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Impulse Momentum Method for Rotational

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Finding mass of ions in magnetic field

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Current-carrying Wire in a Circular Magnet

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Deriving formula for z coordinate and mass value.

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Which of the following statements about Gauss's law are correct?

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Resnick Halliday Krane Unit Vectors question

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Simple problem on Lenz's Law application using Right Hand Rule

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Finding currents in a circuit using Kirchhoff's laws

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Trajectories of objects thrown from a height

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Work done by 225 N force at 40° dragging 50 kg crate

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Find the point of destructive interference of two waves.

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Is water level the same after an anchor is thrown from a boat?

  • jamesbiomed
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Fnet=P-Pc=24-117.6=-93.6NFind Force Needed to Move 4kg Box in 3s

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Acceleration of a Wheel Connected to Two Blocks with Ideal Wire

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Work done in bringing a charge from infinite.

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2 masses collide, one has spring. -Collision, Momentum, Spring energy

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Total internal refraction inside an optical fiber

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Why Doesn’t Load Power Keep Increasing with Load Resistance?

  • JJBladester
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From angular momentum hamiltonian to angles(coordinates)

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Magnetic Forces Between Current Carrying Wires

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Gamma radiation. Nuclear, electromagnetic or both?

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How far does a platform recoil when someone throws a ball across it?

  • Parzival
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RC Circuit ; why RC=(VT/2 delta V)

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Distance Covered While Acc, and Dec

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Calculate the work needed to move a test charge from point B to D

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Method of Pins- Trusses (conceptual)

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Finding Time for Spring to Reach Equilibrium Length

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Finding time taken from ticker tape intervals to calculate acceleration

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U-shaped iron core with I-shaped iron core vs without

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How high is the stone at its highest? Relationships are given

  • Mushroom79
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Find the Current using Force/Length Between Two Wires

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How Does Fluid Pressure Influence Pump Placement in Wells?

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Newton's Second Law ODE Question

  • MIBinRN
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Electric field strength between two points.

  • Dodgers31296
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Separation between lowest energy states

  • Flucky
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How Do You Calculate the Swing Angle in a Conical Pendulum?

  • ImStuck1
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What is the Kinematics Problem for a California Condor Carrying Carrion?

  • yjstudent
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Determining direction of magnetic field

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Why is normal force mg ± mg sin θ, not mg cos θ?

  • bchung606
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How much energy is needed to place 4 positive charges

  • shashaeee
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Electric potential for flat sheet

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What is the sign and magnitude of the unknown charge

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Interference - Q done, is it right?

  • Flucky
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Ranking impulse and momentum for three crates pushed for 3 seconds

  • Justinmcg67
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Finding a constant of proportionality (Astro)

  • lquinnl
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Projectile Motion problem (is my textbook wrong?)

  • Element1674
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Torsional pendulum setup with masses at the ends

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Particle moving in Simple Harmonic Motion

  • smsport
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How to make a proof for complementary angles of elevation.

  • Shanyn
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How Do Rotating Disks Measure Bullet Speed?

  • Parzival
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Effective Current Impedance Calculation without Inductive Coupling

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How Do Cars A and B Interact on a Position-Time Graph?

  • Toranc3
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Projectile angles and speed (x and Y) near impact

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Show, using directional arrows, which transition corresponds to

  • IntegrateMe
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Quantum Mechanics (potential well)

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Finding bearing and position vectors of moving ships

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Calculating Half-Life from Radioactive Decay

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How does ladder operation in an anharmonic oscillator lead to a value of 3?

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Forces on a rectangle and semicircle in a magnetic field

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Free Fall and Vertical Velocity: Solving for Time at Same Level

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Hip pad compression and acceleration during a fall

  • Toranc3
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Magnitude of current passing through unit area in atmosphere(He2+ and O2-)

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What is the formula for the width of the potential box?

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Calculating the mass of the earth's atmosphere

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What fraction of the kinetic energy is converted to other forms in collision?

  • dawn_pingpong
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Understanding Approximations in Angular Motion Equations

  • Joshuarr
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Is the problem wrong (deals with resolving vectors into their components)?

  • awesome_irl
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Finding jumping height on an unknown planet given Mass/Radius

  • rkiecaboose
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The Right Hand Rule for Magnetic Fields

  • s-f
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A uniform chain problem (Mechanics)

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What Is the Average Force Produced by One Gallon of Gasoline?

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Calculating Standing Wave Diagrams and Wave Speeds for Closed Cylinders

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Calculate capacitance of conductors

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Is throwing acceleration greater than gravitational acceleration?

  • nhmllr
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Finding the Angle of Motion After an Impulse

  • jiayingsim123
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Calculate the current through the 22ohm resistor (Kirchhoff's Rules)

  • shashaeee
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Find the equivalent resistance of a circuit below

  • shashaeee
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Why is there no magnetic field inside an iron ring between two magnets?

  • Physics_Dud
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What Is the Period of Regular Fading in a Car Between Two Sound Sources?

  • Simplyjack
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How does amplitude modulation work

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Can Balloon Pressure Change Be Calculated by Squeezing?

  • hunnedlicks
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Calculate Total Energy for v=1.5, h=300mm, m=5kg

  • man0005
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Center of mass of infinite cylinder of air

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How to tell if work is done on or by a system from a P-V diagram

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Is the Right Hand Rule About Choosing Which Hand to Use?

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