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Derivation of the Kinematic Equations

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Proving Conservation of Momentum

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Special relativity abduction from earth question

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The lowest pressure on the balloon

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Temperature coefficient of resistance calculation

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Speed dropping to zero when landing during a fall

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What is the force of the spring constant?

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Calculating Rafter Size for Douglas Fir-Larch

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How does electrostatic spray painting work?

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What distance does a canoe move when a woman walks across it?

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Newton's third law when moving our body

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What Is the Angular Velocity of a Spinning Disk?

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Find the total displacement on a velocity-time graph

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What is the Tension in a Rotating String?

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Tarzan Physics Question with Kinematics, Energy, Forces

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Bifilar Pendulum: Can't justify/create a hypothesis + analyze results

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Static Equilibrium Door Problem

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Rotational Motion- Parallel Axis Theorem?

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Parallel plate conductors question

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Calculating Power of Outdoor Heater: A Puzzling Problem

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An alpha particle is fired at a uranium atom

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Action reaction force quick question

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Solving for the Mass of M2 in an Equilibrium System?

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Finding accleration of object after collision

  • Adam17
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Physics Final Exam Sample Question

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Centroid of a right angle triangle

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Need help on getting the resonant frequency

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Mass of used hydrogen in an isothermal process

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Question related to SHM and free body diagrams

  • ehabmozart
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Kinetic Energy Loss of Colliding Billiard Balls

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Charge Induction: Understanding Electric Field Effects

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Real height and apparent height

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How Does Air Resistance Affect Theoretical vs Actual Projectile Range?

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To find out the compression of the spring

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Why Doesn't the Water Level Decrease When an Ice Cube Melts?

  • Sam2847
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Refraction - when can you see past the label?

  • jadelamlam
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Mass Hanging in Center of Chain Problem

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Comparing Mechanical Energies of two falling masses

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Finding the magnitude of an electric field with 5 charges.

  • Ganar
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Calculating Pressure Change in Gases: Hand Pump and Container Setup

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Calculating Acceleration in a Rifle-Bullet System

  • Justhelp
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A.: Finding Center of Mass for a Rectangular Surface with a Hole

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Velocities after totally elastic collision

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Special Relativity and Kinematics Problem

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Question About Assignment - accelerations, velocities and distances

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Universal gravitation 11- determine the gravitational force of attraction

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Universal gravitation 5- determine which satellite has smaller period

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Universal gravitation 9- determine the mass of planet Jupiter

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Universal gravitation 8- determine the speed of a satellite

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Universal gravitation 7- determine the gravitational force of attraction

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Universal gravitation 6-determine strength of gravitational field

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Model a rigid body made of two points linked by a rigid bar

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What is the Modulus of the Complex Number exp(√i)?

  • unscientific
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Compute the force the a coloumn of water exerts on an object.

  • IsomDan
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Calculate ball velocities after slope bounce

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Year 12: Cambridge Physics Problems (2D kinetic theory)

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Variation of Kinetic Energy with temperature

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Universal gravitation 3- determine the mass of the Earth

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Expansion and contraction of a gas

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EMF v time graph vs change in flux v time

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Problem of torque transmission and determining how to achieve a velocity

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Calculating Fission Energy from Uranium Fuel

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Unit Conversion: Astronomical Units, Parsecs and Light Years

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Need help with my homework 45minutes left till i have to hand it in

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How Is Work Calculated in a Friction Scenario with Constant Velocity?

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Complicated path question - 2D vectors

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Question on spring constant w/potential energy

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Help With Calculating Spring Constant and Energy in System

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Solving a Momentum Conservation Problem

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DeBroglie matter waves and double-slit

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Calculating the Mass of 100 Trillion Uranium 238 Atoms | Physics Homework

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Does the Spring Continue to Stretch Indefinitely Beyond the Elastic Limit?

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Calculate F given m, d, and v should be easy.

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Probability of finding particle in 1D finite potential well

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Help with Vertical Motion Problem

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Calculating Electric Potential in a Uniformly Charged Spherical Shell

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How Do I Calculate the Rebound Heights of a Dropped Golf Ball?

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Magnitude and direction of electric field at point P

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Light, Wavelength, Space, and the color of Stars

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Year 12: Cambridge Physics Problem (Gas and Pressure)

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How Does Temperature Influence Current Flow in Semiconductors?

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Finding Total momentum of a system

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Wave Optics (Interference due to reflection)

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Does Light Reflect at the Boundary Between Water and Flint Glass?

  • physicsguy101
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A 1600 kg object is initially at rest 400 km above the earth’s surface.

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Projectile Motion in Combination with Energy Problem

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Calculating half life (Decay Constant)

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Kinematics/Force help - especially with direction

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Conceptual question concerning work and nonconservative forces

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Stress & Strain (Finding diameter, extention & thickness)

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Finding the velocity with out time (s)

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What is the Resultant Displacement of Superimposed Traveling Waves?

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Angle between 2 vectors given dot product and cross product

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Finding charge density generating an Electric Field

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Finding radius a of non-conducting spherical shell

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Mixing of substances of different temperature with change of state

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