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Vertical Circle Motion: Acceleration at Top vs. Bottom

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Finding Acceleration and Tension, With Friction

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Pulley but the cable is at an angle?

  • amd123
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Damped Vibration, 1DOF, Worked example, Need help breaking it down.

  • Jowin86
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Angular Acceleration of a Merry Go Round: Solving a Physics Problem

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Difficult relative velocity problem

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Upward velocity of a block on a string

  • ethex
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Can Sliding Friction Affect a Rolling Disk?

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Derivatives Help: Projectile Fired w/ Initial Speed Vo

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A rock is THROWN downward. What was the initial height?

  • AVReidy
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Electric Potential and Kinetic Energy of a point charge

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Need discussion about a heavy spring hanging down

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What is the tangential acceleration of a point on a rotating crankshaft?

  • goober19
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GPE and KE of two unequal masses over pulley

  • ethex
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2 Blocks 1 Pulley - First Time Poster

  • SnowboardNerd
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Solve Fnet = ma Problem: Force & Acceleration of Blocks A & B

  • A_lilah
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Prove Impossible to Orbit Earth in <80 Minutes

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What is the Distance from C to C' for a Circular Pizza with a Piece Removed?

  • jessedevin
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How to Calculate Force Needed to Support a Man and Platform in Mid-Air?

  • wuffle
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Min Force to keep from Slipping

  • SnowboardNerd
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Salt Shaker on a Lazy Susan, magnitude of force

  • libbylicious1
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Is the Electric Field Normal to the Surface?

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Normal force, friction, Newton's law

  • jehan4141
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Magnitude of force question? Chain link

  • theunloved
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Velocity, time, and displacement

  • sdoi
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Static Equilibrium: Sliding and Tipping Bookcase

  • The Head
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How Fast Must a Bacterium Cling to a Spinning Jet Tire?

  • mkwiatko
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Two capacitors (different capacitance and innitial charge) in a series circuit

  • KaiserBrandon
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Force and motion in Newton's laws and free body diagram

  • theunloved
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Potential at a Distance away from a FINITE continuously charged plane

  • BeRiemann
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Very EASY tension problem, problem.

  • cfitzU2
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Defenestration homework not going so well -_-

  • liagee
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Can somebody help translate this question? 2D Kinematics.

  • DavidAp
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Finding direction after adding/subtracting vectors?

  • csgirl504
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Distance From a Velocity-Time Graph

  • slag1928
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Calculating Acceleration on a Ramp with Friction

  • pleasehelpme1
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How Does Barrel Length Affect Bullet Work?

  • Joyci116
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Projectile motion from an angled slope

  • BarneyStinson
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Can someone explain polarization states to me in really simple terms?

  • iamsolost22
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Power Delivered through a resistive load

  • polarmystery
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How Do You Calculate the Tension in a Lifting Cable Above a Worker?

  • MakeItThrough
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Problem about adiabatic expansion of gases

  • Rujano
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Radial Co-ordinate of a ball from the origin

  • RippyTheGator
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Calculating the current in a solenoid

  • couponcoocoo
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How Do You Calculate the Tension in a Rope Between Two Blocks?

  • pleasehelpme1
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Inclined plane, finding normal force

  • GRice40
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Golf ball equation for Projectile Motion need to know if I am doing it correctly

  • sophiegirl411
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Finding Work with constant pressure and temp.

  • phizzle86
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Rocket Launch: Solving for Height and Time

  • Dinovek
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Horizontal Spring-Mass System with Friction

  • Tzvika
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What is the equation for finding the displacement of a falling object?

  • lindseyam
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How do I find vertical height knowing only hang time?

  • AVReidy
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Electric Field/Plasma Oscillations

  • JNBirDy
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Force of a spring and static friction

  • matt@USA
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Force and motion in Newton's laws for elevator

  • theunloved
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How Do You Calculate Rope Tension with Different Angles in Physics?

  • Friendly Hobo
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Calculating distance per 1-sec interval for plot graph d vs t

  • albodibran
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Young's Double Slit Experiment in Water

  • JSGandora
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3 forces act in equilibrium, calculate their angles

  • alanm
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How Do You Calculate Final Velocity with Constant Acceleration?

  • albodibran
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Finding mass of a block tethered to an incined block above

  • zombiengineer
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Is Centripetal Acceleration Noticeable When Running in a Circle?

  • chimpfunkz
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SUVAT motion question - Ball thrown vertically

  • TheGreenMarin
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Why Are Tensions Different in the Same Rope?

  • Legendon
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Difficult Ladder Against Wall Torque Problem

  • whoopie88
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Man on a Boat: Finding the Center of Mass

  • aszymans
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Force exerted by a charged rod on a point charge

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Particle on top of a half circle

  • gralla55
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How to Calculate Force and Angular Acceleration in a Rotating System?

  • bionut
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Calculating Resultant Components

  • vectorguy77
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Graph using Maple for Astronomy

  • I Am Robot
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Why Does T0 Appear in the Doppler Effect Equation?

  • logearav
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Understanding Mirages and Snell's Law for Exam Prep

  • cheddahchad
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How Do You Calculate Uncertainty in Acceleration from Photogate Timer Data?

  • Blues_MTA
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Magnetic Field Centre Of A Solenoid

  • abdullahkiran
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How many joules of energy are supplied.

  • AHUGEMUSHROOM
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Calculating Time for Object to Hit the Floor in a Pulley System

  • Icetray
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N Angular Kinetics: Calculating Force Needed to Maintain 45° Position

  • bionut
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Frictionless plane at angle of theta=69degrees

  • mrshappy0
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Special relativity concept question

  • squishy-fish
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Vector Components and Displacement of Lost Dog

  • nadong2dong
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Thin-film interference problem

  • NewtonianAlch
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Quick question with spherical coordinates and vectors

  • Johnson
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Calculating ratio energy radiated in a loop and comment on result

  • craig.16
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SHM question involving a tunnel through earth

  • craig.16
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Intensity of light in Fraunhofer diffraction pattern

  • ProPatto16
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Newton's Laws and coefficient of static friction

  • jehan4141
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What is the final velocity of the particle?

  • DavidAp
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Frequency of a simple pendulum

  • bacon
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Velocity of a rocket which never returns to earth

  • process91
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URGENT: Help Solve Tension Question for Online Assignment

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Amount of force to pull a sled up an icy slope

  • Capncanada
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Confirming Gauss' Law: Finding Flux

  • kuahji
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Uniform acceleration of moving wagon

  • sdoi
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Electric potential energy graph

  • slft
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Elastic Collision Problem, WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HELP

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Solving for Car's Acceleration, Time, and Average Speed

  • Goopy17
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