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Rolling wheel elastic collision with velocity reversal

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Simple Newton's 2nd Law problem Why isn't this answer right, though?

  • Lo.Lee.Ta.
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Difference between e/E and U in Ohm's law for receivers and generators

  • Mohamad&Issa
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Horizontal Spring Pulled from Equilibrium?

  • riseofphoenix
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Are these three things DEPENDENT on Amplitude?

  • riseofphoenix
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Two dipoles on an axis. There is one point where the E field vanishes.

  • _Chemicals_
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Inelastic Collision: Cart of Mass m Hits Stationary Cart of Mass 2m

  • Lo.Lee.Ta.
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Does a helium balloon tilt when a bus accelerates?

  • rbwang1225
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Average force to keep something in place during an automobile crash?

  • katiecrapps
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How Is the Amplitude Calculated in a Damped Spring-Mass System?

  • mcafej
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Frequency of Oscillation of a Mass on a Vertical Spring

  • cbasst
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Circular Motion (ratio of velocities)

  • Qualenal
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Finding final velocity using energy conservation with initial height and speed

  • riseofphoenix
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Conceptual Problem in rotating cone problem

  • WannabeNewton
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Conservation of Energy (Kinetic and Potential Energies)

  • Pappers08
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Calculating Projectile Height Using Law of Gravitation

  • majormaaz
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Pressure of Helium inside a balloon floating in air

  • yaylee
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Minimum speed for passenger to catch train starting 6.0 s ahead

  • Violagirl
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Why does kinetic energy differ for different masses moving the same distance?

  • riseofphoenix
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Converting binding energy of an element to joules

  • Hannah1
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Calculate the speed of a proton given its kinetic energy

  • Hannah1
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Truck vs car collision: force, impulse, momentum and deceleration

  • urbano
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Calculating Equilibrium Mass in a Pulley System

  • twerkit
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Center of mass after particles move

  • codems5
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Answer to an SHM Problem Does Not Fit Into Original Situation

  • modulus
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Isotope Half-Life and Sample Size Calculation

  • AryRezvani
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Finding coefficient of kinetic friction from normal force and tension

  • riseofphoenix
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How is Force Related to Acceleration and Mass?

  • urbano
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Find the tension T of the two blocks. I think I'm doing something wrong

  • riseofphoenix
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Ball bouncing off moving plank collision problem

  • penguinnnnnx5
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Accelerating Incline - Conditions to prevent slipping

  • Pi-Bond
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Basic theory behind conservation of momentum and impulse.

  • theBEAST
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Kinetic energy involving angular momentum and inertia

  • penguinnnnnx5
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A hard question from the Oxford interview

  • Negi Magi
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An inclined plane, a pulley, and three masses

  • smashd
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Finding spring constant of hung mass

  • serverxeon
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Find the Y component of the Center of Mass

  • johnnyboy53
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Max value of the average normal stress in the links.

  • theBEAST
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Fining the force constant of a spring

  • Crbeach
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By how many volts is the battery 'loaded down'?

  • a_patel32
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How Do I Solve This Kinematic Equation Problem with Gravity?

  • riseofphoenix
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Work for pumping out a halfsphere

  • StandUpGuy
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Relativity - Time Dilation - Solving for t

  • PeachBanana
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Pellet colliding with hanging mass example. Having trouble finding height.

  • folsomfighter
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Deriving Rocket's position from acceleration.

  • ShizukaSm
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Solve the Res-monster Maze in Minutes!

  • sai2020
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Currently studying for finals, with torque

  • penguinnnnnx5
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Conductive heat transfer through basement wall

  • omc1
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Heat rate flow through bar? and thermal conductivity

  • omc1
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General Lens Question: Diverging or Converging

  • digipony
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Barrel lowered by rope and pulley: finding torque and pivot point

  • albert.c.16
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Increase Of Rotational Inertia While Motion Occurs

  • Bashyboy
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Minimum ice slab volume for person to stand on without sinking

  • mwalter
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What is the equation for heat loss due to viscosity in a viscid fluid?

  • peripatein
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Optics problem (myopia, glasses)

  • tomkoolen
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Dropping springs (in free fall) and hoberman ball

  • katzzx
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Biot-Savart Law- magnetic field produced by single wire.

  • howsockgothap
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What is the Voltage Between Point B and Point C in this Circuit?

  • tomkoolen
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Time it takes for two charges to collide

  • jpark31
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How do you determine current direction at circuit intersections?

  • brittydagal
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Bernoulli's Principle (Possibly involving Venturi's Effect)

  • JPOconnell
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Charge on the Capacitor at a Specific Time

  • brittydagal
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How does tension in a pendulum string vary with time?

  • zumi78878
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Invariant Mass/Inelastic Collision Problem

  • demoncore
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Deriving position from a car's velocity equation.

  • ShizukaSm
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Finding range and height of bullets when given velocity

  • AngryApple
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Pressure Problem: Calculating Gauge Pressure in a Layered Salad Dressing

  • Meowserkitty
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Maximum Bore Diameter for Axial Tensile Load question

  • MMCS
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Direction of friction for a ball rolling up an incline

  • izelkay
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Finding the Current through Resistors - Kirchoff's Laws?

  • shrew
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Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas Question

  • rokr32
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Three Pulleys 3 masses, find tension

  • Purple Grind
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Calculate the quantum number of an electron given its velocity

  • MatrixMan87
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Finding Period of Pendulum with r, m, L, M

  • zumi78878
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Find the x and y component of an electric field

  • warnexus
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Finding ω and T of a Pendulum With No Numbers

  • NilliNilli
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Damped Oscillator equation - Energy

  • Paddyod1509
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Finding time given positions in SHM

  • jstevenson16
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Calculating Earth's Angular Momentum: A Model of a Uniform Sphere

  • Bashyboy
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Rotational Mechanics Problem again

  • thunderhadron
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Diode circuit analysis with D2 and D3

  • Drao92
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Determining the speed of sound from a half-open open pipe

  • kell
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Finding the Force on One Point Charge Due to Multiple Point Charges

  • PeachBanana
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Net torque on a beam about point O and point C

  • Bashyboy
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How to build a DC motor from wire and magnets and increase RPM

  • 33639
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How Does Projectile Motion Affect Internal Energy Changes?

  • zumi78878
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Derive an Equation for Period of Ring Pendulum

  • Arrhenius7991
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Why do bubbles in water form perfect spheres?

  • sgstudent
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What Determines the Pressure at Mid-Point in a Siphon Tube?

  • utkarshakash
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How Fast Can Water Flow from a Kitchen Faucet on the Third Floor?

  • lch20yy
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Spring Physics Help: Initial Velocity & Max Accel.

  • zumi78878
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Mechanics - Velocity over Time

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Meteor Passing a Planet. Sample UC Berkeley Final question

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