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MCQ: Ideal Gas Flow Out of Balloon with Temp Increase

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Block sliding down a frictionless wedge using center of mass

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Electromagnet project - questions

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Runner accelerates to finish 10,000m in under 30 minutes

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Velocity of a box going up an inclined plane.

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Dimensions of the Coriolis force expression ωc/√G

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Bar coming to a rest (vertical position)

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Bit of confusion with coils and electromagnetic induction

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Frequency and length of a flute

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Why Is the Angle the Same for Different Weights in a Chair-O-Plane?

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Why does an airplane bank when turning in a horizontal circle?

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Electric Potential Energy with Three Postive Charges

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Discharging a capacitor - how long does it take

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Charging and Discharging capacitor problem .

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Why Measure Angles to the Side of the Yellow Line in Spectra Experiment?

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Why are narrow discharge tubes preferred for viewing spectra?

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Finding the force up an incline given horizontal force

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Equation of Continuity-Three Fire Hoses and Pipes

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Constant-volume gas thermometer with van der Waals equation

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Angular Displacement Differentiation

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Finding Avogadro's constant from NaCl crystal structure

  • johnconnor
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Year 12: Cambridge Physics Problem (Rate of increase of ice thickness)

  • johnconnor
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Three point charge in a plane (electricity in physics II)

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Is My Lorentz Transformation Calculation Correct?

  • bckcookie
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Bullet passing through pendulum block for full circle motion

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Year 12: Cambridge Physics (Calculus in Specific heat capacity)

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Energy pumped into a water rocket? (soda bottle rocket)

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Why can a motorcycle accelerate faster than a large truck?

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Mass on incline plane sliding into spring, need to find max compression

  • BryceHarper
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Finding velocity after 1.20 sec impact from force graph

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How Does Friction Cause the Bottom Block to Move with the Top Block?

  • sideman123
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Momentum conservation - particle collision

  • jsmith613
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Electron Approaching a Charged Sphere

  • jrk012
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Finding Maximum kinetic energy of ejected electrons

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Angular momentum, transfer of mass between two drums.

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Is static frinction a conservative force?

  • Stergios
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Finding equivalent resistance with mixed series and parallel resistors

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Projectile Motion without the Angle

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Moment equation for a rolling ball in mass-spring system

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Gravitation Field between the Earth and Moon

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Gen Physics I: Where can I find good lecture notes/advice?

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Problem in solving question related to acceleration and velocity

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Energy to separate one molecule of water from a single neighbour

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How Far Will the Stone Travel Horizontally Before Hitting the Ground?

  • professordad
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Blackbody radiation intensity find maximum

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Would a toy car wheel count as a simple machine?

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How Fast Do Toothbrush Bristles Move?

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1-D Kinematics Problem/Free Fall. A helicopter carrying Dr. Evil

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How to force forces of the floors

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Principles of conservation of energey

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Physics problem : Oscillating circuit

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What Questions Could Be Asked in a Pendulum Practical Assessment?

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Kinda hard problem involving friction and a spool.

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Torque required to lift a given mass around a point.

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How Do Electromagnetic and Regenerative Braking Systems Work?

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What is the force required to push a block of ice up an incline?

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Average stopping acceleration in NASA drop tower problem

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Simple Harmonic Motion Homework: Finding Velocity, Time, and Constant Values

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What is the potential difference between points A and B in a circuit?

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Prove square of four-momentum is relativistic invariant

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Block Acceleration up an Inclined Plane

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Calculate spring constant for cart attached to a spring

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Conservation of angular momentum

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Can You Solve These Puzzling Science Questions?

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Charging capacitor - no resistor

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Easy Ratio Vector Question, but not sure if answer is wrong

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How Long Does It Take a Model Rocket to Reach Maximum Height?

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Current through a resistor in a network

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How Many Electrons Are in Aluminum Spheres?

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Solving for Betty's Force in a 2-D Tug of War

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Find angle that satisfies the following

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Inclined place friction problem

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Pebble being dropped into a well

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Speed, acceleration, and friction on a spinning carnival drum ride

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Finding the temperature of Venus

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When do clock hands on planet X first align after midnight?

  • phyhelp
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Calculating Voltage in a Circuit with Capacitors and Resistors

  • jsmith613
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Vertical SHM. Find f with A and drop height

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Why Do Electric Field Lines Never Cross?

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Finding final velocity of charged particle in electric field

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SHM problem with Momentum and Energy

  • MrMaterial
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[Confuse]Capacitor and resistor in DC circuit,

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Spaceship question: Problems with Length Contraction

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Tension in rotational motion problem

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Coordinate transformation of a tensor in 2 dimensions

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Want to know how to prove ohm's law

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Find Projection of (A+C) in B's Direction

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Capacitance and voltage relationship

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Energy of singly ionised hydrogen molecule H₂⁺

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Plotting spring motion with friction in Mathematica

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Can a 70 kg man jump over a 0.8 m barrier?

  • charmedbeauty
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Calculating Time for a Car to Cover Distance with Acceleration

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Linear acceleration of mass falling from rotating disk

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Car accelerating at 0.076 m/s² over 9.97 km distance

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