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A kirchoff's law question with multiple batteries

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Related to Constant acceleration

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Frame of reference and relativity.

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Rearrangement of a complex radiation formula

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Calculating Angular Acceleration in Judo Foot-Sweep Move

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Calculating Heat Required to Heat Water from 15.5°C to 85°C

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Solve Quantum States: n=6, l=1 Hydrogen Atom

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Guitar acting as a helmholtz resonator. Explanation?

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Calculate open pipe length given resonance.

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Law of conservation of momentum problem?

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Centrifugal Force and the Path of a Moving Particle in a Rotating Tube

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Graphical Analysis Question - Torque, Angular Displacement

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Why can't frequency of an electromagnetic wave change?

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What Is the Focusing Range for a 45 mm Lens on an SLR Camera?

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Calculating Heat Required for Water Temperature Change

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Find the force of the rod on the point charge

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Speed distance and not a lot of hair left

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Special Relativity (Transformation question) Check Answer.

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What is the delay between seeing lightning and hearing thunder?

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Ball launched off a cliff at negative angle

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How Do You Calculate θ for Polarized Light Intensity Reduction to I0/4?

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I still seem to be off!Solving RCL Circuit w/Iron Core at Resonance

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Work to lift a 5 kg bag 1 meter using force or potential energy

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Question on working out forces acting on a brick.

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What is the correct solution for the maximum compression of the spring?

  • albert12345
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Pulley system with 100 N force and two masses

  • Mark Rice
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Simple harmonic motion of mass on elastic string pulled from rest

  • shalikadm
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Newton's Third law of motion problem.

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Calculating the Field of a Charge in a Coordinate System

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Work-Energy: Force Acting Through 1.2pi Despite 0.6pi Move

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Finding Current, Voltage, and Resistance in Parallel Circuits

  • PrincessPerry
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Finding tension in a pulley system with 100N upward force

  • Mark Rice
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Constant acceleration of sports car

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Is the Net Force on a Charge at the Center of a 13-Sided Polygon Zero?

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The Mystery of Inclined Plane Motion: Analyzing a Block's Acceleration

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What is the Net Force on Charges in a Square?

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How Far Does a Car Travel to Reach 4.61 m/s with Non-Constant Acceleration?

  • albert12345
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How can we determine the self-inductance of a solenoid?

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What is the velocity of a car accelerating at a non-constant rate?

  • albert12345
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Car with constant acceleration covering 60m in 5s then 170m in 6s

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How Does Velocity Change with Time in a Spiral Path?

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How Do You Derive the Radius Equation for a Satellite's Elliptic Orbit?

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Inertia of pully system with wire that has a mass

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Thin film (interference problem)

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Bullet Strikes Wheel - find rotations/second

  • yesiammanu
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Calculate the work done in Rectangle?

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Determining the polarisation state of the waves.

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Particle with quadratic drag force: find x(t) and x(4)

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Determining the gravity using inclined planes

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Lenz law wire and expanding loop

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Finding oscillation amplitude when bullet embeds in spring-block system

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Oscillating in Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Rolling cylinder on surface with friction (initially slipping)

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Circular Motion Problem: Finding Speed of a Swinging Ball at a Given Angle

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Calculating Tension in a Stretched String Using Wave Speed

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How Do You Calculate the Speed of a Wave on a Rope?

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Converting Units: Are These Conversions Accurate?

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How Do Forces and Tension Affect Equilibrium on a Staircase?

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Speed of car dependent on what factors

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Finding applied force on 4-kg box accelerating to 6 m/s with friction

  • jisrael93
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Efficiency of a cycle from a diagram

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Entropy of the river due to coal heating

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How to determine significant figures for quadratic?

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Gas Compression in piston and resulting oscillations

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Displacement of 2 kg mass with quadratic drag force

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Unguided weapon canister opening altitude for 4-second deployment

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Inductors in electrical circuits

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Time required to charge capacitor to percentage of max capacitor voltage

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Determining angle alpha with an elastic rope and a mass hanging from the rope.

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Calculating the n=1 Energy Level of B4+ Ion

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Is this the correct approach to part 1 of the mechanics question?

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MCAT collision problem: momentum and kinetic energy conservation

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Double Pulley Systems/Complex Pulley System Problems

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Energy, work, power unit 3 question

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Determine the density of a planet in SI units

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Time From Slipping to Rolling Motion

  • Mr. Heretic
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Thermal expansion of tank and contents.

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Finding the intensity ratio between two sound sources

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Relating radius and angular freq of an rotating object

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Double-slit experiment (path length)

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Temperature change with sliding a crate

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How can i find the acceleration for this constraint?

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How Do You Calculate the Angular Position of a Point on a Rotating Wheel?

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*Simple conversion probelm - Converting 1.08 x 10^8 dm^3 to m

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Block sliding down inclined ramp with varying friction

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Electrical Potential at point Y between 2 point charges

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Determine Mass from Net Force, distance, and velocity

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Why is angular momentum conserved about point A despite gravity?

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New mass moment of inertia of an object after rotation

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Find Coefficient of Friction for Homogeneous Cube on Floor/Wall

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Induced EMF on a moving rod next to a line of current.

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Solving the Paradox of Electromagnetic Induction

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Elementary particles -their place in atom

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What Is the Correct Calculation for Current in a Solenoid?

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