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How to move a charged particle without doing work on equipotential surfaces

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Direction of forces on a uniform catilever

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Force on two cables holding a liquid-filled container against a wall

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Capacitor and Surface Charge Density Question

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Rod in equilibrium, and find its angle to the vertical plane

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Peak and average power of a Ti:Sapphire laser at 450nm

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Which lamp is dimmed in the circuit?

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Resultant of two forces in two different situations

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Finding resultant force of three vectors with one on an axis

  • mishelhad
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Tension developed in a charged ring

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What Formula Do I Need for This Optics Problem?

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Determining the north and south pole of a solenoid

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Deflection of light passing the Sun

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Finding the magnitude of the moment on a pipe wrench

  • yazz912
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Solving the Parabolic Motion Problem: A Sphere with Unusual Weight and Size

  • Lord_Biscotto
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Finding current through a rotating surface from current density

  • liran avraham
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Is the Physics in the Avengers' Shield Collision Scene Accurate?

  • Travis Enigma
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Maglev train problem for high school physics exam

  • paulcaimp
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An electron enters a magnetic field

  • Dominic90
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Problems about magnetic field, electromotive force, induced current

  • Dominic90
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How do mass and radius affect gravitational pull on planets?

  • momoneedsphysicshelp
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Hydrostatic Equilibrium Problem Involving a Cube and two Liquids

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Realism of a piecewise model for back EMF current

  • FranzDiCoccio
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Why doesn't satellite mass affect orbital velocity?

  • momoneedsphysicshelp
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How Does a Positron's Kinetic Energy Change with Magnetic Field Strength?

  • elitepro
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Relationship between closing a switch and the total battery current

  • kbrockway2021
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Static friction coefficient for a crate in the back of a truck

  • purple4
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Why do monocrystalline solar cells have rounded/cropped edges?

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Electric Field and Continuous Charge Distribution

  • cwill53
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Calculating the Solid Angle of a Nebula from Earth

  • agnimusayoti
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Current generated by plasma of uneven density in a Magnetic Field

  • phantomvommand
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Refraction of light question -- Flintglass submerged in oil

  • rssvn
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Does "internal force" have 2 meanings in physics?

  • pkc111
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Why is the Velocity equal to joules per kilogram?

  • grandpa2390
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A ball climbing a ramp while "rolling the wrong way"

  • FranzDiCoccio
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Swimming to and fro across a river

  • brotherbobby
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What exactly does the Work-Energy theorem say?

  • pkc111
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What is the Correct Distance with Force from Both Sides?

  • TheMath_boy
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Gravity and Energy -- Two masses above two different planets

  • jstelpend
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Area Under Frequency versus Time Curve meaning?

  • GregB777
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Practice Problem about the Energy of a Pendulum

  • stephy
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Vaporization latent heat vs boiling point

  • yecko
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Can a transformer problem have two correct answers for coil ratios?

  • pkc111
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Conservation of Linear Momentum of Rigid Body

  • Uchida
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Moment of inertia of a disc using rods as differential elements

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Coulomb's Law -- dielectric problem

  • Tanya Sharma
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Using Lorentz Force to derive V = E/B

  • phantomvommand
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EM fields and Current between 2 charged cylinders

  • phantomvommand
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Manual air pump calculation for machine dynamics

  • JamesBennettBeta
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A Graph analysis problem to find when the acceleration is zero

  • uranium92
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Intensity of central maxima of crystal diffraction

  • phantomvommand
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Finding the gain coefficient at line centre for a HeNe Laser

  • MarkNormand99
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How do you calculate the impedance of the primary circuit?

  • Andrei0408
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How is the Relativity Formula Proven for an Electron in an Electric Field?

  • Samkiwi
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Finding primary current in a 9V to 120V transformer

  • tanaygupta2000
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Why does the block slow to zero when spring compression equals μₛmg/k?

  • phantomvommand
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Superposition of two simple harmonic motion

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What can I investigate regarding the mechanics of bikes?

  • SwizzFizzicks
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Binding energy per nucleon of the nucleus

  • leminn
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Calculating Track Acceleration Due to Gravity

  • robax25
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Restoring force on a ball connected to two rubber bands

  • EnricoHendro
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Why is My Polarized Plate Field Calculation Incorrect?

  • LCSphysicist
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Where Will a Jumper Land on a Moving Train Around a Bend?

  • shk
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Deriving and Verifying the Relativity Formula for Electron Speed

  • Samkiwi
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Force on a +Q charge in an equilateral triangle with charges +Q, +Q, -Q

  • Sirmeris
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Point charge near charged plate

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Electric fields of charged plates

  • swinfen
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Problem on Pressure due to Surface tension

  • phantomvommand
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A query about this electrical circuit symbol

  • ellieee
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Why did I get 2 instead of 1/2 for specific heat capacity?

  • ellieee
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Momentum of a ball bouncing off of the floor

  • FireKyuubi
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SR - Getting Zero Spatial Displacement

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Thermal energy transport via conduction

  • ellieee
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Potential difference calculation

  • ellieee
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The relativistic Doppler effect

  • help I have 12 hours
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How do I calculate the ratio of forces between two conducting spheres?

  • samcoelho
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Finding the tension of a support cable to balance the beam

  • JohnTheGreat101
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Finding the depression and the tension of the string

  • kaspis245
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Why is magnetic field half at the sides of a solenoid?

  • phantomvommand
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Calculate the Mass of Ice cubes needed to cool a soft drink

  • CyanPowder
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Deriving electric and vector potential

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Oblique shock waves: how to find the wedge angle for trailing shock?

  • Master1022
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Is My Delta to Wye Conversion Calculation Correct?

  • Istiak
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A steel shuttle is pulled along a rail, what is its initial acceleration?

  • potatotimer
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Charge on two spheres related to Earthing

  • songoku
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Finding absolute magnitude given apparent magnitude 7

  • Michael c17
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Damped Oscillatory Motion with Varying Bump Timing for Control

  • Adrian Simons
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Why don't the mass numbers balance in my nuclear equation?

  • ayans2495
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Relative Humidity and Temperature Changes when adding Heat

  • john ryan
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Would particle P be under non-unform circular motion?

  • vcsharp2003
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Calculating F, V and C: Why Can It Not Be Obtained This Way?

  • hidemi
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Iron block dropped into a container of water sitting on a scale

  • Kate_12
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Q of radiating electron according to classical theory

  • mbigras
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Work and Energy on a Slope - How Does a Block Move Up with Zero Net Work?

  • JackyCheukKi
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Find the gravitational field strength of planet X

  • ellieee
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Problem on Diffraction Grating and Laser Crystallography

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