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Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem problem

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How Many Trucks Can US Oil Production Fuel in a Year?

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How to find the specific volume?

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Atwood's Machine with one side holding a variable mass

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A Cylinder Rolling Down a Vertical Wall

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Mason-Weaver equation and time dependend solutions

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Idealized Fluid: Pressure & Force Tangential to Surface

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Calculating the moment of inertia of a cylinder

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Multiplying a Vector Product by Another Vector

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Calculating G-Forces in a Banked Turn on a Roller Coaster

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Solving Final Temp of Ice & Water Mixture

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How Do You Determine the Direction of a Magnetic Field in Wire Configurations?

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Parallel Plate Capacitor having equal charges on plates

  • Tanya Sharma
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Scaling factor of Energy in a capacitor with change in charge

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Solve Physics Essay on Wave Power Plants with IB Course

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Making a DC motor speed question

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Need help for my question regarding circuit

  • mremadahmed
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Calculating the Required Charge for Gravitational Force

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Problem about Force, Work, and Energy

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Calculating Net Force on a Cyclist: Newton's Law Q Explained

  • pencilcase
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Two Rolling Objects Racing Down a Hill?

  • dwangus
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Calculating Error in Multiple Independent Variables

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Can a Cannonball's Height Exceed Its Range?

  • poseidon007
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Find the maximum tension allowed.

  • SAUMYA B
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Switching inertial reference frames equations

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Action and reaction pair for buoyant force.

  • kennykwong
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Tennis Ball Launcher Calcuations

  • Redfire66
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Why does it matter whether or not an ammeter has zero resistance?

  • question dude
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Particle in 1D Box: Relationship to Probability & Energy

  • Ayham
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Why the total tension is not zero?

  • Aruna Kiran
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Maximum value of F - SIN Waterloo Contest

  • Uns7able
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Wave: amplitude, frequency, wavelength

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Torque (of a couple) and centre of gravity MCQ

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Find the time interval between the above two events.

  • 7even
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Derive the density of an ideal gas as a function of temperature?

  • Outrageous
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What is the value of r given the change in electric potential?

  • mrcotton
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Complex operations, bra-ket notation, confusion

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What Is Gaetan Boucher's Total Acceleration at 1/4 Lap?

  • Lolagoeslala
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SIN Contest Water Tank in a Moving Vehicle Question

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Estimate the number of electrons flowing in a semiconductor pn junction

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Newtons laws clarification question

  • physics2000
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Calculate Ratio of Masses A & B After Collision

  • Gloyn
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Voltage B to D in a simple Circuit

  • Justkiller91
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Water and mercury volume change with temperature

  • spaghetti3451
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Static Equilibrium with buoyant force. High difficulty.

  • physninj
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I need to find the function of f with given data

  • mimi.janson
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Solving Static Equilibrium: Force at Support & Left End

  • ehabmozart
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Unknown angle between two vectors

  • student34
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Calculate the Ratio of Ib/Ia in an Electrical Circuit

  • SuperHero
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Problem related to the vector potential of B

  • nuclear_dog
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Derivations of KE=1/2mv^2 and PE=mgh

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2012 F = ma Contest, Problem 24

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Find the distance with the relativity problem

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The force of wind blowing on a wall at an angle

  • hyperddude
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Circuit analysis problems with answers

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Solving Physics Problem: Momentum of mK Affected by mL

  • BerkS
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Pebble falling into water; drag force

  • unscientific
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Moment of inertia physical pendulum

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Solving an Elasticity Problem - Any Help Appreciated!

  • physicist10
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Find time, given acceleration as a function of position.

  • tent
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How to get the variables m,v^2,h and g

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Sketching loci in the complex plane

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Angular momentum and energy conservation.

  • golanor
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What is the significance of having coherent light in a laser?

  • Jye
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Energy needed for a velocity change?

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Calculating Kinetic & Potential Energy of Rama's Impact

  • Mecia22
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Rotational and Translational Equilibrium Help Needed

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How Does Elevator Acceleration Affect Gold Trading Profits?

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What is magnetic flux and magnetic flux density? Please keep it simple.

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How Do You Convert Weight to Newtons in Variable Gravity?

  • Mecia22
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Solving the Olympic Ring Puzzle: Calculate Max Mass

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Help me proving this Kinetic Friction Coefficient

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Tangent to the centrum edge of a circle

  • mimi.janson
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Finding mass of ice, using densities

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Slope and Projectile Problem: Finding Distance Covered on a Landing Slope

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Buoyant force in seawater and freshwater

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Find mom of inertia and frictional torque

  • physicsgirl4
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Please help Projectile breaks into fragments question

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RC Circuit: Charges faster than discharges?

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Does Solenoid Diameter Affect Acceleration of a Metal BB?

  • joe_cool2
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Conservation of Energy + Projectile Motion

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Dynamics - the physics of tobogganing and forces at an angle

  • L_0611
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What forces act on the supports of a rectangle?

  • hyperddude
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Distance between point charges in equilibrium (simple)

  • Mitocarta
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Projectile Motion - motion on a horizontal surface

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2D kinematics - Solved, but a question on the logic

  • Greyt
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Gravitational field strength between masses

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Handicapped pendulum assignment

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Forces Concerning a Rectangular Prism

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What Problems Can Occur When Automobile Engines Get Too Hot?

  • spaghetti3451
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Very simple conversion problem

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Can not understand how to divide the components of the vector.

  • arierreF
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What is the force on a test charge at the center?

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