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Resistors: Series/Parallel Current/Voltage Rules

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Relationship Between Kinetic Friction and Mechanical Energy

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Entropy change when two gas streams mix

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Calculating Amperes for converging electrical pathway

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Energy stored in an inductor of an LR circuit

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When does the sum of two sinusoidal waves satisfy the wave equation?

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How Does Resistivity Affect Copper Wire Resistance and Current Flow?

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Net magnetic field caused by current from two wires

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Relativistic dynamics-collision problem

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Heat radiated from within a shell

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Show that if vv' = 0 (both vectors) then speed v is constant

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Fluid Mechanics and SHM of spring

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Harmonic Potential of Non-Interacting Particles

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Efficence - Calculate the Force needed to life this load

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Work-Energy Theorem question with not much detail to work with

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Newton Law's of motion question

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Resistance of DC Motor Experiment

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A bullet strikes a block like boom boom pow

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The classic momentum transfer between balls question

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Circular rotational motion (kinematics)

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Finding acceleration on an elliptical path

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Particle moving in a one-dimensional potential

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Find power when resistor, capacitor, and inductor are connected in a series

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Change in charge on C2 when capacitor switch opens

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Calculating Speed of a Charged Particle in Electromagnetism

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UCM - Derive speed, of a body moving, radius r, and the frequency f.

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What Does 92.5 m/s Represent in the Equation (V2-V1)^2?

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Spring system: Relationship b/t mass and distance object travels

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What Is the Maximum Mass That Keeps Truss Forces Within Limits?

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Ball Acceleration and Trajectory Question

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Concervation of Momentum: Bullet and Block of Mass

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What Is the Kinetic Energy of the Bigger Mass After an Explosion?

  • Victorzaroni
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Shortest length of closed pipe that resonates with a 512 Hz tuning fork

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Use the Sin Law to find angle C

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How Long Is the Wave Packet from a Radar Transmitter?

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Advanced Rotational Velocity Question

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What Are the Final Angle and Force in an Elastic Collision with a Wall?

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Calculating Work and Force of Air Resistance on a Falling Pinecone

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Magnetic Field of a Moving Point charge

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Finding speed from force-vs-position graph

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Determine equation given 3 points and 2 lines

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How to Model Aircraft Landing Gear Vibrations?

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Percentage uncertainty and percentage difference

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1 pulley, 2 masses, 2 inclines

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Thermodynamics : Heat transfer question.

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Calculating rms speed of hydrogen molecules

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Lever Formula: F*a=Q*b or Q*a=F*b?

  • -Physician
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Ceramic ball falling and bouncing with halving coefficient of restitution

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Why Is the Direction of Friction on Block A to the Right?

  • theBEAST
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Work with varying forces. Work energy theory

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Induced Emf in a Rectangular Coil

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Momentum and movement basic GCSE Quest

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Which pulley system requires the least force to lift the same weight?

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How much rotational kinetic energy does the disk have ?

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Elevator falling on spring question

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Special Relativity - Relativistic Dynamics

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Why does rotational kinetic energy use the radius in this problem?

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Work-energy theorem problems with swings and ax blades

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Determining Work Based on a Charge and Particle

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Variable Resistror, Calculating Vo

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Maximum Compression of Spring in Spring Loaded Collision

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Cross Product application problem

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Two colliding spaceships in Special Relativity

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Impact force from 60-foot ski cliff jump into powder

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Energy Threshold for 2 proton -> 2 proton 1 Pion

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Calculating gear ratio for vertical climb

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Measuring specific heat capacity

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Finding the moment of inertia of a uniform square lamina

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Reflected wave equation for rigid wall vs free end

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Electric field of a cylindrical capacitor

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Would a water-filled ball or air-filled ball hit the ground first?

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If bar A moves right at a speed of x,how does bar B move?

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Refractive index and depth of object in water.

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I am very lost with my physics homework.

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Angular velocity and acceleration of a rotating 4 kg object

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What is the Magnetic Vector Potential for a Given Magnetic Field?

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Center of Mass boat distance from shore what am I doing wrong?

  • sweetpete28
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Finding x(t) from a time dependant force

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Mechanical apptitude to suggest the direction of action.

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Momentum: Nucleus decays into 3

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Quantum Mechanics Particle moving in 1-D potential

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2-body central force ( gravity ) problem

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Relating hanging washer weight to stopper tension in rotating string system

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Direction of current flow in a circuit

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Scale Hanging From Ceiling of Elevator Question

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Where is the magnetic field zero between two antiparallel current-carrying wires

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What is the direction of acceleration for the block moving on the xy plane?

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Girl on merry-go-round throws rock tangentially

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Hooke's law when bungee jumping

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Derivation of kintetic theory equation

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Calculating Friction and Tension in a Pulley System

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Tension and speed in a carnival swing ride, and chamber radius

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Got a few questions stumping me

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I get two different answers. Which one is correct?

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Two boxes connected to a string over an ideal pulley?

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Dynamics - packages on an incline

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