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How to calculate time when falling off a building

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Application of Circuit laws (KCL and KVL)

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Radiant Intensity vs. Irradiance

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Motion & Energy: Calculate Total Energy & Friction Coefficient

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Thermodynamics involving escape velocity and Boltzmann factor

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How Do You Calculate Projectile Motion for a Missile Launched at an Angle?

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Block on a slope, friction related

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Is Epicyclic an Accurate Term for the Moon's Orbit Around the Sun?

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Experimental calculated values and Uncertainties

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Buoyancy (Archimede's Principle) Problem

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Three connected masses with horizontal force

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Quick Projectile Motion Problem

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Is the Conservation of Energy Solution Correct?

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Interpreting compass bearing 50° SW vs NE

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Interference and slits question

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Rotational dynamics, semicircular arc

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What Is the Velocity of a Ladybug on a Moving Chair Relative to the Ground?

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Is it Possible to Turn a Car Without Skidding?

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How Is Work and Kinetic Energy Calculated in Physics Problems?

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Finding I1/I2 with the current divider rule

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Tether rotation device in space problem

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When does the small angle approximation deviate by more than 1%?

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Kinetic energy to accelerate a proton to 0.9999c

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What's the volume of water required inside the lock if

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Black box with 1 ppm current imbalance: time to reach 1000 V

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Angular momentum; turntable problem

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What Causes a Pebble to Slip on a Rotating Wheel?

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How do you find the number of electrons given a mass fo the object?

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Finding Tension in String Connected to Electrically Repelled Sphere

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What is the shortest wavelength photon emitted in a hydrogen atom?

  • Kennedy111
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What actually happens when slicing occurs

  • sgstudent
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Calculating Energy Levels and Wavelengths in the Hydrogen Atom

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Finding velocity of a vehicle using Doppler Shift for sound

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Electron's Energy After Absorbing A Photon

  • Kennedy111
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Conversation of energy to determine angular velocity

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Tension in a circular wire with force radiating outwards

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Maximum speed of an object after a spring

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Deriving equation for minimum height in projectile motion with two give me's

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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Question

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Relationship between length of rubber beam and time to come to rest

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Tension of rope between two trees

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AP PHYSICS ~ Thermal Properties ~ A heat transfer of

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What is the final temperature of a lead ball dropped from a height of 4.57 m?

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Power dissipated by a resistor in parallel

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How Fast is a Particle Moving at 15 Meters in Two Dimensions?

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Confusion with Friction and mechanical energy

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Why Doesn't the Energy Method Require Friction for Rolling Objects?

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How Does a Particle's Position Change with Acceleration in the XY Plane?

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Adding vectors with the component method

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Constant acceleration problem to find the speed of a rocket

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Torques in equilibrium w/ angle

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Differences between heat capacity and thermal conductivity/convection

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Meter used before digital meter?

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Solve Rotational Dynamics Homework: Hollow Cylinder, Weight, String

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When is P1V1=P2V2 valid if the amount of gas changes?

  • sgstudent
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Working out EMF and internal resistance

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Calculating the mass of an object pivoting on a point

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Point Where Electric Field=0 (3 point charges on x-axis)

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Expression for voltage across resistor in circuit

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Gradient Vector Problem: Steepness and Slope Direction?

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How Do You Calculate the Force of Friction on a Moving Cart?

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Speed of a Wave: Solve for V in 4.6m and 7.4s

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Ice Sled Powered by Rocket Engine: Find t1, t2, v & Final Position

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Time for Two Balls to Reach Same Height

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Simple Harmonic Oscillator Problem

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Delta-Y equivalence and third circuit configuration with three terminals

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Zero impact vehicle that needs to travel 9 through 12 m

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Car sliding down inclined plane.

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Distance from +4μC to Zero Potential: 24mm

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Wave Interference - the principle of superposition

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When is electric field zero and electric potential non zero

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Arrival time from two US transducers

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Why is my capacitor voltage 8.35V when capacitors are in series?

  • freshbox
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Two boxes sliding down inclined plane

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Calculating Velocity and Direction Using the Doppler Effect

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Car moving with two blocks attached to it.

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Relative Acceleration in Noninertial Reference Frames

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Rolling Coin, Kleppner and Kolenkow, off by a factor of 3

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Using mathmatica, solving single equation

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Working out signs of work and heat for entropy change question

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Tangential acceleration of a bicycle pedal

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Electrons in a magnetic/electric field

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What is the Acceleration of an Inclined Plane due to Recoiling Block?

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How to calculate initial velocity and launch angle? (Projectiles)

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How Does a Sphere Exchange Thermal Radiation in Different Temperatures?

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Solving PV Graphs: Work, Heat, ΔU Questions

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A man pulls himself up;What force does he exert on the elevator?

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Magnetic Field above a Rectangular Circuit

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Does Slope Affect Car Stopping Distance?

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Permutation question with a dial

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How to Determine the Brightness of Bulbs in a New Configuration?

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How to Calculate the Torque Needed to Stop a Gear System in 2 Seconds?

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Calculating Time Dilation of a Rocket.

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Physics Theory Questions. Electrostatic/magnetic

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Calculating Gforce of Impact from 3ft Fall

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How Do You Apply Series and Parallel Rules in Circuit Analysis?

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Calculating refraction in continuous refractive index

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Special Relativity of rocket relative to you

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