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Confirm My Suspicions: Calculating Velocity on an Incline Plane

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Higher potential in electric field

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Magnetic force between four wires at corners of a square

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Kinematics of Rotational Motion Part II

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Mathematical model, work done on a gas

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Determine the percent efficiency

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Maximum height reached by a projectile

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Structural Support: How to Handle Heavy Loads

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Calculating Electrical Energy Input for 70% Efficient Lift Motor

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Really Hard(for me) head on collision question

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A problem with equivalent resistance

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Difference between bright fringe, maxima, and constructive interference

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Electricity - Resistance problem

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Finding Charge at a Specific Point Using Coulomb's Law

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Why do air resistance and restoring force act in the same direction?

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Motion of Charges in E and B Fields

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Electric field from two point charges as a function of x

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Steel ring and brass shaft thermal expansion problem

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Two balls of different mass elastically collide

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Velocity problems regarding vectors

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How is 100 W produced over 24 hours in Edexcel Unit 4 Specimen Paper?

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Super basic problem, not sure if I'm doing it right or not

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Finding an unknown applied force with friction, Fnet and more.

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Changes of state , latent heat and heat transfers

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Friction coefficient and work-energy problems with multiple forces

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Modified Atwood Machine Problem

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Calculating Work Done on a System with Changing Pressure and Volume

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Maximum Magnification of Microscope

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Tension in cord connecting two boxes with pulley and friction

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Current in a parallel resistor?

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Help finding a research question

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Thermodynamics: dropping iron into thermos of nitrogen at boiling point

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Why is the s = vt - (1/2)at2 formula not included in exams?

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Thermal properties of materials

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Calculating Change in Potential Energy of Moon 4.0 cm Closer to Earth

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Damped and Forced Harmonic Motion

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Small Oscillations about the equilibrium point:

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Thermodynamics problem - need to find amount of water that boils

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Astronomy question - Sidereal time calculation

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Energy Formulas with the form (1/2)ab^2

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Refraction Problem istance Coin Appears to be in Glass Sphere

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Why is kinetic energy a cos² function for U(x)=4x² with E=7J?

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Calculating beta for two moving light sources

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Mean velocity in a circular pipe

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The Physics of Fishing and Rotational Motion

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Temperature increase due to increase of resistance

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Falling mass onto flat plate pressure exerted

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Friction problem-how does speed affect the frictional force

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Why are U and H minimized at constant S and V or P?

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Find the energy in a circuit, delivered to resistors, by battery, etc

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Calculating Internal Resistor in a Series Battery Circuit

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Moment of inertia formula for a propeller

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What is the engine's thermal efficiency?

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How Does the Doppler Effect Alter Radar Frequencies?

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Thin film diffraction - to start

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Calculate the energy stored in Capacitor and Inductor

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Impulse and force for baseball struck by bat

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Uniform Magnetic Field question

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Period of Oscillation of a Board Between 2 Identical Rollers

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Ball Spinning Horizontally on String

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Light in Underwater Pool Refraction Problem

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When is the Particle at Equilibrium Position?

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Relating Point Charges for a Net Zero Force

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Control system with equation C = A*x + B*dx/dt

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Optics problems - real vs, virtual / thin film

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Solving the Slender Ladder Problem: Angular Acceleration

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How can I find the focal length of a lens silvered at one face?

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Gravitation problem (estimate numbers of stars in our galaxy)

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Mechanics midterm-terminal velocity question

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Maximum Height of Two Balls After Collision in Air

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Electric potential of concentric spheres

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Tension of cables of unequal length

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Finding charge between parallel plates with mass given

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Does pressure decrease where pipe volume increases?

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Change in mechanical energy of a bullet

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Electricity Problems - conductive spheres

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What is the required speed for the last 2 laps to qualify for the race?

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Electric Potential at Point D in a Rectangle with Three Charges

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Planning an Experiment: Excellent Thermal and Electrical Conductors

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Force needed to apply for acceleration 2ms^2

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Calculating Distance and Time with two boats in a river

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Uncertainty in Mean Value: How Many Decimal Places?

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Where is the Center of SHM in a Light Elastic String System?

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How to find the difference between two station?

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Use of Biot-Savart Law for Square Loop

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Rotational Equilibrium: Finding Force at Point B and D

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Thermodynamics - Thermal Conductivity + Heat Flow

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Frequency of photons emitted from electrons

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Polaroid sheets and the law of malus

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Elevator at rest compared to when its accelerating

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Differentiate y component of velocity wrt time

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