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Equivalent resistance of tricky circuits?

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Electric Potential and a Conductor

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Intensity Level of 76 trombones

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Where is the maximum electric field on the axis of a charged ring?

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Find the difference in voltage at different points in a circuit.

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What is the speed of the toolbox?

  • ScienceGeek24
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Electric field of two point charges

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How Do You Calculate Equilibrium Position Between Charges Using Coulomb's Law?

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Kinematics: Rocket/Free Fall Problem

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Work and Energy on a curved track with friction

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Need help to find intensity of waves.

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How to find the same angle in different orientations?

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Fluid Dynamics of two water reservoirs

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Barometric formula to calculate ground pressure

  • shyguy79
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How Do You Derive Formulas from the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem?

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How do i determine the final position?

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Finding Velocity from Force, Mass and Time

  • -Physician
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Oblique Impact of Smooth Spheres

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Circuit with Resistors and a Battery

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Wavelengths / film / reflected light

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Gravity, velocity time and distance problem

  • -Physician
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Velocity and acceleration problem

  • -Physician
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Calculating Tensions T1 and T2 for a Mass at Rest

  • ScienceGeek24
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How Does the Doppler Effect Alter Perceived Train Whistle Frequencies?

  • Coushander
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How Do I Calculate Electric Forces Between Charges?

  • calculusisrad
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Special relativity and magnitude and direction of velocity

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Hooke's Law Problem Set with Word Problems

  • thephysicsm
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Charge in circuit, capacitor - explaining current

  • mm2424
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What is the formula for work and how can it be defined?

  • -Physician
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Calculating the Radius of a Circle for Masses Attached by a Cord

  • ScienceGeek24
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Calculating Voltage Across a Capacitor in a RC Circuit with Two Resistors

  • ProjectENIS
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Determination of Earths radius with known latitude and sun travel times

  • frozenguy
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Does Ohm's law hold true for materials with zero resistance?

  • Sefrez
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Is Force Definable with Given Velocity, Time, and Displacement Data?

  • -Physician
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Help with Physics 11 Kinematics.

  • aznpiggy
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HELPPPP working with mass and velocity

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Finding Points of Destructive Interference for Two In-Phase Speakers

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How Do You Calculate Current in a 10 Ohm Resistor Using Kirchhoff's Loop Rule?

  • KendrickLamar
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Kinetic Energy/work finding the distance

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Thermodynamic with inelastic collision

  • physikx
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Electric Field due to Solid Non-Conducting Cylinder

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Calculating Electric Potential on a Nonconducting Rod

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What is the Maximum Height of a Pendulum on the Right?

  • dman2522
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Resistors in Series, in Parallel

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Find Radius of Circle for 2kg Mass and 4kg Mass

  • ScienceGeek24
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Proving Ohm's Law between 2 circuits

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Inconsistent calculations with Hooke's Law/Elastic Potential Energy

  • freethinker
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Expression for Electric Field Outside Sphere

  • Ryan129
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Solving Part A & B of a Circular Motion Homework Problem

  • ScienceGeek24
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Total Charge on the Cylinder (Gauss' Law)

  • Alouette
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Point Charge Check? Point Charge Check!

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How Do You Solve Newton's Third Law Homework Problems?

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Find current flowing through the wire

  • Sean1218
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Where to find AP Physics C: Mechanics material?

  • LindaS
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Distance spring decompresses when friction is involved

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Is Slow Compression Speed Sufficient for Quasistatic Gas Compression?

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Potential energy of a spring and transverse motion

  • jskro
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Calculate Emf in a magnetic field

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Enthelpy change - Using tables to find specific heat

  • JJBladester
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Angular Momentum (pendulum) Help

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Car going around banked curve with no friction

  • chaotiiic
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N/CWhat is the Electric Field Strength to Reduce String Tension to Zero?

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Electric potential energy finding velocities

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Joining two wires, magnetic fields and a little algebra

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Decay of a muon-probability of decay

  • sawhai
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Does the Force Formula F=m x 10 N/kg Apply to Bodies at Rest or in Motion?

  • -Physician
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Solved: Calculating Force Needed for Archimedes' Principle

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My Physics homework regarding energy/velocity?

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Cosmic microwave background fits the blackbody radiation spectrum

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Help a BioPhysics Student Ace Their Quiz!

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Finding the velocities of these segments?

  • chinnie15
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2 unit negative chargees and a positive charge +q are along the same

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Vector Addition Homework: Magnitude and Angle Calculations

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Force exerted by water on a tube

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Derivation of electric field for a dipole.

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Rotation of Rod Homework: Max Angle, Motion Analysis

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Calculating Electric Field Values for Point-Line Plate

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Find y-component of Electric Field

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Three light bulbs in parallel circuit and Currents

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Level 3 Forces Problem - Coefficient of Static Friction

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Two masses m1=5 kg and m2=9 kg are connected by a string which passes over

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Estimate the relationship between the maximum and minimum intensity

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Advanced physics problems on electric fields.

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What is the distance between station a and station b?

  • datbert
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Homework help (Force of friction)

  • -Physician
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Missed my class and don't know how to even begin.

  • Dko
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AP Physics Electric Field Homework Problem

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Block in a verticle circle with friction

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What happens when 2 electrons collide?

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How to Calculate the Charge on Capacitor C5?

  • kjlchem
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Homework Question on resistors in series, in parallel

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Paralell Plate Capacitors and Dielectric

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Need Help with Neon Gas Volume and Temperature Problems?

  • geek2012
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Work of kinetic friction on block in vertical circle

  • galaticman
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Physics 2d kinematics, projectile motion

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How Do Voltages Distribute in an RC Circuit with Equal Resistors?

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