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Pulling a sled across snow with a rope at an angle

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Background radiation sources question

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Forces on particle in complex motion relative to ground observer

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Which Radiation Type Has the Most Energy: Alpha, Beta, or Gamma?

  • AN630078
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Help me solve this equation please -- Roller Coaster Motion

  • Purpleshinyrock
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Buoyant Force and Archimedes' Principle

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Finding the number of ballons needed to make a child fly away

  • arhzz
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Can 96-Cm-247 Undergo Alpha Decay?

  • dcarmichael
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Electrostatics: Coloumb's law and the Electric Field

  • Mayhem
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How can you solve soap bubble oscillations using an energy approach?

  • etotheipi
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Special relativity (length contraction, velocity composition) problem

  • greg_rack
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Time that a comet spends inside Earth's orbit

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General work of friction question

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Understanding Magnetic Field Direction from Two Wires at a Distance

  • Jstuff
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To calculate the centre of gravity of a spherical cap

  • gnits
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Circuits - AC circuits / phasor

  • wcjy
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Can Tidal Force Unlock Unlimited Energy Potential?

  • appmathstudent
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Understanding Forces and Acceleration on a Sliding Object on an Incline

  • Murilo T
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Angle on ramp with cart and weights on rope at end

  • jskrzypi
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Ball launcher question - ENERGY

  • ahsila432
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Circuits - Transfer function of this LRC circuit

  • wcjy
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Relationship between Launch height and range of a projectile

  • Stanley_physics
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Dynamics question -- 3 masses on a pulley-rope system on an inclined plane

  • rabsta00
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Work Done on A Proton in an Electric Field

  • physicslady123
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Transformer; make primary voltage x10 of the secondary voltage

  • AN630078
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Point charges in a regular hexagon

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Ground state energy of 5 identical spin 1/2 particle

  • Sushmita
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Speed of a hanging rope sliding on a nail (using energy conservation)

  • TheGreatDeadOne
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Conservation of mass: control volume approach question

  • George26
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Calculating max acceleration of a Tesla car

  • barryj
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Determining g by free fall with light gates -- assumption analysis

  • maxim07
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Finding Spring Constant & Energy w/ Doubt in Exercise

  • Dunkodx
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Calculating the waste heat of Carnot engine

  • JoeyBob
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Electromagnetic effects and Magnetic Fields Questions

  • lpettigrew
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Hi determine the height of the mountain (using atmospheric pressure)

  • Krokodrile
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Question about Slider Crank Mechanism problem

  • subatomicprincess
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Shape of graph of torque vs angular displacement of galvanometer

  • songoku
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Proper Time and Time Dilatation

  • LCSphysicist
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Root-mean squared values and a.c. emf

  • AN630078
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Efficiency of heat engine question

  • JoeyBob
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Inclined plane problem without mass or coefficient of friction given

  • ineedhelpthanks
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Velocity equation and distance problems

  • Krokodrile
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Proof of Electromagnetic Identity: Puzzling Last Expression

  • larginal
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Hello - basic incline mass and energy question, thanks :)

  • Bix
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Finding I3: Resistance Ratio Calculation

  • hquang001
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How Does 5% Scattered Light Affect Equivalent Width?

  • AlphaCrucis
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How Do You Calculate Light Intensity in an Insulating Magnetic Material?

  • sunmaggot
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Multiple choice Q: Mangetic fields and Spring Constant

  • User1265
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Can Work-Energy Formula Be Used to Solve Ball-Spring Collision?

  • walking
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Work, Energy, Power Problems: No Mass? No Speed?

  • harujina
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What is the expression for Compton scattering angle in terms of t?

  • jjson775
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Determine horizontal separation of fabric from diffraction pattern

  • songoku
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Does the exhaust of a truck match the velocity of the truck?

  • vcsharp2003
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Trying to find HOW to get the velocity.

  • JohnTheGreat101
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Find the frictional force acting on a solid cylinder

  • Kaushik
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Capacitor exercise -- Calculate the force needed to withdraw the dielectric

  • Jack99123
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Power to keep helicopter hovering

  • walking
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Moment of inertia of a regular triangle

  • Who_w
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Momentum of Electron in a Box (IB Physics QM)

  • lekh2003
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Find the tension in the wire from this mass hanging at an angle

  • besi
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Masses Moving Radially on a Rotating Disk

  • hquang001
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What is the force equation for power from a trolley motor?

  • walking
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Finding temperature change, thermodynamics first law

  • JoeyBob
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Einstein velocity addition solving for v

  • gtguhoij
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Finding change in height of fluid in U tube from change in T

  • JoeyBob
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Find change in entropy for a system with a series of reservoirs

  • mcas
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Pulse Duration (PD), Pulse Repetition Period (PRP) and Duty Factor (DF)

  • markieboy
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Elastic head-on collision problem

  • Traced
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Determining electric field using gauss's law--different distributions

  • Helenah
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Trouble with units for Spring Constant

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Is Nonconservative work negative?

  • guyvsdcsniper
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Why Does the Pattern Blur When I Approach in Young's Double-Slit Experiment?

  • jackiepollock
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Gauss Law general physics 2 question

  • DavidGarcia
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Constant acceleration in a rocket

  • Frostman
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Car passing a truck — calculating the relative motions

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Can two variables in two different equations cancel each other?

  • Y0SHI0N
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Velocity addition formula in X and Y axes (Relativity)

  • phantomvommand
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Specific latent heat of fusion of ice question

  • maxim07
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Why does the speed change at the bottom of the loop-the-loop?

  • Vigorous
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Mechanical energy- how to solve for v

  • Woopa
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Finding the force on a camera window underwater

  • yourheartandsoul
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Thrust of Jet Plane: Why Is -313m/s^2 Wrong?

  • walking
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How does an elevator maintain a constant speed despite changes in load?

  • walking
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Why 0.3m From Lens Is Optimal Focus?

  • phantomvommand
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Calculating Signal to Noise due to thermal noise

  • JoJoQuinoa
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Finding area from work, pressure and volume

  • JoeyBob
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Finding blood pressure from density and height difference

  • yourheartandsoul
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Find the phase difference in terms of d, lambda, theta

  • joelkato1605
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If I pull a pulley, what is the tension in the string around it?

  • phantomvommand
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Getting the equations of motion for this SHM problem

  • phantomvommand
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Find rate of temperature change using heat capacity, density and area

  • JoeyBob
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Work done to bring the Earth to rest

  • walking
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What is the work done by a horse pulling a cart?

  • walking
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Why Does Calculating Train Engine Power Result in Different Values?

  • Bix
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Equations of motion of a 2-DoF Free damped vibration system

  • mmullan
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Is it okay to add error bars into a histogram plot?

  • tryingtolearn1
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