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Finding parallel or in-series resistors

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Does heating coffee or compressing a spring increase mass?

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Momentum: instantaneous or average?

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Derivation process of Selection Rule of hydrogenic atom

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Finding a vector perpendicular to a given vector

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Trouble understanding frames in relativity

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Why does the PE of particles during steam condensation decrease?

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Torque on a sign hung by a hinge

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Acceleration of a ball at its max height after being thrown upwards

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Oscillation of fluids in a U tube

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A microwave oven of mass 13.0kg is pushed a distance 8.80m up a ramp

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Free-body diagram: Spring-loaded cylinder sliding on a metal rod

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A household fridge removes heat, determine power the fridge draws

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Find h in the problem involving a stone thrown upwards

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Voltage-resistance graph for this circuit with a variable resistance

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Work done by a balloon that is rising

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Coefficient of friction of a sandwiched body

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Efficiency of Stirling Cycle - Is it the same as the Carnot Engine?

  • laser1
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Circular motion and moment of inertia - circle loop

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Pressure question: Weight of a car calculated from tyre contact patch area

  • shirozack
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Ionic thruster high school science project

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Rolling without Slipping Demo

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RCL series circuit analysis: Damping Constant

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Electric field of a charged disc with a small circle cut out of it

  • kirito
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Block tied to a fixed string on an accelerating wedge

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Use of imaginary charge vs Gauss' law

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Relation between the velocity vector and the acceleration vector of an object

  • Clockclocle
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Issue deriving the third law of thermodynamics

  • laser1
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First Law of Thermo: Audience body heat warming a concert hall

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Rotational Dynamics problem with instantaneous frame of reference

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What Does -∂V/∂x Represent in Newton's Law?

  • rb120134
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Two cars with different starting positions using SUVAT equations

  • Physical_Fire
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Why kinematic equations have (1/2)at² instead of at²

  • John3509
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What is the relationship between tire size and pressure changes?

  • songoku
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Moment of Inertia of Solid Sphere - Proof

  • Math_Maniac
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Reading of Ammeter for this circuit with Voltage Controlled Resistors

  • Bling Fizikst
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Relation between Friction, Velocity, and Acceleration

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Time derivative of a rotating vector with different delta t signs

  • Clockclocle
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Entropy Change For Van Der Waals Gas

  • laser1
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Maximum Power dissipated at load resistor

  • Bling Fizikst
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How does Poiseuille's law relate to friction force?

  • notorious
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Reversible, adiabatic expansion - Entropy Change

  • laser1
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Linear momentum but quadratic kinetic energy?

  • Rick28
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Are there two downward forces acting on the pivot of the rotating rod?

  • ymnoklan
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Thermodynamics: Violating Clausius => Violating Kelvin

  • laser1
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The motion of a skateboarder along and above a ramp

  • StrugglingStudent123
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Deriving the particle's motion using numerical integration

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Circular motion, coin on a rotating disk

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Angular velocity- A toy train rolls around a horizontal track

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Energy stored in the steady state circuit

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Finding initial velocity and height when binoculars reach max height

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Additivity of thermodynamic potentials?

  • heyhey281
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Two Forces Acting Simultaneously

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Electric field of a finite linear distribution of charge

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Conversion factor when converting from SI to natural units

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How do I calculate forces in a truss cross section?

  • carlcla
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Clausius' Theorem and Entropy

  • laser1
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Circular argument? Justification of equipotential points

  • tellmesomething
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Is My Calculation of Work Along a Defined Curve Correct?

  • Morle
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Thermodynamics of a Heat Engine - (First/Second Law)

  • laser1
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Finding the distance of a peg so that a pendulum can circle around it

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Energy of springs connected in series and parallel

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Why apply Doppler effect twice for reflected light in special relativity

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Confusion about work done by a gas - Thermodynamics

  • laser1
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Thermal exchange between warm object and ideal gas

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Thermodynamics: Two gases in a container

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Show that the radius of the exoplanet is about 1/2 of Earth’s radius

  • hraghav
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Total Energy vs Average Energy (Thermo)

  • laser1
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Electric flux from line charge through plane strip

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Investigation into electric guitar pickups

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Electric field created by point charges

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Confusion about applying Faraday's law to a circuit

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What's the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor?

  • NTesla
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Mass Pulley and torque -- Confusion in this Atwood machine problem

  • mancity
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Derive Gravitational Force and Field between two identical rods

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A particle slides down a non-fixed hemisphere

  • Jason Ko
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Two spring-coupled masses in an electric field (one of the masses is charged)

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Find the equivalent resistance of this circuit

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How Do I Draw a Decay Scheme in Radiochemistry?

  • Kacey679
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Determine the type of measurement by classification

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Rope tension problem: Mass hanging from a rope tied at an angle

  • litelboi
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Potential in spherical shells

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Internal Resistance Affect the Balancing Length in a Potentiometer?

  • tellmesomething
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Robot starts to overturn when reaching to pick up a load

  • crystallizedyogurt
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Distance rolled of sphere vs cylinder with same m, r, and v

  • I_Try_Math
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Determine energy required to stop rolling mass

  • I_Try_Math
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Required force for sphere start rolling

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Applying conservation of string to a pulley system

  • mancity
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Finding the reflected wave amplitude at a string junction

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Tension in a rope hanging between 2 trees

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How do I calculate the Tension in a rope going over a smooth pulley?

  • carlcla
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Liquid rocket engine excercise

  • mirko9670
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Connecting a number of EMF sources in a circle to form a circuit

  • tellmesomething
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Friction force on a ball falling through a body of water

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Is the Trigonometric Analysis of Conveyor Belt Forces Correct?

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