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Determine the acceleration of a rocket.

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Calculating Latitude from Zenith Distance: A Practical Guide

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Newton 2nd law, forces and vectors

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Rotational speed of a coil in a magnetic field

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Rate of change of momentum. Newton 2nd law

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Electric field amplitude of a sphereical wave

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Variable Resistor connected to parallel resistors

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Find angle given tension and friction?

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Ideas for physics experimental investigation

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What is the acceleration of the runner?

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Electric Charges Homework: Find q from Tmax & Fc2

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Find the moment of inertia of a solid sphere.

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Newton's Law of Cooling for Multilayers

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What Is the New Pulling Force When Wooden Blocks Are Stacked?

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Electric field of a ring and beads

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Finding magnitude of new electric fields

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KE realated to translational motion

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General relationship for springs connected in series

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What Are Some Long-Term Research Questions in Particle Physics?

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Simplifying a resistor network using pi-T (Y-delta) conversion

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Understanding the Direction of Friction Forces in Equilibrium

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Why Does the Integral Equal Zero in Parallel Axis Theorem Proof?

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Displacement and acceleration ( SHM? )

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Find the angula aceleration of the pulley

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What is the Electric Field and Spring Constant for Two Charges on a Spring?

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Find the acceleration of a space station

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Constructive Interference of Sound waves

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Ball and Box Collision: Finding Final Velocity

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Insulating Cylindrical Shell, Potential at edge

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Thermal Physics question regarding the thermal expansion coefficients

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Makes no sense as theta is obviously obtuse

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Double Atwood Machine and acceleration

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Safe to remove inner wall of pond or will it burst?

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Instantanoeus axis of rotation

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Energy Dissipation Across a Resistor

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Solving Rotational Motion Homework: a2 = 5m/s^2

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Charge moving in elliptical orbit under Coulomb field.

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Significant Figures in Addition/Subtraction Problems Explained

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Displacement with a velocity time graph that is a parabola

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How to determine material of metal (magnetism)

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Speed of proton parallel to insulating sheet

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Flux through a cube at an angle

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Potential at Center of Insulating Spherical Shell

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1-Dimensional Motion Helicopter Problem (PPB)

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Coefficent of friction for a box moving at cosntant speed

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Moment of Inertia for a Square and a pipe of variable density

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Emissivity, radiation and heat transfer

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Electrostats, Gauss Theorem qusetion: Struck in middle

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Notation for Velocity Gradient

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A wonderful lens-a glass of water(highschool physics)

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Translational Motion Equation Derivation

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Conservation of momentum of two particles

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Force of gravity involving astrology

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Why is the (1/2) in the Gravity Force Term for Fluid Mechanics?

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A few Conceptual Questions Regarding Torque & Angular Momentum

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What is the calculation for work in an adiabatic process?

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Which Cart Would be Easiest to Push and Fastest on an Incline Plane?

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Pulleys and Mass becoming infinitely large

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How Does a Calor Engine Power a 200V Generator at Different RPMs?

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Using Blue Laser Light for CD Players: Manufacturing Implications

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Equilibrium Position of Charged Ball near Charged Plate

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Circle & Ellipse Intersection: Can you Make Them Touch?

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Force and Electric field within a cubic lattice

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Physics 117 problem about circuits and bulbs

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Calculating Electric Field for 2 Test Charges

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Cambridge Physics Problems: Simple Electric Circuit

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Determining magnitude of net force with three parallel wires

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Dynamics of a particle moving in a straight line question

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Calculate Velocity from a P vs T graph

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Center of mass of half square without a half circle

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Plotting Points on a Graph (4, 0°) and (3, 27°)

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Why integrating sin^2(wt) gives the half-period?

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Position at any one point on Velocity-Time Graph

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Point of application of magnetic torque.

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EMF induced in solenoid by current in a loop.

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Stuck on a Torque Problem Help is appreciated

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Find Max Compression of a Spring

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Solving the Mystery of Star A & B's Distance

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Electric Field inside an insulating sphere

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Basic Avg Speed/Constant Acceleration train question

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Distance traveled by train using forces and kinetic friction

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Finding the Minimum Kinetic Energy of Electrons in an Electric Field

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Resultant velocities from 2D collision

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A line charge with variable charge density

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Rigid body (rectangular) collision with wall

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Calculate Power from 100mm Rotating Shaft

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Alert driver vs Sleepy Driver distance traveled

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Gauss's law and nonuniform electric field

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Calculating g using horizontal uniform circular motion

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What determines specific heat capacity of a solid?

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Calculating Resultant Vectors Using Trig

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Induced Current and Eddy Current

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Reducing Decibel Levels: How Far Should You Move from a Loudspeaker?

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Tricky wording in electrical circuits question

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