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Identifying which region of a conductor experiences the greater force

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Sketch the Electric Field at point "A" due to the two point charges

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Why a lamp with X PD passes Y current

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Why does a charged rod attract an uncharged metal sphere?

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What is the tension of the rope?

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Rifleman standing between two cliffs hears two echos from a single shot

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Show that the given electric field is a plane wave

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Can I use the principle of conservation of energy for this problem?

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Computing curl of E to verify Faraday's law with plane waves

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Multivariable Calculus proof for Optics

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Does Poiseuille's Law apply for vertical motion of fluids down a tube?

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What is the relationship between pressure and flow rate?

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Load cable angle on a rotating crane with centripetal force

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Collision between two uniformly moving particles

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Displacements in a system of two masses connected by three springs

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What happens if the normal reaction force is less than zero?

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How do I calculate the kinetic energy of a lifted wall?

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Restrictions on the frame of reference

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Forces acting on a moving crane

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Using virtual work to find the angle of a bar supported by two planes

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Determining v from momentum / impulse

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Velocity-distance graph for a freely falling body

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Derivation of "arcsin" phase shift formula

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Static lift: How to calculate the volume of displaced fluids?

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The Electric Field and Potential Energy in a Spring System

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Why is the value of EMF generated by a generator not zero at t = 0 s?

  • songoku
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What is the perceived relative velocity of these two motorcycles?

  • Badmeditator
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Finding distance between two points

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Compute relativistic addition of velocities

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Force of water against a dam gate

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Magnetic field of a permanently magnetized cylinder

  • LCSphysicist
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How to determine Refractive Index without using the Refractive Angle?

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Change in heat and internal energy

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Finding light wavelengths from slit spacing and screen distance

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Newton's 3rd law question -- A gun firing a bullet

  • samcoelho
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Magnetic field generated by a current in a wire - special relativity

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Equilibrium with the string in the center exactly horizontal

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Gravitational Potential In the Field Caused by Two Masses

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Motion in 2 dimensions -- Total displacememt of an ant walking

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Can Spacelike and Timelike Points Undergo the Same Transformations?

  • LCSphysicist
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Solving a collision question, is there enough information?

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Grade 11 physics and equivalent resistance

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Is the potential energy of an ion in a lattice ##U_0## or ##U_0/2##?

  • yucheng
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Griffiths Quantum Mechanics Problem 1.18: Characteristic Size of System

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Electrical circuit problem (resistors, capacitors, inductors )

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Calculating Effective Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity

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Calculation on spontaneous fission and effect from alpha decay

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I'm not understanding how to calculate the magnetic field of a sphere

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Magnitude of the electric field?

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Why is the direction in which the D.C. motor turns reversed here?

  • ellieee
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Energy, work, power and efficiency when throwing a ball upward

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Work, Power, Energy, Efficiency

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Is ΔUL equal to ΔUR in this case?

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Dynamics of a double atwood machine

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Correct statement about telescopes

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Calculating Potential Energy from Force for Non-Linear Systems

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Strange question — Catapult launching a marble over an obstacle

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Centripetal force on a person on the Earth

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Question on problem 2.16 (a) of the Feynman Lectures (two-mass pulley)

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Fields in a capacitor before and after adding a dielectric layer

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Find the center of gravity of a combined cone and cylinder

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Why does mass double when wind speed increases from 60 to 120 mph?

  • Shaye
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Thermal Expansion of a Triangular Frame

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Electric field of wire and cylinder at one point in space

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Finding the potential function of a vector field

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Moment of Inertia with varying distance from Centre of Mass

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Work done against air resistance from kinetic energy change

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Existential dilemma on angular velocity of a complex rigid body

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Resistance Differences: Nichrome vs. Copper Wire

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Faraday's law -- How is the RHS required for all surfaces?

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What does a comma mean in this equation?

  • danielsmith123123
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Relationship between material mass and weight

  • The apprentice
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Gravity's Pull: How Far is the Proton Above the Electron?

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To find the weight of a hemisphere

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How Do Charges Separate on the Second Ball in Electrostatic Induction?

  • vcsharp2003
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Why does the DC motor diagram omit field direction at points A and D?

  • ellieee
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Why is proper length smaller in the particle frame for length contraction?

  • Fernando Rios
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Momentum in different referance frames

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Vectors - Aircraft's velocity relative to ground

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Heat dissipation in an 80W computer with 5 litre/second airflow

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Uncharged capacitors connected in series

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When Does the Amplitude Drop to 1/5 in Damped Harmonic Motion?

  • meher4real
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Get the mass of an argon atom and its molecular weight from Cv

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Complex circuit and its resistance

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Connecting two charged capacitors in series

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What should I consider when sketching a vector field?

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Is it true that a phone uses more energy than a refrigerator?

  • ellieee
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Stopping an electron beam between parallel plates

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Accelerating Rockets in Different Frames of Reference

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Electromagnetism and the movement of particles

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Moment of inertia composite body

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Finding displacement from velocity in a projectile motion problem

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How Do You Solve Equations with Variables V, U, and T?

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Modification of Wheatstone Bridge

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Electric field outside a uniformly charged sphere

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What would the angle φ be for this deflected laser beam?

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