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Electric field from a semi-infinite line charge along x-axis

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Finding force vector fields for 3 dimensional potential energy fields

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Two object on top of each other with friction

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(Conservation of Linear Momentum) Find u1 speed

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Comparing velocities of truck and car, and finding gun barrel length

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Friction and Normal Forces in Crate-Wall Interaction

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Kinetic energy of car with friction over 120m track

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Static/kinetic friction problem

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Spring Problem, conservation of energy equation

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Waves and light (problem solving)

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Two forces; 2d rigid body, only one resultant known

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Finding resultant of four forces on a sack with given angles

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Kinetic Energy and the Work-Kinetic Energy

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Electromagnetic waves and phase difference

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Wheel attached to a fixed shaft

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Cross products vs. dot products

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Electric Potential - Conceptual question

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Solving for Rotational Velocity of a Ring and Bug System | Homework Question

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Newton's 2nd Law and drawing forces

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2 parallel plate conducts and dielectric-pic included

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Balloon dropped from 580 m tower colliding with potato fired upward

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What Is the Maximum Angle Before Slipping on an Inclined Plane?

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Effective resistance across points A and B in a regular hexagon

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Do two hockey pucks on a frictionless plane collide and when?

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Pressure diffence between water column in capillary tube and open vessel

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Finding acceleration of an object (with friction)

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Doppler shift needed to see red traffic light as green

  • Linda
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The final temperature of a gas?

  • JustinLiang
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Understanding Decay and Half-Life of Uranium

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Understanding Lorentz Transformations: Equations and Explanation

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Projectile Motion in Relativity: Lorentz Vector Subtraction

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Truck weight from ferry sinkage of 0.0367 m

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How Much Does the Raft Rise When a 53kg Girl Dives Off?

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Photon Emission Rate and Optics Questions

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How Do You Calculate the Force on a Ferris Wheel Rider at a Specific Point?

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A skier starts from rest, accelerates down 30degree slope

  • punyhuman92
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Projectile motion on an inclined plane and linear equations

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What is the Time to Reach a Distance of 50 ft at a Velocity of 60 mph?

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Calculating Force and Normal Force on 10kg Suitcase at Angle 48

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Superposition of Electric Fields

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Values of Velocity at which the body will move without bouncing

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Force at pin A in slip-joint pliers problem

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Why does coupled oscillation give ma1 = -2kx1+kx2?

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How Is the Force of Friction Calculated for a Block Sliding Horizontally?

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Calculating Magnitude and Vector Componends given Momentum and Mass

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RLC Circuit (with critical and heavy damping)

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Finding the constraint relation between accelerations in a pulley system

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Finding tension of a rope pulling a crate

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Finding truss member forces without support reactions

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Gravitational potential energy in a swing at different angles

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Intensity of light entering eye

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Move tricycle in circle during x sec at speed s

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Will the tension between the boxes be the same as the tension on the rope

  • Miike012
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Special Relativity Particle Distance Question

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Lorentz factor for particle moving at angle

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Collision time for balloon and potato from tower

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Question on Faraday's and Lenz's Law

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Ceq of 3 capacitors in a triangle

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What Is the Speed and Angle of Raindrops in Different Reference Frames?

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What was the original speed of the bullet?

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Finding tension in cables supporting three suspended masses

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Coefficient of Friction, and frictional force

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Kinematics in Two or Three Dimensions

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Work done by gravity when m2 falls distance h on a ramp

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Forces two objects apply on each other during inelastic collision

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Phase difference between two parallel RC branches in AC circuit

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Rates of Change - Is this answer correct?

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Sphere suspended by two wires in horizontal circular motion

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What is the momentum of a proton moving at 0.7c?

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Work done to move spring displacement

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At what angle to throw a basketball from 4.0m away at 3.0 m/s?

  • xrayxman
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Find Kinetic Friction of a Block Pushed Up an Incline

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Why Does the Atwood Machine Equation Deviate from Expected Results?

  • Megzzy
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What is the focal length of the second lens in an afocal system?

  • Lunar_Lander
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Finding the pushing force needed to keep object from sliding down wall

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Center of mass and moment of intertia semi-circle

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Velocity and position of the particle as a function of time

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Alpha particle and Beryllium reaction

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Find the time when velocity = 10 m/s

  • tebes
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Relativity - Mass/Energy/Speed

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Positron Helix magnetic field, find pitch and radius

  • JosephK
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Hockey puck momentum, conservation of linear momentum

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[Nucl Physics]alpha particle and beryllium atom collison

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Calculate how much the light has been displaced

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Forces and Newton's Laws of motion

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Solving for g and COF on incline plane

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Time Period of SHM: Opposite Charges in Springs

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Are Capacitors Connected to a Voltage Source in a Circuit?

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How to find he coefficient of kinetic friction?

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Static Friction and Frictional Force Ranking Task of Crate

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Final velocity and frictional force?

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Finding normal force in Newton's laws problem

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Solving Question 2: Pulley System Challenge

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The x-component of the velocity of the third piece = -16.87 m/s

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Heat transfer with internal heat generation using lumped capacitance method

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