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Kinetic Energy relative to total energy in SHM

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Finding the force needed for equilibrium.

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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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Change in Velocity: avg & difference in initial & final velocities

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

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Cutting Wires in a Circuit of Light Bulbs

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Please help, thin sheet electric potential problem

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Help with this problem : Projectile Motion

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

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Static friction and centripetal force

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

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Tension, Angles, Forces Problem

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Electronics with Transistor (another problem)

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Kinematics / Forces Friction Problem?

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Calculating Charge on Capacitor 4

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Constant Acceleration - Sandbag Dropped From a Rising Balloon

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Find Complex Outputs of Series RC Circuit

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Series Circuit Resistor Help: Solutions for Q1 and Q2

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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

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Kleppner and Kolenkow - Pulleys

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Astronomy - Correct solution? Part 1

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Basic quantum physics, Balmer series

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Free-fall Problem: Ball 2 Thrown Upward with Gravity - Homework Solution

  • nukeman
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Need to find the True Air Speed

  • lomao
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Need help understand the question, and helping o solve it.

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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: A Homework Problem Guide

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Instantaneous Velocity with Position v. Time graph

  • achibaby1974
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Gravitational Force on three spheres

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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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How Do You Calculate Tension in a Pulley System?

  • 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

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Solving Fx for 50kg Skier Down Hill

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Projectile motion really confused please reply soon

  • 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 Something Stays in Air Calculation. Help Needed

  • 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

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Will the Bullet Hit the Falling Monkey?

  • salhayek
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Solving Spacetime Questions - Homework Equations & Solutions

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Help with Newton's Laws (AP Physics B)

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How Do I Solve the Momenergy Problem in Physics Homework?

  • athrun200
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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

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Deriving a formula that an old physicist showed me.

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What Angles Allow a Football to Clear the Goalpost?

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Catapult vertical displacement problem

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(Mechanics) Getting a distance in a Ball Drop question

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Gravitational field strength problem- help needed

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Derive the displacements movable pulleys.

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Optimizing Projectile Distance on an Inclined Plane

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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

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Free Falling Spiderman. I need to find height

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

  • Star Forger
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Electron Oscillator Homework: The Attempt at a Solution

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

  • l888l888l888
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Sound Waves and Interference Problem - Check My Work?

  • Malavin
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Understanding vectors, direction, and magnitude

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Industrial electronics: Unclear symbols

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

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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

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Time, force, distance, acceleration

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One mole of Lead contains how many atoms

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Electric Field and Potential of Center of Square

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Help with solving the problem charge problem

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Scattering of a gaussian wave packet at a potential

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Force Exerted by Road on an Accelerating Car

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Uniform acceleration kinematics lab

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