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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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Skier coasting on level snow with friction

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Gravitational question ( calculus )

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Pendulum speed given length and angle

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Volume of a mole of air 15km above sea level

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Block sliding on wedge in descending elevator with friction

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Why is 2 years in seconds rounded to 3.16 × 10^7 not 3.15 × 10^7?

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Calculate percentage change in heat output

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Horizontal/Vertical projectile question

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Light reflected from air film between glass plates

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Bridge Circuit, Solving 5 Equations

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Two parallel non conducting rings

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I've got to find things out about these pendulums

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Recoil velocity of a 4.0 kg gun firing a 10 g bullet

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Calculating Ball's Initial Speed: All Gravitational Energy

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Find temperature of ideal gas, given n, P, Vi, Vf, and Work.

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Solving a Problem with 2.55 eV/4.14 x 10^-15 eVs

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Solving for Heat Capacity and Ideal Gas Type in Thermodynamics

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Help Solve Lens Projector Distance Puzzle!

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Acceleration Due to Gravity of the Sun

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Buoyancy and Density Archimedes

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What Is the Normal Force on a Rollercoaster Car at the Top of a Hill?

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How Does Frequency Alter Output Voltage in an RLC Circuit?

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Circular Motion Problem: Multiple Masses

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How Do You Find the Acceleration of Block A Given These Weights?

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Calculate electric field for cylindrical charge distributions

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Determine the number of nodal line present

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Why Do Horizontal Motion Problems in AS Physics Challenge Students?

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Rotational mechanics, angular momentum revision

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How Is Tension Calculated in a Plucked Telephone Cord?

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How can light bend toward the normal in refraction?

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Quick question about Aluminium ? How to find its oxidation state ?

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Damped Harmonic Oscillator/ME loss/freq question

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Very basic questions regarding thermal energy and radiation.

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Maximum acceleration, frequency and mechanical energy of a spring

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Solved: Dimensions of b/a in Pressure Equation

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Mirror and lens sign conventions for real and virtual images

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Orbital period of satellite about a nonrotating body

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Spring with 2 masses rotating and vibrating

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Work done by the Friction Force

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Finding current through in a specific part of a parallel circuit.

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Power, Work and Friction Problem

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Conservation of Angular Momentum w/ Spring

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How Far Does the Pile Move with Each Blow of the Hammer?

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Force exerted on the wall of a container.

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Can a Rotating Magnet Create a Rotating Magnetic Field?

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Muzzle velocity given test range, time of flight and ballistic properties.

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Is my sisters science test wrong ?

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When does the speed of a ball thrown in the air start decreasing?

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Simple Question: Units and volume of DNA - Can't get formula correct?

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Find the two maxima for a double grate diffraction

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Are the Red Terms Equal to Zero in This Cross Product Problem?

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How to tell is a two lens converging system is inverted or not

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Energy when two opposite pulses meet

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Calculating Initial Velocity for Projectile Launch from Point A to B

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IUPAC naming for Ti(CO3)2

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Accelaration of a sphere being aimed at a point charge

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Why use gauge pressure for plug friction in a submerged pipe

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Determine largest force when three ropes are joined at a point

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Preparing for a phys final, springs and bouyancy

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Finding velocity/distance from acceleration

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Simple multiple choice questions

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Period of rod connected to spring

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A point mass attached to a spinning spring.

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Projectile Motion of Basketball Shot to Ring

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Design a Toy with Kinematics: Get Creative

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Why can't centripetal force formula apply to spring-mass motion?

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Simple Magnetic Field Question.

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Potential Difference in a Circuit

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Is the Calculation of Uncertainty for f Correct?

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Finding the amount of heat required to double volume?

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Calculating Mass and Gravity on Planet Newtonia

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How Does a Flea Jump Over a Cylinder Using Parabolic Motion?

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A few questions about frequency of light

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Normal Forces and Fluid Dynamics

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Finding Initial Velocity of a car hit by a train

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What is the flow rate through a tapered tube?

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Find surface area of a non-conducting sheet

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How does diffraction affect telescope magnification?

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.Solving for Initial Velocity: Kinematic Equations

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What is the temperature of the gas?

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