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Dog running back and forth between owner and river

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Writing Vector Equations for positions of toy cars in the form r=a+tb ?

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Two Electrons and Distance Equation

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Solving Momentum and Elasticity Problem

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Distance travelled by a thrown object

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When does the speed equal 10 m/s?

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Finding source resistance in a circuit with parallel resistors

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Finding the Mass of An Object as It Slides Over a Frictionless Surface

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Momentum and Energy Conservation in Collision Problems

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Space station-nature of orbit?

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Torque, angular acceleration, and moment of inertia

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Solving the Yo-Yo's Limit Angle for Acceleration

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Electric field of infinite nonconducting sheets

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Understanding Physics Problems: Work, Energy, and Power

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Using the Elastic equation to find the final velocity

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Box resting on an inclined plane

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Radiation pressure of a light bulb

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A bead slides on a circular wire

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Calculating the wavelength of an electron

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Oscillating, hanging spring-block system

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Determining Throwing Height: Dimensional Analysis

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Electricity; Calculating Resistance.

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Throwing a ball in a 2D projectile motion and lands on an inclined plane

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Vector Notation Inconsistencies

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Finding the Percentage of a Sphere Immersed in Water

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Force exerted on bicycle to maintain cosntant speed

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Which One is Wrong? Find Out Here!

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Motion problems using antiderivatives

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Toppling cylinder angular velocity

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Derive an expression for the flux through a sphere

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Total elastic potential energy of a compressed spring?

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Ray tracing diagram for white light moving through glass

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Rotation around center of mass principle

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A steel rod of 0.10kg rests on two metal rails inclined at an angle of

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Why are the charges just q and 4q with no numbers?

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Finding spring constant from oscillation period

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Classical Mechanics Kleppner Problem

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What is the magnitude of the electric field in a given scenario?

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How to sketch harmonic component graph?

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Checking examples of Newton's three laws of motion

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Two train cars colliding with different accelerations

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Induction of emf in moving conductors in magnetic fields

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Calculating the number of photons in a wave

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Getting Csin(phi) from law of cosines and sines in vector addition

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Buoyancy (A Boat in Water vs Alcohol)

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Conservation of linear momentum at the skating rink

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What is the significance of gravitational units in understanding momentum?

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Calculate Pressure on a Dam: Answer 0.33

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Why do steam burns cause more severe skin damage than water burns?

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Integral of solids with linearly decreasing charge density

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Calculating the Value of Q for Constant Pressure Heat Transfer

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Calculating the rest mass of Ra [simple ]

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Total Mechanical Energy Swing Problem

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How Do Geometry and Component Methods Compare in Vector Addition?

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Car Cliff Equation: Distance to Ground from Base

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Calculate Distance for Bob to Stop at Stop Sign

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What height will your cousin reach if thrown at 5 m/s?

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The components of Vector A are given as follows

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How do I multiply fractions with large numbers?

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Finding accepted values and percent error for centripetal force lab velocity

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Damped Oscillator and amplitude

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Thevenin equivalent for strain gauge bridge

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What Is the Displacement of the Wandering Wolf?

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Hot air balloon: what mass to drop for upward acceleration of g/2?

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Gravitational Acceleration and Determining Height

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Car accelerating from rest to 30 m/s in 10 seconds

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What is the propulsive force generated by a kayak paddle?

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Average Velocity and Acceleration Calculations for Walking Man

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Barometric formula and height ratios

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How Do You Calculate the Mass of Tritium in a Mass Spectrometer?

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Initial acceleration of a charged particle

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Expansion of mercury in a thermometer

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Mass flow rate through De Laval Nozzle

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Location of maximum electric field due to a ring of charge?

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Geometric vs Componentwise Vector Addition

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Deriving the Elastic Energy Equation: How Do I Go from F=kx to F=1/2kx^2?

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Conducting sphere surrounded by insulator with dielectric constant

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[Statistical Physics] Spin-1 atoms in uniform magnetic field

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Calculating Volume Change of a Partially Inflated Yoga Ball

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Calculate the output voltage of the circuit

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Satellite Orbiting around the Earth (gravitational fields)

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Wavelength Speed Question

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Cross section of a stream flowing from a hole

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What Are the Torques on a Rectangular Plate in Equilibrium?

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Finding final displacement: 5 blocks at 53 degrees E of N or N of E?

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Gravitational Potential of Scooped Sphere System

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Charged particle attatched to spring.Find the period of oscillation?

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Finding Momentum of a fragment after explosion

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What is the Force on a Proton in a 0.5 T Magnetic Field?

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The mass of the ball is m, and the length of the string is L

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Oscillating mass on a spring - non-constant mass

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Finding the voltage of an oil droplet, Millikan's experiment

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