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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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Calculating Area Under a Curve with Multiple Springs

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How Far Will the Block Travel Up the Incline After Spring Release?

  • Syrus
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Deflection due to Magnetic Field

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Finding the Center of Mass of a Man-Boat System

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How Do I Calculate the Index of Refraction in a Prism?

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Calculating Torque on an Apple: Fx, Fy, Fz

  • Weatherwizard
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Solving 2 Spring Questions: Max Compression and Work Done

  • Sasor
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Electromagnetic Induction (EMI)

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Not intuitive-friction causes motion?

  • samtouchdown
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Find induced emf (among other things) in this current + motion

  • 1MileCrash
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Proving 3/4 is Infimum of A: A = { x^2 +x + 1 }

  • mercuryman
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Sigma Plus Particle,baryon, question

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Calculating Rotational Speed on a Giant Wheel

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What is the Direction of Frictional Force in Pure Rolling?

  • utkarshakash
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How Does Water Rotation Affect Moment of Inertia in a Cylindrical Tube?

  • utkarshakash
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[Worksheet] Horizontal/Vertical components + other

  • Torald
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Intensity from the double slit.

  • sg001
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Contradiction between equations of angular momentum

  • Karol
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Distance between two ships with changing bearing angles

  • peripatein
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Why Can Tangential Acceleration Vector's Scalar Component Not Be Negative?

  • mike 2012
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Calculating Velocity of Sliding Toolbox on a Slanted Roof

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Bicycle wheel rotation on circular path with 0.877 rad displacement

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What Are the Magnetic and Quantum Effects in These Physics Scenarios?

  • varld
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Momentum ~ A 2.0kg blob of clay traveling to the north at

  • Silverbolt
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A 2.0-kg ball is travelling east at 8.0 ~ Momentum

  • Silverbolt
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Why won't my equation work for this pully system?

  • LarryJ
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How Long to Travel 12m at 0.20m/s² Starting at 3.0m/s?

  • mat1101
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Frictionless ramp, constant velocity, find work

  • holls14
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Solving SHM Problem: Stuck Between Textbook & My Attempt

  • idir93
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SohCahToa couldn't figure it out without the angle θ

  • NeedHelp12
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Calculating Satellite Line Splitting in a Sunspot using the Zeeman Effect

  • interdinghy
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Elastic potential energy - springs

  • icelated
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Calculating Total Force on Earth from Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn

  • ObviousManiac
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Elastic Modulus - Probably a dumb question but I can't do it

  • Gallows
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Attractive force between Venus and Sun

  • sadifermi
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Hammer falling from 30° roof with initial speed

  • Questions999
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Speed of a coin sliding on a bench with friction

  • liam-galvin
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Electromagnetic wave in a conductor

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Does Dr. No fall off an 18-meter board balanced on a building edge?

  • dannyqtee
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How do odometers calculate distance from wheel revolutions?

  • haleh
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2 bodies travelling towards each other at uniform acceleration

  • Nimrod 7
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Finding friction force when pulling a sled at an angle

  • LeonM
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Swing bridge turned 90 degrees in 120 seconds with three phases

  • MMCS
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Calculating Applied Force for Lifting a 450 kg Car with a Scissors Jack

  • Chemlach
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Rotational dynamic equilibrium problem on an angle

  • mx2ko
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Relative motion of train and platform observer

  • CAF123
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Why must the test charge be infinitesimal if the source charges are fixed?

  • Von Neumann
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What is the displacement of the beam after the medicine ball is thrown?

  • InertialRef
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Accelerating pulley system questions

  • Salamon
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Amplitude of Two Waves in Interference

  • Bennigan88
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Calculating Total Spring Constant of Parallel Springs

  • MilenaMath
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Comet Crashes in Earth Conservation of Energy

  • kchurchi
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Mass-Energy Equivalence and Storng Nuclear Force

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Proving |xy-ab|<ε(|a|+|b|+ε) from bounds on x-a and y-b

  • mercuryman
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Finding the range of a projectile at an angle

  • Precepts
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Finding current using Kirchhoff's circuit rules

  • slaufer
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How do I determine the tipping angle of a box on a truck?

  • Zach981
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How Does Earth's Magnetic Field Affect High-Speed Trains and Planes?

  • NeonJay
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Find The acceleration (Newton's Laws of Motion problem).

  • All Pow3r
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Elastic Collision Momentum Question

  • s8on95
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What force counteracts centripetal force in circular motion?

  • student34
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Centripital Force Turntable (record player)

  • jamuses
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Distance traveled in a circular motion

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80W of Power Cannot Be Converted to Energy

  • thatshowifeel
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Potential Energy in a vertical spring mass system

  • karokr94
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Determine the period and frequency of SHM

  • zaboda42
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Nonuniform circular motion problem

  • doctorjuice
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Derivation of pressure differences in a stream.

  • chingel
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Kinetic/potential energy with a pulley system

  • PhizKid
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How Do You Derive the Acceleration of a Conical Pendulum?

  • corollary
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Finding tensions in a four-rope system with 80N weight

  • mumu94
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How to calculate the loss of energy of an object

  • Msf
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Rotational kinetic energy / moment of inertia

  • bdh2991
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Roller coaster change in acceleration?

  • Arkane1337
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Calculating Mass in Relativistic Systems

  • ttttrigg3r
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Board and man sliding on ice problem

  • Zach981
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Calculating Average Angular Velocity

  • mathnoobie
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How many potassium ions pass through if the ion channel opens for 1.0 {\rm ms}?

  • deborahcurrie
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Energy and angular motion problem

  • bdh2991
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Calculate the length of the thread -

  • engboysclub
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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass of a Human Leg?

  • flip290
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How does physics relate to cancer?

  • mizz_melanie
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Two blocks stacked: minimum time to move 5 m without sliding

  • pureouchies4717
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Center of Mass: xcom, ycom Calculations

  • vysero
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Finding acceleration and forces when velocity is constant

  • bunk66
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What Is the Electric Field Inside a Cavity Within a Charged Sphere?

  • sloane729
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How long to catch a baby falling from standing height?

  • peripatein
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Net force from a straight-line resultant?

  • IZEP3NT
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Equations and how to calculate moments and couples?

  • DemiDooDah
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How Does Heat Transfer Through Different Metals?

  • prettykitty
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Inclined planes, Banked highways, and Normal force

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Calculating Normal Forces in a Push-Up Position

  • pmd28
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Find speed given mass, force, and distance

  • nPwn
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Measuring current in RLC circuit

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