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Deriving Electric Field at Origin for Infinite Line Charge

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Calculating Maximum Compression Height of Spring: A Scientific Approach

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An applied force varies with position

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What is the moment of inertia of an inclined disk?

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Concept of Elastic/Inelastic Collision ?

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Is the Velocity Equation v^2 = v0^2 + 2ax Dimensionally Correct?

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A cheerleader is practicing her baton twirling. The baton has two .6kg masses

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Calculating cost to heat house using R-values

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Vertical Deflection Off Free End Of Bar

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Compound circuit voltage drop along parallel component

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Calculating Speed of Blocks in Pulley System with Spring Compression

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Universal Gratvitation Problems

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How far does a baseball player slide with friction?

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Solving Cable Tension Problem with Given Angles and Mass

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Thin Film Interference Question

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Diffraction related to Resolving Power

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Statics: Balancing beam of unknown length

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Solving for Velocity and Describing Motion of a Spring-Mass System

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Kinetic energy: what percentage has been lost?

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Energy stored in a spring and velocity of a mass

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LLoyd's Mirror Distance Dependence

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Finding charges in a pendulum in equilibrium

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Calculating Toboggan Acceleration and Tension with Newton's Laws

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Gravitational Force between three forces

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Derive % change Kinetic energy eqn for inelastic collision

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Using the conservation of energy find speed

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Wheel and block on incline: rotational inertia calculation step

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Does force normal change when you push an object at an angle?

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Rotational Motion of Masses Problem

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Uniform Circular Motion of a race car

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Force to push mass down inclined plane

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Pulling a plank across cylinders - Rotational Dynamics

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Potential Energy of an electron in a parallel plate capacitor

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Why does reduction of order work for linear ODEs?

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Calculating angle of elevation in a ticker tape lab

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How do I plot a particle trajectory given in parametric form?

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EMF generated by a magnetic field

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Find the resistance and inductance ensuing a short-circuit

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Solving a Question: I Thought it Was D!

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Suppose B is moving with speed v away from A

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Ball on a spring launched vertically: checking speed and height

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What is the current in the wire?

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Force Needed to Hold Rocket Down

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Plank pulled across two cylindrical rollers without slipping

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Energy, Force, and Inertia Problem. Ball down ramp to loop to loop

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Find the Speed of a Falling Meter Stick

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Photon emitted by a hydrogen atom in Lyman series and Balmer series at once ?

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Net torque question? Block 1 and block 2 hanging on pulley?

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Work done on a bee struck by a golf ball on a slope

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What linear speed must a 0.0500-kg hula hoop have if its total kinetic energy

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Calculating Velocity and Time for a Falling Coin

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Object exploding into two pieces: find speeds, force, and momentum

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Find coefficient of kinetic friction between a bullet and a pendulum

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How Do You Solve the Coefficients for a Forced Oscillation Equation?

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Plank being pulled across two cylinders

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Angular position θ=0.40e^(2t): derivatives of angular motion

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What does phase of the motion in terms of cosine displacement mean?

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How Do You Solve Potential Energy When No Height is Given?

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Is Kinetic Energy Always Conserved in Collisions?

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Is 24.01 the Correct Answer for the Static Friction Problem?

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Finding the surface area of a curved object using calculus

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Kinetic, Potential, and Mechanical Energy

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Bullet and target- conservation of momentum and energy

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Motorcycle horizontal acceleration-front wheel rise

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Derivatives in an Atwood Machine

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Calculate Equivalent Inductance of Coils Connected in Series

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How much force does it take for a egg to break?

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Ladder leaning on wall with painter climbing it

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Hydrostatic Force in swimming pool

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Work done of a car braking and the power needed to stop it

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Momentum Between Two Colliding Balls

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Vector subtraction with momentum

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Compound Circuits and resistance in a parallel circuit

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Mechanics problem involving work, spring and a-jack-in-the-box

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Magnitude of the non-coulomb electric field around a solenoid.

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Why is the Density of Water almost the same as

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Force required to pull trunk across floor

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LC Circtuit finding Q across an element for given time

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Calculating 2 Sine Wave Frequencies from Beats Data

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Thermometer stem correction with pressure

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Proton bounces back at 3.90×10^7 m/s from unknown nucleus

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Is F=ma the only way to define force?

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Person sitting on scale on roller coaster

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Simply Supported Beams Loads and S/BMD's

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Eddy-current braking system, find the new velocity

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Graphing U(x) and F(x) for potential energy U(x)=Uox₀x/(x²+x₀²)

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Rolling ramp displacement due to weigh of block

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Tricky torque problem I have for you

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Kinetic Energy of a wheel with spokes

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Finding the energy lost in a collision as the bullet collides to the block

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Energy of H Atom in 1st Excited State - 23.8 eV

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Two questions on ideal gases and heat

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Calculating Charge Entering an Element: Q=6.667 C

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Minimum energy of electron bound in nucleus

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Electromagnetism: charge density

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Projectile energy when an object hits the ground

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