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Distance traveled by the object in n-th second

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Getting Started: Overcoming the Blank Page

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Calculate the impedance in this RC circuit

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Flux Through a Gaussian Surface

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What is the relationship between a rocket and Inverted Pendulum?

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Oscillating spring experiment uncertainty

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How Are Velocity and Angle Calculated When Crossing a River?

  • Adeopapposaurus
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Applying D'Alembert's principle to a bead on an elliptical hoop

  • Like Tony Stark
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Electromagnetics: find D,E,P between two parallel conducting plates

  • larginal
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Magnetic energy inside a coaxial cable

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2 Carts on a Track Compressed by a Spring -- What are their Velocities?

  • BlueLava
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Calculate the charge to mass ratio in this mass spectrometer problem

  • kconnolly
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The body slides off an inclined plane

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Understanding the Net Force on a Snorkeler's Eardrum

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Spring launches a block up a ramp -- How far does it go?

  • jskrzypi
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Rocket problem -- separated fuel tank in free fall

  • Adeopapposaurus
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Lorentz Velocity Addition Problem

  • JoeyBob
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University Physics: Force Problem (Baseball and Pitcher)

  • BlueLava
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Degrees of freedom of "simple bicycle"

  • Like Tony Stark
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Friction - problem with one of the equilibrium equations

  • FEAnalyst
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Writing an expression for work done by frictional force

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Egg tossing crime -- From what location was the egg thrown?

  • Aion96
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Motion of box on inclined plane connected by spring to a wall

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Lens with different refraction index on each side

  • JoeyBob
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Finding Angular Velocity in Rotational Motion Problems

  • momoneedsphysicshelp
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How to Estimate the Fermi Energy for Potassium Metal?

  • Benlaww
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How Does the Angle Theta Affect the Velocity Calculation in String Problems?

  • vcsharp2003
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How Do You Properly Approximate Terms in an Equation?

  • hang
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What Current Flows in a Coil at 230V, 50Hz?

  • IronaSona
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Conservation of momentum in an oblique launch and projectile explosion

  • TheGreatDeadOne
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Determine the moment of inertia of a bar and disk assembly

  • TheBigDig
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Solving Math Problem: Why is m=2, not 1?

  • hidemi
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Falling Tower Problem: Watch How to Solve It in This Video

  • ulrichgermany
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Explaining 2.2 x 10⁻⁶ m Range Calculation

  • hidemi
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Jumping from a moving wagon momentum problem -- find Buffy's weight

  • Jujubee37
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Freely hinged rods on a table - Linear velocities of CM after the impulse

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Rectilineal movement of particle

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Phase shift between voltage and current

  • IronaSona
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Moment of Inertia of a sphere about an axis

  • phantomvommand
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Probability a particle is in a certain region

  • etotheipi
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2 * 10 ^ 20 charges move in a wire when we connect a 3.7 V battery. Ho

  • amizy9990
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A copper wire contains 3.0 *10 ^ 22 number of charges on 1 meter wire

  • amizy9990
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Stewart-Tolman Effect (Current caused by Acceleration of wires)

  • phantomvommand
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Graphs of s, v and a for a mass with a piece of paper attached

  • AN630078
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Maximizing Profit in Online Business

  • maxelcat
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Net Force Produced By Currents In Wire And Square Loop

  • JennV
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Question on Moment of Inertia Tensor of a Rotating Rigid Body

  • warhammer
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Young's double-slit experiment - Bright fringes occurring

  • hidemi
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Calculating the Effects of Lens Closeness on Light Refraction

  • hidemi
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Doppler question - find the observed frequency

  • JoeyBob
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Integration to calculate centre of mass

  • MathewsMD
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Confused about a Result (Circuit Analysis)

  • rtareen
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Rolling pendulum angular acceleration

  • YaniHozya
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Calculating distance to balance see-saw

  • guyvsdcsniper
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How can I use the formula k=4pi^2m/T^2 to find the mass of a bolt?

  • Chely
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How is a system in equilibrium when net force and net work are both zero?

  • NoFaceJack
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How Long Does It Take for a Mass to Freeze or Melt?

  • Mayhem
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Harmonic motion - Find the Mass held between two Springs

  • JoeyBob
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Dampening force - find decrease in amplitude

  • JoeyBob
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Determine time after which 4 persons meet in given scenario

  • vcsharp2003
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Help me revise (basic electronic circuits questions)

  • IronaSona
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Inferring Shape of Phasors in Multi-Slit Diffraction

  • hidemi
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Calculating Tidal Range (Gravitation)

  • phantomvommand
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Calculation of the field due to a dipole at an arbitrary point

  • Hamiltonian
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Understanding Wavelengths and Fringes

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Compton Scattering - Find x component of electron momentum

  • JoeyBob
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Experimental Analysis: Forced Harmonic Motion and Resonance

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Was the Car at Fault Speeding in the Notre-Dame Street Accident?

  • 2015HuntMJ
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Calculating Rotation Rate from Change of Angle

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Combination of thin lens and concave mirror

  • physstudent189
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Grade 12 Physics problem -- A small bungee cord powered catapult

  • PatrikL
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Compton Scattering - determine momentum

  • JoeyBob
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Intuition on Newton's Spinning Bucket

  • Shreya
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Tension in rope for non-uniform circular motion with air resistance

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Thermodynamics: Internal Energy, Heat and Work Problem

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Create a Phasor Diagram for Steady State Circuits

  • nobodyjusttrying
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How do you read the Brewster angle formula / equation?

  • ddedeasx
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Standing waves (graphing) homework question

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Ohm's Law graphing inversed gradient value

  • Casius
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The effect of temperature on phosphorescence

  • Michell
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Finding the Magnetic Field (B_0) on a Graph [NMR]

  • Athenian
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Finding the Relative Uncertainty for the Standard Error of the Mean

  • Athenian
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International Physicists' Tournament 2020: Electrostatic Copier

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Body thrown at an angle to the horizontal

  • rbh
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Show the number of arrangements that give an overall length of L = 2md

  • Another
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Why is Fty positive in the Σtorque equation?

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Why do we not need to convert from degrees Celsius to Kelvin?

  • AN630078
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Current flow in a semiconductor circuit

  • CoolDude420
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Confusion about the difference between isolated and non isolated systems

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Can heat flow into a body without increasing the mean kinetic energy?

  • AN630078
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Problem with independent events in possibilities

  • maria papadakh
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Waves -- How does increasing tension affect frequency and period?

  • jerad908
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Calculating Numerical Uncertainties in an Equation

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Motion of a particle in a magnetic field

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