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Elastic Momentum and Convervation of momentum questions

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Calculating Coefficient of Friction In the System

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Two soap bubbles coalesce, what is the surface tension?

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Magnetic Field in a rectangular toroid

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Angular frequency of a pendulum

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Are Resistors in Parallel if Another Resistor is Between Them?

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Calculating Induced Current in a Solenoid-Loop Circuit

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Why Use Sin 53° Instead of Sin 37° for Torque Calculation?

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Electric Potential Energy of a Charge Distribution

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How long will it take to fill a tank?

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Energy Dissipated in Loop (Magnetic Field)-

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How Do You Calculate the Force Between Children on Ice?

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Pulley, Ramp with Moment of Inertia

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Breadboard Mania: Spinning My DC Motor

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How Does Gas Escape Affect Volume and Mass in Thermodynamics?

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How does sin(65)/sin(37) become sin(65)/tan(37)?

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How Does Changing Electric Field Influence Magnetic Field in a Capacitor?

  • GeorgeCostanz
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Diving into water: avg F of water

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LR Circuit: Book Mistake or Misunderstanding?

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Bernoulli Equation - Units Question

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Question on capacitance and electric fields

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Application of Newtons laws (Friction related) check my solutions please

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Forces acting on a falling cylinder?

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What Forces Act on a Descending Cylinder Attached to a Tape?

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Mass Moment of inertia of a cylinder with 4 holes?

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Rotation about CM - Can I use Moment of Inertia?

  • RoshanBBQ
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Calculating the maximum velocity & acceleration of a spring mass

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Perfectly inelastic collision - energies

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How Fast Must a Spaceship Travel to Cover 12 Light-Years in 7 Years?

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Moment of Inertia in Cylindrical Coordinates

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Pulley Small or Large for a Motor

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Conservation of Rotational Energy Question

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Conservation of energy of ball in a half pipe

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What is the uncertainty of Δx for the given wavefunction?

  • JonathanT
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What is the pressure at 80 m below the surface of the ocean.

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Circular Motion Problem with a Motorcycle Driving in a Sphere

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Light Bulbs in Series vs. Parallel

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A Christmas tree ball hangs from a hook in the ceiling.

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Maximum speed of an electron in an ideal solenoid

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Voltage created by charged flat plates

  • physickkksss
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Voltage Question: Find Potential Difference at x=4.0m, y=2.0m

  • freeofwork
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Frictional force, normal force and coefficient of friction

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Optimizing Charging RC Circuits: Lowering Time Constant for Faster Charging

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Physics Faraday's Law and Induced Electric Fields

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Equilibrium Ladder Question, can get 1st part but not 2nd

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Adjusting Telescoping Antenna Length

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Ok then since I am wrong then formula for torque is wrong

  • sweetpete28
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Thermodynamics Homework: Ideal Gas Compression and Work Calculation

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Finding Applied Force with Free Body Diagrams (Grade 12 Physics)

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Grade 12 Centripetal Acceleration Question- Universal Law of Gravitation

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Determine the tension in each wire?

  • goracheski
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Electric Potential at Origin of Point Charges?

  • freeofwork
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Static Friction of hollow sphere rolling up incline

  • sweetpete28
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How Do You Calculate the Change in Momentum for Colliding Masses?

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Velocity of an apple before strikes the surface of a white dwarf.

  • ScienceGeek24
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Acceleration problem with friction

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Need Help Finding the Angle Between Two Vectors

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Positive Charge Induction on Insulating Sphere

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How Does a Third Plate Affect Capacitance in a 3 Plate Capacitor?

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What is the magnitude of the car’s acceleration on a circular bend?

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Find magnitude of magnetic field from loop

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Torque and weight of a meterstick lab

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Find magnitude of current to produce magnetic field

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What is the direction of the neutron's velocity after the collision?

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How Does Bullet Speed Change After Hitting a Pendulum?

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Rotation, torque, angular momentum?

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Displacement of an electron between two plates

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How Is Torque Calculated on a Diving Board?

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Coplanar forces equilibrium- a rod in a sphere

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Projectile problem without theta or time

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Angular momentum (left or right movement)

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Particle Motion: Retardation & Arithmetic Progression

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Find the angular width of the central maximum.

  • bsmm11
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Speed of box attached to spring

  • TalibanNinja
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Magnetic flux through coiled wire

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How Can I Improve My Approach to Solving Dynamics Problems?

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Exploding Mass Problem: Finding Distance Between Two Pieces After Landing

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Degrees of freedom for a metal crystal

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Have Inertia Tensor for Object. Find It for Object after Rotation

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Average Back EMF Induced in Coil in Loudspeaker

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Calculating Force (magnitude and direction) on a proton

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Newton's law of universal gravitation

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Coulomb's law and negative charges

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What Is the Direction of Current in a Loop Near a Current-Carrying Wire?

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Radiation calculation confusion

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Thought experiment with two point sources of light

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What is the Number of Turns in the Secondary Coil of a Transformer?

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Magnetic field in the middle of the plate

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What is the equilibrium distance between atoms in a two-atom molecule?

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Solving for Potential Difference Between (4,6,3) and (8,1,6)

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Work Energy Theorem with Kinetic Friction and External Work

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