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How far does the car travel before its brakes are applied to slow down?

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Baseball at 10.7 m: why is one time negative?

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Create a wave equation with the following properties.

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Why Is y - y0 Positive in Vertical Motion Problems?

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Maximum Kinetic Energy of a Particle with Force F = F0e^(–kx)?

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Why is the acceleration positive?

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Setting up a circuit on a protoboard with shared ground connections

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What is the temperature inside the freezer?

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Is Work Required to Push Electrons from Positive to Negative Terminal?

  • Peter G.
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Finding Potential and Charge across a Capacitor in a Multi-Loop Circuit

  • Adm_Thrawn
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Force and motion problem with two tensions and 3 masses and an ideal pulley

  • runphysicsrun
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Add or Subtract? Solve Voltage Math Problem

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Fluid Mechanics; Lift Force on a Roof; Bernoulli's Equation

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Tension in string after nudging block on table with friction

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Work done by gas expanding with pv=1000 from 1000 to 500 kPa

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Angle between force and displacement vectors

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Tension. Application of Newton's Laws.

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How to Derive the Decay Equation for Radioactive Isotopes A -> B -> C?

  • unscientific
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Rocket fires its engine, force/acceleration

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What is the Mass of the Planet in Scientific Notation?

  • free_spirit
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Friction problem of a 6kg block

  • BallerRegis
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Why SPECT produces images with higher contrast

  • nousername
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Simple Uniform Acceleration Question

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Finding Planck time from c, G, and h

  • Sagari
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Ball thrown upward on two planets with different radii and rotation

  • RHK
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Finding speed of the car, kinematics

  • jehan4141
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Finding the change in K.E. G.P.E ignored?

  • Icetray
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Magnitude and direction of Wind Force

  • tryton
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How Does an Airplane's Climb Angle Affect Package Trajectory on Release?

  • jehan4141
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Objects Flying towards each other (2d kinematics)

  • chimpfunkz
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Direction of acceleration in pendulum bob?

  • SUROJL
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Double pulley problem-difference in acceleration

  • Arait
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Finding magnitude of a third displacement

  • JennAshley19
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How to Determine Capacitance with Variable Dielectric Dimensions?

  • MetalManuel
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How to find energy stored between two spheres?

  • curt291
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Potential across a Resistor for an Ideal Battery

  • Adm_Thrawn
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Is Static Friction Necessary on an Incline When Motion Stops?

  • mak66
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How to find mass of block from static friction

  • mak66
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Motion in a Plane, Vector Addition/Subtraction

  • TheModernAge
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Finding Maximum Current Entering A Terminal

  • madhatter500
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Mechanics: Moments of force in a rigid beam

  • JohanM
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Skateboard Ramp Kinematics Practice Problem

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Does the Entropy Change in a Carnot Cycle Sum to Zero?

  • mindarson
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Calculate Horizontal Velocity of Jetliner at 233 m/s

  • tryton
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Hiker's Total Displacement: 74km

  • JennAshley19
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Magnetic Circuits, Air Gaps (conceptual)

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Projectile motion of a snowmobile

  • getty102
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How to find acceleration and tension given mass and an angle

  • angiep410
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How do you find the mass given force and an angle?

  • angiep410
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Can a Mistake in KVL Analysis Disprove a Fundamental Law?

  • sandy.bridge
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How do you find how far an object will go?

  • angiep410
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Mechanics problem involving a Differential Equation

  • darrenhb
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Calculate the energy of the laser photons

  • CathyLou
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Braking distance with reaction time and deceleration

  • nukeman
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How does the ocean affect daily temperatures?

  • J-Girl
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What is the coefficient of kinetic friction for the incline?

  • DrunkApple
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Understanding Static Friction in a Cart and Wall System

  • torquemada
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Maximum power theory in electronics

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Thermaldynamics problem, reversible process work done on

  • Liquidxlax
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How Do Special Relativity and Mechanics Explain These Physics Puzzles?

  • wuffle
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Differential equation using complex exponentials

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Calculating Tension (with rope mass)

  • Rayquesto
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Mass on 2 ropes, looking for tension

  • csinger1
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Elementary Charge lab question?

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Work required to move a charge through an electric field (3D)

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Finding final velocity of a pop fly from maximum height

  • lab-rat
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Real Variables In Complex Equation

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2-d kinematic w/non-constant acceleration

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Gravitational field strength formula

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Net force needed to accelerate a 340 kg rocket sled to 1900 km/h in 2.6 s

  • Kawasaki268F
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Michelson-Morley Experiment Question (No math)

  • mindarson
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Drag force on a skater: graphing data and finding the constant c

  • nukeman
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How Can Photons Have Momentum Without Mass?

  • logearav
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Physical meaning of a result in Bragg's diffraction

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Negative Work function in Photo electric effect

  • logearav
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Two balls thrown at different times reaching same height

  • mattyc33
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Steam and ice interact, find final temperature

  • mindarson
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Basic ball projectile motion problem

  • miglo
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Describe the path of the object in an xy plot.

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Relationship between Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy.

  • Craptola
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String unwound from wheel 20 cm in diameter at 75 cm/s

  • joecocobo
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HRK Energy/Rotational Motion Question

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Fluids(Bernoulli and Continuity)

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Blocks colliding momentum problem

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Finding the time elapsed, distance and speed

  • InvaznGSC
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Solving Binary Star Systems: Doppler & Kepler's 3rd Law

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Use components to find Direction of the resultant of the three pulls?

  • valeriex0x
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Bead on wire with constant velocity

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Two boxes tied together on an inclined plane. Find common acc and tension

  • Twinflower
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Multiplicity of Macrostates, involving dice

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Heat required to raise copper temperature from 20°C to 45°C

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Mass Sliding at An Angle; find mass of one

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Finding acceleration of flea using force analysis

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