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Two masses attached to a spring

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Solving for Speed: Roller Coaster at the Top of a Loop

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How much force is needed to tip a box with given dimensions and weight?

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A block of mass 100 kg is being moved steadily by pulling on a rope at

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What is the coefficient of performance of this refrigerator?

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Two trains travel. Based on their leghths, mesure

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What Must Superman's Initial Velocity Be to Save the Falling Student?

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Physics Riding a loop-the-loop?

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How much additional altitude can rocket obtain with launch assist.

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Einstein's train (simultaneity)

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Basic electrostatics's potential difference question.

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Find the angle the boat has to head

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How Do Capacitors Charge in a Circuit with Multiple Batteries?

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The arm of a crane at a construction site is 15.0 m long

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How do transformers affect power transmission in a circuit?

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Calculating Change in Kinetic Energy for a Crate Pulled Up an Incline

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Pendulum Problem with unknown angle

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Kinetic Energy Change of a Cart on a Frictionless Surface

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Understanding Buoyancy: Answering the Question on Stone Immersion

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What is the radial acceleration of a pendulum at a given angle?

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Launch speed to reach a given orbital altitude

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Finding Work along a displacement

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Phase Difference Homework: Find Magnitude of Phase Difference at Detector

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Why do the centripetal and gravitational force equal each other in orbit?Also

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Projectile Motion on a Ramp: Solving for Distance, Time, and Velocity

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Finding distance through a velocity-time

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A question involvingn safe working voltage and capacitors?

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Solving tension equations with trig.

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Estimating Heart Power Output for Humans Standing/Lying Down

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How Is the Radius of Curvature 8.68 mm Calculated for a Lens?

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Finding distance with Kinematics

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Diameter and Fundamental Frequency

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Optimizing Organ Pipe Modes with Vent Holes

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Settting up force problem with only mass and velocity provided

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What does this equation mean? Physics Work.

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Changing Magnetic field inducing an electric field

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Understanding the Science of Flash in Cameras

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LATERAL DISPLACEMENT EXPLANATION NEEDED please

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Finding distance from sonic boom

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FBD of centripetal acceleration

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Signal and Time Displays in Everyday Devices

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Finding length with two given frequencies

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Sonic boom heard in how much distance x?

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Atwood Machine: Find m1's Descent and Velocity

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How far does Joe fall when Anastasia falls from a tree?

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Two dimensional collision. Center of mass reference frames?

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How Do You Calculate the Moment of Inertia for a Cone?

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Work, tension and conservation of energy

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Calculating Stopping Distance with Spring Forces and Friction

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How Does a Particle's Kinetic Energy Affect Its Wave-Particle Duality?

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Motion in One Dimension: Model Rocket

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Why does a spherical lens/mirror have spherical aberration.

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Graphing the superposition of three waves

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What is the Maximum Height of a Vertically Thrown Rock?

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Motion in a plane II, Coin on a turntable with Vmax

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Differential Equation of a moving car with drag

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Calculating Magnetic Force on Bent Wire in a Magnetic Field

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Coulomb's law and electric fields

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Conservation of linear momentum and acceleration due to gravity.

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Solve for Net Force on Block C: Homework Problem

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Angle of Tension b/w 2 Dogs Pulling Ropes?

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Maximum Height of Vertically Thrown Rock

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What is the Tension and Stretching of Spider Silk in Equilibrium?

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A 30 kg child moving at 4 m/s jumps onto a 50 kg sled that is initiall

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Can force in Newtons be negative?

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Finding Velocities of Two Points on a Ladder at a 60-Degree Angle

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Simple Harmonic motion of buoyant force

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Weird 2-spring problem with VERY limited data

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Coefficient of kinetic friction on wooden plane question

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Solving a Friction Problem with a 32° Ramp

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Answer Conical Pendulum: Determine Angle in Car Traveling Circular Road

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Standing waves and banjo string

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Mastering Physics, conceptual problem (no values)

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Why can't i see people on the other side of tinted windows?

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What Happens to Induced EMF When a Magnet is Placed in the Middle of a Coil?

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Can 3 Force Members Be Collinear?

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Finding radius of satellite in orbit given mass and rotational period

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Finding spring constant of mass

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How Do You Integrate When F and r Are Vectors?

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Stuck on Algebra in Time Dilation Problem.

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Calculating the change of momentum in a system

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Finding Force then converting to work

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Specific Heats for Incompressible Fluids

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Hi Our teacher told us the following:F = m * v² / r = m * 4 pi² /

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Calculating Block Speed Before Compressing Spring

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Introduction to Work, do I have the right concept?

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How Does a Helicopter Tension Problem Affect Load Dynamics?

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Torque at certain points (equilibrium)

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2 springs @ 30 degrees supporting a mass

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Thermodynamics closed cycle entropy cycle

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How Do You Calculate Tension in Wires Holding a Revolving Ball?

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Trains colliding and latching together

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What is the angle of the car-truck combination after an inelastic collision?

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Hitting a billiard ball h above centerline

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Electrical stability of an atom

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Finding Angle Which Cube Falls Off Sphere

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Horizontal force due to tension from vertical wieght

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