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What is the technique shown in the green step?

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Electric field of single photon in a cavity

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Interval notation and specifying units (v vs. t graph)

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Finding Dimensional Homogeneity

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Avg Acceleration problem + question on Speed vs Velocity

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Solving an Electric Field Problem in Equilateral Triangle Geometry

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Displacement vector on a watch?

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Finding q' to make E field zero at triangle center

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Oscillating String - Transverse Speed, what am I doing wrong?

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How Do You Add Vectors Using Unit Vector Notation?

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Calculating the energy loss due to sound emission on collision

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A vector of magnitude 20 is added to a vector of magnitude 25.

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What is the Time of Impact for a Falling Mailbag?

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Converting 762 Mg/m to ng/µm

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How to Calculate Resistor Values for Voltage Steps in a Circuit?

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Calculating Magnitude of Resultant Vector for X Added to Y = 12i -16j

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Dimensional analysis and exponents

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Max RANGE of a projectile thrown from the top of a ramp.

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Completion of radioactivity equation

  • mstud
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DeBroglie wavelength, kE to (p) conversion?

  • Joel DB
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Finding motion of wedge and block in multi-part problem

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Power, mass, speed, time and height

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Finding cliff height from time to hear rock impact

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Find vector B when A and resultant R are known

  • Anester
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Calculating Vector Equilibrants

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Speed Of A Bullet Before It Strikes A Block Of Wood

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What happens when switch T closes in three RC circuits?

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What Is the Velocity of a Charged Particle in a Crossed Magnetic Field?

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Simple Harmonic Motion Phase angle

  • Jimmy84
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Finding Period and Angular Frequency in Simple Harmonic Motion

  • Jimmy84
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Reading vernier scale measurement between 0.44 mm and 0.46 mm

  • pyroknife
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What Angle Should the Fireman Aim the Hose to Hit the Same Height?

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Gauss law and insulating sphere

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How Fast Was the Police Car Going When It Was 27 Meters Behind Again?

  • mohabitar
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Minimum Power of the engine on a car climbing a hill

  • Matthias85
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Three forces act on a moving object

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Can Any Point Along the Force's Line of Action Be Used to Calculate Moment?

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Antelope with constant acceleration over 70 m in 7 s

  • resjsu
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Waves - Displacement dependent upon time?

  • Peter G.
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Velocity/Speed Problems (Studying for exam)

  • LucasG
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What is the pressure on face B of an L-shaped tank filled with water?

  • azrida
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Electric potential, spherical conductor

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How Do You Calculate the Angle of a Vector in the Third Quadrant?

  • Nat3
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Why does rounding 52.5 m/s to two significant figures give 52 m/s not 53 m/s?

  • Edwardo_Elric
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Should you round during calculations or only at the end?

  • joe465
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Moment of force along triangular plate edge about point O

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Electric Force- Finding angle of Force on q1 due to q2 and q3

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Substended angle, rotational kinematics

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Finding exponents in ocean wave speed equation

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Does Rolling Without Slipping Cause Wheel Deformation?

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Proportion of planetary-period to the distance-from-the-sun

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Finding Magnitude and Direction of Force on a Charge

  • cheerspens
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What is the equation for calculating the electric field and charges?

  • johnhunk
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Finding Magnitude of a Charge on Sphere

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Is -16kN*m Equivalent to 16kN*m CW?

  • pyroknife
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What really makes the lamp comes on, tension, current or potency?

  • jaumzaum
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Electrostatic Force and Coulomb's Law

  • cheerspens
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How Do You Calculate Centripetal Force for Circular Motion?

  • joe465
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Coefficient of friction pulley problem

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Frequency of an oscillating mass with springs in series

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Relative motion in two dimensions question

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Projectile motion of cannon shell

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Thermodynamics: Ideal gas splitting invention problem

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Which trolley would turn in the smallest circle?

  • Dcoz
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Force exerted by water in a U-shaped tube

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Calculating Cannon Ball Barrel Length: Impulse and Velocity

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Why Does a Heavy Spring Extend Differently Under Its Own Weight?

  • randommanonea
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Second part of hydraulic car jack problem

  • Dcoz
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What Happens to the Missing Energy in a Closed Circuit with Capacitors?

  • jaumzaum
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Coulomb's Law and Electrostatic Forces Problem

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Entropy of running water around a resistor

  • bmarson123
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What is the Acceleration Experienced in Jules Verne's Moon Launch Scenario?

  • stumphead101
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Finding building height from time to fall last 2.0 m

  • DJ-Smiles
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Simple banked curve, centripetal acceleration problem

  • bulbasaur88
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Diffraction Patterns: Calculate Wavelength of Light

  • roam
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Error Propagation - multiplication vs powers

  • Caspian
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What is the relationship between water level and wavelength in a wine glass?

  • SugerQueen
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Calculating the Speed of a Space Shuttle After 55.2 Seconds

  • Goopy17
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Determine the number of N of digital bits

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Resistors in Series Calculations including Uncertainties

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Speed of mailbag dropped from descending helicopter after 4 seconds

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What is the Relevance of the Second Solution in a Quadratic Equation?

  • iampaul
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Can Tom Ogle's Vapor Engine Claims Be Debunked?

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You nose out a runner to win the 100 meter dash. If your total time

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Right triangle with b=17.8m and θ=65°, find a and c

  • Goopy17
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Is My Vector Addition Method Correct?

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Calculating Spring Potential Energy in a Total Energy System

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Current Induced in Loops by Resistance Change

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Place following in scientific notation

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Finding the speed of a ball given some height and falling speed

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How do I solve for the velocity in a banked curve with friction?

  • bulbasaur88
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What Is the Correct Acceleration When an Object Stops Suddenly?

  • Nat3
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Gravitational force from a ring on a point mass at distance x

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Reaction between net charge and no net charge

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Static friction coefficient question

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What is the Charge on the metal plate?

  • loganblacke
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