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Flux out of a Cylindrical Cable

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How Long Does It Take for Velocity to Change Under Constant Acceleration?

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What is the Moment of Inertia of a Book Pivoting at One Corner?

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Kinetic Energy relative to total energy in SHM

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Finding the force needed for equilibrium.

  • Crusaderking1
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Find the position of the center of mass of the binary star system

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Calculating Final and Change in Velocity for a Rolling Ball Experiment

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Difference between average velocity and change in velocity

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Finding Frequencies for Wave Sum Vanishing at x=0,L

  • JuanYsimura
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Cutting Wires in a Circuit of Light Bulbs

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Electric potential from two parallel charged sheets with +ω density

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Bullet fired horizontally from building: finding launch height and distance

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Why Does Coulomb's Law Give Different Results for the Same Charges?

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Maximum angular velocity for block on rotating turntable

  • Xamien
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Is e field equal to the negative derivative of electric potential?

  • pyroknife
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Tension, Angles, Forces Problem

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Finding collector, emitter and base currents in a transistor circuit

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Kinematics / Forces Friction Problem?

  • whoopie88
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Calculating Charge on Capacitor 4

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Constant Acceleration - Sandbag Dropped From a Rising Balloon

  • Nickg140143
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Find Complex Outputs of Series RC Circuit

  • kikko
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Finding voltage drops across resistors in a series circuit

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Constant acceleration ball throw problem

  • Crusaderking1
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What is the Height of a Window Above the Ground?

  • Brock Skywalk
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Solving a Frictionless Incline Problem: Calculating Normal Force

  • ur5pointos2sl
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Kleppner and Kolenkow - Pulleys

  • jgens
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Astronomy - Correct solution? Part 1

  • tosv
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Basic quantum physics, Balmer series

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Drawing a motion diagram for a ball thrown upward

  • nukeman
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Finding true air speed from indicated air speed at 25000 feet

  • lomao
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Railway wagon rolling down incline and colliding inelastically

  • exaty
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Confirm/Refute: Block A Will Drag Block B to the Left

  • DJ-Smiles
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What Minimum Height Fish Must Spot Pelican to Escape?

  • stacker
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How Does the Equation i=nFj Relate Current Density to Charge?

  • Oscar6330
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Angular Velocity of Rotating Mass

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Solving Vector Problems: A+B+unkC = (15,0)

  • Miike012
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How Do You Apply Lorentz Transformation to High-Speed Situations?

  • athrun200
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Calculating moments of forces/fulcrum PDF file attached

  • mt05
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Calibrating an axis with hyperbolas and slope 5/3

  • TrimHopp
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Instantaneous Velocity with Position v. Time graph

  • achibaby1974
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Gravitational Force on three spheres

  • TmrK
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Energy-height graph of a ball falling through a viscous fluid

  • tatata
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What is the cyclist's end position? I know his displacement.

  • AVReidy
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Thermal - derive a work equation

  • accountkiller
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Bungee Jumping-Tension+Air resistance with regards to max extension

  • Thiras
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Finding tension in pulley system with friction

  • dlilpyro
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Inelastic collision. Two angle variables.

  • ttttrigg3r
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How High Does a Coin Tossed Straight Up Reach?

  • student54321
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Finding net gravitational force magnitude on moon

  • TmrK
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Using kinematics to find motions with constant acceleration

  • Crusaderking1
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What is the pattern of circular wavefronts produced by a moving source?

  • Peter G.
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Bragg Angles + Thermal Expansion

  • exzacklyright
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Solving Fx for 50kg Skier Down Hill

  • 1MileCrash
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Baseball home run projectile motion at 30 degrees

  • DJ-Smiles
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What is the acceleration of a spacecraft during liftoff?

  • elleleeanne
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Gravitational/electrostatic Equilibrium on a ramp

  • goteamusa
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How long does a kangaroo stay in air jumping 3.0 m high?

  • student54321
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Calculating height in free falling problems

  • akalei
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Initial Velocity from Highest point and angle?

  • litzkrieg
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Constant acceleration and maximum deceleration

  • andyman21
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Am struggling with these couple of questions

  • Brock Skywalk
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Will the Bullet Hit the Falling Monkey?

  • salhayek
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Spacetime homework problem

  • athrun200
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Maximum force on 25kg block before 15kg block slides

  • stonecoldgen
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Help checking momenergy problem solution

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Calculating Electric Field for a Point Charge Inside a Hollow Sphere

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Charge on and the potential difference across capacitors

  • wolfgangjt
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Deriving a formula that an old physicist showed me.

  • amidda1217
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What Angles Allow a Football to Clear the Goalpost?

  • Loppyfoot
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Catapult vertical displacement problem

  • ama
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(Mechanics) Getting a distance in a Ball Drop question

  • kid0
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Moon's gravitational pull on Earth's oceans compared to Earth's

  • schroedinger4
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Derive the displacements movable pulleys.

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Projectile on incline: why is θ = π/4 + ϕ/2?

  • leitz
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2D Kinematics; Flying Saucer observed with two velocities

  • oddjobmj
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How to Calculate Masses and Acceleration in an Atwood Machine Problem

  • Ash182
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Three blocks connected by two strings: tensions?

  • ddtozone
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Formula for free-falling object?

  • J-Girl
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What is the acceleration of the car

  • colin_delecia
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Free Falling Spiderman. I need to find height

  • airgunde
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What Height Was the Ball Thrown From in This Projectile Motion Problem?

  • Star Forger
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Force inverse to distance squared: can I solve this like SHM?

  • athrun200
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How High Does a Rocket Go with Initial Acceleration of 250 m/s²?

  • l888l888l888
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Two loudspeakers: intensity ratio and interference frequencies

  • Malavin
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Understanding vectors, direction, and magnitude

  • ducks10
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What do UAK and IAK represent in a thyristor circuit diagram?

  • Femme_physics
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Axis Rotation and Vector magnitude problem not sure if answers are right

  • BreakPoint
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Constant acceleration of rocket car

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Acceleration of a plane and the g-force

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Finding acceleration using velocity

  • Crusaderking1
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Time, force, distance, acceleration

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One mole of Lead contains how many atoms

  • intrepidelder
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Electric Field and Potential of Center of Square

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Finding equilibrium position of charged bead on rod with Coulomb's law

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Scattering of a gaussian wave packet at a potential

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