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Collision with 3 particles and inelastic string

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How Does a Fly Impact the Speed of a Moving Car?

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Symbols in the equation relating work, force, and distance moved

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Finding electron position when momentarily stopped

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Source of deformation on Spinning oblect

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Calculating acceleration of a plane weighing 9800N

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How Is the Mass of Each Hailstone Calculated?

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Rocks falling at the same time and their distance apart

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Finding the Net Charge of the Earth

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Current directions in parallel resistor circuit

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Impulse and Momentum, their unit and relationship

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What are the forces at play in Sally's car rescue scenario?

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Finding the angle at which a box starts to slide down a ramp

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Is it possible to solve for kinetic friction without given theta?

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Minimum speed required for charge collision

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Difference between F=kx and F=-kx

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Combination of freefalling and constant horizontal movement

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Solving an RC Circuit: Find Time to Reach 65% of Max Value

  • Parad0x88
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How Does Friction Affect Motion in AP Physics Problems?

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Frictional charging and weight of the body involved

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Solving the Capacitor Charging Problem

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Power generated by water flowing over a dam

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What Is the Net Force on the Middle Mass?

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Moment of a Distributed Load on Beam, Scanned work and Diagram.

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Is the Work Done by the Electric Field Positive or Negative?

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Gravitational force inside the earth

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Finding distance/work if only given mass and force?

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How Do You Calculate the Third Force in a System of Connected Masses?

  • eddiepi2012
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Grade 12 Physics, Coefficient of Friction

  • JamesNam
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What Forces Act on the Body During a Chin-Up?

  • Lavalamp22
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How can friction and weight balance at the connector point?

  • Peppino
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When is rocket momentum at maximum as mass decreases?

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How Do Electrons Behave Between Charged Parallel Plates?

  • skg94
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Can Two Colliding Photons Create a New Particle?

  • budafeet57
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2d Kinematics Problem Final Velocity

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Solving for Force of B on A in a Newton's Third Law Problem

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Small Circular Acceleratioon Question

  • LadyMario
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Force on peg preventing a uniform ladder from slipping

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How to Calculate Moment of Inertia for a Solid Disk with Central Hole

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Energy, and the conservation of it.

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Projectile Velocity Calculation with Given Angle and Direction

  • proness26
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Free-fall kinematics on a plane: Displacement from Window to Ground?

  • Veras
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How Much Work is Done by the Rope in Displacing a 115kg Hanging Mail Bag?

  • Toranc3
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Finding average/final velocity and acceleration.

  • HelloImAsh
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Gravitational Torque about point?

  • sona1177
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Why do we move back when a train accelerates?

  • Smileyxx
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General Relativity gravitational redshift

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Force needed to push 100-lb box up 20° hill at constant speed

  • wmcbain
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At what velocity does the cannonball leaves the cannon?

  • Conquest Ace
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Solve Work on Inclined Plane for m1, a, h, m2, uk

  • oreosama
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Using the Loop rule to find potential Difference

  • MasterVivi
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Maximum speed before Rope Breaks

  • proness26
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Current between concentric spherical conductors with insulator

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Coefficient of friction needed for barrel ride with 15 m diameter

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How can we show the equivalence between Biot-Savart law and Ampere's law?

  • theName()
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1 Dimentional Schrodinger equation

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Charge distribution on a conducting spherical shell

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Throwing a rock - simple mechanics problem

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Calculating Minimum Distance for Safe Overtaking in a Kinematics Problem

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Introductory Bohrs Model Problem and I'm Lost

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What Is the Pressure Inside a Water Cannon Shooting at 25m/s?

  • ChickysPusss
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Solving 2.52 Elevator Problem how to calculate time of a complete trip?

  • crystaldreams
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Projectile motion of half a parabola

  • weesieman
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Concept of Distance and time. (basic question but no answer)

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Coulomb's Law Placement of Charges in Equilibrium

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Problems pertaining to centripetal force

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Relating flow rate to height in a cylinder

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1 string, 2 balls, motion problem

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Thermodynamics - maximalization of temperature

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Potential Energy - Work Done etc

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SHM with f=10 Hz, x=0.25 m and v=0.1 m/s at t=0

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Finding speed and time for dropped object from 160m

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Inclined Plane Problem with change of COM

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Hydraulic jack with lever: lifting mass calculation

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How Do You Calculate Missile Impact in Kinematics Problems?

  • Watthelol
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Ideal current source parallel connected with ideal Voltage Source and vice versa

  • NukeEngineer
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Moment of inertia and radius of gyration for a leg

  • lupinpooter
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Isobaric process experiment with plastic tube and hot water

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Coservation of angular momentum

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Coefficient of static friction for picture pressed against wall

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Water draining from conical tank differential equation

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3-D vector into its component form

  • wahaj
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How Long Does It Take a Dropped Object to Hit the Ground from a Rising Balloon?

  • physics kiddy
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Finding Force Given Potential Energy

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Banking angle for a car on a curved road without friction

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Ball thrown at 15 m/s to hit wall 16 m away at peak height

  • MrWarlock616
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Does the Force vs. Acceleration Graph Pass Through the Origin?

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Norton and Thevenin equivalents disagreement?

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Calculating radius in circular motion without frequency or force?

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EM Wave Creation and Physical Characteristics

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Calculate KE, E, p and f for proton.

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Calculating Mass of an Astronaut in a Rocket with Two Accelerations

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Calculating Spring Force Constant

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Calculating Coefficients of Friction with an Inclined Eraser

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Analysis of Forces Acting at Knot in Tension Rope Figure

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Solving a Vertical Winch System

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Radius of Curvature, Lenses, Finding Di

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Will Ice Cream Land on Physics Professor's Head?

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