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Projectile Motion Problems Involving angles

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Energy required to heat different materials?

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What graphs can show muzzle velocity from projectile range and angle?

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Calculating Maximum Linear Charge Density in Geiger Tube

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Basic Mechanics question I cant seem to solve

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Finding the volume of a cube with 1 Joule

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Doppler Effect (Proving equal wavelengths )

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Swimmer crossing river with current at angle

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Finding Magnitude of Contact Forces in Boxes 1, 2 and 3

  • matt@USA
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Kinematics in 1 dimension - 2 objects interlinked, find time

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Can a Runner Accelerate to Finish a 10,000 Meter Race in Time?

  • jehan4141
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How high does the ball rise before falling?

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Help with physics homework questions

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Acceleration of a compound pendulum

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Which Coin Hits the Bottom of the Lift Shaft First?

  • AllenHe
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Newton's Second Law Lab with Pulley's and Blocks

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How Does the Proton-Proton Cycle Result in the Formation of Helium?

  • logearav
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Calculating Resistance in a Circuit

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Two Masses Connected by Pulley; find acceleration

  • cassienoelle
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What is the Speed of M2 at 1.45 s After Release of Three Sliding Masses?

  • cassienoelle
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Due in an HOUR Early Physics problem relating drag, weight, and speed.

  • jwoods1101
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Block sliding Down; find kinetic coefficient

  • cassienoelle
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Equipotential, can someone check my work?

  • pyroknife
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Force in different directions, magnitude of acceleration?

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How Long Does It Take a Block to Slide Down a Frictional Incline?

  • jord12321
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Horizontal and vertical components of acceleration on 18 degree slope

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Minimum stopping distance with static friction coefficient 0.36

  • cassienoelle
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Velocity with cubic drag force using separation of variables

  • JDStupi
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Electric field of semicircle rod at center

  • JosephK
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Find angles between two rope and the ceiling

  • seanster1324
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8-point charges on a vertice of a cube

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How Do You Calculate the Speed and Velocity of a Clock's Second Hand?

  • phizics09
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Simple Point Charge Potential Problem

  • dgreenheck
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Time Dilation/Length Contraction

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Is Path Length the Same as Displacement?

  • Miike012
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How to find force that a seat might exert on a book.

  • Joyci116
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Finding the Height of a Heavy Oil Column in a U-Tube with Mercury and Light Oil

  • Darth Frodo
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What Time Did David Reach Point A After Passing Carl?

  • Quark Itself
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What is the potential energy of this group of electron charges?

  • yo_man
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Reversable process with adiabatic expansion

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Electric Field extension through

  • Badger33
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How Fast Should I Toss the Wrench to Reach the Roof?

  • VKK
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Stopping distance for car at 50 mi/h with friction

  • Husker70
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Calculating radius of the core with just densities

  • bertwan
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Is Building a Torsion Balance for Gravity Exploration a Weekend Project?

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How to Calculate Acceleration and Tension in a Two-Trolley System

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Experiment to Determine the Resistivity of a Wire

  • yeah20112012
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Time for clubhead to accelerate 0.05 kg golf ball to 80 m/s

  • BeccaWella
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I don't understand f=ma So far so good

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Electric field of a continuously charged semicircle rod at center

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One dimensional medium with 2 different dielectric constants

  • Clever-Name
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Electric Potential, Electric Potential Energy, Electric Field

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Pressure on block immersed in water?

  • khurram usman
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Calculating Velocity from Coordinates: Is it Right?

  • Crusaderking1
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Estimate the maximum initial velocity

  • Aquaticus
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Electric Potential Energy Spherical Shells

  • JosephK
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Is the Potential at the Negative Terminal of a Battery Always 0 V?

  • Tinne
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I need to find the possible error for the volume of a cuboid

  • titaniumpen
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Classical mass rope mass problem

  • kasperrepsak
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Race car speed record with wind and electric vehicle motion

  • einsteinphysi
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Is this resistor ohmic or non-ohmic?

  • raman911
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Measuring Friction on a Sloping Track

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How do you konw if dipole movement is negative or positive?

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What's is dv for a finite cylinder?

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What Is Instantaneous Velocity?

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Finding car B's mass when wreckage skids southeast after collision

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Finding Electric Field for Three Point Charges

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Problem using Newtons second law

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Newton's laws - studying for a test

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Newton's second law and tension

  • warrior2014
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Net force and Newton's laws of motion

  • warrior2014
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Arrow hitting a target average force question

  • Capncanada
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Finding location of an object as a function of time

  • NCampbell
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How Do Forces Affect Motion in 2D Kinematics?

  • rjs123
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What is the orbital velocity at pericenter and apocenter

  • dairycat
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A Problem Involving Newton's Second Law

  • Manni
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Any examples of real-time energy measurement in homes?

  • Urmi Roy
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Solving Newton's Law Problem: Force on the Rope w/ 56N Sled

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Finding a object relative of time

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Does rotating a vector change its magnitude?

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Two boxes with applied forces of 12 N and 2 N

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What Is the Correct Stress Calculation for a Wire Under Tension?

  • Pyrex
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Satellite Orbit Around Mars: Force & Speed Calculation

  • mrshappy0
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Find particle position when it momentarily stops

  • einsteinphysi
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Water poured into mercury U-tube until it reaches the top

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What Happens to the Magnitude of a Vector When Rotated?

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Minimum distance to avoid hitting a braking car with 2.4s reaction time

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Given position vs time graph, find velocity?

  • skysunsand
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Falling through the Earth problem

  • Xyius
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Where is the mouse located when it reaches top speed?

  • doc2142
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Designing a Variable Gain Voltage Divider Circuit

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Solve Gravity Lab Problem: Determine Accel Due to Gravity

  • matt@USA
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Calculate the water level in a pipe.

  • collegekid
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Two forces held by pulley's on an inclined plane.

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Smallest possible tension and its angle

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