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Pressure in a bomb calorimeter at the moment of combustion

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Angular momentum of orbit from orbit parameters and mass of sun

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Lorentz transformation of multiple events into one frame of observation

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Gauss' Law: Understand How to Calculate Flux

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Number of Steps on a Stationary Escalator with Varying Person Speeds

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Partition function of a particle with two harmonic oscillators

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Question regarding time period and distances of a comet

  • Kaguro
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Action variables for the Kepler problem

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What happens when the maximum is exceeded in the Mass-Spring System?

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Find the velocity and acceleration of a pulley in a mass-spring system

  • mattlfang
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Potential difference across the ends of a solenoid

  • songoku
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How Do You Calculate 4-Acceleration in Schwarzschild Coordinates?

  • etotheipi
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Tension connecting two collinear rotating objects

  • songoku
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Why Is Torque Calculated Differently in Rotating Hoop Problems?

  • Leo Liu
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Motion in one dimension -- Experiments with a Hot Wheels car rolling down a ramp

  • chucho11028
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The angle of tilt of a gyroscope

  • Leo Liu
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Force Exerted by fluid on a Bend, an Enlargement, or a Contraction

  • sandmanvgc
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RC circuit using complex numbers

  • Kaguro
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Square Root Practice: Multiplying by 1000NM/kJ

  • sandmanvgc
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Can Mechanical Energy Be Conserved in an Accelerated Frame?

  • A13235378
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Beam resting on 2 pivots | Problem in Rotational Mechanics

  • warhammer
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Sum of oscillating frequency and angular velocity

  • Leo Liu
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Find the tension of a rope with a mass and spring attached

  • valentina
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Finding the number of free electrons

  • PhysicsTest
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Does Moving Coils in Electromagnets Create Current? Explained

  • Mar47389595
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A charged particle entering a magnetic field -- find the position

  • namo99
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Questioning My Understanding: Is My Answer Wrong?

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Temperature Distribution of Current Carrying Wire in Matlab

  • patric44
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Why is angular momentum measured at a non inertial CoM conserved?

  • Leo Liu
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Gas in mercury manometer, finding its normal volume

  • plain stupid
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Mercury barometer with a small amount of air

  • plain stupid
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Orbit determination from radar readings of a satellite in orbit

  • bwitt
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Hooke's law does not apply when there is friction, right?

  • phase0
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Find the power needed to accelerate this elevator downward

  • phase0
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Finding the net elongation in a rod due to its own weight

  • Hamiltonian
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A classic string and pulley problem

  • sahilmm15
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General Query on Archimedes' Principle

  • TomK
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Fluid flow around a wind turbine blade -- help please

  • t0mm02
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Pendulum hung from the ceiling of a train

  • brotherbobby
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Spherical charge distribution to generate this E-field

  • Mohomad
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Does change in 'g' affect frequency of mass spring system?

  • tahmidbro
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Quantum mechanics - several constant potentials

  • Eitan Levy
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To find the parameters of velocity in an electric field

  • PhysicsTest
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Relativistic Mass in this fission decay

  • mtuck
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Rolling and Sliding: Solving Angular Momentum Theorem

  • roadrunner1994
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Finding weights in a pulley system using virtual work

  • lowea001
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Why do bar magnets have zero velocity after collision?

  • TomK
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Moments Question (ENGAA 2019) -- Cable and Winch Lifting a Drawbridge

  • TomK
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How much weight can the balloon lift?

  • Funny_N_Cool
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Advice needed: Astronomy radiation problem

  • snowflakita78
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Find the Center of Mass for each of these figures

  • rPex
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Induced voltage difference in a magnetic field

  • waazwag
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Can someone tell me which formula to use here? (time to boil water)

  • yuheng_wu
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Can someone please clarify this formula? (hydrostatic pressure)

  • yuheng_wu
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Law of Conservation of Energy Problem (kicking a soccer ball)

  • orangegalaxies
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Operational Amplifiers & Resistors to form a Black Box

  • Jason-Li
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Force diagram for integrated exercise

  • Engineering_stud
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Applying least squares to measurement of nuclei masses and Q-value

  • schniefen
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How Can I Improve DVM Accuracy in Physics Problems?

  • blooden
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Gravitational Potential Energy on an Incline

  • Travis Enigma
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Why Does Increasing G in a Control Loop Cause Vo/Vi to Approach Unity?

  • Jason-Li
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What is the instantaneous potential?

  • PhysicsTest
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What is the recoil energy of a nucleus produced in its first energy level?

  • Adams2020
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Alice and Bob Flyby with Simultaneous Waving

  • gtguhoij
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Mass on an Incline with Spring Attached

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Find the equilibrium position of this piston

  • utkarshakash
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Frame of reference question: Car traveling at the equator

  • John Mcrain
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Velocity of wind based on the shape of a smoke trail

  • weirdoguy
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Normal force on a rod by the rim of a bowl

  • songoku
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Cylindrical container with a piston

  • mavidias
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Heat Engine Problem - Get Help Now

  • mavidias
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Potential inside a concentric sphere

  • LCSphysicist
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Decrease of Solar radius per year using Virial Theorem

  • CharlesDamle
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Force at the end of a Rod at rest on an inclined surface

  • so_gr_lo
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Find the function of velocity of a person that accelerates to a constant v

  • diazdaiz
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Calculating moments about a support point

  • Shaye
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Tension in a rotating ring under gravity

  • ricles
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Electric Field of two line charges

  • badluckmath
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Physics -- deriving Planck's constant

  • YungSung
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Imaging resolution for a microscope and eye

  • StillAnotherDave
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How to Find Linear Acceleration Without Cylinder Radius?

  • ricles
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Thermodynamics pressure-temperature-volume problems

  • Termodinamica
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Velocity from spring pushing on 2 masses

  • JoeyBob
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Determining non-conserved work from a collision

  • JoeyBob
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Determining the accelerations -- two masses connected by a spring

  • JoeyBob
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Equilibrium Forces: Force to Move a Mass

  • JoeyBob
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Conservation: Mass Dropped onto a Spring, Find the Compression

  • JoeyBob
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Elastic collision between two balls with different masses

  • kshitij
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Physics Graph Word Problem -- Motion of a person skiing down a slope

  • Lui4
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Properties of materials like rubber bands

  • shk
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A sudden change in the depth of delta function potential well

  • Mazhar12
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Vectors and Trigonometry Homework Help

  • Lui4
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Force extension graph for copper wire

  • shk
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Two rotating masses balanced by a third mass (rotational dynamics)

  • Eirik
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Confirm if I'm Correct? "Page 49 Q: Time in Moving Frame?

  • gtguhoij
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Find the position of the electron at any time t

  • PhysicsTest
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Maximum distance the airplane can cover

  • aahil123
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Probability dependence on potential

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