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Block moving around in a semi cricle

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Simple Harmonic Motion-oscillation on an ideal spring

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Isolating acceleration in distance equation

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Magnetic Field square wire loop

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Proof: maximum range of an object launched off a cliff

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On (pentagon shaped) electric field question.

  • physikamateur
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Right Hand Rule Applied to Loops in Magnetic Fields

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How Does Plaque Constriction Affect Blood Velocity in Arteries?

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How Do You Calculate Impedance for Series and Parallel RLC Circuits?

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How Fast Does Blood Travel Through an Arteriole?

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Is there a way to figure the velocity required to move uphill

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How Does Efficiency Loss Affect Voltage and Current in a Transformer?

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Angular momentum about an origin (O,O,O)

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Who has a tip on how to remember compounds and their valencies when studying?

  • Rhyme Rhodes
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Calculating Magnetic Field of a Solenoid with Changing Amperage

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What determines the speed of two balls on a rotating disk?

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How deep does a lead puck sink in mercury?

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Stone thrown upward from 40m tower: time in air and velocity

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Excel graphing problems with a Physics lab

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Collinear parallel vs collinear

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Ball Rolling Down A Ramp [Science Challenge Question]

  • CallMeShady
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Pressure of Chair Legs: Find F/A for 72 kg Person

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Why does my velocity calculation keep giving the wrong answer?

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Dimensional Analysis and Power enthropy

  • dan4loriel
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Finding Original Carbon nuclei from given sample.

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Finding Time Using Displacement and Acceleration

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How to find the moment of inertia K from rolling an object down a ramp

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Roller Coaster Energy Calculations

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Space shuttle orbital radius when period changes from 1.5 to 24 hours

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Period of Pendulum Before String Extension

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What is the Self-Inductance of an Inductor Given Maximum EMF and Current?

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Radioactive decay with 1-hour half-life over 3 hours

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Finding mass of black hole once given the density

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Finding relative velocity when there are multiple unknowns

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Experimentally Determine the Mass

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Simple Harmonic Motion and spring displacement

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Spherical capacitor (Irodov 3.101.)

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On a silly electric field question.

  • physikamateur
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Substituting the angular velocity and moment of inertia

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Calculating Dipole Moment: 1.5uC at (0,3), (0,5)

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True/False relativity question.

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Ignoring the sign of a charge in electromagnetism

  • FatPhysicsBoy
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Potential Energy from an infinite line charge

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Determine its speed after it has slid a distance of 3.00m down the ramp.

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The Maximum current in a transformer

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Thermal contact final temprature

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Solving a Series LRC Circuit with Complex Impedances

  • nateja
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Pogo Stick Elastic Energy: Substituting Correct Variables

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The value of spring constant in Mass spring system in an elevator

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What Is the Kinetic Energy Equation for a Mass on a Double Pendulum?

  • Axecutioner
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Components of A Resultant Force

  • Bashyboy
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Gravity of a Rotating Cylindrical Space Station: Confirmation Needed

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What is the speed of the proton?

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How Do You Calculate Torque in a Physics Lab Setting?

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Maximum Charge on a Capacitor in an LC Ciruit

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Energy released in the fission of one uranium-235 nucleus? (extra neutron)

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Does a charge go toward high or low potential

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Magnetic Field due to a Long Straight Wire (Proof)

  • FatPhysicsBoy
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Solving Oil Drop Experiment: Calculate Largest e Value

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Force experienced by a tennis ball

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Should I Attempt the Pass? Kinematics Problem on a Car

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Rotational Motion and Coefficient of Friction

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Finding angular velocity of pulleys B and C in compound pulley system

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How to find the velocity of the protons and antiprotons?

  • yy205001
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How to Solve Acceleration vs Time Graph Problems?

  • ev_physics
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Getting Brewster's Formula from Snell's Law

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Physics electric kettle experiments?

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Solving the Hollow Cylinder Equation

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ANyone know how to draw a parallelogram/triangle to resolve force?

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Conceptual misunderstanding of Velocity-Time Graphs

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Two source interference determining wavelength

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What volume would this air occupy at STP?

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Finding the Angle of Resultant Force in a Plane

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What are the different types of kites and how do they work?

  • hmmmok
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Finding the ratio of masses in constant acceleration motion

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Capacitor with a dielectric: studying for an exam

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Finding the wavelength from the work function in photoemission

  • EmmaLemming
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Two masses connected by a spring

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Rate of flow through a damn gate

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Force from the water on the gate

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Findng electric force for line of charge

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Flux through loop around solenoid

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Calculating Time Until Balls Reach Same Height

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Angular acceleration and Torque when rod reaches vertical position?

  • sweetpete28
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Wheel angular acceleration and kinetic energy from torque

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