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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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Time for light pass through glass

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Coefficient of static friction between a ladder and a friction-less wall

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Finding individual masses of skaters pushed apart by a spring

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Oscillation vs. Pendulum Periods

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How Do Aerodynamics Affect an Airplane's Lift and Drag Forces?

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Can Two Batteries Power a Lunar Roving Vehicle Without Exceeding 9 Volts?

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Mechanical Energy Staircase Problem

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Calculate the difference in the strength of gravity

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Time period of a torsional pendulum

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Rotational Motion Speed at the top of the loop

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Rotational Motion Tension at the bottom of the circle

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Rotational Motion change angular rotational

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Minimum speed for a rock to travel 400 m from a sling

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Rotational Motion maximum speed

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Rotational Motion angular speed

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Electromagnetism - Boundary conditions for Polarization field at interface

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How to calculate threshold frequency of a metal

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How Fast Must Superman Fly to Stop a Moving Train Safely?

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Solving Schrodinger Eq.: Quantum #s for n=0,1,2

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Finding displacement from multiple legs in different directions

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Solenoid, calculate number of coils

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Phase Difference between Sinusoidal Waves

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What Determines Voltage Changes in LDR Darkness Sensors?

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Three masses on an incline with friction

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Ballistic pendulum with rotating arm: finding maximum swing angle

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Block dropped onto vertical spring, finding work/speed/height

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Velocity Question: Initial vs. Final Velocity at y=0

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Ballistic Pendulum kinetic energy

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Two particle interference (entanglement)

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Diffraction Grating Overlapping Orders

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How Does Firing a Gun on a Frictionless Surface Affect Recoil Velocity?

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Calculating ∅ in Simple Harmonic Motion Equation x = xo + Asin(ωt + ∅)

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At what time is the acceleration of the marked point equal to g?

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Finding Work Done by Force (F): Is it Fx or F?

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Liquid Flow Problem: Bernoulli's Principle & Volume Flow Rate

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How Is Work Done by Friction Calculated in a Spring-Box System?

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Vector Addition: Finding Displacement

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Finding plane speed and direction with wind vector addition

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Theoretical and Actual Acceleration for an Atwood Machine

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Ao frustrating find the tension

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Free body diagram of passenger in accelerating train

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Weight, mass and density of metal block on spring balance

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How Do You Calculate Current in a Composite Wire of Silver and Copper?

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Finding peak Emf, pretty quick answer

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What is the coefficient of friction for a bumpy hill sled problem?

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Equivalent Resistance and Branch Currents in Non-simple Circuits

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How Much Energy Is Lost to Friction in This Physics Problem?

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What potential difference means?

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Calculating Peak-to-Peak Amplitude of Out-of-Phase Sine Waves

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Do all springs naturally obey Hooke's law?

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Potential Energy/Work done question AS Level Physics - Mechanics

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Calculating Energy Efficiency in a Cogeneration Power Plant

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Potential energy and work by spring.

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Work/energy - spring and inclined plane

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Car rolling down 17° incline: finding speed at bottom

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A bizarre question that I don't know where to begin

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Finding Vector Components using Trigonometry

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Dynamics problem using Newton's third law.

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An electric pump raise 9.1m^3 of water from a reservoir

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Double slit experiment question?

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Photometry: Determining a binary star system.

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Electric flux through sphere with linear and point charges

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For n1 = 2.15 and n2 = 1.26, what is the critical angle so that all of

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How Do You Calculate the Center of Mass for Irregular Objects?

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Mutual Induction of a solenoid and a coil

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A rope of 5m is fastened to two hooks 4m apart on a horizontal ceiling

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Equivalent capacitance A hard one?

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Understanding Rotational Motion: Answers for Jade

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Mass attached to a horizontal spring

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Friction force on an inclined plane at 30 degrees

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Rotation Problem: Earth lengths/Apparent Weights

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University Physics 1 Work Problem

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Finding car acceleration from pendulum angle in accelerating car

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Does a Boat Move When You Walk on It?

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Coefficient of Friction/Projectile motion problem

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Car braking distance with negative acceleration

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Gravitational potential energy and rotational motion

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Pendulum oscillation: angle for horizontal acceleration of bob

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Finding Speed using Doppler Shift

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Factors that effect sound waves in water?

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Calculating Electric Field Strength using Electric Potential?

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Basketball Vector/Kinematics Question

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Can You Solve This Uniform Circular Motion Task in Physics?

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Energy Problem (Systems and Energy Conversion)

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What is the effect of angle on the speed of a thrown baseball?

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Equilibrium and principle of triangle of forces

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What Is the Tension in a String During Simple Harmonic Motion?

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Acceleration of two packages on an incline

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Find the center of mass of a block of wood in oil

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Question regarding Calorimetry?

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Linear Mass Density: Find 8.9866e-4 m/s to g/m

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Forces using Newtons Second law

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Boat slowing down with velocity-dependent friction force

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How Do You Calculate the Spring Constant of a Hanging Mass?

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Calculating Angular Velocity of Earth's Daily, Yearly, and Monthly Motions

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