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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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Box Problem Kinetic/Static Friction

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Relativity (lorentz contraction)

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Springs are considered a non-conservative force why is the

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Experiment to Measure Average Force when Hitting Hockey ball?

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How Fast is C Moving Relative to B?

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Grade 12 Physics - Equations relating current and radius of a beam

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Force on a dipole from a point charge?

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Multiple Pulley/Friction system

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Distance fallen under gravity with quadratic drag from v0 to v1

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How Do You Calculate the Necessary Collector Area for a Solar Water Heater?

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Pulling a Box of Sand: Tension and Friction

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Sled pulled up incline at an angle with friction

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How to find distance given echo time. (WAVES)

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How To Find Depth Given TIME ONLY

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What is the correct banking for a 580m radius highway curve?

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Q4 minimum speed problem

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Optics - Two lenses touching each other with oil inbetween

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Simple Normal/Tangential Acceleration Confirmation Needed

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True mass, different weights, and the force of gravity

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Physics 20 Waves and Motion Questions?

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How Far Can a Girl Travel in 6 Seconds at a Speed of 3m/s?

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Why is the Error Larger Than the Area in Calculations?

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Finding Forces and Work in a Pulley System

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How Do You Solve This AS Physics Kinematics Multi-Choice Question?

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Conservation of energy on loop. Nearly done

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Finding the speed of a bullet via device with two rotating disks

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Calculating Power Output to Climb a 7.0 Degree Hill

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Moment of Inertia for Combination of Rod and Ball

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Calculating force for a mass in a hoop

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Center of mass of NH3 molecule, not quite there

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Slope of Kinetic vs Potential(Spring)

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Finding total charge from volume charge density

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Finding an angle of a rope swing involving Energy

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Finding F required pushing a box at angle (theta) for constant v

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Conservation of Energy with Metal Spheres

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Acrobats trajectory with a swing

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I really don't understand what I'm even being asked

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How Do You Calculate Initial Velocity in 2D Projectile Motion?

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RC circuit with capacitor discharging through two resistors

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Instantaneous Velocity statement

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Finding the Normal Force of a block

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Why do different masses give slightly different K values for the same spring?

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Simple sum of forces parachute problem

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How to delete or edit forum posts

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How to calculate weight an arm can curl.

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How Much Force is Exerted on a Car Pulled from a Ditch?

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Working out the speed a parked car travels after a moving car hits it

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Projectile Motion Jumping Man Problem

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Finding a and B₀ for electromagnetic wave with E and B vectors

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Finding the Center of Mass for Jane's Leg Model

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Suppose that three astronomical objects

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(torque) a force needed for wheel to rise up onto box

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Tension at an angle from hanging mass

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Differential Equations with a body initially at rest

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Calculating Work and KE in Physics Problems

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What is a 68kg Person's Weight on Mt. Everest?

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Time to Reach Maximum Height of Projectile Launched at 450 m/s

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Fluid pressure problem and units confusion

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Pendulum Problem: Potential energy equals? kinetic energy

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Force and Motion Ferris wheel problem

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Simple harmonic motion of a spring mass

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Calculate Pressure in Hydraulic Cylinder

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Physical pendulum made of a uniform disk

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Will Both Chunks of the Split Asteroid Miss Starbase Alpha?

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What are the key calculations for a power plant's efficiency and energy loss?

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How to Use Gauss' Law to Find Electric Field of a Charged Wire

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Hard potential energy function question

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How is electric potential related to electric potential energy?

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Force needed to stretch a steel rod with spring constant 2.1×10⁶ N/m

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Thermodynamic - Work done in a system

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How do you Find Gravitation Field strength

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Capacitor separated by a dielectric

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How Do You Calculate Torque on Shaft B Given Power and Angular Speed?

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Calculating the Energy Needed to Heat Magnesium: A Challenge!

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Find how long does it take to hit the ground from a car off a cliff

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How Do Charges Transfer and Affect Coulombic Forces?

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Horizontal Force to Hold Pendulum Perpendicular

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Energy gap calculation for semi-conductors.

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Ball suspended in a horizontal electric field

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Tension in elastic cord at low point

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