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Finding g from simple pendulum using quadratic regression in Excel

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Torque and Equilibrium of a Rod

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Pressure difference when height changes

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Solving Resistors in Series: 1.50 V Battery

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Pressure Question using 'mm-Hg'

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Electric Field of Finite, Diagonal Line-Charge

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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?

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Distributing 3 identical eggs into 5 boxes

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Find the equivalent capacitance

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Why does magnetic force equal to weight guarantee vertical lift?

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Energy - Cannon Ball and Conservation of Energy

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Where to place equivalent resistors when redrawing circuits

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Rocket ejecting mass at 15,000 kg

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

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Struggeling with quantum mechanics

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

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Entropy change when converting water to steam

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Finding the coefficient of lift of a propeller blade?

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

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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?

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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

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Calculating Mirror Mass Using Laser Force

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Calculating the distance the spring was compressed

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Isothermal compression of water in a piston-cylinder device

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Conversion units mystery. Am I wrong?

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EMF in a loop; non-constant magnetic field

  • AJKing
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Finding Angles of Interacting Forces

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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

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Entropy change in isochoric process

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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

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Egg drop experiment with a twist

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

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

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I calculating gravitational acceleration.

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Vector Potential of Spinning Sphere

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Which equation is correct about the forces

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How Fast is the Ball After a Perfectly Elastic Collision?

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Why does a periscope reflect an inverted image?

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How Do Electrons Focus When Emitted from a Cylinder?

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

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RMS displacement of a diatomic atom

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Calculating stress given torque

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Inner product space - minimization.

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

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Electrostatics-determining velocities

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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

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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

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Deriving Error Equations for Half-Life Calculations

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Relative Velocities: Engineering Mechanics Dynamics - Hibbeler

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HAT - Displacement of joint of the rods

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Calculating Fluid Pressure in an L-Shaped Tank

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

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Force on a point from electric charges

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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

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Simple Harmonic motion and Doppler effect question

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Electric field along the y-axis of a charged semicircle

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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?

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How much energy per unit mass is needed

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Find the vector and find the magnitude of the vector

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SHM question with pulley and springs

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How Do You Solve a Basic KVL Circuit Problem?

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Thermodynamics Problem involving an ideal gas Helium?

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How Do You Calculate Electron Tunneling Probability Through a Barrier?

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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?

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

  • jmlibunao
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Is this half-life answer kosher?

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Approximating a Simple Harmonic motion

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Direction of friction in the circular motion of a car

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Diffraction grating of laser light

  • Johnahh
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Quick Static Equilibrium Questions

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Finding the Net Electric Field of Two Point Charges

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