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Inelastic Collision with Friction in car accident

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Why transformer voltages in phase?

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Graphing - photonic Energy Vs Frequency

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Young's doublt slit experiment - Systematic and random errors -

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Force between the plates of a plane capacitor

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What is the Semimajor Axis and Greatest Distance of the Comet?

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How Does Wind Direction Affect Perception of Speed in Moving Vehicles?

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Energy Equation of two masses and spring

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Random Translational Kinetic Energy

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Ladder against a frictionless wall

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How to decrease fringe spacing in a laser diffraction setup

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What is the resultant force acting on a skydiver in free fall?

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How to find direction of mangetic field created by current

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Velocity ratio of a third class lever

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Determine the magnitude of the net force on the loop.

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What Are the Dimensions and SI Units of Voltage?

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Computational Newton's second law problem

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Show a second angular speed given a reduced radius

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How Do You Analyze and Graph a Complex AC Voltage Equation?

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Finding normal forces for two pipes in equilibrium

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What Angle Was the Second Projectile Fired to Collide with the First?

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Friction problem Does this make sense?

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What Causes Overheating in Jaguar XK8's Engine Cylinders?

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Inducing a magnetic field with a wire due to flux

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What is the Difference Between Cold Plasma and Plasma in the Sun?

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Solve RL Circuit Problem: V, I, P, w, w(0)

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Tension in a Pulley System: Solving for Work Done by the Tension Force

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Gauss's Law on a Charged Sphere

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Calculating the Momentum of Oxygen Molecules at 484 m/s

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Normalization problem; volume element to use?

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Are my magnetic flux calculations correct?

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Friction, tension, and acceleration combination problem

  • jehan4141
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How Do You Calculate the Total Momentum of Two Joggers?

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What happens when light hits a diffraction grating at an angle?

  • nousername
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How Does Collision Affect Kinetic Energy in Fish?

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Kinetic energy after the collision

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How Does Kinetic Energy Transfer in a Perfectly Elastic Collision?

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Change in kinetic energy in a 2-car collision

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Finding Charge of Two Charged Spheres

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Calculating Force on Inclined Plane with Friction

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Kinematic question from giancoli

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What is the magnetic field strength?

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Young's double slit experiment - Independent and dependant variables?

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What is the radius of it's path?

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Determine the electron's velocity.

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How Does Plate Alignment Affect Capacitance in Variable Capacitors?

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Linear and angular acceleration, flywheel

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Magnetic field changing speed of particle?

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Kirchhoff's Current Law Question

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Why test charge slows down in terms of electric potential and EPE.

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A point charge on a string in equilibrium with electric field

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How Is the Center of Mass Calculated in a Balancing Torque Problem?

  • Rayquesto
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Calculate the angle between a refracted wavefront

  • Peter G.
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Net Forces and Tension Practice Problems

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Physics Book Problem: Berlin-Paris Train Error

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Question on fundamentals of tension problem

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Image of object through lens, mirror, and lens again

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Amplitude of small oscilliations

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Solving the Inverting Op-Amp Circuit Puzzle

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How is 'ucs' calculated in pressure of radiation?

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Direction of induced current when a magnet's S pole approaches a coil

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Hovering kite height, using forces

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Gauss's Law with non-uniform E-field

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Girl in a sagging hammock: equilibrium and rope tension

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Small Angle Question in relation to Astronomy

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Can a Man Tow a 109,000-kg Plane Using Newton's Laws?

  • bulbasaur88
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Analyzing a Rotating Rod with a Sliding Bead

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Graph the potential of an anharmonic oscillator

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Drawing an argand diagram of complex voltage

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F = ma, net force on shopping carts

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Why is a Cavity Within a Conductor Important?

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Why does a car skid outward if centripetal force points inward?

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Power dissipation due to temperature change

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Thermodynamic processes: probably easy question

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How Does Weight Influence Net Force on a Submarine?

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Difference between convex lens formula and convex mirror formula

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Block pressed against wall by force P moving at constant velocity

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Entropy change of ice-water mixture at 273K

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Finding current and power in series-parallel resistor circuit

  • gatsbycollege
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Sound wave propagating from water through steel

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Percent change in photon energy

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What Is the Mass of the Block Sliding Down a Ramp?

  • flyingpig
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Circuit Problems : Finding Current and Voltage

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How Do You Prove a Vector is Perpendicular to a Plane?

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Importance of Low Resistance per Unit Length in Electrical Cables

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Heat moving through the walls of a house

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Where Will the Thread Break When a Stone Hangs by a Fine Thread?

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Calculating Elastic Potential Energy with Varying Masses

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Stupidity at its peak find the mass

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