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Electric Field of a finite line of charge

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What Unit Should Be Used in Division of Meter Squared by Meters?

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How much energy is dissipated as heat via friction?

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Finding Time If you know Accel, Vi and distance

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Physics Tension Force Homework Problem

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Derived constant acceleration equations

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Solve Elevator Motion/Time: 230m, 5.8m/s, 1.0m/s2

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Power required to generate waves

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What is the solution to this circuit problem involving Kirchoff's Laws?

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What is the impedance of a tank circuit at resonance?

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Deriving a formula for calculating dB based on distance

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Astronomy - binary magnitude conceptual question

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Physics II forgotten equation (oscillations)

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How Much Work Is Needed to Move a Charge to the Origin from 1.25m?

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Pushing objects at constant velocity

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Calculating Speed of Sound in Water Given Torpedo Impact Data

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How Do Acceleration and Speed Affect Race Outcome in Sprinting?

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Solve Magnitudal Tension Homework: Q & ACB Tension

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Wave Interference with 2 speakers

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Calculating Distance for an Aeroplane's Takeoff: Step-by-Step Guide"

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How long will it take to mow a football field?

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Solving Vector Problem: What Went Wrong?

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Problem finding height of a cliff

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Relative Motion and Two-Dimensional Motion

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How Do You Calculate the Tension in a Rope?

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Projectile motion in serious need of help

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Two stones dropped at the same time. Quick question, .

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Concept of the Electric Field(picture included)

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SHM Pendulum length/gravity question

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Firing Cannon to Start Avalanche: Angle Calculation

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What is the Fundamental Frequency in Question 6?

  • McKeavey
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Calculating Maximum Acceleration and Speed for a 200kg Load with a 5kW Winch

  • furor celtica
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Find the node voltages of the circuit

  • VitaX
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Calculating the Angle for a Basketball Free Throw: A 2D Motion Problem

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How Long Will It Take the Car to Catch the Truck?

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Amplitude of vibration Effecting Frequency.

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Calculating Average Acceleration of a Tennis Ball During Contact with the Floor

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Projectile Motion initial speed

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How Do You Find the Closest Point to a Vector on a Line?

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One Dimensional Motion Homework

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How to calculate energy stored in a parallel-plate capacitor?

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Basic Velocity -> Speed -> Position of particle

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Thrust of a Rocket: Calculating Force

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Solving for Acceleration in an Incline Plane Problem: m1=4.50kg, m2=2.80kg

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Electric Field lines running high to low voltage

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Electric potential of a line of charge

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Infinitely long prism is sliced

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How do you draw v-t, a-t and d-t graphs

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Vector Addition Using Unit Vector Notation

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Single Slit Diffraction find central maximum

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Conservation of momentum of cannon balls

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What is the significance of using a number like 2x10-10 in Intro Physics?

  • lab-rat
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Physics Uncertainity + resistor calculations

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Why Does Doubling Occur in My Illuminance Calculation?

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Finding the force required to stop an object

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(Statics)Hammer and nail force and tension

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Particle moving with radial velocity

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Calculating Energy and Height in a Vertical Spring System

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Exercise on Kinetics using derivatives.

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Constant Acceleration Problem - Two bodies with different accelerations

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Hanging pith ball problem with unequal masses and charges

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How to calculate the voltage on a resistor at a power cable

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Solving Wedge-like Problem with Physics

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Finding tension in cords with given resultant force

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How Does Current Flow in a Circuit with Bulbs in Series and Parallel?

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Pulley question / rotational kinematics

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How to approach a problem involving pressure and volume?

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Introductory physics force problems

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Heights of two balls thrown at the same time

  • Quantum Mind
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Finding displacement+distance from a v-t graph

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Physics test-Projectile Motion shotputter

  • DJ-Smiles
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Finding the horizontal range of a projectile when maximum height is not known

  • Quantum Mind
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Understanding Forces in a Train System

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Ball on a String: Tension and Speed Formulas for Circular Motion

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How can A be expressed in terms of n as a unit vector?

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Vector perpendicular to two vectors

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Current after passing all resistors

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Solving the Physics Problem: Density of Hot Air

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Determining the function using graphs

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Solving Force Combinations: 6N + 8N = 14N, 2N, 10N

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Optics - Finding the height of a mirror

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Question on the equation for the period of a pendulum

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How Do You Calculate the Stopping Distance After a Collision?

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Pressure Formula Homework: Solve 0.9/0.9 +0.1 = 0.9

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Electrical Circuits - Find the power and Voltage

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Average and instantaneous velocity(Orginal right?)

  • Crusaderking1
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What multiplicative factor does speed and wavelength change by?

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Understanding Axial Force in Spring System

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Derivation of the average translational kinetic energy of a molecule

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Charge density in a resistor issue

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Plotting a Radial Probability Function

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Electric Charge given two forces and distance

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Calculating Depth of Mercury Column at Higher Temperature

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