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Impulse exerted by bullet on block after collision

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Solving Joe's Tricky Boat Problem: Find Boat Speed Relative to Joe

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Potential for an infinite line charge

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What is the Force of Tension and Acceleration in a Hanging Mass System?

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Mini-Golf Windmill: Find Minimum Linear Speed

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Finding 2D coordinates in different frames

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How Does Doubling Initial Height Affect Projectile Range?

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Acceleration Practice Problems: Solving for Distance and Magnitude

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Under what conditions does quantum mechanics reduce to classical mechanics?

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Estimate the Hydrogren Burning Lifetimes of Stars

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Work done by friction with a pulling force at an angle

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What is the direction of propagation for a wave

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What Is the Correct Derivative of the Function y(r) = (r^2 - 5.50r)exp(-r)?

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Very basic, short impulse problem. Just need some explanation.

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Static and Kinetic Friction problem

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Calculating the Angle of Static Friction for a Crane Lifting a Box

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Change in speed needed for a satellite to graze the surface

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Millikan Oil Drop Experiment - A few questions

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Calculating the Rotational Kinetic Energy of Walking

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Understanding mA/mV and A/V Units in Transconductance Parameters

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Angular acceleration of a bucket attatched to a solid cylinder

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Wave Nature of Light - Calculating Wavelength (Double Slit Exp)

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What Is the Resultant Velocity of an Airplane in Wind?

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Propagation of Uncertainty with Angles

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What Forces Act on a Chain Hanging from a Table?

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Internal resistance of multimeter

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Calculate the average amount of power that the heart delivers

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Errors in this experimental physics lab

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Adding parallel current sources?

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At what points does an arrow pass a bird 75m away?

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Power dissipated from resistance

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Electric Potential of a Spherical Charge Distribution

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Work done by gravity by Wonder Woman

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Inelastic Collision and Angular Momentum.

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Block dropped onto spring: why include gravitational PE during compression?

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Equation for momentum with headwind

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Kinetic Energy,Work Energy therom, Maximum Height

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When is angular acceleration positive for a rotating fan?

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Rotational motion pendulum problem

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[Astro] Proton-Proton Chain Energy

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Why multiply kg by g to convert to Newtons but lbs by 4.48

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How Long Before the Apple Core Hits the Ground?

  • Nicolaus
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Rotational quantity analogous to linear displacement in fan problem

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How Do You Find Velocity in a Rotating Amusement Park Ride?

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Rotational motion roller coaster problem

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Siphon flow rate with 1.2 cm diameter and 64 cm height difference

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What is the wire's linear charge density from a proton?

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Work by electric field when separating two opposite charges

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Balancing Gravity and Charge (Sears and Zemansky 4th Edition)

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Compare Mass-Pulley Frictionless Slope

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Pulley, Motor and Weight Torque Problem

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Force on an electron in a 3.0×10⁶ V/m electric field

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Why is weight component along an incline MG*sin(θ) not MG/sin(θ)?

  • Rabscuttle
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Find height of ball under water beam

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Atwood machine with rotating pulley disk

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Estimating the lorentz factor of a spaceship

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Plane's new velocity after wind from west

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Linear motion converted into rotatory motion problem

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How Much Heat Is Needed for Each Process in a PV Diagram?

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Finding velocity from force and distance

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Understanding Velocity and Acceleration: Scalar vs Vector Quantities

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Find the acceleration : block slides on a wedge

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Ratio of gravitational force from moon to Earth on person on surface

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Orbital Period of satellite in terms of v and r

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Difference between kinetic and static friction.

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Tension in the hawsers holding a beam

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Problem with calculating final temperature of water

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Going from cylindrical to cartesian coordinates

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Finding derivatives and extrema of y(r)=(r²-8r)exp(-r)

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Calculating Impulse Based off a graph

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Cycler on a winding and velocity

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Mutually Perpendicular Magnetic Fields

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Finding vertical vs perpendicular distance for moments

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Elementary - braking force of a trolley

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What is the electric force of the molecule on the proton?

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How Do You Calculate the Final Velocity of Two Colliding Cars?

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Muon decay and Special Relativity

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How long would an electron-positron pair exist for?

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Stimulated emission/Ne-He-laser

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Why is kinetic energy maximized when force equals zero?

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Hoop rolling down incline

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Minimum Kinetic Energy in a Deuteron: Which Formula Is Correct?

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What Is the Plane's Constant Acceleration During Takeoff?

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Finding plane's acceleration from watch angle during takeoff

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Golfer's second putt angle and displacement after missing northwest

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How Does a Moving Speaker Affect Sound Frequency Perception?

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Ricochet of moving / rotating block off a wall

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Finding force from mass and velocity with F=ma

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Using Energy to Solve Work Problem

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How Do You Calculate the Average Velocity of a Thunderstorm?

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Newton's second law 3 pulley problem.

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Why would density increase when Poisson's ratio > 0.5?

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Multiple choice, magnetic force on the particle

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Gravitational Potential Energy - Orbits

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How Do You Calculate Initial Speed and Maximum Height in Parabolic Motion?

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Finding velocity in an elastic problem

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