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Can I power things even after Zener breakdown?

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Mechanical Waves Recorded after an Earthquake

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Special relativity, a train and a light pulse

  • LCSphysicist
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Mass swinging in a horizontal circle on 2 strings

  • applesoranges
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Current density in a wire that is being used to charge a capacitor

  • Ugnius
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How to find the amplitude of oscillations of a string with 5 beads?

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Clausius-Clapeyron equation and absorbed heat

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Finding the value of the electric charge

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How can I plot the function g(x) = sin(πn/L) x and its corresponding g²(x)?

  • Idonthave
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How Does Energy Conservation Apply to MCAT Physics Problems?

  • Nick tringali
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Zero velocity for a time interval, what about acceleration?

  • Monsterboy
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Find the intensity as function of y (interference between two propagating waves)

  • LCSphysicist
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Design a combination of Capacitors

  • Shreya
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Reflectivity of TiO2 film on glass with destructive interference

  • LCSphysicist
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Back EMF vs Reverse Currents: What's the Difference?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Finding the resultant force, moment, and x-y coordinates

  • j19063dc
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Finding the boat's entry time from a cosine tide equation

  • songoku
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Velocity of vertices of a free rhombus

  • guv
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Does Dropping the Anchor Affect the Barge's Water Displacement?

  • brotherbobby
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Magnetic flux equation in integral form

  • Einstein44
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Why does the larger pulley B have higher angular velocity than smaller pulley D?

  • thatstheguy9
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Centripetal acceleration along a latitude of Earth

  • mncyapntsi
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Trace on the screen of a C.R.O. when a deflection coil is rotated

  • songoku
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Why is ##\text{flux} = \pi\text{intensity}##

  • yucheng
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Relationship between horizontal range and angle of launch

  • ayans2495
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Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas

  • Fernando Rios
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Stick leaning on the wall, find the acceleration from the initial position

  • mattlfang
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How to calculate the normal stress of a Howe reinforcement?

  • Tapias5000
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EMF and how it's related to Potential Difference

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Two observers viewed from different sources

  • HakemHa
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Finding current density in a dielectric sphere with Ohm's law

  • Angela G
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Calculating joint reaction forces

  • Haku
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Temperature rise without heat energy?

  • vcsharp2003
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Semi-circular cylinder and line charge

  • Angela G
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Interference pattern of a fan of plane waves

  • baseballfan_ny
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Beam current of positrons and electrons

  • songoku
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Variation of Electric Field at the centre of Spherical Shell

  • Shreya
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Why does a stretched object have more inertia?

  • Ineedhelpwithphysics
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Calculating Force and Work for a Penguin Climbing up an Ice Slope

  • Nick Tucker
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1-D Motion, calculating final velocity

  • mncyapntsi
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Finding Multiple Angles from Sine Values on the Unit Circle

  • Ethan
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Finding constant friction force from deceleration over distance

  • es4
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Electrostatic potential and electric field of three charges

  • Ugnius
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Finding force from a hockey stick collision without knowing acceleration

  • Dillypuff
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Trouble with negative sign in this Potential Difference problem

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Finding trajectory from acceleration using vector identities

  • Einstenio
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Electrostatic potential energy of a non-uniformly charged sphere

  • Anonymous243
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Block on spring with friction: finding deceleration to rest

  • thatstheguy9
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Electron trajectory between charged plates

  • MiguelBBeats
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Pebble accelerated by the wind with a starting velocity

  • Ursa
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Finding mutual inductance from magnetic dipole moment

  • Angela G
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Push/Pull Force of wheeled cart on an incline

  • Rusty_Shackleford
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Why is runner 1 faster if both have the same average velocity?

  • rudransh verma
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Calculating Linear and Angular Motion in a Drum and Cable System

  • Ebony
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Banked curves, coefficient of static friction

  • mncyapntsi
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Is Free Fall Acceleration Constant Until An Object Hits the Ground?

  • Jynku
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Trip from San Antonio to Houston

  • rudransh verma
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Vectors in yz and xz plane dot product, cross product, and angle

  • Ursa
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Electric potential at the center of a charged ring

  • Angela G
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Max velocity on banked curve when tan(θ + θs) < 0

  • dl447342
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Off by order of magnitude when calculating how much calcium is in bone

  • overpen57mm
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Finding particle charge from Lorentz force with E and B fields

  • Gustav
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What is the focal point of a lens in a geometrical optics problem?

  • Marioweee
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Maximum force applied to prevent block from sliding up ramp

  • dl447342
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Energy transformations in an IC engine cylinder

  • vcsharp2003
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A scooterist trying to overtake truck

  • rudransh verma
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Torque formula derivation for a particle moving in circular

  • Father_Ing
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Why doesn't relativity work like Galilean velocity addition for light?

  • Monsterboy
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Why add car velocities to find when two cars meet

  • rudransh verma
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Ideal gas pressure in atmosphere with height

  • baseballfan_ny
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Converting dB loss to watts in a 6000 ft coax cable at 20 kHz

  • rwooduk
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Why Are My Coupled Oscillator Eigenvalues Incorrect?

  • Redwaves
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Why does the faster car's speed give the correct head start distance?

  • jerad908
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Solving a 2nd order non-linear DE by dimensional analysis/observation

  • phantomvommand
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Gravitational force - I translating the wording into the formula

  • lesdayy
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Find the temperature of Liquid A after 12 minutes

  • Richie Smash
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Analyzing the Time Needed for an Airplane Roundtrip in Windy Conditions

  • agnimusayoti
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Previous university exam problem on refraction (that I think is wrong)

  • SaltMiner
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Electrodynamics, Electrostatic potential, electric-field

  • Gustav
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The Force components acting on an object

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What is the eccentricity of an orbit such that Vp = 2Va?

  • csmiller1993
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Object at rest hanging from two ropes

  • mncyapntsi
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Amplitude of standing wave for higher frequency

  • songoku
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Rocket motor thrust calculation from acceleration data

  • Cb8
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Solving the Elastric 3-Body Collision Problem

  • vibha_ganji
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A box with two springs on a frictionless table

  • BrainMan
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Calculating Tension in a Pulley System at an Angle

  • mncyapntsi
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Calculating particle numbers in diffusive equilibrium of a battery

  • baseballfan_ny
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Finding acceleration when a helicopter lifts a box with a rope

  • Stell
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Manometer -- determine height from relative pressure

  • daphnelee-mh
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Air Resistance Problem: Dropping two balls with different masses

  • Richard8786
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Driven oscillator amplitude steady state X(t) = ##Asin(\omega t + \delta)##

  • Redwaves
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Work done on moving a submerged object

  • Murray Inglis
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Displacement problem with unit vectors

  • Ursa
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Feynman's calculation of velocity from discrete data points

  • rudransh verma
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Calculation of the rise in the temperature of a truck brake

  • KedarMhaswade
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Why Does the Potential Energy Calculation for a Dipole Yield a Negative Value?

  • guyvsdcsniper
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