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Calculating v from v0, frictional coefficients, and angle

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Work done by spring and friction when 1.90 kg block hits horizontal spring

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What Is the Speed of the Ball When Kicked Back in This Soccer Scenario?

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Physics Lab Question - High School

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Problem pertaining to relative velocity and vector components

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Pressure measurement in U tube with mercury and water

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Calculating frictional force on a block with different upward forces

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Conservation of energy minimum speed

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Electric field on surface of earthed conductor

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Calculate the equivalent capacitance in the network

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Calculating Original Speed from Time and Velocity Changes on a Freeway

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Adding two vectors with the component method

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Calculating ln in radioactive decay

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Find Thevenin equivalent circuit

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Electric Fields-Calculating the total force on a charge

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Helicopter, travelling horizontally, is 82 m above the ground. The pil

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Angular acceleration, density question

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How Do You Solve a Complex Capacitor Problem with a Metal Block Insertion?

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Euler's equations for constant torque?

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Conservation of energy water turbine problem

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Calculating peak voltage in a center-tapped transformer

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Generating Expressions For Electric Flux

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Dimensions of Velocity Equation

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Force between perpendicular wires in the same plane

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Particle Kinematics with Friction

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Problem regarding determining mass of neutrino

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Fluid mechanics - Conservation of mass problem

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How do I calculate the equivalence capacitance of this circuit?

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Understanding Charge Density in Spherical Distributions: ρ=dQ(r)/dV(r)

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Calculating Energy in Helium Ion Ground State via Bohr Model

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An optics problem - elliptical lens and plane waves

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Why does hot water sometimes freeze faster than cold water?

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Calculate the charge in a hollow spherical conductor

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Problems about statics. Force and Moment calculations.

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Projectile Motion velocity and direction

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Force on blood drop in swinging arm (circular motion)

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Special relativity relating S S' and S''

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Electric field generated by a charged wire

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Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle, volume ratio/density question

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Two tanks(Projecctile Motion and Relatve Velocity)

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Finding the charge on two beads?

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Spear throw at underwater target with refraction

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Find Force to Lift Chain of Length L and Mass ρ Up

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Find the final Celsius temperature of the aluminum and water

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Electron in magnetic field and center of circumference

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Ferris Wheel question (Motion in 2d)

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Finding electric field from torque on a dipole with 4.70 μC charges

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Frictional force in a free-body diagram

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Standing Waves: Linear Mass Density of a String?

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Potential difference between the parallel metal plates

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Torque on a coil of wire in a magnetic field.

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Rope pulling cylinder - final velocity?

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Microwaves through an ice sphere: Which scattering solution is best?

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Calculate Kinetic Friction Coefficient for Hockey Puck on Ice

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The electric field of a charged semicircle from its electric potential

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Electron in uniform field caused by two plates

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Heat liberated after connecting two plates

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RMS error in volume of a cylinder

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How can I solve this Work Energy Theorem problem for finding height?

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Charge on a particle to balance its weight

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Gr.12 Physics 30 TextBook *Curling(sport)* question

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Some one me with the derivation

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Finding position vectors of x y z in meters

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Equivalent Resistance (Prep for Lab on DC circuits)

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Where Is the Zero Potential Point Between Two Unequal Charges?

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Calculating Superman's Average Force (due in 4 days)

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Resultant vector given initial velocity and acceleration

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Questions on 3d displacement vectors

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SIN contest Tension and Acceleration question

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Finding Thevenin and Norton equivalents with short circuit between A and B

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Pendulum equation for a cart on a moving platform

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Electric Field Due to Dipole Problem

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Calculating Power in a Force Problem with Changing Angle and Time

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Question on velocity at T1 and T2 problem

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Frequency of small oscillations in potential U(x)=1-e^(-x^2)

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Calculating Time for Sliding Chain through Hole

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Calculating Maximum Bending Stress of a Beam

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How High Does a Rocket Go If Its Engine Cuts Off at 500 Meters?

  • CollegeStudent
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Why Do Time Intervals Differ in Motion Analysis Problems?

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Tension in the rope of tug of war

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Calculating Tension For A Massless String

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Calculating the force in a crane

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Why Pure Nitrogen System Evacuates Faster in 500 Microns Vacuum

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Electric Field at Surface of Earthed Sphere (using image charges)

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Uniformly charged rod(exam in 3 hours, )

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Particles undergo no disturbance at an antinode?

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How Is the Momentum of a 140eV Photon Calculated?

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Finding the Electric field given a time varying magnetic field

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Post-lab tension problem: verify answers to Q1 and Q2, stuck on Q3

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QM approximation (electron within nucleus, Griffiths 4.45b

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Equivalence between 2 solutions

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Circular Motion: angle that the airplane makes with horizon?

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Finding Acceleration of Gravity for Springs Without a Given K

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Whats the best way to set up a table so it is more stable?

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Optics Problem: Solving for Refraction on a Spherical Surface

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Solving an Optics Problem: Convex Lens, Plane Mirror, and Virtual Image

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What is the Half-Life of a Discharged Capacitor?

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Creating a ramp function to filter earthquake chirp data in MATLAB

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