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Radioactivity & Specific Heat Capacity Question

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Satellite in orbit - forces involved

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What is the speed of a mass in simple harmonic motion at 0.60m?

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Approximation of integral for small boundary

  • Fraggler
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Help with this 9th grade motion problem

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How do I prove that the wave function R_{10}(r) is normalized?

  • karkas
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Help with a tug of war problem

  • wbetting
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Spaceship travels at .83 c, relativity

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Help With Position vs Time Graph

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Another point charge question (electric field)

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Understanding Linear Motion: Solving for Travel and Remaining Distance

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Collision of particles; centre of mass problem

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Instantaneous velocity, help me please

  • Veloco-raptor
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Question about point charges (electric field strengths)

  • curiousjoe94
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Calculating the doppler red shift

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A NONCONDUCTING sphere with uniform volume charge density ? HELP

  • SoulofLoneWlf
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Understanding Symbolic Math in MATLAB: Real and Imaginary Parts

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Simple question on acceleration and angular acceleration

  • spacelike
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How does a virtual image form in reflection?

  • jadelamlam
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What Are the Conditions for Nuclear Fission?

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Calculating Distance for Negative Acceleration

  • CarlosMarti12
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Magnetic field of two current-carrying wires crossing over

  • ness87
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Help me out with these speed, velocity and momentum related questions?

  • Veloco-raptor
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Find min velocity so that particle grazes the shell

  • Saitama
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Moment of inertia of a three particle system

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A motorcycle catches a car after accelerating

  • Pioneer98
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Resistance of Cylindrical Conductor

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How High Is a Meteor When It Accelerates Toward Earth?

  • EE123
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Universal Gravitation and Gravitational Field Question

  • EE123
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How Long Until a Thrown Ball Hits the Ground?

  • manal950
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How Can I Solve My Son's Physics Homework Problems?

  • spartankaboos
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Solving Diffraction Grating Homework: Max Wavelength at 11°

  • Swan
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A body moving with simple harmonic motion has an amplitude of 1

  • manal950
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Determining speed of an oscillating object

  • speedskater
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Does anyone know how to solve i try to self learn?

  • sammy852
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Finding frequency of a 50 m string with 4.41 N tension

  • physicsfun88
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What Is Oliver's Recoil Speed on Ice After Throwing a Rock?

  • grewas8
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Emf of a Closed Loop of Wire In a Magnetic Field

  • rocketgirl93
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Voltage across Capacitors in Parallel

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Final temperature of diamond using Cv

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Ground-state energies of electron gas

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Exploring Transformers: I^2R Power Losses

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Specify the reference state for potential energy?

  • charmedbeauty
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Solving for Car & Biker's Meeting Point w/ Variable d

  • StrawHat
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Does an object stop dead after it is dropped and hits the floor?

  • goomer
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Equipotential line and electric field

  • Saitama
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How to find the current in the no resistor wire?

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Circular motion- banked curve, show that friction is necessary

  • dani123
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Inelastic collision problem - question doesn't make sense

  • randomkent
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Race Car Driver's Average speed

  • Pioneer98
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Calculate Force to Elongate Steel Bar

  • raiderUM
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Damped Oscillations: Does Time Change?

  • amit25
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Capacitance & Potential Difference Question

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Potential of two points how are they same?

  • nishantve1
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Calculating the centre of mass of a U shaped conductor/Magnetic Field

  • Mathoholic!
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What is the acceleration of a block in this scenario?

  • Benja303
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Calculating different in temperature using a material's conductivity

  • steve321
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Projectile Motion Question - Can someone verify that the question is correct?

  • cerealkiller
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Electric field due to non uniformly charged spherical shell

  • lavesh
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Electromagnetic induction inside a field with a contraint

  • caspernorth
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I want the ideas for solving those questions

  • manal950
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Showing work done on gas in a reversible process

  • Ryomega
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Projectile motion, problem with only general equations

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Electrostatics and velocity question

  • Saitama
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Gravitational potential energy of a car

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What Is the Dipole Moment of This Charge Configuration?

  • Saitama
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Voltage across a load resistor in a Voltage Divider Circuit

  • Martinet
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Potential difference in a sphere relative to infinity

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Acceleration of a runner to finish in his desired time

  • Pioneer98
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Why Doesn't the Earth Move When Objects Fall?

  • Bashyboy
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Max height at the top of the ramp of object launched by spring

  • andrewwg94
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A few quick problems with kinematics

  • m00nbeam360
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How long it takes for a car to catch a truck

  • Pioneer98
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How long to melt the ice(heat, heat transfer, latent heat)

  • supernova1203
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How high is the tree branch(conservation in energy/kinematics)

  • supernova1203
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Gauss' law and conducting spheres

  • srn
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How Does Magnet Height Affect a Pendulum's Period?

  • StasKO
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A shaft is uniformly accelerated from 10rev/s to 18 rev/s in 4 sec .

  • manal950
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Simple tension problem, I can't seem to understand it

  • dakotapederse
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Light- critical angle/refraction/reflection

  • physicsluv
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Calculate the equivalent capacitance of the circuit

  • arl146
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Coupled Oscillators (Electrical Circuit)

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Integrating for area under a curve.

  • Darth Frodo
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I am an idiot, me. (Find the force of a tennis ball)

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Exploring Alpha, Beta, Gamma Decay & Conservation of Mass/Energy

  • gbaby370
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Physics question on Energy and Spring, any help appreciated

  • DiaperBoy35
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How Does Launch Angle Affect the Horizontal Distance in Shot Put?

  • wbetting
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Force on Current-Carrying Conductor

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Which Bottle Rocket Fuel Achieves Higher Altitudes?

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How Do You Calculate Distance and Direction Using Vector Coordinates?

  • geoff18
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Statics Problem: hanging disk, tensions etc.

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