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What is the total work done on the crate with friction?

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Induced motional emf conceptual question

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Ploting a graph of kinetic energy of mass

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How far does the marble travel horizontally before hitting the floor?

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Why does x vanish at infinity in momentum expectation derivation?

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Simple physics question on conservation of energy

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Gravitational Acceleration-Orbital Motion

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Mass Number: Why Can It Be a Fraction?

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Why Can't You See Light Interference from Two Windows?

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Lagrange equation (2 masses, 3 springs)

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How to Solve Problems with Moment of Force in Physics

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How to use the work-energy theorem to find mu?

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How Much Energy Does a Refrigerator Use in a Single Day?

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How Does Doubling the Amplitude Affect the Oscillation Period?

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Question in centroid for given figure

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Where can I find more practice problems for momentum and collisions?

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Can a Stuntman Jump Safely into a Pool from a 50-Meter Building?

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How Does Dropping Clay Affect a Potter's Wheel's Angular Speed?

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Drawing a FBD of a Stone In Vertical Circular Motion

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How Fast Should the Professor Ride to Make the Jump?

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Work of Varying X Component by Integration

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Carnot Heat Engine: Solve for Heat Expelled to Cold Res.

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Calculate Force of 4 Spheres on 1 Sphere

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Emission or absorption spectrum

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Force/Power pulling a rope (I get 2 solutions)

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Rotational Statics Of A Balance Beam

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Physics Problem: Displacement, Acceleration, Velocity

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How many pennies can float in a racquetball boat half?

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Block on an Incline with Varying Elevation

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Y-intercept in Weight-Mass Graph

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Collision and using x and y coordinates.

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Masses connected by cables - Tension in cables?

  • samantha.
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Why aren’t all materials magnetic?

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Fluid flow rate and friction problem

  • MikeWW2
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Why do atoms attract if they have negative outer electrons?

  • Physics_S16
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Rotational And Translational Motion Of A Bowling Ball

  • mrshappy0
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Find coefficient of static friction

  • Sefrez
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Roller coaster cart gaining weight into a loop

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How Does Path Difference Affect Interference Patterns in Light Waves?

  • luke949
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Rocket launched at 70° with 8 m/s² acceleration for 6.5 s then free fall

  • MissJewels
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Electrons: Position, Exit Angle, 2 cm Length Plates

  • MissJewels
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Finding phase difference between two pendulums at 10s

  • wh00pwh00p
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Water flow speed through a pipe

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Collision question - Simple one

  • nukeman
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Static Friction Coefficient of 224 kg Crate on 20.1° Incline

  • samantha.
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Current through two different types of wire of different diameter

  • RichardEpic
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Linear momentum (2 blocks and spring question)

  • nukeman
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Conservation of momentum, change in velocity due to added mass from above

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Charged ball hanging in equilibrium between two parallel plate capacitors.

  • bitterbilly
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Period of oscillation (potential energy equation given)

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Using a Force equation to find out how much WORK is done.

  • Larin
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Determining the Density of Water

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Magnetic resonancy, Zeeman effect

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Calculating Beam Separation in Stern-Gerlach Experiment

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Is My Physics Calculation on Elevator Dynamics Correct?

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PE/KE-Bullet Hits a Hanging Block?

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Orbital Frequency of an electron in a hydrogen atom

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I with finding moment of inertia for pendulum

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What is the equation for the center of mass of an arc?

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Two cars at same speed, one passes the other

  • MissJewels
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Crossing a river ( relative velocity problem )

  • Smartguy94
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Deriving the ideal gas law in terms of density and molar mass

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What is the derivation of the moment of inertia of a solid sphere?

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Swinging Pendulum hits Block on Table- Find Distance and Acceleration?

  • Merlinnair
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Calculating Raft Movement with Walking Boy

  • Smartguy94
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How far will the raft move (center of mass problem)?

  • Smartguy94
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Throwing speed question (ball and a box)

  • neomah
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Charge and Mass of Singly Ionized Uranium

  • Marshillboy
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Elastic and Inelastic Collision problem/lab

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Elastic collision of 17 kg and 4 kg blocks on frictionless incline

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CANDU Reactor contains 70 kf og fissionable material

  • JohnTralp
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Maximum distance a spring will stretch

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Given kinetic energy and momentum, find mass and speed

  • okool
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Calculating 'g' with Slope of Pendulum Graph

  • physicsguy101
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Heat required to freeze water in aluminum tray from 18°C to -15°C

  • format1998
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How Do You Calculate Binding Energy Per Nucleon for Helium-4?

  • deezer
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Solving Amperes Law Problem - B=2.15T, Answer in Tm

  • Heath90
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Angular rotation velocity and acceleration

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Entropy and Maximum work for two idential, finite sized bodies

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Acceleration and tension for 20 kg block and 10 kg hanging mass

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Finding out distance before breaking leg using Hooke's Law

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Tension in string for two masses in circular motion

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Difference in height in a U-shaped tube

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A couple conceptual Magnetism questions

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Hydrogen gas isobaric expansion with volume increase by factor k

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How Does Static Friction Affect Bicycle Acceleration?

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Nuclear Fission of 1g of Uranium 235

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Find Time to Melt Ice Ball in Water Bath: Heat Conduction

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Induced current in conductor moving circularly in constant B-field

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Solving 1D Collision Lab: Is it Elastic?

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Do e² c ħ/R have dimensions of energy?

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Molar binding energy of uranium-235 nuclei

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Block on a vertical spring: equilibrium vs dropped from rest

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Lift relative velocity problem.

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