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Vertically oscillating spring-mass system

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Finding the angular acceleration knowing the net torque

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Work Done by Spring Homework: Solve Equations for W

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Centripetal Force (Horizontally Banked Question)

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Oscillation of a spring - pulley system

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Calculating Time of Flight for a Launched Object

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Centripetal Force (RPM Question)

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How Do You Calculate the Compression of a Ball Hitting a Wall?

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Calculate Kinetic Energy Loss in Collision of 2850 kg & 3200 kg Cars

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What Should the Expected Slope of T^2 vs. L and T^2 vs. M' Graphs Be?

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Circular motioni, work question.

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Did I Solve the Impulse Momentum Problem Correctly?

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Differential equation, coupled oscillator, relative movement

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Calculate Orbital Angular Momentum

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Solving the Physics of a Skier Leaving a Hill

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Finding Linear Graph for Pendulum Dilemma Equation

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Man on the end of a beam (rotational equilibrium problem)

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Thermodynamics question - Ideal gases

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Lever with offset pivot problem

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What Is the Average Force Exerted by a Ball on a Plate During Impact?

  • Andrew Muir
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NEED PHYSICS HELP am i doing this correctly?

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Pulley w/ 3 Masses Homework: Find Linear Acceleration

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How Do Speeds and Angles Affect Post-Collision Ball Movement?

  • Naeem
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How Do You Calculate Static Friction on an Inclined Plane?

  • laladude
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Definition of an unstable atom.

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Calculating Work Done by Tension in Vine for Tarzan

  • Miike012
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Trampoline Artist Jumps: Speed & Spring Stiffness Calculations

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What Is the Effective Resistance of Headlights in a Car Battery Circuit?

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Finding pd given r, R, and emf?

  • ugodzilla
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How Do You Calculate Capacitance from a Voltage Decay Curve?

  • KingBigness
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Moment of inertia of a stiff wire bent into a wheel with spokes

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Velocity of center of mass of spinning disk

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Angular Momentum of Shot Question

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Pendulum hitting a peg/conservation of energy

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Expressing answers answers for numbers and unites.

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Power as it relates to constant velocity but increasing speed

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Explosion of a Mass Homework Help

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Conservation momentum using center of mass

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How to find the mass of a sphere in a problem

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Doppler Effect Source Moving Away

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Doppler Effect Source Moving Closer

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How Fast Is a Race Car After Traveling 200 Meters?

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Calculating Velocity & Kinetic Energy After Explosion

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Calculating Flow Rate & Pressure for Coriolis Mass Flow Meter

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Angular speed vs. Orbital speed

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Basic question about energy transfer

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Capacitors in a circuit as Plates.

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Force of seat belt on person in when car collides into a piston

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The Effect of Temperature on Resistivity

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Question about the Earth acting as a conductor/ground

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Car collision with an object far away

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Rotational Kinematics-Vinyl Record

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Time Projectile Problem Solved - Thanks!

  • MrRandom66
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Basic Quantum mechanics, H2 approximation with SHO

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Galilean and Lorentz transformation

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Energy conservation( system of masses)

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How Do I Calculate the Magnetic Force on a Coil from a Circular Ring?

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Force on Block A: 100N Left & Right?

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Can a Capacitor Have a Positive and Negative Plate Charge?

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Calculating Work Done on an Inclined Plane

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How do you calculate work done by gas in a thermodynamic process?

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Solving Circuit Confusion with KVL Laws

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Analyzing Current Flow in Parallel and Series Battery Configurations

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Isolated system/conservation of energy

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Centripetal Force: Banked Curve

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Calculate the work done by friction

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Given the diagram, what is the tension in each string?

  • laladude
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What's the final tangential velocity of the mill wheel?

  • mathematikoon
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How Do You Calculate the Unknown Charge in an Electrostatic Field?

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Light Waves, Color, and Soap Bubbles

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Basic harmonic oscilator problem (but I'm having troble solving it)

  • U.Renko
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What is the centripetal acceleration?

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Total energy, speed, resistive force

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How Can Physics Predict the Danger Zone for Plants from Falling Snow?

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Calculate difference in pressure?

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Circular Motion of a roller coaster

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How Do Friction and Tension Affect Motion in Physics Problems?

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At What Wavelength is the Peak of the Planet's Blackbody Intensity Function?

  • TheCammen
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Riding a Ferri wheel physic problem(help)

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Simple Harmonic Motion of a bolt of mass

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Rotational Motion maximum acceleration

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How does air restistance affect a projectile?

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Radial Net Force/Circular Motion Valley Question

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How Do You Calculate Displacement at Reduced Velocity in Free-Fall Motion?

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Finding Force in Potential Energy vs. Interatomic Distance graph

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Work Energy Theorem: Explaining Constant Force and Acceleration

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Solving Static Equilibrium Problem

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Calculating the Force of a 1500kg Car on the Road

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Calculating Maximum Resolution of Electron Microscope

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What is the magnitude of the net gravitational force

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Rotational Inertia worked it many times.

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Comparing Speed and Kinetic Energy in a Railroad Car Collision

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Two common sense questions (solutions provided)

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