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Dimensional Analysis: Solving Confusing Steps

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Trouble with Part B of Physics Problem: Velocity

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Mechanics: calculating launch angle of projectile

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Working out steam velocity with only pressure difference

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Problem in evaluating the absolute error

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Is the force exerted by a pivot always towards the center of mass?

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What is the correct angle of displacement for a clock arm?

  • rudransh verma
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What is the definition of potential energy of a system?

  • engineeringstudnt
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How can two cylindrical lenses can be used to form a laser sheet?

  • photonlz
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Gravitational force equals centrifugal force?

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Special relativity and simultaneity: Spacecraft and Target

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Different forms of Biot-Savart Law

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Fluid flow inside a cylindrical tank

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How does a mass moving up a ramp change its velocity?

  • phantomvommand
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The Net Electric Field Inside a Dielectric

  • Hamiltonian
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How to calculate differential work done by a force in circular motion?

  • zenterix
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To find the forces on a composite object

  • gnits
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Calculating magnetic field given dl, current, and radius vector

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What Mistake Was Made in Finding the Speed of the Boxes?

  • LokLe
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Mass slipping on a moving inclined plane

  • york
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Free Body Diagram for a Piece of Gum on the Underside of a Desk

  • flintstones
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Why Use bh/2 for the Area of a Non-Right Triangle?

  • Gauss M.D.
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2 bodies spining and cut in the middle

  • york
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Are My Inductor Equations Correct?

  • PhysicsTest
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Calculate the dose rate in a drum of U3O8

  • Supaylek
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Electrodynamics for a rotating ring

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Speed/Velocity and Volume Flow Rate of Viscous Fluids

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Calculating the Number of Lines for a Diffraction Grating

  • LCSphysicist
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Minkowski diagram, where to put an event

  • Redwaves
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Choosing an Axis of Rotation for Equilibrium Analysis

  • Taulant Sholla
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Pressure due to a Liquid on container Wall

  • SpectraPhy09
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What happens to a ball placed on a moving conveyor belt?

  • zenterix
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What kind of motion is this? (bicycle velocity vectors)

  • rudransh verma
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[HW question] Image size difference of two light emitting nanospheres

  • rinalai
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Gauss' law and flux concept issues

  • engineeringstudnt
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[Optics] Compound microscope (homework quiz)

  • rinalai
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Inside glass, can I apply relativity of speed for light?

  • LCSphysicist
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Question about the average acceleration

  • Emily0203
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Rod colliding with the ground (Special relativity question)

  • LCSphysicist
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Error calculation in a measurement chain

  • MathError
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Is there any friction in this case?

  • LokLe
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Electric field problem -- Repulsive force between two charged spheres

  • Dezzi
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Compression Q&A: Answers to Common Questions

  • hofner
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Coefficient of kinetic friction

  • DonutHole
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DC Motor Efficiency: Why Does Efficiency Plot Look Like Parabola?

  • George444fg
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Resultant Frequency and Wavelength of Interfering Sound Waves

  • Codemetry
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Solve Motional EMF Problem: Total Resistance, V(ind), I(ind), and Fnet Explained

  • SpectraPhy09
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Possible to use work-energy theorem from a non-inertial frame?

  • zenterix
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An expression for the vertical velocity as a function of time

  • Physil
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TIme needed for a capacitor to reach a fraction of its final charge

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Year 10 physics homework problem

  • Camden
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Notation in fluid dynamics: A circle with a horizontal bar inside

  • Leo Liu
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Earth's Accel.: Is 10^(-22)m/s^2 Correct?

  • Oydpuuodouflj6r9
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Electrostatics help please -- Electric field, potential

  • RamirezA
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Conductivity and Electric Field relationship

  • arhzz
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Connection of two photovoltaic cells to produce larger current

  • songoku
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Bobsled Impulse and Force -- ELASTIC collision problem

  • sc8
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Trouble finding the current through this resistor in the circuit

  • guyvsdcsniper
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MIT 8.01: Unwinding Drum Problem

  • zenterix
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Problem involving interference and medium with index n

  • LCSphysicist
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I just wanted to know how to find error/uncertainties from the graph

  • vpt069
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Acceleration between two frames

  • Monsterboy
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Calculate force to open a door with a gas spring

  • Camiloae
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How Does the Definition of Work Affect the First Law of Thermodynamics Equation?

  • Nick tringali
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How Do You Calculate the New Density of Kr in a Balloon?

  • morechem28
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To calculate the forces on a composite body

  • gnits
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Derivation of single slit diffraction formula

  • songoku
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Speeds of the rolling ball at different points in this roller coaster track

  • Ineedhelpwithphysics
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Interpreting Weird Results: J_u, P_1 and T_1

  • baseballfan_ny
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Understanding the Coriolis Force: How to Calculate It

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Confused about which forces are external when Newton's Second Law is used

  • curiousPep
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Hinged rod rotating, falling and hitting a mass

  • Very_Unwise
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Compensating for Earth's Rotation With v = ωr

  • nmnna
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Mass matters for standing waves on a string?

  • zooch
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Force acting on a charge across a hybrid medium

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Inverse-Square Law of Radiation

  • ayans2495
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Solving the Weight Puzzle: Explaining Why and How

  • Tapias5000
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Seemingly simple equilibrium problem - force balance

  • davidwinth
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How to determine the same moment of inertia in two different ways?

  • Tapias5000
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Proving that the incident intensity is not the same as the sum of others

  • LCSphysicist
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Dynamics problem about two-dimensional tug-of-war

  • Bunny-chan
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Using the sin function for a problem with a frictionless pulley and an incline

  • sentimentaltrooper
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Understanding the Physics of a=0 in u+at

  • Alsfc
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Do Radio Transmitters cause diffraction?

  • phantomvommand
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What is the common error when discussing the photoelectric effect?

  • Aurora_b
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Finding acceleration of block with block on top, connected by rope

  • sentimentaltrooper
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How Does Current Behave Over Time in AC Circuits?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Speed and direction of proton after collision

  • songoku
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Why Does Fleming's Right Hand Rule Give an Upward Force on the Wire?

  • Devs
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How can I locate the coordinates of the centroid of a cone in Z?

  • Tapias5000
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What Quantum fields are in the intergalactic space ?

  • NnnTech
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How do dark spot and tiny hole filters affect Fourier optics images?

  • George444fg
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Integration in angular momentum

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Why does it look dark between the distance stars at night?

  • NnnTech
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Can I power things even after Zener breakdown?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Mechanical Waves Recorded after an Earthquake

  • Harli
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Special relativity, a train and a light pulse

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