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Reaaranging a Bernoulli Equation.

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Gauss' law when charge terminates

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Direction of a positive charge's velocity in an electric field.

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How Do You Calculate Average Velocity with Acceleration and Initial Speed?

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Buoyant force of an aluminum block

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Kinetic energy of electron in polar coordinates

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What Force Does a Charged Particle Experience in a Magnetic Field?

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How Does Refraction Affect Laser Beam Diameter?

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Change in entropy as gas expands?

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Electric field at the location of a point charge

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Finding the time it takes for light to pass an object

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Required acceleration for m2 to miss perpendicular collision by distance x

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Orbits and Kepler's Laws Question

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Determining velocity of objects after collision

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Period for SHM of a block on a spring shot by a bullet

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How Does Gauss' Law Apply to Electric Fields in a Hollow Sphere?

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Work and frequency caused by mutual potential energy

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How Far Does a Block Slide Up a Ramp Before Stopping?

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Torricelli Barometer and atmospheric pressure

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Two football players colliding at 90 degrees

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Length contraction - problems with transformation and time

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Find initial velocity and time in the air- projectile motion

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Maximum possible amplitude of oscillation

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Length of string on instrument to produce specific frequency

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Periodic Motion - Spring hung vertically from ceiling.

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Adiabat Process - with pV cycle

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Tangential acceleration - radial acceleration

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What Calculations Are Needed to Solve This Third Order Lever Problem?

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What is the work needed to raise a balloon of water?

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Similar to the swimmer problem:

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Analysing a pulley block system

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Vector Diagram for Homework - Assistance and Solution

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How Much Heat is Needed to Turn Ice at -10°C into Steam at 110°C?

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Moment of inertia - displaced axis

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Finding reaction forces on supports of a symmetric horizontal truss

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Coefficient of restitution in semielastic collisions

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Simple Harmonic Motion vibration Question

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Distance between two bright fringes

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Average Speed Of a and b where d and t is not given

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Electric potential energy of the two protons?

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Calculating Induced Current in an Expanding Loop

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Calculating Final Speed of a Thrown Object with Changing Momentum

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How Fast Will a Rocket Go If It Burns Half Its Mass in Fuel?

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Does Static Friction Contribute to Work in an Inclined Car?

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Calculating Angular Momentum and Velocity of a Rotating Ring-Disk System

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Numerical Problems: The U.S. National Debt

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Calculating Time for an Airplane to Come to Rest Using Classical Mechanics

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Kinetic Energy's Effect on Electron's Radius in Magnetic Field

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Kepler's Law Program With Planets

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At what angle will a box start to slide

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Finding the speed of a proton accelerated through a potential difference

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Why is √(MgL/m) equal to L/t for wave speed on a wire?

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Phase difference in a two slit interference problem

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Solve Time to Catch Speeding Car: Police Officer Acceleration of 5 m/s2

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Finding Work Done by Compressing A Spring

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Potential of a spherically symmetric charge distribution

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How to find the wavelength of a Photon with no mass?

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Distance of the centre of gravity

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Moment of intertia of a W figure

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Finding mass per unit length from wave frequency equation

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Can any of you guys help to understand kinetic energy?

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Are there different kinds of series circuits?

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Newtons third law, elevator question (free body diagram)

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Few Problems (Waves, Elasticity, SHM)

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Equation For Charging Current In Accumulator

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Newton Law Gravitation - Multiple choice question?

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Uniform circular motion - 2 dimensional - 2 forces

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Gravitation Field Problem With Equal Masses

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Newtons second law and kinematics

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How Do I Derive Equation 2 from Equation 1 in Physics?

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Simple Harmonic Motion and Springs

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Bernoullis principle and lift on a wing of plane

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Tortoise vs Hare: Solve Homework Problem

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How do frequency and mass affect centripetal force in lab experiments?

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Is Relative Velocity Crucial for Rocket Launch Direction?

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Dynamics question. inclined plane

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Angle of vevtor in component form

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Finding linear acceleration of a rolling log down a ramp

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Finding inductor voltage in an RLC circuit at 200 rad/s

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Humphrey the Singing Whale and his mate Matilda.

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Pressure exerted by 1 leg of a chair.

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How Long Before Hearing a Sonic Boom from a Supersonic Plane at Mach 3?

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Why Is There a Negative Sign in the Work-Energy Equation?

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Rotational motion of a spinning disk

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Factors that would increase magnetic flux through a coil?

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How to find the wavelength of a particle with mass?

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Work against friction on a slope and shadow formation diagrams

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How High Must the Plane Fly to Drop Supplies Accurately?

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Moment of a 3000N force from a 300kg crate around support A

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Potential Energy - Finding Balance Points

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Antennas causing destructive interference

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How far from the left end should the fulcrum be placed?

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Simple Harmonic Motion find Mass

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Force to move a bar in a magnetic field

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