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A box with two springs on a frictionless table

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Calculating Tension in a Pulley System at an Angle

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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

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Manometer -- determine height from relative pressure

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Air Resistance Problem: Dropping two balls with different masses

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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

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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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Potential Energy of three charged particles

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Uneven charge distribution on a conductor

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I finding resultants using sine/cosine law

  • EddyBenzen122
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Is my solution for this equilibrium problem correct?

  • Tapias5000
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Force exerted by rod on a mass moving in vertical circle

  • songoku
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Latitude change when traveling one nautical mile along a meridian

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Electric field at the center of a quarter-circle arc of charge

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Amusement Park Centripetal Force Question.

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Thin Charged Isolated Rod -- Find the electric field at this point

  • Ugnius
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What factors determine wattage of electrons flowing through a wire?

  • LouisL
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Confused while reading HRK regarding rotational kinematics

  • Afo
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Show the identity ##\vec{\nabla}(\vec{r} \cdot \vec{u})##

  • Redwaves
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Confusing definition of electrical potential energy

  • vcsharp2003
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What Are Some Possible Topics for an IB Physics Extended Essay?

  • Newton04
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How can I solve these two physics problems? (equilibrium and moment)

  • Tapias5000
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Question on special relativity from "Basic Relativity"

  • PhysicsTruth
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Power calculations for a motor spinning a turntable

  • mapika123
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Height of pendulum after hitting a peg

  • songoku
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Motion - How do you find the time in the air of an object

  • mncyapntsi
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Finding final volume in isothermal and adiabatic processes

  • es4
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Uniform acceleration in special relativity as function of proper time

  • LCSphysicist
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Electric Flux for a cube problem

  • vcsharp2003
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Force diagram of two rods hinged together

  • songoku
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Finding Radial Force from Free Body Diagram

  • Slipjoints
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Car passing two markers, kinematics question

  • orangegalaxies
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How do I Format Shapes in MS Word?

  • AllThingsGo
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Artillery shells colliding in midair at 49° and 20° angles

  • sc8
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What is the speed of the bicycle?

  • brochesspro
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Solving Uncertainty in Data Analysis with Spectrophotometry

  • LCSphysicist
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How Do We Calculate Surface Charge Density on a Non-Conducting Shell?

  • rudransh verma
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2 contradicting approaches for a 1D elastic collision

  • baseballfan_ny
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In combing hair, how do I know which one is getting what charge?

  • Benjamin_harsh
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Is Your Charge Density Integration Correct for a Spherical Volume?

  • rudransh verma
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Identifying a biological sample with Si-O composition from SEM-EDX

  • Yel744
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Misunderstanding of Gravitational Potential Energy

  • Rsch613
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Finding the maximum compression of the spring

  • Sean Harold
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Finding The magnitude of the velocity

  • lesdayy
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How Does Nick's Acceleration Change When His Friend Pulls the Rope?

  • brandonp620
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Displacement nodes for overtones

  • vel
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Volume density vs Surface density of charge distribution

  • vcsharp2003
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Decomposing acceleration into tangential and normal components

  • Shreya
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Magnitude of the flux through a rectangle

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Help with Mathematical Description & Calculations of Space Charge Density

  • Buzzer33
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Calculate quality factor of a damped oscillation from a graph

  • Redwaves
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How to solve for EMF and internal resistance in a circuit?

  • np115
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I am having some difficulties solving a combination circuits problem

  • EddyBenzen122
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Is My Solution for Part D Logically Correct?

  • EnricoHendro
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Linear size of everything in the Universe has been doubled overnight

  • Monsterboy
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Is the Force Diagram for a Trolley with Zero Acceleration Accurate?

  • pkc111
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How do you identify the systems in which Newton's Third Law is obeyed?

  • pkc111
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Uncertainty, volume, and measurement

  • mncyapntsi
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In hot pursuit, Agent Logan of the FBI

  • hitemup
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Dipole placed in a uniform electric field

  • vcsharp2003
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Time measured by two clocks (involves time dilation)

  • songoku
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Is Negative Acceleration Always Indicative of Slowing Down?

  • mncyapntsi
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Intro Physics homework help - distance and velocity

  • mncyapntsi
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Conservation of energy for a series of elastic collisions

  • Andrew1235
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Special Relativity and lightning

  • friendbobbiny
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Subtracting two vectors -- I'm not getting the right answer

  • Aleksa
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Confusion in choosing an origin point for angular momentum

  • Rikudo
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Transition between excited states

  • gildomar
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Calculate the individual voltage, current and power in series and para

  • nickbb12
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Can Derivative Methods Determine the Correct Angle in Physics Problems?

  • Tapias5000
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EMF due to Lorentz electric and magnetic forces

  • songoku
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Exponential potential energy state diagram

  • ThEmptyTree
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What's the source of increase in rotational energy of carousel?

  • Karagoz
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Static structure - find a fourth relation

  • Moara
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Calculating Rocket Velocity to Sun

  • arpon
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Distance and acceleration from a v(t) graph

  • gladidi
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Equivalent system (force+couple moment) of a loaded beam

  • greg_rack
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Special Relativity Time Dilation/Length Contraction Problem

  • Yosty22
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Uncertainty in the intersection of two lines with error bars

  • SuchBants
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Charge Density on a Conductive Slab

  • MengMei
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Magnetic energy density, and pressure due to magnetic force

  • Steve Spence
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Energy loss of damped oscillator

  • vel
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Conserving Momentum in Emptying a Freight Car

  • ThEmptyTree
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A slanted cylinder full of liquid about to fall

  • lorenz0
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Adding vectors in this 3-D problem

  • huehuephy
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Finding the velocity of a car in a different frame of reference

  • Redwaves
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Newton's First law of motion -- Boy jumping vertically on a moving train

  • Mikasun1108
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What is the net force's direction of an object at its highest point?

  • Mikasun1108
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Why must the sum of baryon and tau masses exceed the A mass?

  • user1139
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Boat towed by two ropes at angles - force balance

  • Tapias5000
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