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Very hard ideal gas law problem

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Finding the Force Between Two Point Charges

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How do I find the phase difference between two oscillators

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Confusion over Rolling with Friction and Rolling Without Slipping

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Finding theoretical equation for elastic band force vs distance lab

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Are two experimental values of k consistent within their error bars?

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Propagation of Errors - Error on Gradient

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How Does Roller Coaster Physics Calculate Velocity?

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Equilibrium of a system consisting of two bodies

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Finding the differential equation for a oscillating system

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Centre of Mass Displacement when Man Climbs Ladder w/ Counterweight

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How to get angular velocity from force

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Statics-Two wires holding traffic light

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Why Does Temperature Remain Constant in Adiabatic Free Expansion?

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Properties that determine rise in temperature

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Velocity of Electron ionized from Hydrogen

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What is the de Broglie wavelength of a falling neutron in a vacuum?

  • DRC12
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How Does Pressure Distribute in a Fluid System?

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How Does the Temperature Affect Ice Melting in Iced Tea?

  • phunphysics2
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Calculating Work and Power: 50-N Force on a 2-kg Object

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Why is the center of mass speed 0.33 m/s, not 2.33 m/s?

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A large mirror is hung from a nail. The supporting ?

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Physics paper, picture analysis

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Work Energy/Momentum Problem - Why is there a loss of energy?

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Find the Force applied to a rock by a slingshot

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Conservation of Energy: Spring onstant

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Calculating Electron Speed and Energy in a Parallel-Plate Apparatus

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Power Needed for 200kg Glider to Reach 25m/s in 75m

  • physics.mk
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How Do I determine when a pendulum ceases to be SHM

  • WoodyHD
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Projecting a block up to compress a spring

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Metal bar temperature when kinetic energy is multiplied by 9.49

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Pauli exclusion principle and fermions, bosons and quarks

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Questions - solving pendulum period of rotation

  • Physics7
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What Load Weight is Needed to Suspend a Rope Over Water?

  • Jonnigs
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How Does the Velocity of a Cart Change When Water Hits It?

  • sapz
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How can Coulomb's Law be used to find the force between a charge and a surface?

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Thin lens projecting magnified image on wall 2m away

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Wanna make a project for Optics Fair, Need Hepl

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Pendulum problem, need to be checked

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AP PHYSICS ~ FLUIDS ~ A cube of osmium with a volume of

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Work Energy Theorem and Uniform Disc Problem

  • theBEAST
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Calculating the Speed of a Block After a Bullet Collision

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Electric field from uniform charge of finite length

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Voltage change away from long line of uniform charge

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How Do You Solve a Glancing Elastic Collision in Physics?

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How to Calculate the Speed of a Block Released from a Spring

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How Long Until the Drink Reaches Room Temperature?

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Velocity of Water in 5 cm Tube: Solve Equation

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How Is Work Calculated When Pushing a Box Up a Frictionless Ramp?

  • chinnie15
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Moment of Inertia/Torque about point O of the rod

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Find distance to which the center rises

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Find the gradient of 1/mod{r-r'}

  • Ashiataka
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Is Energy Always Conserved Like Momentum in Physics?

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Pressure of piston in a cylinder containing gas, find heat (Q)

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How Are These Members in Compression and Tension

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Coefficient of friction on incline and Superman stopping a car

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Second Moment of Inertia of a Rectangle

  • theBEAST
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Moment of inertia. Ball rolling experiment.

  • Dragonetti
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How Do Velocities Affect Collision and Proximity in Particle Dynamics?

  • Jastrabik
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Why is the net electric field non-zero at the midpoint between +Q and -Q?

  • spencerchad
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Kinetic and potential energy of a ball thrown from a cliff at 30°

  • Questions999
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Calculating mass of an orbiting body

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Energy uncertainty of an atom in an excited state

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Conservation of Momentum - Collisions

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What is the point in having a voltage follower?

  • theBEAST
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Rotational Mechanics Problem typical one

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How Does Inductance Affect Energy Storage in AC Circuits?

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Height from rotating ring and block using energy conservation

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What is bandwidth in the context of RLC circuits?

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How to find the magnetic moment direction of a current-carrying wire

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Electric Potential and Energy on a Circular Arc?

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Maximum spring compression problem

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Is Work Always the Transfer of Energy?

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Electrical Energy Electron Question

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Find Current Through Voltage Source Using Kirchoff's Law

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Finding the coefficient of static friction

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Calculations Lab: Heats of Fusion and Vaporization

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Magnetic Field created from Current of Wire

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Angular Momentum for Man and Bullet

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Why does the acceleration of a pendulum depend on Rθ and not x?

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Amount of Plutonium used in Trinity

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Speed of a Relativistic Particle?

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Is a vacuum balloon posible? Theoretical material?

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Finding orbital radius from period without velocity

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Firecracker exploding into three equal pieces

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Maximum distance for 1 oz projectile with torsion spring catapult

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When Calculating Torque, When to Use Cos and Sin?

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Stopping distance formula with friction and grade

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First Year Physics Exam Prep: Challenging Problems Across Multiple Topics

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