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Rearranging a Wave Function: True or False?

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Spring-Mass system with friction

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Solve Series RLC Circuit for Capacitor Value

  • Idividebyzero
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Steam driven turbine: Heat, Power, evaporation

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Gravitational Force OR Angular Momentum

  • mateomy
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Calculating Well Depth and Final Velocity of a Falling Coin

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Vertical motion and qudaratic equation questions

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Testing the field strength of a permanent bar magnet

  • AUS_Chris
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Quadrupling radius of satellite in orbit

  • widderjoos
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How Do You Calculate Thrust and Pressure in Fluid Dynamics and Aeronautics?

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Finding the magnitude of an electric field at a distance from a surface charge

  • NewtonianAlch
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Frictionless Banked Curve on Mars Simulates Earth Gravity

  • TheClockmaker
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Calculating Velocity of a Falling Object with Drag Force

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Moment of Inertia and Torque problem

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Can the two slit experiment be incorporated into building design?

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Solving Heat Problems: 2 Questions & Exam Tomorrow

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An exercise about thin-film interference

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How Do Sinusoidal Waves Affect String Motion?

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What is the intensity of the transmitted light?

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What is the magnitude of the magnetic field?

  • n_h0987
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Sound intensity level of a thunder bolt

  • Inertigratus
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Is a 15.0-g Ball from a Spring Gun Safe Without Goggles for Children?

  • knowNothing23
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Finding RMS current in an AC solenoid

  • chinye11
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Momentum problem with mass transfer

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Help me understand interference and diffraction better

  • Inertigratus
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Calculating electric flux with a constant electric field

  • NewtonianAlch
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Gravitation and Archimedes principle as a spring?

  • uriwolln
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Calculating Gravity on a Person Inside a Building

  • Einstein2nd
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AS Physics Linear Momentum Question

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Finding Constant for Ohm's Law: Correlation or OHMs Constant?

  • bambilmiller
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Electrostatic potential of two spheres

  • pc2-brazil
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Is this capacitor association in series or in parallel?

  • pc2-brazil
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A question about string tension

  • Carnivean
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Force of Friction: 25 kg Block Up Ramp 20m Long 3m High

  • rjulius
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How Do You Calculate Buoyant Force for a Large Passenger Load?

  • yumiiko
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F = kQq/R2 finding force problem

  • xNick94
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Circular orbit and gravitational questions

  • shemer77
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Calculating Time to Reach Point O with Force F = kx^-2

  • Hafid Iqbal
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Two current carrying wires (need clarification)

  • physickkksss
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Mass and cylinder connected by a pully system

  • Houdini176
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Pulley Problem: Tension on one side, Weight on another

  • frostedpoptar
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Find Acceleration of m_1 & m_2 in Frictionless Pulley System

  • blackwing1
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Electrostatics problem (electron's motion in cathode ray tube)

  • lillybeans
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Combining several resistors to achieve a specific value?

  • Riscilla
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How Does Newton's Second Law Apply to a Bird Sitting on a Wire?

  • vkash
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How Does Distance Affect Image Formation in Convex Lenses?

  • fromthepast
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Calculating Focal Length and Image Height of a Lens

  • fromthepast
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Potential Difference across capacitors in parallel.

  • OUmecheng
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Magnetic Field of half cylinder

  • n0va
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Does dot product always commute?

  • Pollywoggy
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How to Calculate Impulse in Various Scenarios

  • jigoku_snow
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Schaum’s Outlines 3,000 Solved Problems in Physics Different Versions

  • GreenPrint
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Problem with Newtons Laws of Motion

  • Ashu2912
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Solving the Continuity Equation

  • kinglk
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Piston question to find temperature and pressure

  • Nightlord
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Specify the position of the center of mass

  • nayfie
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Centripetal Motion Homework: Min Coeff of Friction

  • gtn013
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Finding units for power via Dimensional Analysis? Makes no sense

  • Elysian
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Boundary condition for magnetic vector potential

  • issacnewton
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Speed and Normal Force of a Bead on a Loop-the-Loop

  • beyondlight
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Variation statement into graphs- Right?

  • xNick94
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What formula should I use to find velocity in a newtonian physics problem?

  • amochang
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Network Theorems: Thvenin, Norton & Superposition Explained

  • Lakshmi N
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A stone is thrown verticall upward

  • ironhawk316
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Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution (Statistical Mechanics)

  • mateomy
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How Do You Calculate Net Force in Coulomb's Law?

  • joe98
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How Do You Calculate Observed Angular Velocity from a Reference Frame?

  • Adorno
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Minimum velocity to change radius of orbit

  • kraigandrews
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Adiabatic piston expansion with friction

  • MACH2
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What is the maximum height reached by a projectile fired from Earth?

  • kraigandrews
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Police car and speeder when do they meet?

  • endeavor
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Stress/Strain What is the property in a material

  • pat666
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How to find the temperature of a black body?

  • sphys4
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Solving an Inclined Plane Problem

  • RiskX
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Area - 5'x6' which is the width and which is the length?

  • GreenPrint
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Partition Function: Understanding Z in Statistical Physics

  • greenfly
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Photoelectric Effect ~ threshold frequency dependent on incident light?

  • ldesai149
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What is the solution for a venturi tube with water flow and pressure changes?

  • Workingitout
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QM: The double square well potential

  • epsilonjon
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What is the Degree of Freedom of a System?

  • DarkDrag0nite
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Difference between Tensile Force and Tension

  • GreenPrint
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Newton's laws problem: K&K 2.19

  • fyzxfreak
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Oscillatory Motion - Determining equation of motion

  • menglish20
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Can Gamma Rays be Used as Projectiles for Nuclear Reactions?

  • logic19
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Thermodynamics (work, pressure, volume)

  • Jgoshorn1
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Applying Bernoulli's Equation to a Siphon

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Upward Force required to break static friction

  • woodson111
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Pressure: pgh vs. pgy Please help me distinguish between the two.

  • tenbee
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Solving Kinematics: Finding Release Height Above Window

  • rjs123
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Time Dilation Problem; Find the proper time, ts.

  • Ammar SH
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Deriving Roller Coaster Speed Equations at Bottom of Slope

  • kraigandrews
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Kirchoff's Law With Battery Only

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Can Kinetic Energy be Substituted for Heat in Latent Heat Calculations?

  • mateomy
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Solving for k, we get k = 2mgd(sinθ)/x2.

  • flyingpig
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Kinematic Equations, solving a quadratic gives two solutions?

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