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Energy and Center of Mass Problem

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Energy of a Hydrogen Flouride molecule in normal mode vibration

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Challenging physics problem with spring, oscillations and moment of inertia?

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Special Ratio problem (not a math problem. It's the physic problem)

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Conservative Forces and Fg Questions

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Coefficient of static friction and kinetic friction problem

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Newtons laws/weight/acceleration/force

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How Do I Calculate the Torque on a Tooth's Root About Point A?

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How do I prove I=(V(sub b))/R*e^-t/RC experimentally

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How Does a Man's Movement Affect the Angular Speed of a Merry-Go-Round?

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Rotational and Translational Kinetic Energy - marble and bowl problem.

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Why why why? Sum of torque, changes in directions? This is

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Force diagram for ring/bead problem

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How far can the ant walk before slipping off the record?

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Relating moment of Inertia and pendulum oscillation

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How to calculate daytime from a graph

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What is the Radius of an Electron Trajectory in a Magnetic Field?

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Why is enthalpy change zero in an isothermal process?

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Calculate the percentage increase in mass

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Rotation and varying friction coefficient

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Tension in a spinning rope using differential equations

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Average magnitude of force during a 0.4 second impact

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Maximum Acceleration for Crate on Moving Flatbed

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Engery Conservation in Oscillatory Motion

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Simple problem about the torque?

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Bullet lodged in rotating rod: angular momentum conservation

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2D completely inelastic collision question

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Minimum and maximum angle to clear a 10 m goal post

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Magnet moved through copper ring

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Finding Tensions (3 strings and 1 mass)

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Question regarding electric circuits and current

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Work done by friction on potted plant

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Calculating Energy Transfer and Work Done by a Crane

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Minimum possible kinetic energy in an interaction

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Box moving up a slope by a force

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How Does a Car's Momentum Change If Its Kinetic Energy Doubles?

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What is the Maximum Height of a Pendulum with Given Initial Conditions?

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Calculating Orbital Periods for Spherical Planets in Orbit

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Inelastic collision angular acceleration problem

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Roller coaster friction problem?

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How does melting polar ice affect Earth's moment of inertia and day length?

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Why Is Lowering a Box Considered Negative Work While Gravity Does Positive?

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Fluid Mechanics and SHM question Question

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Determine magnitude and direction of the force exerted on the floor

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Distance and direction of one leg of a sailboat sail.

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How does period change when mass or spring constant changes?

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Energy when going down the escalator

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What is the Largest Nuclear Fission Model?

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Antoher Irodov's Problem. Could it be a mistake?

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Difficult 2D Kinematics Question

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Elastic collision problem involving nuclei

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CRO display (involve D.C and A.C)

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Thermodynamics - Adiabiatc Expansion

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RC circuit with two equal capacitors: find capacitance when each reads 40V

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Is the Force Described by F = A(10ai + 3xj) Conservative?

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When and Where Do Planetary Systems Form?

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How Much Ice Melts When Shot with a Lead Bullet?

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Elastic collision and kinetic energy problem?

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Stiffness in mass spring system

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Why we multiply charges in the coulomb's law equation

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Small Body on a Sphere loss of contact

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Solving the Bomb Explosion Problem

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Motion, Finding stopping distance

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Finding the inertia with a thin rectangular sheet

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Measuring voltages with Ammeters and Voltmeters

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Using Kepler's Law to find speed of a comet in orbit

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Cancelling the Earths magnetic field

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Dropping a closed loop into a magbetic field

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Are overdischarged batteries a fire risk?

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Mass of block given μK and Force?

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Force between blocks in contact on a frictionless surface

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Can you deduce the coefficient of restitution from impace force plot?

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How can I calculate air resistance without knowing the reference area?

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Gravity and torque on balls rolling down an incline

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Calculating Rotational Parameters of a Rotating Sphere

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Physics Net Force Incline problem

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Finding molar specific heat at constant pressure

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Force -displacement graph question

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You are standing on top of a building. Two balls are thrown

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Physics Kinetic and Static fricton problem

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Wave pulse displacement graph for spring compression

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Conservation of energy with kinetic energy and spring

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Are My Equations Correct for Kirchoff's Rules?

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Unit vectors and direction cosines

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Proton velocity(magnitude and direction)

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Soliton Solutions in Wave Theory

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Why Is My Physics Professor Giving Contradictory Advice?

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Determine resolution of use by modelling it as single slit

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Circular motion, unbalanced-balanced forces

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Kinetic Energy rotational and translational conceptual question.

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How to find acceleration of 2 masses on a pulley on slanted plane

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