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What Determines the Maximum Compression of a Spring in an Elastic Collision?

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Plank and torque, problem with finding center mass

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Energy efficiency - purchasing the right furnace

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Solid state physics-effective mass problem.

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Simple Pendulum Amplitude and Frequency Changes Due to Mass Variation

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Who's Right About Electrostatic Force Data?

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Area under acceleration-time graph?

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Solving for Acceleration in an Emergency Braking Exercise: Kinematics Problem

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Starting point in linear motion problem

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Acceleration in Two Dimensions of watercraft

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Kepler's 3rd Law vs. Newton's second for Satellite

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To find out the frequency of AC mains using a sonometer

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Force on object located between two liquids

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Electric potential and conservations of energy

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Sound of overhead plane is heard in the distance

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How does friction factor into an impulse-momentum problem?

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Doppler Effect Stationary Source/Observer on a Spring

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Time to Hit the Ground for Thrown Rock?

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Length Contraction: Solving for L

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Tennis Player Tosses A Tennis Ball Straight Up

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Calculate volume and surface area of a boiler

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Finding pendulum string length from oscillation period

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Find the distance between objects and sound source

  • jamiewilliams
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Electric field inside a solid conducting sphere carrying charge q.

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Finding vector components for three rope pulls on a boulder

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Advantages of Electron Scattering over Alpha-Particle Scattering?

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Finding Electric Field at point P

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What angle will make the resultant of three forces vertical? [with picture]

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Recoil hydrogen emitting photon

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Critically Damped Oscillator Spring Constant and Damping Parameter

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Which Power Plant Emits More Heat: Nuclear or Fossil Fuel?

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Why Is My Kinetic Energy Calculation Incorrect?

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Solving 10.0km + 5.0km [E15S] with Cos and Sin Laws

  • rayj098
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Center of Mass Movement in Work Integration

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Find where E=0 for three collinear charges: +q, +q, -q

  • GravitatisVis
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How Do You Calculate Forces in a Modified Atwood Machine?

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Two charges are placed at the corners of a square

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*SIMPLE slope question on graphic - Units?

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Two-ball collision: which momentum conservation equations apply?

  • jli10
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When do I consider a force impulsive in impulse-momentum equations?

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Maximum speed on a theme park ride loop

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What is the Nature of Force in Newton's Second Law?

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[Gauss' Law] Hollow insulating sphere?

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Calculating Electric Field Intensity at (0, 0, z)

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Two charged beads and maximum velocity.

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Magnitude of Displacement problem

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Calculating Volume of Oleic Acid in Mixture Using Dilution Method

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Finding an electric field on a disk using surface charge density

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Design an Egg Drop Capsule for Physics Class

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What is the acceleration of a particle moving along a parabolic path?

  • greenpeace16
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Gravitational Fields and Density.

  • FlyingSpartan
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Change guitar string tension given two frequencies

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Determine the rate of emission of quanta from the station

  • queenstudy
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Voltage-current equation of Thevenin circuit

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Determining Charge on Insulated Balls in Equilibrium

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Euclidean vectors math to find coordinates for vector

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A pile driven into ground using a hammer question

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Calculate the torque of a hinge in a dam

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Problem with Friction dependent on velocity, mostly a math problem.

  • Simen
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Calculate the mass of steam condensed

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Constant Acceleration of jogging Problem

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Finding the magnitude of the nearest peak and period

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Calculate Image Diameter of Sun in Concave Mirror with Given θ and f

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Finding how much heat it takes to vaporize

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New to physics have a couple questions

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Height of water level in an open ended fully submerged can

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Calculation of variation of entropy knowing state's equation

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Formula for the Electric Field Due to Continuous Charge Distribution

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How Does Metabolic Rate Affect Workout Efficiency?

  • smashbrohamme
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Calculating Range of a Cannon at an Angle

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Does work increase if q increases?

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Hooke's Law: Spring, Distance and Time

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Finding out applied force in order to get acceleration

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Finding Cosine of an Angle in 3D space

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Finding the coefficient of kinetic friction of bricks

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COP refrigerator vs COP Heat Pump

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Two charged spheres on threads repelling at 70°

  • Dr. S
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What is the Angular Speed After Collision?

  • sparkle123
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What is the charge on a circular disc with a varying charge density?

  • technicolour1
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Buoyant Force of sand and steel

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Charge accelerated through potential difference: finding final speed

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At what angle will two pendulums collide?

  • quebecois22
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Understanding Electric Potential: How Does Charge Density Affect Potential?

  • SchruteBucks
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Potential on x-axis between infinite charged sheet and parallel wire

  • maiad
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Calculating Power Transmitted in a String

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Magnitude and angle counterclockwise from the + x direction

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Acceleration on an incline with friction

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Wave speed from boat spacing and oscillation frequency

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What Is the Acceleration of a Marble Propelled by a Compressed Spring?

  • piggyxchu
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What is the unknown air resistance co-efficient of the balloon?

  • luigihs
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"Zero Displacement at Time t=? - Solve for t

  • DrunkEngineer
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Does a Changing Electric Field Create a Magnetic Field?

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Why do some people say that Newton's Second law is the real Law of Motion?

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