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Resistivity and Ohm's Law question

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Conservation of Angular Momentum Experiment: Moment of Inertia

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Finding velocity of 225g ball after collision with 125g ball

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Neutron velocity selector and rotational speed of shaft

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What Is the Minimum Mechanical Energy Needed to Change a Satellite's Orbit?

  • jamesbiomed
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Center of Mass constant with near-correct attempt

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Special relativity of space traveler and reference frames

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RC circuit with two capacitors and resistors: time constant and charge

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Velocity and Acceleration within first 10 seconds

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Bridge design conceptual questions

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Horizontal forces on door hinges supporting uniform 2m door

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How Is Impulse Calculated in Tennis Ball Physics?

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Solve Momentum Problem: Skater w/60kg Mass+3kg Skateboard

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Finding acceleration and velocity with friction and braking force

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The de Broglie wavelength of molecules

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Resistance of an electric motor

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Conservation of Momentum; finding the angular speed of a Neutron star

  • Northbysouth
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Ball rolling down a slope without slipping

  • jaumzaum
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How to Create a T vs Q Diagram for Carbon Dioxide?

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Can a Charged Cloth Neutralize a Metal Rod Upon Contact?

  • sgstudent
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Centripetal Acceleration must equal Gravity in a Space Station

  • jamesbiomed
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Finding the velocity and angle after an elastic collision

  • Northbysouth
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Pion Decay and Relativity Question

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Vertical Latch Friction Problem

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Formula to find height required to reach x speed in freefall

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Photoelectric effect and stopping potential

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Torque- rigid objects in equalibrium/ center of gravity.

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Write the density and its associated uncertainty of a cylinder

  • Minou
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Angular momentum of a particle at position (3i + 4k) m

  • Northbysouth
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Angular velocity and angular momentum

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The mass of the pendulum bob was determined on an electronic scale and

  • alicia113
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Particles moving in a straight line

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What is the job of a radio transmitter

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Velocity and Time of Ball Leaving Spring on Tray

  • Usern4me
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Problem with finding time from projectile motion problem

  • coneheadceo
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Direction of electric current in a conductor

  • alicia113
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How Do I Correctly Calculate the Electric Force Vector Direction and Magnitude?

  • Manodesi524
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Interference/diffraction pattern formed by 2 slits

  • uwbadger17
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Newton's Second Law Equation acceleration Question

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Momentum problem involving collision of two balls

  • Joshpho
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Dimensional analysis - working out if this is dimensionally correct

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Pendulums with Mechanical Energy (conical pendulum?)

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Finding initial velocity of punted football from range and flight time

  • d3nat
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How Do Vector Angles Behave with Different Quadrant Coordinates?

  • CathyCat
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Finding spring constant from mass equilibrium and displacement

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Acceleration of blocks connected by pulley on incline

  • ksm2288
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Force on electron travelling parallel to charge carrying longstraightwire

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Can Two Repelling Spheres Be Solved?

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Why is it important to not delete posts after receiving help?

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Do Capacitors Actually Store Energy?

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What is the Frictional Force Acting on a Toy Being Dragged by a Child?

  • inzektor95
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Still learning dimensional analysis

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Long problem sum using Newton second law

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Graphing Magnetic Field and Current

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Problem about charge concentration

  • Cetullah
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Simple Harmonic Motion using total mechanical energy

  • StrawHat
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Distance travelled by the particle

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How High Will a Golf Ball Bounce After Falling Down a 3m Staircase?

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Which has higher Kinetic Energy?

  • utkarshakash
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Does Fluid Pressure Change with the Size of the Opening?

  • Shordaay
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Trace and its square of mixed state density operator using integral

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Horsepower to kilowatt-hours?

  • rolodexx
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A couple of gravitational problems (kelper's third law)

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Electric field needed to balance weight of charged sphere

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Lense- focal point, diagram position of image

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When material not be magnetized by a magnetic?

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Work, heat and internal energy in pV diagram.

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Magnetostatic field calculations

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Converting d-t graph to v-t graph

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Two blocks, a string, and a spring.

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Calculate flow rate through venturi with 2m to 1m diameter change

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Friction and elastic collisions

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Inclined Plane w/ Two Masses: F=ma+mb?

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From what height will two objects hit the ground at the same speed?

  • hockeybro12
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Solving Kirchoff's Rules for Triangular Array of Resistors

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What is the required coefficient of static friction

  • hockeybro12
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Should I round answers to match the least number of significant figures?

  • emberjelly
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Electric current - High voltage power lines buzzing

  • alicia113
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Wrong interpretation of physics

  • aloe
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Two marbles colliding elastically on massless strings

  • phoebz
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Having Maximum Velocity Issues?

  • John_b
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Check my electric motor diagram and explain the buzzing sound

  • alicia113
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Work done by moving electrons through electric potential?

  • nghpham
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With what speed does the ion enter the magnetic field in a mass spectrometer?

  • pinkyaliya
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Double slits experiment, wavelength calculation

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Finding the Position and Velocity of a Mass on a Slope Using Work and Energy

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Displacement of mass fired by a slingshot problem

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Finding resultant force from two forces at angles

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What Happens to a Point Charge Inside a Uniformly Charged Sphere?

  • danilorj
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Checking geometry summer assignment pages 10-16

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Pressure difference across a horizontal pipe from a water barrel

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Interpreting Data to Satisfy Conservation of Mass

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Finding where an electron is relative to a charge?

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How to Calculate Tension in a Uniform Rope with a Constant Force Applied?

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Gauss' Law with Superposition Principle

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