the y-axis of a charged semicircle

  • dumbperson
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Find final velocities in the reference frame to the ground.

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How Do You Calculate Electric Potential for Spherical Shells?

  • nchin
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How much energy per unit mass is needed

  • helpmymaths
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Find the vector and find the magnitude of the vector

  • Voltrical
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SHM question with pulley and springs

  • Sunil Simha
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How Do You Solve a Basic KVL Circuit Problem?

  • nchin
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Thermodynamics Problem involving an ideal gas Helium?

  • hbk69
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How Do You Calculate Electron Tunneling Probability Through a Barrier?

  • dinospamoni
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Why is the derivative of a constant capacitor energy zero?

  • nchin
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Find the dielectric constant of the medium?

  • pwn2d2
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Pulley System Problem with String Impulse (Atwood's Machine)

  • jmlibunao
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Is this half-life answer kosher?

  • henpen
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Approximating a Simple Harmonic motion

  • hms.tech
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Direction of friction in the circular motion of a car

  • sbhit2001
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Diffraction grating of laser light

  • Johnahh
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Quick Static Equilibrium Questions

  • pietastesgood
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Finding the Net Electric Field of Two Point Charges

  • Pruddy
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Calculating electric fields due to continuous charge distributions

  • al_famky
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Angular frequency and angular velocity in UCM and SHM

  • al_famky
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Conversion of enerygy really simple

  • whynot314
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What does finite volume charge density mean?

  • al_famky
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Solving Torque & Forces: Bicyclist w/ 71 kg Weight

  • ibrahim1996
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