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Explain why long wave radio does not cut out in tunnel.

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A Conceptual Difficulty regarding Potentials

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What is the Mass of the Late Arrival in a Hot-Air Balloon Ride?

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Velocity - conservation of momentum and kinetical energy

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Axis question for electricity experiment question.

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Speed when Spring is Stretched

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Principle Second Moment Of Area - L shape.

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Change in internal energy of gas in cylinder with moving piston

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Can a person hanging from a rope pull the person holding the rope up?

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Conservation of Energy Physics Olympiad

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Calculating Momentum of Object R: A Physics Problem

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Physics Olympiad Vector Acceleration

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Is the upward Ff of a stationary block on an incline more or less than mg?

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What is the phase of the simple harmonic motion at t = 10.0 s?

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Calculate the magnitude of the net force on each charge

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Rate of matter converted to energy

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Answering Questions on Graph of Toy Car Velocity

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Quadratic Equation - I don't know how to put this in a formula

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Internal energy and heat question.

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Work and spring constant questions?

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Relationship between specific heat capacity and power

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Confusion with rope tension and monkeys

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What Are the Different Forms and Properties of Energy?

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Snell's Law for Light and Sound

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Calculating Uncertainty in Spring Period Measurement

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Measuring the speed of the moon

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How Do You Calculate Velocities in a Three-Ball Elastic Collision?

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Finding torque on a seesaw when one person jumps off

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Moment of Inertia of a Conical shell

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Maximum Acceleration along Parabolic Curve

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Counterweight in An Elevator System

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Stone dropped then thrown at two different times hitting water simultaneously

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Cylinder rolling on accelerating plank without slipping

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Solve Coupled Oscillator Problem from Goldstein's Classical Mechanics

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Calculating the Velocity at the bottom of a Pendulums Trajectory.

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Coefficient of friction from braking distance and initial speed

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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of observables

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Why use r21 instead of r12 in Coulomb's law for F21

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A conducting wire has a resistivity

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Calculating the maximum load a lorry can lift

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Potential difference between points a and b with switch open

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Car Collision - Which car was speeding?

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Solving Rectilinear Motion: Find Velocity & Position

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Calculating Grams of Helium Needed for Blimp to Rise

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Force constant for a floating raft acting as a spring

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Frequency of oscillation for a floating raft after a man steps off

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How do you find the initial phase angle?

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Charge distribution when conducting spheres are connected by wire

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Work Power Engergy Thrown Toilet Roll Problem

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*Simple frequency and period question - Thanks

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Index of refraction and speed of light

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Heat loss correction in thermal conductivity calculation

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Position-time graphs and tangent lines

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Calculating time from 0-75meter with power and weight.

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The Physics of Motion: Steel Ball Bearing on a Frictionless Surface

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Pascal's Principle with Hydraulic Pumps

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Problem Solving about Archimedes' Principle

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Acceleration of objects related to moment of inertia

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Spring constant and length of string. *Need Explanation*

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Vector components on Tilted Axis

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Which Lockers Stay Open in Percy's Locker Challenge?

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Understanding Work, Friction, and Internal Energy

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Total Angular Momentum of 2 connected falling bodies.

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Universal gravitational problem

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I just came across a question in MM that said what is the color of the

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The two media are lossless dielectrics with n1>n2

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Rocket motion - conservation of momentum

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Measurement of Temperature question.

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Static Friction: Max Force Magnitude Applied?

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Why doesn't the pressure force equal buoyancy at some depth?

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Rotational Energy, Rolling downhill

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Why doesn't a string pulling both masses compress the spring twice?

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Rotational Motion: Finding Angle of Chalk Line on Rotating Bicycle Wheel

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Calculating Mass of Dry Wood in Buoyancy Problem

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Work and Power for a Plane Engine

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Determine the direction of induced current in a wire

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Building a self contained device for project

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Why does losing weight help a bug grip a rotating record?

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Relativity Question Regarding Muons in movement

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Force of falling coil hitting ground after 0.75 seconds

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Box sliding up 25° inclined plane with friction

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Biot-Savart's law of magnetic field electromagnetic fields

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How Does Magnetic Field Orientation Affect Torque on a Solenoid?

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Calculate the potential energy of a uniformly-charged sphere

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How Does Wire Diameter Affect Wave Speed?

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Calculate the field within a hole on a charged sphere

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Calculate the p.d. between two points

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What is Nonzero Acceleration and How to Find the Lowest Value?

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Rotational Kinematics: Falling Rod

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Work and energy for 80N force accelerating 6kg mass over 5m

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Verifying Direction of Forces in 3 Situations

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Electrostatic charge between a na+ ion and a cl- ion

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Calculating Impulse and Speed with a Variable Force

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