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Finding units for parameters in power law fit A=B*V^n

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What is the force of attraction between mars and the satellite?

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Timelike separated events cannot occur at the same time

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Person pushes down the length of the handle of a 12.1kg

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Earnshaw's Theorem and electrostatics

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What is the Charge of a Moving Particle in an Electric Field?

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Net Force Exerted by Two Charges on a Third Charge (Coulomb's Law)

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Physics of Car Driving on Banked Curve: Forces at Play

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Calculating net force from a diagram

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A pendulum inside an oscillation railroad car.

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Projectile Motion problem Phyisics 1

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Calculating Maximum Force Acting on 28kg Mass: F=ma

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Finding Max Force Acting on a Moving Body Mass: A Challenge

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Having trouble finding the potential between two positive point charges.

  • nontradstuden
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A question regarding particle diffraction.

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Special Relativity with Three reference frames

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Parallel Conducting plates problem

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Calculating the Length of an Incline Plane: A Kinematic Approach

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How can I explain how air resistance damps a pendulum's motion

  • JamieGreggary
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Finding the natural frequency of a steel beam

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Skier on a snowball (Newtonian Mechanics)

  • derravaragh
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Kinematics: Slowing Car from 54 to 32 km/h in 65 m

  • Inferior Mind
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Graphing disc radius vs damping in a pendulum experiment

  • JamieGreggary
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Charge on a Sphere: Calc Magnitude & Deficit Electrons

  • quicksilver123
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Two Balls Dropped: Same Time Impact?

  • Toranc3
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Calculating Ratio of Time Above ymax/2 to Time from Floor to ymax

  • Toranc3
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How much force to drag an object?

  • c131frdave
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Finding the total vertical distance - transverse wave

  • PhysicsFriend
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5 blocks connected together on an incline

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Kinetic enengy needed to break a board

  • Howlin
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Vertical Projectile Motion Problem

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Particle motion + electric fields

  • quicksilver123
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Overlapping spheres of charge: finding the E field between them

  • jerro
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Lorentz transformations combined with force

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Validity of Newton's 2nd Law in accelerating ref. frame and constant v.

  • Hakkinen
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Optics: Finding the wave equation given position and amplitude information

  • azolotor
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Free Body Diagram and applied force

  • ThePhysicsBoy
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Differentiating energy equation for mass on springs

  • caius
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Extension of upper spring with three masses in decelerating elevator

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Re-arranging cosh to make x the subject

  • zfleas
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F = ma Exam 2011 # 12 (Gravitational Attraction of Rods and Balls)

  • SignaturePF
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Electric Potential and Energy in Parallel Plate Configuration

  • skg94
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F=MA 2012 Exam #19: Find Pipe Radius

  • SignaturePF
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F = ma 2011 Exam #9 (Ideal Spring problem)

  • SignaturePF
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Electric potential at the outer surface of the insulating sphere?

  • bodaciousbob
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F = MA 2010 # 11 (Static equilibrium, 3 masses on a string)

  • SignaturePF
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Electric field of Earth: what are r and a in the field equation?

  • Lolligirl
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Hudson River accident. Friction on water

  • MikeyMike
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Why does the E-field inside a cylinder =0?

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Ball thrown striaght up part C

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Thermal Physics, finding the thermal conductivity of a metal

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Resonant frequencies in a tube with adjustable length

  • Von Neumann
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Mechanics Problems, involving spring system and gravitation

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What type of heat transfer is this? Conduction, convector, or radiation?

  • pyroknife
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Thermodynamics internal energy Problem

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Water Flowing through U-tubes (Velocity Given Cross-Sectional Areas)

  • SignaturePF
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Energy Considerations When A Satellite Changes Orbit

  • Bashyboy
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Sniper Projectile Motion: Trajectory and Impact Analysis

  • Inferior Mind
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Determing Height To Which A Projectile Will Rise

  • Bashyboy
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Distance Travelled in Perfectly Elastic Collision with Friction

  • SignaturePF
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Calculating total circuit resistance

  • Jalisi
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Why is my calculation for the height of the building off?

  • Toranc3
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F = MA 2010 #10 (Two blocks on top of each other, one is being pulled)

  • SignaturePF
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F = MA Exam 2010 #'s 15,16 (Two mass system with initial velocity)

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A ball is dropped twice off the same initial height. trial one bounces

  • melofc
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Block on a Plane - Friction problem

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Solving for Acceleration using V^2=V0^2+2a(x-x0)

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Very hard Coulomb Force with two charges

  • Ben000
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F = MA 2010 Exam # 24 (MoI after shift in CoG)

  • SignaturePF
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Finding Acceleration of a Car with a Hanging Mass

  • morrisj753
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Circuit 1 with Resistors and Battery

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Particle collision at an angle

  • Saxby
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Particle speed relativity question

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Be atom splitting into two helium atoms

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Resultant vector relative to x and y axis.

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Falling stick with weight on the end

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Doubling the frequency of a wave

  • Saxby
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Differentiating force to find potential energy

  • Saxby
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How Fast Does a Rock Accelerate Past a Window?

  • mgerman63016
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Rutherford Experiment, energy and acceleration.

  • skg94
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Ring of charge (half positive, half negative)

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Solving Ideal Gas Question: Calculating Total Hydrogen and # of Balloons

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Law of conservation of energy and springs.

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Point Charge and Charged Sphere; Gauss' Law

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Question concerning Electromagnetism

  • Shinster007
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How Does Friction Affect Energy Between Points B and C?

  • Questions999
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Can heat be conducted in ice when only one layer is melted?

  • sgstudent
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Diffraction Gratings, confusing question.

  • skg94
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Longitudinal Waves in Air (Experimentally determining the speed of sound)

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Solving the Rock Falling: Velocity & Time

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Finding period formula for compound pendulum with log linearization

  • Gauss M.D.
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Time dilation problem approaches from relativity homework

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Angle required to keep block from sliding down plane

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Finding and labeling equilibrium points between multiple point charges.

  • nontradstuden
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Motion in two and three dimensions question?

  • Questions999
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Projectile:body falling down well

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Gauss' Law: Electric Field of Spherical Shell Insulator

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Finding the Height of a Pot On the Y-Axis

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A Penny Falling Off a Non-moving Sphere

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