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Solve Skip Bombing Problem: v, h1, h2, g

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Relationship between changing a wire's diameter and change in temp

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Vi for Constant Acceleration Kinematics

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Projectile Motion Quarterback Throw

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Solving for Net Charge on Inner Surface of Conducting Shell

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Diameter of football player's Piston

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Einstein's Box Change in Centre of Mass

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Can You Calculate When the Cop Catches the Speeder in This Physics Challenge?

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Problem about light refraction, critical angle ?

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Check Vector Work: Physics Problem Help

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Solving Tension Problem: 45° & 75° Angles, 55N Weight

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How to find the angle that will pull the most weight

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Simple projectile motion problem

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Car Crash Motion in 1 dimension Question

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Thermal expansion (and the Michelson Morley experiment)

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How to Calculate Current in a Solenoid with Given Field and Dimensions?

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Projectile Motion- Deriving equation

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Relating Electric Field and Magnetic Field

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What is the Atomic Force Constant in a Metal Bar Under Tension?

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Calculating distance (and percent error) using parallax

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Calculating Center of Mass: Pendant Sector with Holes

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Hurricane Evacuation, how l long will it take to evacuate100 000 people?

  • chrisman10
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Hydrogen + oxygen model rockets

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How do I solve for acceleration using the equation v^2 = v0^2 + 2axΔx?

  • valerieangel
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How much time does it take to change your displacement by 25.0m east?

  • valerieangel
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What is the maximum height of the stadium at its back wall?

  • maiad
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What Are the Key Concepts in Solving Projectile Motion Problems?

  • tahmed5
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Acceleration from Kinetic energy.

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Lift required to sustain a refueling jet

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Bohr's model electron transition paths

  • krytek
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Force applied to a mass of an inclined plane with mass

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Conceptual Question for Fictitious Forces

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Acceleration with two wooden crates

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Calculating Rocket's Acceleration & Velocity

  • frostcloak
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Thermodynamics Pressure Calculation

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Projectile motion: Finding flight distance with air resistance

  • proctortom
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Solving the A-String Puzzle: Calculating Mass from Length and Tension

  • cumminatyou93
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Proof that v'(t) is orthogonal to v(t)

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Solving an Initial Velocity Problem for a Basketball Player

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Proving that force and acceleration are proportional

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Relating Electric Field and Voltage in an Insulating Sphere

  • NeonJay
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Acceleration and tension of pulley system

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Calculating Mass Needed to Ground Hot Air Balloon

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Velocity problem determining x and y components

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Three blocks suspended on 2 pulleys to form a M shape

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Special Relativity Energy Problem a little confused

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Solving Beam & Magnitude Reactions - 25kg Beam

  • wilson11
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Calculating Height of Building w/ Sound Speed

  • Tereza
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Can anyone explain why there is a force constraint in the z direction

  • theBEAST
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Coulomb's Law problem with three charged points

  • NotCarlSagan
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3 weights suspended on 2 pulleys to form a M shape

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Potential difference to bring a proton to rest

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Integration of an equation to find displacement

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Solve Sliding Hockey Puck Problem: Coeff. of Kinetic Friction

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Ionization Energy of Lithium problem

  • wee00x
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How Do R5 and R6 Affect Vo and ia in a Circuit with Parallel Resistors?

  • Cisneros778
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Electrostatics: Using a conducting string suspension.

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Static stick and cyclinder, did I approach this problem correctly?

  • MeMoses
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Flux through a cylindrical wedge surface

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Positioning Device Based On Thermal Expansion

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Solving Basketball Parabola Puzzle: Initial Velocity at 35°

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Ball collision when one is dropped and the other thrown up

  • PhizKid
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Record travel along a straight path

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Solving the Mystery of the Missing PE: Finding the Solution

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Tension between two accelerating blocks

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Basic Impulse-Momentum Question for a Biomechanics Class

  • rand02008
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Calculate Lyman, Balmer, and Paschen Spectral Intervals

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How does the size of He- compare to that of a neon atom?

  • wee00x
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Confused on Vector Math: Find Resultant Vector

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Velocity vectors for an object dropped from a moving plane.

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What Would Be the Mass of an Iron-Dense Empire State Building?

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Kinematics Problem (Find Speed)

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Kirchhoff's rules for resistors in parallel

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Electric Potential due to a dipole

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Use the node-voltage to find v1 and v2 in the circuit below

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Thevenin circuit Max power across Load resistor

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How Do You Calculate Energy Loss in a Damped Harmonic Oscillator?

  • captainemeric
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What Is the Torque When the Line of Force Intersects the Center of Rotation?

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How to Calculate Projectile Motion for a Marble in a Lab Experiment

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What is the optimal design for a buoy tether in a large river?

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How Do You Calculate Currents ib and ia in a Circuit with Multiple Resistors?

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Solve 2D Motion Q: Wiley E Coyote & Roadrunner

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Derivation of Critical Volume, Temperature and Pressure for the VDW equation

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Help drawing free body diagrams

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Solving Friction Forces: Finding Coefficients for Block & Surface

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Stefan-Boltzman Law Proof with Regards to Solar Radiation

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Complex Kinematic problem for grade 12 phyiscs

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Increase in voltage = decrease in current?

  • chwl3
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The Electric field due to a charged rod

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How Do You Calculate Tension and Angle in a Two-Mass Pulley System?

  • Lovesphysics
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Flux of an infinite line of charge through a cylinder

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How long will it take Micrometeorites to cover the moon ?

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Finding Tension T1 in a Pulley System

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Lorentz factor = 10^6, solving for Beta

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AP Physics ~ A good jump in the long jump event is

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