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Find the current induced by a magnetic field, and the power

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What is the magnitude of the angular momentum of the bar?

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Adding Up Resistors: Order of Operations Explained

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Pushing a box across a horizontal floor

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Nonlinear second order ODE describing a force field

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Calculating Alpha in BJT Common Emitter Circuit

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In a series circuit with 3 bulbs, does the voltage decrease?

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Speed relativity, Einsteins theorie

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Question regarding the elevator acceleration resultant force

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Double torque problems. Not sure if I'm on the right track.

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Magnetic field caused by a current-carrying wire

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Why Does My Calculated Answer Differ from the Marked One on a Physics Test?

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Magnetic field between 2 parallel wires

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How do you solve compound body problems with three masses and one pulley?

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Change in Magnitude of Acceleration

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How Does an Electric Field Affect Electron Energy in a Battery?

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Vector Addition: A (41.0 m, 20.0°) + B (70.0 m, 44.0°) = C?

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Mass submerged in oil and scales problem

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How much current is needed in an inductor to heat up water?

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Physics ramp/acceleration problem

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Magnetic field of an infinite current sheet : Amperes law

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Elastic Glancing Collision: Final Speeds and Scattering Angle

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Bouyant force with water and in equilibrium

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Speed of water flowing through pipe

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How Does a Sudden Stop of a Gas-Filled Cylinder Affect Temperature?

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Why is the net torque not exactly zero.

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How to prove Fardays' law of electromagnetic induction

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Natural frequency of oscillating electron

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Magnitude of frictional force during terminal velocity

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Cannon ejecting bullets moving on surface with friction

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Total mechanical energy of orbiting satellite

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Carnot Efficiency of a heat engine

  • AlaskanPow
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Find Center of Mass for an open box Confused about steps for this problem

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Inclined plane force components and the acceleration problem

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How does an object orbit something

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How Do You Calculate Current in Basic Circuit Problems?

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Confused about the answer given by vcaa on electric power

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Kinetic Energy of Electron Beam.

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What are the equations for solving the collision problem in momentum?

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Projectile Motion in One Dimension

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Help With Simple Single Slit Diffraction Pattern?

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Calculating Impulse and Force in a Head-On Collision

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Learning physics on my own need a little help

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Calculating number of harmonics problem

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Solving for Initial Velocity in a Long Jump

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Finding speed of roller coaster at different points

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Tensile stress given theta and force

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How Does Frequency Affect Impedance in a Parallel RLC Circuit?

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How Do Planets Orbit Stars in Elliptical Paths?

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Find the final internal energy of a gas.

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Hydroelectric generation and energy question?

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Calculating Tension in a Pendulum: Problem-Solving Tips and Tricks

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Electrostatic equilibrium (Sphere with cavity)

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Runner's Distance from Starting Point after 11.5 Seconds

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Electric Field from Charge Distribution: Analyzing V(x,y,z)

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Ring of Charge, Electric Potential

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Can a Motorbike Stop in Time to Avoid a Crash?

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Fluid Statics (multiple choice question)

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What Is the Velocity of the 1.07kg Block After the Collision?

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Geosychoronous Satellites and their KE/Orbitals

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Diffraction - central spot covers moon

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Intensity by cylindrical light source

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Solving Coulomb Barrier Penetrability with a Confusing Formula

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Calculating the charge of an electron from Millikan's Oil drop experiment

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What is the Velocity of the Last Angstrom in the Falling Chain Problem?

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Predicting the distance where torque should be applied?

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Half Lives and Radioactive Decay

  • CharlieW95
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Radioactive Decay: Calculating Plutonium Amount & Age of Meteor

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Distribution of force at different angles

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Moment of Inertia: A Fundamental Property of Rotating Objects

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Finding angular speed given T and I

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Two blocks of mass on a ramp with a frictionless surface?

  • wahllyd
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Finding the current in a resistor

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Universal Gravity Circular Orbit

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Calculate capacitances of 2 unknown

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Conservation of Energy and Electric Potential

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What is the derivative of the moment of inertia?

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Volume flow rate through air ducts

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Thermodynamics question(change of internal energy)

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How Do You Calculate Average Angular Acceleration?

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Finding Applied Force at equilibrium

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Finding Time for Boat to Slow Down with Velocity Dependent Forces

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Derivation of Acceleration from Velocity with Partial derivatives

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Analyzing the Trajectory and Acceleration of a Rocket Launch.

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Photon momentum and energy question

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A projectile exploding at the top of its trajectory

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Simple harmonic motion-experiment

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Electromagnetism theory questions

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Calculating Work, Kinetic Energy, and Speed for a Stalled Car

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Different times Reference Frame Question

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Acceleration vector exercise (coordinate system)

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