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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?

  • elgato11
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Block on a slope, friction related

  • Revolt
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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

  • quicksilver123
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Is the Conservation of Energy Solution Correct?

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Interpreting compass bearing 50° SW vs NE

  • personguything
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Interference and slits question

  • doctordiddy
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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?

  • quicksilver123
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Is it Possible to Turn a Car Without Skidding?

  • PhizKid
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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

  • freshbox
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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

  • Lauren12
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What's the volume of water required inside the lock if

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

  • rbrayana123
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Angular momentum; turntable problem

  • physicsstdnt
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What Causes a Pebble to Slip on a Rotating Wheel?

  • PhizKid
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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

  • velouria131
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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

  • Kennedy111
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Finding velocity of a vehicle using Doppler Shift for sound

  • nawg04
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Electron's Energy After Absorbing A Photon

  • Kennedy111
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Conversation of energy to determine angular velocity

  • deltaOmega
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Tension in a circular wire with force radiating outwards

  • hyperddude
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Maximum speed of an object after a spring

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

  • Ceeerson
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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment Question

  • Kennedy111
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Relationship between length of rubber beam and time to come to rest

  • never4getthis
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Tension of rope between two trees

  • PhizKid
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AP PHYSICS ~ Thermal Properties ~ A heat transfer of

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

  • Silverbolt
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Power dissipated by a resistor in parallel

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

  • im4rheal
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Confusion with Friction and mechanical energy

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

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

  • im4rheal
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Adding vectors with the component method

  • personguything
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Constant acceleration problem to find the speed of a rocket

  • mahrap
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Torques in equilibrium w/ angle

  • supercherrie
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Differences between heat capacity and thermal conductivity/convection

  • sgstudent
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Meter used before digital meter?

  • kooombaya
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Solve Rotational Dynamics Homework: Hollow Cylinder, Weight, String

  • golanor
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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

  • PhysStudent81
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Calculating the mass of an object pivoting on a point

  • agm1984
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Point Where Electric Field=0 (3 point charges on x-axis)

  • lola748
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Expression for voltage across resistor in circuit

  • leroyjenkens
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Gradient Vector Problem: Steepness and Slope Direction?

  • bmb2009
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How Do You Calculate the Force of Friction on a Moving Cart?

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

  • pmd28
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Ice Sled Powered by Rocket Engine: Find t1, t2, v & Final Position

  • funwithphysics
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Time for Two Balls to Reach Same Height

  • n_nason
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Simple Harmonic Oscillator Problem

  • Hibbs
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Delta-Y equivalence and third circuit configuration with three terminals

  • rbrayana123
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Zero impact vehicle that needs to travel 9 through 12 m

  • Physicsdood99
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Car sliding down inclined plane.

  • leroyjenkens
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Distance from +4μC to Zero Potential: 24mm

  • mrcotton
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Wave Interference - the principle of superposition

  • Element1674
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When is electric field zero and electric potential non zero

  • mrcotton
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Arrival time from two US transducers

  • enc08
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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

  • zeralda21
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Calculating Velocity and Direction Using the Doppler Effect

  • vishnu manoj
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Car moving with two blocks attached to it.

  • ShizukaSm
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Relative Acceleration in Noninertial Reference Frames

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

  • AlwaysCurious
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Using mathmatica, solving single equation

  • kougou
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Working out signs of work and heat for entropy change question

  • shakeybear
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Tangential acceleration of a bicycle pedal

  • daffy
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Electrons in a magnetic/electric field

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

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

  • puppy143158
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How Does a Sphere Exchange Thermal Radiation in Different Temperatures?

  • bmb2009
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Solving PV Graphs: Work, Heat, ΔU Questions

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

  • ShizukaSm
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Magnetic Field above a Rectangular Circuit

  • Contingency
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Does Slope Affect Car Stopping Distance?

  • Kieranlavelle
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Permutation question with a dial

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

  • hms.tech
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How to Calculate the Torque Needed to Stop a Gear System in 2 Seconds?

  • TheAustrian
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Calculating Time Dilation of a Rocket.

  • alex1261
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Physics Theory Questions. Electrostatic/magnetic

  • skg94
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Calculating Gforce of Impact from 3ft Fall

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

  • Nikola_Tesla
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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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Acceleration of block 1 in a pulley system

  • ShizukaSm
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Conceptual difficulty with Electromagnetic induction

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Reaction Force On Ladder and Wall Case

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