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Question with Archimedes' principles

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How Do Two Point Charges Affect Potential Above a Grounded Conducting Plane?

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Physics Essay: Long-Range Elect. Trans. Possibilities

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Cannon in a railway carriage; recoil

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Schrodinger Equation: Particle in a Box

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Finding normal force of moving crates

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What is the work done by friction?

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Thermodynamics, calculating the time it will take water to boil away

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Why does sound pressure vary with 1/r?

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Simply cannot get my calculator to give me the correct answer?

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2 blocks on top of each other, applied force, friction, and tension

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Angles Formed by Particles' Positional Vectors

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Acceleration of 2 boxes sliding down ramp - please

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Velocity Using Parametric Equations

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Finding mass within a pulley system. Finding coefficient of friction

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Light also consists of particles

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What Is the Work Done by the Gas and the Final Gas Temperature?

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What magnitude of force must the worker apply?

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Dieletric Boundary Conditions (Parallel Plate Capacitor)

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Small oscillations about equilibrium

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What is the magnitude of the change in momentum of the racquet ball?

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Elastic collision between particles of equal mass

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Thermodynamics final temperature of gas

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The work done by an adiabatic process?

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Current carrying wire and Earth’s magnetic field directions

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Work/Energy graph of car problem?

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What is the frictional force on the block in each experiment?

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Momentum of ball bouncing off wall

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Solving Masses & Friction on an Inclined Plane

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Is my solution for the acceleration of two blocks correct?

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How to find tension in strings pulling on carts.

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Max velocity up a frictionless inclined plane

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How Do Tensions in a Massless, Frictionless Pulley System Compare?

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Force vs. Energy Curve of MgO Ionization (.22 nm Distance)

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How Does Initial Velocity Direction Affect Spring Motion Velocities?

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Pseudoforces or fictitious forces

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Magnitude and Direction of E-field at a Point Due to a Charged Rod

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Static equilibrium problem:A-shaped ladder

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Trajectory Problem: Shooting a cannon

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Find a curve such that time travel is minimum

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Proving a complex Force derivation with CalcConfused

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The potential difference and the electric field - please check my answer

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SHO: Find amplitude given k, and x,v,a at unknown time

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Wave packets & Fourier analysis: minimum pulse duration w/ given frequency

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"Scale in Elevator: Should Student Worry?

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Why Do Different Books Use X=Acos(wt) and X=Asin(wt) for Oscillations?

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Expressing a surface in cartesian coordinates from spherical

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Find Gravitational Force on an object

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Magnetic field of circular loop

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Is there net force when turning?

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Solve Tension Problem: Two Blocks Connected by String, Force of 165N

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Magnitude of Electric Field from an Atom

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Work Done in a polytropic process

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Time dilation and interstellar travel

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Help with Calculating Uncertainties

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Hole drilled through center of the earth

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Newton's Laws/Conservation of Momentum/Kinetic Energy

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Simple Thevenin equivalent resistance problem

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Three problems concerning light interference and snells

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Perfectly inelastic collision and inelastic collision

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What Are the Two Possible Launch Angles for a Ball to Land 5 Meters Away?

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Application of Gauss's Law to Charged Insulators

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Distribution of Charge along a straight line

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The Physics of Frictionless Blocks

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Calculating Max Speed for 5G Turn in Aircraft

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How Do You Correctly Calculate Tension in a Statics Problem?

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Magnitude of average acceleration?

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Drag force of a spherical BB ammo under water

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Understanding Pulley Systems: Forces on Blocks with Unequal Mass

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How Does Spontaneous Decay Relate to Newton's First Law?

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Solving Projectile Motion Equations for Initial Velocity and Angle

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Calculate the chi-squared probability for the fit

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Ceiling Lights in Parallel Circuits: Exam Prep Help

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A Projectile Fired At A 45 Degree Angle

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Motion of a cylinder attatched to a spring

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Object hangs from rope on a railroad car

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Why do funny mirrors produce distorted images?

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Find mass using acceleration and tension

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Friction in an inclined right-angle trough

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How Do Two Ladders Hinged Together Maintain Equilibrium?

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Pascal's law and variation of pressure with depth

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Unequal Accelerations in Double Atwood Machine

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General Question About Spring/Mass System

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What is the necessary force to move a crate on a rough surface?

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Need serious help with right hand rule please for magnetic fields

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The relationship between normal force and contact

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What is the coefficient of friction?

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What is the coefficient of friction?

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Two masses, frictionless pulley

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Maximizing Current Output from a Windmill Generator

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Solve KE, PE and Work for Block Sliding Down Friction-Less Incline

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