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Wave Function Doubt and Derivation

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How would you go about solving this Work-kinetic energy thorem?

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Work and energy of block of mass

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Can You Solve This Physics Problem on Kinetic and Potential Energy?

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Collision and Conservation of Momentum

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Work-Energy Incline Problem with Two objects

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Gravitational Effects of a Hollow Spherical Shell

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Calculating Aircraft Range and Endurance Using De Breguet Formula

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Displacement/ Velocity/ Acceleration Clock Question

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Different Tensions Acting on a Weight

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Calculate Force Constant of Spring: Vibrational Frequency 7.00/s

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Finding the minimas from EM radiation.

  • sg001
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Motion in one dimension problem

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What Is the Main Force Driving a Car's Acceleration?

  • davon806
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Need help for last problem in homework

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How to Solve for atan when an object turns 60 degrees

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Is the net torque calculated correctly in both pictures?

  • davon806
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Horzontal Massive Pulley Problem with Friction

  • Kristenx2
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Find "x" for Pulley Problem of 5kg & 1kg Masses

  • jk13
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How would you find force in this problem?

  • Merlan114
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Calorimetry Problem, calculating the specific heat of a unknown substance

  • klawlor419
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Calculating EMF in Windings of a Cylinder (60cm x 5cm) for 6mV

  • Chemist@
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Find unknown EMF magnitude in circuit

  • sabak22
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Quick question on calculating time constant RC?

  • letsgo
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Calculate Spring Constant: Massless Spring & 0.140kg Mass

  • CAPA
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HW Lab PHYS101: Net torque of pulley system and meterstick position balance

  • pmalayavech
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How Do Two Masses and Three Springs Interact with a Dashpot?

  • a.man
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Bernoulli Equation and flow loss

  • danny_smith
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Verify (or Disprove) the Solution to a Physics Problem

  • Syrus
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Ladder leaned against a wall; forces

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Power Plants Storing Energy in Massive Flywheels

  • Treefolk
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Find the speed of a knot on rope

  • VHAHAHA
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Calculating Electric Potential at a Point

  • swrs92
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Balancing Moments: Solving for Distance in a Force System Resultant

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Small mass attached to a string sliding between two circles

  • sharkmanic
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Forces in equilibrium. Tension, ring on string.

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Calculating equilibrant in regular hexagon

  • sareba
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Calculating Acceleration and Tension in a Rope and Pulley System

  • PhysicsNoob76
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Atwood's Machine: Calculating Velocity and Angular Velocity

  • icf927
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Statics: A pulley system in equilibrium

  • Violagirl
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Why does the air flow faster over the top of the aerofoil than underneath?

  • 06mangro
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Physics Introductory Diffraction Pattern Problem

  • RandallK
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Conservation of Energy/Force in Bungee Jumping

  • dtseng96
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Box moving on a decelerating truck?

  • dtseng96
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Sound Intensity Level of Three Objects

  • songoku
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Physics problem using Newton's laws how to solve?

  • ax308
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What does KE equal in this impossible physics problem?

  • riseofphoenix
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Depth of a finite square potential problem

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What Is the Speed of a Rolling Disk's Center of Mass?

  • MG5
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Centripetal acceleration/ angular velocity question

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Graviational acceleration given mass and radius

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How much gold did the goldsmith steal from King Hero's crown?

  • Workout
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Resultant Force on an object during Non-Uniform Motion

  • mldavis086
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Can Kinetic Energy be Generated without Initial Speed?

  • sgstudent
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Solving the Synchronized Oscillation of Two Pendulums

  • idkgirl
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How would you go about finding the force of this object?

  • Merlan114
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Centripetal Acceleration of two masses when one mass is half a radius away

  • anomalocaris
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Conservation of Angular Momentum

  • icf927
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Is the conservation of energy being applied correctly in this scenario?

  • Kuklinski
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How Long Until 24Na Decays from 5μg to 1μg?

  • kkid
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Question about pulley with relative motion

  • pcpssam
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Solve Pendulum Swing Angle Problem - Physics Adorers

  • phunphysics2
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Problem in understanding the concept of acceleration due to gravity?

  • ASidd
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Potetial energy change during heating

  • sgstudent
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Pressure of gas when temperature and volume increases

  • sgstudent
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Calculating Escape Velocity of the Moon

  • ASidd
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Calculating Sound Velocity and Time Dilation in General Relativity

  • Physicist1231
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Proving c = acosB + bcosA in Triangle ABC using Vector Method

  • Dumbledore211
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Are the Final Velocities of Two Blocks After an Elastic Collision Correct?

  • phunphysics2
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Velocity of snapium given constant and weight

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Resultant of three forces about a point O

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Energy inside a cyclotron, and the frequency of circular motion

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Having trouble with a center of mass problem

  • Syrus
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Physics lab; deriving for μs and μk

  • Tuccimane
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Rotational Dynamics, Torque, and Tension

  • mirahj
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Forces between two blocks on a frictionless surface

  • Carmey
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Calculating Gravitational Potential and Energy for Earth and Mars

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Where exactly is the battery in this diagram

  • jey1234
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Conservation of Momentum problem

  • Arooj
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How Do You Calculate Braking Force Without Kinetic Energy?

  • rokr32
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What Is the Time Constant and Potential Difference in This RC Circuit?

  • letsgo
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Req of this series/parallel circuit?

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Simplifying Complex Resistor Circuits

  • jey1234
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Elastic Collision Problem - pretty sure my answer isn't right.

  • gh_pluvilias
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Impulse problem about a medical biopsy needle.

  • tbarker5
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Newtons 3rd Law (Ropes, Pulley)

  • PhysicsNoob76
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Simple projectile motion, yet stuck.

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What is the Final Velocity of Cart A After an Elastic Collision?

  • SherBear
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Calculating Kinetic Energy, Momentum, and More: Physics Question Help

  • bobo2210
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How Does a Compressed Spring Affect a Ball's Motion and Energy?

  • bobo2210
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Rip time of a string or thread pulled from both sides

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Dynamics. Inclined plane with friction coefficient

  • Pepealej
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Coordinate System-Spring Vertical

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Spinning Top on a Frictionlesss Surface

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Relativist Addition of Velocities

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